Maia the Dolphin

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Tidal-Wave, better known as by her true name, Maia Diana Hancock, is a an adopted character that is a part of Lapis Oceans Colony, as a Lieutenant in the colony's army, the Corinthian Guard. She isn't seen without her Trident while on the clock, and is regarded by her peers as "The Beach Stormer" 
== Appearance ==
Maia is a female dolphin with silvery-gray skin, red eyes, and has a few fins made to appear as bangs of head with a fin on the back of her head. Her physical form is considered fit and sporty, most likely having been brought on by her 
== Personality ==
Maia is a woman who can be described as a patient and calculated person. Her patience was mostly the result of her intense training and the times she was called in to observe new
== Strengths and Powers ==
Despite working with the Gifted, a group designated by having superpowers, Maia has no superpowers. However, she has fast reflexes and is very skilled with her dual Sampi ().
== Weaknesses ==
As stated before, Maia has no superpowers; as such, while working with a group of empowered people, she may be at risk in ways that they would not. Also, Maia's personality quirks and mild insanity often hinder her. That, coupled with her reflexes—which are just fast enough to get in her way, but not fast enough to make a difference—mitigates most of the help that she could potentially provide.
== History ==
Maia lived a pretty normal life until her brother, Felix, was convinced to join the fight against the Gifted, a small group of superpowered people who were now being persecuted for reasons unknown to Maia. She'd always been scared of Felix, but that fear turned into outright hatred when he killed their father, Arden, when Arden tried to explain to Felix that the Gifted weren't all evil. Putting aside her fear of people like Felix and her incredible shyness, she forced herself to join the Gifted and help them out.
In retrospect, this may not have been the best move. While she was able to convince the Gifted's leader to let a Gifted named Reens come along with the scouting mission that she was assigned to rather than stay behind with the suspicious leader, Maia then proved a hindrance to her group during this first mission, quickly making enemies with another Gifted, Carmine, who picked up on Maia's undesirable traits and harassed her over them. This led to a lot of arguing between the two and several delays for the group. Additionally, Maia proved no further help for the group, often unintentionally causing delays or other trouble for the group. Although she may yet find a time to assist the group, details on this are under wraps.
== Statistics ==
*Health: 1 – Maia can't take a lot of hits without passing out.
*Damage: 5 – Maia can dish out a lot of damage with her Sampi.
*Speed: 4 – Maia has above-average speed.
*Reflexes: 5 – Maia has fast reflexes, helping her deal a lot of damage and react quickly to any suspicious behavior. Note that this latter may be more of a curse than a blessing to those around her due to her paranoia and the fact that other members of her group are often just enough faster than her to accidentally make her contributions harmful (if they're noticed at all).
*Intelligence: 2 – Maia is reasonably intelligent, but her temperament inhibits her usefulness.
*Regen: 1 – Maia regenerates from damage slowly.
== Relationships ==
*Carmine Augustus: Maia hates Carmine. She's willing to be on the same side as Carmine to help everyone else, and she wouldn't actively harm Carmine, but she deplores Carmine otherwise and wishes to have nothing to do with her. However, when things get tough for the Gifted, Maia is willing to accept that, in some situations, Carmine may be the only one who can help her.
*Reens: Maia sees Reens as being a good person and will do everything she can to protect her from those who wish to harm her. People like Reens are perhaps the core reason why Maia stays with the Gifted and doesn't just leave due to her internal pain.
*Felix Seldon: Just as Reens represents—to Maia—the positive reasoning behind joining the Gifted, Felix represents the negative side. Maia loathes Felix for what he's done to her family and the cause that he represents, and, despite knowing that he's quite possibly just confused, wishes to see him pay for his crimes, preferably with death.
== Fun Facts ==
*Maia is the dimensional counterpart of Lia Seldon from VA-TIO. Despite being created later, Maia showed up in a work first. Notably, Lia is a much less violent character, due to being in a far more controlled environment and having someone to lean on, two things that Maia lacks.
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