[center][color=red][h2]【[u][b]Maria Uther[/b][/u]】[/h2][/color]
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【[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAtkMuyVPS0]Shoot all your problems away[/url][b]/|\[/b][url=link]WIP[/url]】
[b]Age:[/b] 23
[b]Apparent Age:[/b] 23 
[b]Race:[/b] Human
[b]Sub-race:[/b] Cockney

[h2][b]Personality:[/b] [/h2]
Maria is very straightforward and honest. It's the traits she most learned from her father, who lived by the motto, and honest day's work for an honest day's pay. He never believed in lying, or trickery, so neither does she. Her honesty however is extremely brutal, and extends to her emotions. If someone makes Maria mad, she will flay the person alive with her tongue, whether or not the insult was intentional or not. 

Despite the trigger temper, most of the time, Maria's very giving, even if crass, and she's extremely defensive of people around her. If Maria thinks something is for people's good, she'll do it without a split second consideration, or the recipient's consent.

Maria has two fears, a fear of touch, and a fear of magic. The latter came from witnessing her father's arrest, and she's not sure about the first. The latter also has given her an extreme prejudice against mages, she hates them and magic in every sense.

[h2][b]History:[/b] [/h2]
Maria grew up in the poorer parts of Ominar, part of the slums many Licentia would later be forced to move to. Her father was a factory worker, and the only way he could provide for his large family was by working ridiculous hours. Even as strong and efficient at his job he was, he never seemed to get a raise. Maria once asked him why he never tried getting a better job, or learn magic to help, to which he'd respond "I do a honest day's work, fer an honest day's pay, don't need no magic for t'at".

His wife didn't agree, and after the separation, Maria became more or less in charge of the household at the age of 13 as things tightened down.

It was stressful, but happy for her, and all her memories of her father were happy ones. He would always come home with sweets, and although he was tired, he still made what little time he had for his children. Maria tried to help as much as she could, and at the age of 16, she got a job. The owner of a gun range was a family friend, and so Maria began work there, cleaning up targets, and setting up pigeons. The friend couldn't help but laugh when she'd been offered to shoot for the first time, and came back with a black eye.

She worked their for years, and picked up how to use a gun. Of course, she was free to shoot, but had to clean up just the same after every time. She asked alot of questions, and her boss always seemed to know the answer. She even began competing in tournaments, though she never won any, she got close several times.

One day, on a break with her boss, she started asking about the design of the gun she was using, and added a few suggestions. Laughing, he noted it'd be a great idea, if she could find someone to make it. Thinking about it, he did know a contact. Introducing the two, the gun designer took quite a liking to Maria, and offered her a new job, despite the fact she was barely old enough to own a gun herself.

Maria was quite successful, and began saving up money to move her family out of the slums. The current politics never seemed to bother her, who cared who was in charge, it didn't ever seem to help her any. The fact the prae took over only began to aggravate her when one of her neighbors, Ms. Sylph was forced out of her home. She was actually a kind licentia, who'd Maria'd helped out for odd jobs as a kid. Maria was different from her very vocal father in this reguard, who always referred to the prae as a "bunch'a berks". 

One day, a year ago, as she was visiting her father, her life views seemed to change. Hunter's stormed the house, accusing her father of being possessed by licentia. Her father was strong, but the magic they used bound him in an instant, and he couldn't break free, no matter how much he struggled. Maria had never heard so many swear words, and swearing seemed to be her father's mother tongue.

The next few months were terrible for Maria, as the prae and hunters brutalized the slums, with the inhabitants being great scape goats. Maria herself was accused of being possessed, a similar raid occurring in her home. There was one big difference between her and her father. Her father never kept guns in the house. Maria doesn't remember much of the event, she only remembered waking up in a neighbors house, her hands still trembling. Mr. Sylph was there, and had assured her, he'd helped with the bodies (which somehow did not comfort the girl too much).

Maria had never been so glad to live in such a hellhole, as the hunter's only occasionally made raids to the place, so while wanted, Maria only had to worry about running if one was spotted in the area.

Deciding she couldn't let the prae get away with this, she joined the rebellion.
[h3]Belongings[/h3][/center]
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[h3]Guns[/h3]
Light Sniper Rifle - Weighing 15 lbs, this sniper rifle fires .50 calibur rounds. Maria uses this gun when she is serious. Every past attempt to use has been a dark stain in her life. Though more a dark red stain on the ground.

Custom built shotgun(Uther 2025)- Maria's personal baby, Maria has spent years designing it. It is eight gauge with lethal pellet rounds. It manages 16 pellets crammed with explosive rounds. The shot from this are comparable to 8 grenades going off at once. Partly because it's near suicidal to use, and partly because of Maria's love of it, she's never sold the blueprints to this gun.

.22 handgun (x2)- Maria keeps two handguns hidden under her skirt. Each has 15 shots.
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[center][h2][u]Mental[/u][/h2][/center]
Maria's not the smartest cookie, and she has no dealings with magic, making her weak to mental assaults.


[center][h2][u]Physical[/u][/h2][/center]
Maria is in very good physical condition. She doesn't have any magic to boost her up however, so she is by no means superhuman, but she is fairly well versed in parkour (having run from many questionably legal events in her life.)

Her accuracy with a gun is extremely impressive, and Maria is able to quickdraw seemingly like magic. Maria has spent years training in firing while moving, giving her a mobile fighting style. She's able to aim by instinct as this point, without needed more than a glance to hit a target.

[center][h2][u]Technology[/u][/h2][/center]
Can identify caliburs by sound. Can pick up and figure out most modern weapons almost instantly. Maria is very good with her hands, and can jerry-rig machines fairly quickly. With enough time and material, she can design just about any non-magic weapon.

Absolutely no magical powers, or knowledge of Vis/Anima/Magic as a hole. Maria does know a bullet to the heart to a magic user does about the same as to anyone else, if they can't stop it.

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