Sarah (Anime)

Sarah (サラ) is a supporting character and a villain of The Promised Neverland series. Dubbed as Grandmother (グランマ), she resided at Grace Field Headquarters and was a high-ranking human at Grace Field House, serving as a Grandma. During her youth, she served as Isabella's Mama, who she considered as one of her pawns.

History
She was presumably born and raised at Grace Field House at an unknown plantation. At age 12 she was shipped out and began training to become a Sister at Grace Field Headquarters. More than a decade ago, Sarah once worked in Grace Field House as a Mama, and took care of the children that resided in the plantation she was assigned to. Two of the notable children at her plantation were Isabella and Leslie.

Sometime after Leslie's departure from the orphanage, Isabella unknowingly figured out the truth behind Sarah and the orphanage she lived in, and sought to escape the place by herself. To her surprise, upon climbing the plantation's wall, she had discovered the steep cliff which surrounds the perimeter.

Sarah managed to catch Isabella with the help of her radar, as she signaled the former from the bottom of the wall to come down.

Sarah sent Isabella to the gates during her shipment day, as she watched Isabella meeting the (previous) Grandmother.

Sometime during Isabella's training days as a caretaker, Sarah replaced the previous Grandmother in her job, becoming the new Grandmother. With this new role, she would now have the ability to order the farm demons around, as well as the lower-ranked caretakers at the four premium plantations.

Appearance
Sarah is an elderly woman with short and curly grey hair. She has a large and round nose, wrinkles, and fairly plump lips. Sarah's full facial appearance remains a mystery, as her face is often shadowed and the frame often avoids showing her eyes in a sinister manner. Sarah is always seen wearing a black dress (presumably the attire for her role as a Grandmother) with long sleeves and a high collar that covers a large portion of her neck.

During her younger days, Sarah instead had short and curly light blond hair, with the only difference in her hair being a large fringe that was combed to the right side of her face. She worked as a Mama in Grace Field House, and thus donned the attire of a caretaker, consisting of a large white collar and a white apron covering the black dress underneath. Sarah was also shown to have no wrinkles at that time. In the anime, however, Sarah's hairstyle is noticeably different and has shorter hair.

Personality
Sarah is quite similar in personality to Isabella. Both have the same line of thoughts and goals. Sarah seems to be very strict as well, in order to ensure that Grace Field House is well-run. She also has a sadist side to her as well, telling Krone straight to her face that she was no more than a pawn. It is furthermore unknown if she feels the same as Isabella towards the orphans or that she sees them as no more than important goods.

Isabella
Sarah and Isabella appeared to have a good relationship, starting when Isabella began living in Grace Field House as a child years ago where Sarah was the caretaker at the time. Isabella was very fond of her until the day she found out about the shipping and the demons. Sarah gave Isabella the choice to become a Mama like her (just like Isabella gave Emma this chance) and Isabella agreed upon her offer, becoming a Mama years later. Their bond improved after Isabella began training to become a mama because she developed the same thoughts as Sarah. Sarah has deep faith in Isabella and her abilities, as when Krone told her about the escape plan of Emma, Norman, Ray, Don and Gilda, Sarah told her that she would leave it all in the hands of Isabella because she is important to her and above Krone in every aspect.

Krone
Krone and Sarah were on relatively good terms at first when Krone was training to become a sister, but things turned out to be very different when Sarah admitted that Krone was nothing more than a replaceable pawn. Sarah then arranged for Krone to be eliminated.

Leslie
Not much is known about Sarah's relationship with her former foster son Leslie. However, similar to how most caretakers would treat the orphans, Sarah most likely put on a kind and motherly façade to Leslie over the years before he was shipped out. Leslie's mother-son relationship with Sarah was most likely diminished into nothing more than a relationship between enemies coupled with betrayal and broken trust.