Anya Character Analysis in Six of Crows

Anya is a Healer Grisha who’s indentured to Councilman Hoede. Joost has a crush on her. She’s selected as the Corporalki Grisha to try jurda parem—and though Hoede and his associates believe she’ll be safe under parem’s influence due to being a Healer, Anya takes control of at least a dozen stadwatch guards and Hoede, causing them to all eventually die.

Anya Character Timeline in Six of Crows

The timeline below shows where the character Anya appears in Six of Crows. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Trauma, the Past, and Moving Forward Theme Icon

...guarding Councilman Hoede’s mansion, which would be awful—except Joost has fallen madly in love with Anya, one of Hoede’s Grisha indentures. It’s night now, and two of Hoede’s personal guards, Rutger... (full context)

...personal guards and stadwatch members stand around a steel box with a window in it. Anya is inside with a terrified little boy and a stadwatch member. Moments later, Hoede enters... (full context)

Then, the stadwatch cuts the boy’s arm, and Hoede tells Anya to heal him. She does so quickly. The guard cuts the boy’s arm again, and... (full context)

Along with all the other guards, Joost stands and points his rifle at Anya. But as Hoede tells the stadwatch not to shoot (Anya is valuable and should just... (full context)