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Anya Christina Emmanuelle Jenkins (also known as Anyanka, also known as Anya Emerson, also known as Aud) is a fictional character in the television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Emma Caulfield.

Anya, a vengeance demon , appeared in the third season episode " The Wish", in which Cordelia Chase wishes that Buffy Summers had never come to Sunnydale. The conclusion of the episode leaves Anya without her demonic powers: a mere mortal. Later in the same season, her attempts to regain her powers, with the help of Willow's magic, provide the premise for the episode " Doppelgängland".

She made periodic appearances throughout the season, eventually going to the prom with Xander Harris. Following this, the impending graduation (and apocalypse) prompted Anya to leave town, after unsuccessfully attempting to persuade Xander to come with her.

Anya eventually returned to Sunnydale, and became more intimately involved with Xander. They were engaged to be married, and the plans went well until Xander's doubts caused him to leave her at the altarAn altar ( Hebrew mizbe'ah from a word meaning "to slay") is any structure on which sacrifices known as the korbanot or incense offerings are offered for religious purposes. Altars in the Hebrew Bible Altars in the Hebrew Bible were typically made of eart. Hurt and angry, Anya resumed her vengeance-demon lifestyle.

Anya later came to regret the destruction caused by her demonSatan In folklore, mythology, and in many religions, a demon is a supernatural entity, generally (but not in all traditions) an evil or malicious spirit. The Greek word daemon ω, appears in the works of Plato and many other ancient authors, without spells and decided to quit. In retribution, her boss D'HoffrynD'Hoffryn was a fictional character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was the leader of the vengeance demons, a group of formerly human demons who are endowed with mystical powers and invoke curses at the behest of mortals who have experienced wrong-doing. killed her best friend HalfrekHalfrek was a recurring fictional character on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A vengeance demon, she was featured in seasons 6 and 7, and possibly season 5 (see below. Halfrek was a long-time friend of Anya's, who knew her from her days as a veng but allowed Anya to become human again. Anya then rejoined the Scooby GangThe original Scooby Gang consists of four teenage sleuths named Fred, Daphne, Velma & Shaggy, who assisted the dog Scooby Doo in the cartoon of the same name. The name is also applied to the friends and helpers of Buffy Summers in the television show Buff and helped them against The First EvilIn the fictional world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer The First Evil is the "big bad" for season seven. The First is the only big bad who was not officially killed off in the series because as the essence of evil it is an incorporeal being that cannot be phy. In their final battle against The First, Anya was cut in half by one of The First's minions. Anya's body was then destroyed along with all of Sunnydale.