VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action The Truth of Anna Graem. *Spoilers*

Description.

Again, in case you ignored the Title. *Spoilers* If you haven't gotten Dorothy's ending yet. A TL;DR Is near the bottom of the page if you don't really care about the "Why".

(This guide was created with all the knowledge we had of the character by August 6th, 2016. Any material further released that relates to VA-11 HALL-A I have yet to play/get to)

All of this information is what I've pieced together from the Base Game, and the Special Demo Version of the Game.

I've noticed some confusion surrounding Anna and who she is exactly. So I decided to try and clear the air. Spoiler Alert: She's not Jill's dead girlfriend, Lenore. How was this even a logical conclusion?

Most Spoiler Text will be purely for the less important details, or little things I wished to interject. You may skip them if you wish- but they add to the Deep Lore!

The Story Of Anna Graem.

Now then, first off: Who is Anna Graem? Well, she was the Daughter of Dorothy's Guardian/Mother, Sophia Graem. However, Anna died long before Dorothy was ever assigned to Sophia (Dorothy's "Roll-out" age is never disclosed in game. So the best I've got is at least 3 Years had passed between Anna dying, and Dorothy being assigned to Anna's Mother).

The Timeline doesn't really match up with the idea of Anna being the ghost of Lenore, huh?

Anna was diagnosed with Nanomachine Rejection Syndrome sometime after Highschool (assumed age 17-19). Most of the time Nanomachine Rejection is detected very early on, when someone is still just in the fetal stage, and can thus be cured with almost no issues (Cat Boomers). However in very Rare cases they only start showing symptoms in their teenage years, and sadly that's what happened to Anna.

This is also what happened to Lenore- Jill's ex-girlfriend. Just thought I'd throw that in here, as it's not really explicitly stated in game.

So Anna spent the next 3-4 years in a Hospital, under special Quarantine for Nanomachine Rejection patients. However her time was not spent completely alone. There was one other patient there, a girl named Lanette. They were the only two people being treated for Nano-Rejection at the time, thus' Anna became very close with her.

Sometime around the third year of Anna's treatments, something went wrong with Lanette's immune system, and she contracted Tokyo Flu (Tokyo Flu is basically a "Super Flu", that can only be avoided with the help of Nanomachines). This forced the Doctor's to rush her treatment ahead of schedule in hopes of reducing the symptoms of the Flu. But this unfortunately caused her Nanomachines to react unexpectedly, and they went rampant. Tokyo Flu Eventually reached her Brain, and Lanette passed away.

Anna continued her Studies while in the Hospital, and she became a self-made Honor Student. She ranked top 5 in more then 3 college admission exams. She was also quite skilled at Piano and the Guitar!...somehow. Despite losing one of her arms to Nanomachine Rejection Syndrome. After a hard-fought 4 years, she managed to pull through the Treatment. Becoming one of the very few people (2%) to survive Late Nanomachine Rejection Syndrome. Sometime (presumably shortly) after getting out of the Hospital, she was hit by a Truck. Which killed her. Wow. What a way to go after all that, huh?

And that's the sad story of Anagram Anna Graem.

The Story O- TL;DR

TL;DR Anna's the deceased Daughter of Dorothy's Guardian/Mother. She got Late Nanomachine Rejection Syndrome, lost her arm due to it. Got treatment and managed to pull through. Then got hit by a Truck which ended her life, and that's a wrap. Clap

Well... Not quite.

So What's Her Deal?

So what's the reason that Anna shows up as a "Ghost" for Jill?

Well it's sure as hell not because of Lenore dying!.. That would make things too simple, and Logical! Anna first shows up at least a full 5 days before Lenore dies. From first contact; it's at least 10 Days before Gabriella shows up and tells Jill about Lenore's death. So that idea is a complete Bust.

Spoiler for further info. The first time Jill sees Anna is in the Special Demo Version of VA-11 Hall-A. Which takes place at least 1 day before the start of the Full Game. According to Gabriella who shows up on 'Day 9, Wednesday'. Lenore died "Last Saturday".. Which was 'Day 5, Saturday'. So Lenore dying has Nothing to do with Anna showing up as a "Ghost"

Also, Anna isn't a Ghost. She's more like a Holographic projection, because of a Cluster of Anna's Nanomachines which stayed after her death, and then formed a Hive-mind because of Anna's residual brainwaves.. And Nanomachines. This is all according to Alma, anyhow. Which would explain the "Glitching" that happens when Anna is visible to Jill, and also why she sometimes appears on the TV screen. On Day 17, Jill asks Alma if she believes in Ghosts. Which causes Alma to respond by telling Jill about the "Nanomachine 'Ghost' Theory"

In Conclusion.

So! After all of that. Just 'why?' does Anna show up to "haunt" Jill?

Uh..um... Well--you see..I really don't know.

Best conclusion I can come to is that she's just there. Literally just there for the sole reason of messing with the Player and Jill.. Yep, that's it. I mean, I suppose she's also keeping an eye on Dorothy? And making sure that Jill keeps watch over her as well? It's really hard to say in full what her purpose is, because we're just straight up not given enough information. Sadly.

I guess it's a good enough answer. Anagram is just 'there'. Don't think too much about it.

Thanks for the read! I hope this cleared up some of the confusion (or possibly raised even more).

Hopefully this story gets an end one day!

(Extras + Actual Tl;dr)

The REAL tl;dr Nanomachines, son!

Thanks to Amarant42 for pointing this out:

On Day 12 the "Cosplaying" Lilim, Essentia, is able to perceive Anna's presence. Why you might ask? Well..I'll let you in on a little secret... No one knows.

Images of Anna "glitching" out, from the game's files: http://imgur.com/a/2Ay04

Credit to SideOrderOfSoup for finding these.

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=738515433

The Truth of Anna Graem. Spoilers