Maria Karagane

**Maria Karagane** is a recurring character throughout *The Saga*. She is a very wealthy and world renowned Blader, Museum Curator, Explorer and Adventurer. Her BeyBlade Lightning Valkyrie 105F. She is also the mother of Excalibur member, Sophie.

## Maria Karagane

### Aliases

Mother (By Sophie)

Miss Karagane (By Gingka, Madoka, Wales, Klaus, Masamune, Julian, Ryo, Tsubasa, Kenta, Etc)

The Storm's Beauty

### Relatives

Sophie (Daughter)Barko Karagane (Husband; Deceased)

### Affiliation

Team Excalibur, Team Wang-Hu-Zhong, Team GanGan Galaxy, WBBA, Ryo Hagane, Hikaru, Madoka

### Occupation

WBBA COO, Blader, Museum Curator, Explorer, Adventurer

## Appearances

### Appears in

Metal Masters/TJOBB, Metal Fury/Star Power, Metal Legends

## Biography

Maria Karagane is a woman of class, elegance and peace throughout the world. Before moving into the city of Paris after a successfully long career resulting in a better thriving and wealthier life for her and Sophie, she grew up in Itali Village, just outside of Paris and and a good distance away from Italy. For years she worked in various museums as a Curator and educator on the long and ancient history of Beys, Lost Civilizations, Lost Ruins, etc. In her adventuring and explorer days, Maria had found and discovered lost ruins and civilizations with the help of her BeyBlade, Lightning Valkyrie. As a result of this, she gained a very positive reputation throughout Europe, eventually becoming a veteran member of the European Union. After a lengthy career of exploring, adventuring and volunteering for various museums and teaching generations of children, she settled down with fellow Itali Villager, Barko Karagane, with the two of them eventually had a daughter named Sophie. Together Maria and Barko raised Sophie, although mainly in Paris, they always found the time to let her explore and reside for a few days in the village so she could get the best of both worlds. Maria and her husband taught taught their young daughter the values of kindness, elegance, peace, and being educated both as a Blader, and as a person in general. Eventually, thanks to Maria's status as a European Union member, her daughter eventually met her friends, and future teammates, Julian Konzern and Wales. Outside of achieving her dream, Maria achieved her one important goal; Protecting and raising Sophie to be the best person and Blader she could possibly be. Unfortunately, Maria and Sophie's later half of their lives would change on one fateful day. During a riot against Itali Village orchestrated by Hades Inc and Dr. Ziggurat (Which was unknown to Sophie and Maria), Barko was killed inside the Itali Caves during a collapse, leaving Maria without her beloved husband, and Sophie without her beloved father. While this event caused them both massive trauma, Maria would not allow it to consume her as she fought hard to continue raising Sophie into a smart, beautiful and mature young woman by herself. Just when it seemed that things were going to turn around for the better, Maria after exploring the nearby Itali Village Forest got sick from a devastating unknown illness from an evil and mysterious Blader (Reiji and his new Bey, Dark Serpent) and became bedridden just before the beginning of the BeyBlade World Championships. She is now currently being medically attended to in her childhood village as the European Hospitals could not identify or treat the illness, where she fights hard for her life, while also watching over her daughter with hope that she carries on her and her father's life teachings.

## Battle History

### Pre-Twin Jewels Of BeyBlade

* Various Victories
* Vs Reij (Loss)