Maria

Maria is a semi-early character in the story arc of 8th Axis.
She was added in early July, 2022 as part of the upcoming Season Two storyline update. She is a citizen of Dauper village, a town in the Frontier, which will likely be very important in the new Frontier update.
She can be found near X: 2105, Z: 2459, in the general vicinity of the Dauper lake.
==Origin==
Though more of her backstory may be revealed in the update she will be included with, little is currently known of Maria's origin. However, some amount of knowledge can be speculated from her dialogue. She is a former resident of Shiganshina, who fled to Dauper as a result of the fall of Wall Maria. She has family in the Orvud district, however, once she settled in Dauper, decided that it was much safer in Dauper than in Orvud.
==History==
Maria was likely born and raised in the Shiganshina district, where she originally hails from. At some point, she got married with an unknown person from Shiganshina, and during the fall of Wall Maria, she and her husband managed to both survive and moved to Dauper together. While unknown for sure, Maria's husband is presumed to be Lio. He is also from Shiganshina, and he is a hunter, as Maria states her husband is. However, she describes him as enjoying his new job, which it is known that Lio does not.
==Appearance==
Maria is a middle-aged female with light skin, light brown eyes, and short, light brown hair. She wears a long white tunic with some kind of gray vest over it, light brown striped pants, and black shoes.
==Dialogue==
*I never intended to settle here, I fled from Shiganshina when I was young
*I hope my husband is home soon, his hunts seem to get longer and longer!
*My husband has really enjoyed his job as a hunter, I suppose that's a benefit of us moving here!
*I might make a trip to Orvud, I have some distant family I haven't seen in years living there!
*The lake is the only place I feel at peace, it reminds me of home.
*I want to tame a fox, they look so fluffy!
*It's a lot quieter here than it is in the cities, I miss the noise. I miss my family.
*I suppose it is a lot safer out here than it is in the cities!
==Trivia==
*Maria's dialogue line stating that she wishes to tame a fox is very similar to the dialogue line of a resident of Pyöriá, the village that preluded Dauper. Anu, one of the children, expressed her desire to do the exact same thing, only with a bear instead of a fox. They even both used the word "fluffy" to describe their respective animals.