Maya De Las Almas
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| Maya De Las Almas ♀ | |
|---|---|
  Número 18 | |
| Date of Birth | 30th October, 1579 (432) |
| Place of Birth | Portugal |
| Dormir | La Necessidad |
| Resurrecíon | Los Esquecidos |
| Player | LibertyWing |
| Arrancar | |
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Appearance
A 5 feet girl, with white long hair. Uses clothes made by herself shortly after arriving at the real world, including a backpack to carry materials used in tailoring.
Personality
Has a very strict personality, and although she always has a serious look, she enjoys occasional jokes. She is especially strict when it comes to clothing. Likes to do things her way, she doesn't care if she told to do something, as long as she can do it her way. Doesn't like to be the center of attentions, she will do anything to avoid it as long as she doesn't have anything to do with her clothes. Has an incredible sense of honor, and will never attack, or feed on, defenseless targets, preferring to target low level hollows.
History
Maya Almeida was born in a small village of Portugal. When Maya was born, Portugal was still of young age and only had half the size of the present times. Her family was one of the most known tailors of the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the richest. But her family supported the king and they wanted to help the him claim more lands, and so in an act of extreme loyalty, they gave all their riches to the crown, to help pay the cost of war, and for every dress they made for the royal family, they only requested the money necessary to pay for the materials.
As Maya grew, her parents not only taught her to make every kind of clothing, but to show respect for everyone, from the lowest pleasant to the highest noblemen, as the country they lived on was as much as hers as it was theirs. From tough clothes for the farmers, to the most delicate clothing for upper classes noblemen, Maya became a master tailor by the age of 9, although always under the watch of her parents, due to the shorting on materials caused by the war.
At the age of 16, Maya was already the most known tailor in all the country, in part due to her beauty. But Maya was not some ingenuous maiden, as the war had many times reached her small village, and she knew how to fight when needed, and although she disliked it, she was a taught by her father, from very small age, to fight, and to never give up on life. Her father told her once ‘Dying is easy. It’s living that’s hard’, and she lived supported by those words. Although she wasn't very strong, her small frame and agility, allowed her to disable most enemies, without using weapons. Also due to the fact that she was a tailor, she learned to think fast and use everything around her to make fast repairs to mistakes made during the tailoring, avoiding the necessity to remake the entire piece, that was once shown to have use in battle, when she took out a knight out of his horse and rendered him defenseless. This happened during a raid on her village by the Castellan cavalry, where she found herself chased by a knight. She defended herself by throwing a hand full on needles she had in her pocket into the horses eyes, scaring the horse and causing the knight to fall down from it. Using a black piece of tissue she immediately covered the knight’s helmet eye slits, and then scared the horse in order to get it closer to the fallen knight. The knight was swigging his sword around while trying to remove the black tissue, and stabbed the horse in the process, which fell death on top of him, trapping the knight under it. That feat along with the fact that she showed extreme loyalty and respect to everyone she knew, caused her to get be as respected as the king himself.
One day, while she was walking through the forest, she saw a men running in her direction. She recognized the man as being the town drunk, that often said he could see ghosts. He seemed to be screaming something, but she wasn't able to hear what the man said as a big tree fell right beside her. Maya was confused, and she once again turned to the man. Now closer, the man voice was loudly screaming ‘MONSTER’, and the last thing Maya heard was what seemed to be the sound of a huge bull running towards her. And everything went silent.
A lot of years latter Maya woke up. Confused and scared as she started to remember things. She could see herself killing people, a lot of people, from murders, thieves, women, children, elders, and so many more. She could feel them, inside her, like if her mind was connected to them. She could see flashes of memories not of her own, causing her memories to be fragmented. All she could remember was that her name was Maya and something about Alma. She couldn't remember correctly, but it did not matter. She was hungry now. She wandered through the desert until she saw what looked like a monster, slightly taller than her, and yet she wasn't scared, she was only hungry. The monster was taken by surprise by Maya. Her small frame and agility where now backed up by an inhuman strength which allowed her to swiftly kill the white masked monster, and feed of him.
As she feed on him, more memories flashed through her mind. She could feel the memories she was seeing where not her own. She felt the souls the hollow had feed upon, flow in her. And as soon as her hungry subsided, she came to herself. The souls inside her, gave her power, but also unlocked most of her memories. She screamed, both due to the memories she had, and those she could not remember. The pain of not knowing her past, and the pain caused by knowing the amount of souls she had in her, was overwhelming. For some reason Maya felt sorry for the souls inside of her, even if she never meet them, she felt like it was her fault they were in that situation. Suddenly she heard a man from a memory flashing in her mind, ‘Dying is easy. It’s living that’s hard’. That line had an amazing calming effect on Maya. For some reason, she felt safe, and strong. She stood up and wiped her tears. She was going to move on, and live doing what she felt she had to do.
Maya De Las Almas, was born.
Before starting her journey, she looked at herself. She thought the garments she was wearing were ugly, and so she started making her own. Even without realizing how she knew how to make one, the crafting comforted her, as if it was a part of her. She soon finished making a clothing she liked and used her old garment leftovers to make a backpack, that soon came in handy to gather materials she could then use to change her clothing looks.
During her journey, she crossed the Gillian forest, where she roamed around, avoiding undesired attention. But one day, she saw a Gillian making an opening to the real world. Curious about what was on the other side, she jumped into it.
Maya was now amazed by the world she was in. Nothing like the waste land she found herself before. She couldn't wait to see what materials she would be able to find here.
Combat
Strengths
Maya is very good at planing, also as a backup plan for when the previous fail, even if its made up on the spot. Her small frame and agility, turns her into a small with unpredictable movements target, reducing the chances of getting hit by long range attacks.
Weaknesses
Maya likes to plan an attack strategy on the spot, causing her plans to be very flawed, which forces her to continually plan her next move.
Her small frame although making her very agile, also causes her to have reduced physical strength and endurance.
