Maeko Kanovin

## Relationships

### Relatives

Birth Mother (Unknown)Birth Father (Unknown) Unknown biological sibling(s)? Lylious Kanovin

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Her Mom
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Synthia Kanovin (Formerly Synthia Desluma)

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Her Mother
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## Appearances

### Appears in

September 30 1980-March 9 1981 (Cllenburs Time)

## Other Information

### Status

Slowly Dying From a Chronic Illness, but Alive.

## Background

### Early Life

Once upon a time, a married couple was dealing with poverty and relied on a shady dealer to lend them money. They were not able to pay them back continuously, and thus the angry loaner cursed their first-born child to die at the age of thirty. The mother cried for a week as she was pregnant and knew that the dealer was telling the truth. The father was a witch while the mother was a human. They both traveled to the human world to take care of their child.

The child was born, but they were unsure what to do. The couple had been waiting for a child for a long time and could not bear taking care of them with the knowledge that she was going to die, but they did not want to cast out their child, but they did not want to get attached. They did everything they could to keep the child isolated, but still took care of her. They put her in a room with surprisingly great items like a bed, toys, and clothes. The room had painted walls and it looked like a normal child’s room.

Except, the lock was on the outside and the windows were barricaded. Her parents would give her a plate of food three times a day, look at her with a tough face, and leave. Nothing else. They’d act mean to the child, but when out of their sight, they’d cry knowing the moment wouldn’t last forever. As to not get attached, the child was never even named, as they did not want a name to appear in their memories of mourning.

It went like this until they found her smiling so brightly from their toys despite her situation, oblivious of their parents’ actions. They took all the toys from Maeko’s room as ‘punishment.’ The child was too young to remember all of it, but it caused some subconscious damage. She was taught nothing. Not how to speak, not how to read. All the child knew was to eat, sleep, and play. They never knew anything outside of their room.

### New Life

At age four, their parents couldn’t take it anymore and put her aside in a cardboard box in an alleyway. Another married couple found the child; Sylvia and Lylious. They took her home and cleaned her up. The child was never taken care of. She came in tangled hair, bruised knees, and stained clothes. The child could only communicate through pointing, expressions, and through broken words she picked up from her biological ‘parents.’

Her new parents adopted her and took care of her and gave her a name; Maeko Kanovin. Her moms were famous knights who ended a war between nations, so Maeko got the best loving family there is. Maeko was mesmerized by her moms’ skills and wanted to follow along. She was too young to learn seriously, but she was allowed a mini wooden sword. Her moms would teach her small steps along the way.

### Curse

At age 7, she went to a normal checkup with the doctors. They picked up Maeko’s cursed and found out her limited lifespan. They could not formulate why she was that way, as they were only putting illnesses into consideration. As famous knights, people quickly found out of Maeko’s “illness.” The rumor got around to Maeko’s biological parents who were hit with guilt that she could live happily with another family.

They gave the doctors an anonymous tip that Maeko is not ill, but instead cursed. The doctors confirmed this and attempted to do a multitude of rituals, but failed. Her moms kept the knowledge that she’s cursed from her and the public view, fearing she’d be shunned, and instead told her she merely had an illness.

### Knight

Due to Maeko’s short lifespan, they didn’t want her stuck in school and instead pursue her passions. They asked Maeko what wishes she had, and they answered quickly and confidently. “Of course, a knight like you two!”

Maeko was taken out of school and instead trained by her moms’. Since they’re technically too young to become a knight, she gets private lessons to not stand out to the other knights in training. Over years of training and living a fulfilling life, Maeko becomes a very strong and an official registered knight.

## Trivia

* Maeko has gone through a total of 3 different backstories before settling on this one.
* Maeko's knight passion was created from Kayo reading too many manga/manhwa/manhua during her second backstory, and it just transferred over.
* Maeko's name has no true meaning. Kayo just put together some letters and made it a name