Overview
Diana Barry is Anne Shirley's dearest friend -- the girl from home who does not have the Gift, who cannot follow Anne to Thornwood, who writes letters in careful handwriting about events that feel increasingly distant from the world Anne now inhabits.
She is important precisely because she is ordinary. In a universe of magical traditions and cosmic stakes, Diana represents the life Anne might have had, the connections that exist outside the academy's walls, and the simple truth that not every meaningful relationship requires magic.
At Thornwood
Diana never comes to Thornwood. But her letters arrive. Anne reads them in the window seat with Priya nearby, and for a few minutes the world is small and warm and doesn't require extraordinary things from her.
Notable
- Not Gifted -- no magical ability
- Best friend since before Thornwood
- Her letters anchor Anne to ordinary life
- Represents what Anne is fighting to protect: the people who love you without understanding what you are