During one of his many journeys, Donovan encountered a young girl named Anita. She was an orphan who was almost entirely devoid of emotion. Shunned by her orphanage as a witch, she displayed a strange and unexplained power. As Donovan arrived on the scene, Anita was being threatened by a hideous monster. He intervened and easily dispatched the monster, yet he too was feared by Anita's cowardly guardians. As Donovan turned to leave, Anita began gesturing toward him without speaking. The people explained that Anita had never shown any emotion or spoken a word since her family was slaughtered by an unknown Darkstalker. Nonchalantly taking his sword, Dhylec, and slicing off the head of Anita's doll, he proved to the people that Anita's heart was not lost; she showed anger at Donovan decapitating her doll by responding with a violent psychic force. Donovan easily subdued the attack and told Anita that anger was the quickest and most easily summoned emotion, and that her anger was proof that she could still heal her own heart. With nowhere else to go, Donovan welcomed Anita to accompany him, not only to help her find herself, but to assist Donovan in fighting off the evil Darkstalkers, as Anita possessed the unique ability to locate them as well. Donovan would help Anita achieve her revenge and avoid following the same troubled path as he had.
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