Impressed by her imaginative revenge, D'Hoffryn offers her a position as a vengeance demon, and she becomes "Anyanka," an avenger of scorned women.

Believing she is about to die, Anya is resigned to her fate only to watch helplessly as D'Hoffryn summons her friend Halfrek - another vengeance demon whose specialty is granting the wishes of unhappy children - and incinerates her instead.

He starts working alongside the Scoobies to help facilitate the new rules of magic only to double-cross them in favour of keeping the Slayer Handbook for himself.

Empowered by the Slayer Handbook, D'Hoffryn annihilates the demon lords opposing Buffy in addition to other members of the magic council, removing his rivals for conquest of the world.

He is assisted by the resurrected Anya and Jonathan Levinson which he transformed into a Vengeance demon before leading an attack on the Scooby Gang.