Maggie Sawyer

Nicky Lee, Nyssa Lee, Sofia Ramos, Rosalina Basaro, Andre Basaro (First Cousins, Once Removed)

### Marital Status

Dating (Toby Raynes, Girlfriend)
Formerly Engaged (Alex Danvers, Ex Fiancée)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

The Valo Apt 415
219 Burton Street
Somerset District
Downtown, Gotham, NJ

### Education

Bachelor's Degree, Criminology (Midwestern University) & Police Academy Training

### Occupation

Vice Squad Captain
SCU Detective (formerly)
Police Officer (formerly)

### Employer

Gotham City Police Department
Metropolis Police Department (formerly)
Central City Police Department (formerly)

## Background

### 1979 - 1997: Margarita Rodas

Margarita Sawyer was born to Sheriff Oscar Rodas & Becca Mederos in Blue Valley, Colorado. Becca was a native of a wealthy district in Star City but met & fell in love with Oscar in college. When they graduated, she decided to move with him back to his hometown. Both of her parents were conservative Cubans, which would later make things difficult for her.

Maggie lived a relatively normal life. She was well liked in school & being the sheriff's daughter made things easier for her. Things took a turn for the worst when she realized she had a crush on her only friend, Elisa Wilkey during their sophomore year of high school. Elisa was a nice girl & was known as a sweetheart to all but Maggie felt that they had a deeper connection. Thinking the feeling was mutual, she gave Elisa a Valentine's Day card expressing her feelings & asking her to the school dance the next week. Elisa denied Maggie, which would have been okay except she also showed her parents. Elisa's parents then called Maggie's, thus outing her. Maggie then became discriminated against & treated like an outcast at her school.

That same week, Maggie's father would pack her a suitcase & took her on a long train ride across the country to Metropolis. After arriving at her aunt's house, Maggie asked her father what she did wrong. The only thing he said was, "You shamed me," before ordering Maggie out the car with her suitcase & leaving her on the steps of her aunt's house. For the next three years, Maggie would live with her aunt Vivian, uncle Robert & her cousins.

### 1997 - 2009: Maggie Sawyer

After high school, Maggie went on to attend Midwestern University for their stellar criminology program. It would be during this time that Maggie would become close to one of her classmates, James Buchanan Sawyer. Instead of returning to the east coast, she elected to stay in Central City with James. The two entered the academy together after graduating & got married the same month. After four months at the academy, they both entered into the police force.

Maggie would become a stellar cop, solving a fifteen year old cold case using her father's skill of inspecting seemingly innocent clues. The job earned Maggie her detective shield after only two years of service. Maggie became even more dedicated in her work following this but James wanted to have children. Maggie would eventually end up pregnant but as she didn't want children, she went to the clinic & got an abortion. After this revelation, James asked for a divorce after five years of marriage. Understanding his feelings but still hurt, Maggie moved back to Metropolis.

A hard-working & tough woman, Maggie quickly made her mark in the Special Crimes Unit division under the leadership of Dan Turpin. However, she soon made the change to Gotham City Police Department, knowing she could do more in the city notoriously filled with crime. She was put in the Major Crimes Unit, where she worked with Lt. Harvey Bullock. Though the two regularly argued over their technique, they always gave each other props for getting job done. She was one the cops that stayed in the city after Gotham was declared a No Man's Land.

In addition to the things going well in her professional life, Maggie had also began relationship with Gotham socialite, Kate Kane. The relationship went well until Kate revealed she was none other than Batwoman at the end of the Cataclysm. Feeling betrayed & lied to, Maggie ended the relationship feeling that she could no longer trust Kate. However, she still trusted her decisions as Batwoman for the most part.

## Romantic Relationships

* James Sawyer: Boyfriend (1998 - 2001); Husband (2001 - 2004)
* Kate Kane: Girlfriend (2007 - 2009)
* Alex Danvers: Girlfriend (2011 - 2013); Fiancée (2013)
* Toby Raynes: Girlfriend (2015 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Firearms:** Due to her police training, Maggie is very proficient in the use of firearms.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Due to her police training, Maggie is a highly skilled hand to hand combatant.
* **Investigation:** As a police captain of the Gotham City Police Department, Maggie has proven herself to be a highly skilled detective. Using her father's advice, Maggie solved an 15 year old cold murder case.
* **Multilingualism:** Maggie is capable of fluently speaking English & Spanish.
* **Physicality**: Maggie is quite athletic, participating in the Metropolis Marathon every year.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* As a teenager, she had a bad habit of smoking cigarettes but has stopped.
* She enjoys yoga & does it at least three times a week to help keep her at peace.
* Maggie doesn't want to be a mom. She has stated that she is perfectly fine being the "cool auntie" to Nicky, Nyssa & Sofia.
* She is estranged from both of her parents.
* Though she stills refers to Vivian & Robert as her aunt & uncle, she considers them to be her parents. She also introduces her cousins as her siblings, with their children later referring to her as Aunt Maggie.
* Maggie is Cuban on her mother's side. Her father's family is from Spain but he was mostly raised by his white American mother.
* She takes after her mother's caramel skin tone & her father's brown hair.
* She had only been with the GCPD for a few months when The Cataclysm hit.

## Notes

* Her ethnicity is a nod to the *Arrowverse.*
* Her middle name is a nod to the actress that portrays her in the *Arrowverse*, Floriana Lima.
* Her daughter Jamie was not incorporated as I felt it wouldn't make sense for Maggie to move away from her daughter following her & James' divorce. Maggie was estranged from her parents so she wouldn't want her daughter to grow up in a similar situation.