Anna DeVries

Anna DeVries is the founder an chief executive of the DeVries Agency.

Anna DeVries founded the DeVries Agency in 1999, soon after her own eruption as a nova. She was present when Hazel Dryden, the future elite Crystalhawk, erupted with a devestating blast of sonic energy. DeVries in turn immediately manifested the ability to neutralize the powers of other novas. This can take the form of temporary suppression, though she does have an ability she called "the Brain Burner" that has proven fatal every time she uses it. So far, she has only deployed the Brain Burner when her own life was in immediate danger.

An international business administrator in her own nght, Anna had the good fortune to inherit her father Holger DeVries's legacy: the remains of his business, Executive Actions, an infamous and highly successful mercenary company. When Anna came up with the idea for a freelance agency for novas, she was able to draw on existing resources and infrastructure, including a corps of baseline administrators, and quickly acquired all the capital she needed through a strategic partnership with the DeBeers diamond cartel.

Anna markets her company as the world's first company "by novas, for novas," and takes pains to form a personal connection with her employees. She has directed her agency's medical staff to research the cause of infertility among novas, and she herself recently became pregnant by her on-again, off-again lover Frank Carrington. While she harbors no particular ill will toward baselines, her philosophical sympathies are generally closer to the Teragen.