Maria "Galathea" de Tebas

"We must study History to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future." ― Galathea quote ―

=Character= Info about her looks, personality and characteristics of Maria de Tebas.

Appearance
Maria is a woman of 34 years with pleasant freckled face. She is of average height and weight. Especially highlights her dark red hair, inheritance from her Irish mother and as well as his beautiful green eyes. She usually dress in a serious and classic style but sometimes she proves something more daring and youth, but on these occasions she often feel somewhat embarrassed about her looks. She is so pretty shortsighted always accompanied by hier glasses to see. Also she has a small Fairy tattoo in her groin for remember her time living in Eire.

Personality and Demeanor
Maria is a friendly girl and determined. She is quite independent but her most important characteristic is their curiosity. She really loves know new things, people or places. She really has adventurer soul. She loves meeting new people, although it is true that her difficulty speaking in foreign languages ​​make she feels a little embarrassing when you start conversations.

Strengths and Weaknesses
One of the strengths of Maria is her ability to focus and determination when she wants to do something. Shes a methodical and organized person by nature. Although this is also its greatest weakness. Normally when focused on something completely forget the rest, giving her an appearance sometimes clueless and forgetful. Also she is afraid of heights and cockroaches.

Likes and Dislikes
She loves reading, chocolate, adventure films, mythology and tales of all kinds. She loves the theater and the troubadours. His musical tastes are somewhat eclectic. They range from classical music to hard rock, indi Including music, traditional or new age. A little bit of everything. Another of his pleasures is going dancing.

On the other hand hates hypocrisy, does not like the taste of liver and feel a bit overwhelmed by the huge crowds. She moves usually in quiet spaces so the bothers loud noises and screams.

Reputation
She has earned a reputation for good and efficient working in academic circles. It is also well regarded by her peers for being helpful and friendly mate.

Elsewhere on The Secret World is considered good research but with little experience in the field. The problems with her first cabal marked Maria how a bad leader in the templars. She dont have good responsiveness is difficult situations. Maria feels herself also insecure in these situations and she avoids take the leadership of anything whenever possible.

=History= Info about her life and young history of Maria de Tebas.

Childhood Years
Maria was born and lived until he was ten years in Spain. There he spent his childhood coriendo the streets of Toledo, next to his mother in libraries or hiking with his father to the mountains. She was a happy child and very curious, aspects that her parents took advantage to teach the importance of the study and knowledge of things. When she was six years her sister Sara was born and it was big a change in his life. She must take care about her. In her tenth birthday Maria learned that his family has moved around London. The reason was clear never beyond the work of his mother in Spain was over and his father turned to her, taking her two daughters.

This will hurt a lot because she left to all friends, family and everything I knew until moment in Spain. Even today remembers those days fondly.

Youth Years
During his adolescence Maria lived Mainly in London. But we can say she visited her many parents place That Travelled Because so much for research, conferences and of course vacations to many parts of the world, always carrying with them Their Daughters. At first it took some time feel good living in England, Mainly for Their language learning problems. She had discovered language learning Difficulty Because She has dyslexia. But with perseverance and study finally came to unfold enough to meet new people and to finish her ​​studies. In this period was her first visit to Eire where definitely fell in love of the Celtic culture. After finishing high school she was not very clear want to do with her life and her parents encourage her to live in other place for a time and think about what really passionate her. She decides spent these years, 97/98, living to Galway City in Eire. There she works in various temporary jobs and she have the oportunity to know the country and culture. During this stay meets her first boyfriend, Mitsu Shiba a Japanese exchange student. They stay together until each returned to their respective countries. But he still remains one of the best friends on today. After estacia in Eire and are clear that what he wants to study is Celtic Culture and Mythology in college.

Adult Years
After returning to London Maria start in college and studies History career specializing in Celtic culture. During this time she helped his father as an scholarship holder. Participating in two archaeological excavations. One in Toledo at 2008 and another near Tara at 2009. During this last excavation Maria had a strange accident what made her being hospitalized along a couple of months in a hospital in Dublin. When she recovered from that she returned to London and completed her studies without further problems. After that she starting to work part time in the library of the University of King's College, harmonizing this work with others in various foundations and organizations.

=Relations and Contacts= Info about her family, friends, contacts, rivals and her opinions about the factions.

Jonatan & Aisling de Tebas
Maria's parents both live in London. Dr Jonathan de Tebas is a professor at the University of King's College and occasionally performs some field research, with excavations included. This specializing in Celtic culture. Aisling Obrian, her mother, was librarian at the same university but after his retirement gave way to his daughter Maria who already works as an adjunct in the library. Now spend her free time to be writer, her dream is publish a mystery novel.

Sidney Reeves
Sydney "Quiet-Crooner" Reeves is a friend of Maria from not long time ago. They met working in The Hearthsworn Foundation together but quickly hit it off. They travel together to make a dig Egypt, which failed to finish because the mishaps of the foundation. After a short period of time without contact Sidney returned to locate Maria for offer him a new position in another similar foundation, The Wingate Foundation. Since then they work together there. Council Venice Profile: Sidney Reeves

Aryanay Jarlsdottir
Aryanay Jarlsdottir is an agent of the Illuminati she met during her stay in the United States. Although initially their relationship was strained eventually they forced to cooperate in order to resolve the Incident in New England. At the end of the mission and solve the disaster both agents ended up being good friends, and although they are from different secret societies Maria and Aryanay maintain good relations and often work together. Freyjh is member of the cabal "Monster Slayers, NY branch."

Mitsu Shiba
Mitsu Shiba and Maria met in Eire during the short period they both lived there (1997 -1999). Maria was working in Galway while preparing his thesis on Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, and Mitsu Shiba was an exchange student at the University of Galway. They became friends in the university environment and keep them friendship in the distance once they returned to their respective homes. In 2012 Mitsu Shiba moved to London for work and they able to meet most often.

Iliana Watson
Iliana Watson was the mentor of Maria in the Templars. She was in charge of the learning of her magical abilities. As well as her first steps in the field of combat and field missions. Iliana is a woman runs blood of Old Guard Templar. Iliana is very committed and stubborn in the old traditions. What has clashed from the beginning Directly With The open mind of Maria. So the first year of instruction was a living hell for Maria. For luck Maria met luckily early 2012 Richard Sonnac and his New Blood in the Templars. That caused Maria start to meet ne people in Templars more similar that her. Finally she coming to form his own cabal: The Order of Athena. The relationship with Iliana hardened a little more after Maria´s cabal problem with dark fairies and the mistakes of her pupil.

Sara de Tebas
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Sara de Tebas is younger sister Maria. Maria always take care of her little sister and had a friendly relationship. According years passed Maria was becoming the "perfect daughter" while Sara was just becoming in the problematic one. What made a gap of rivalry was born between them. That gap became broken between sisters when Maria went to live in Eire. Sara felt betrayed and abandoned, leaving her unguarded under the eyes of their parents. In 2005 Sara had a heated argument with his father and ran away from home. Since then she live in her free way, occasionally giving signs of life. The last thing Maria knows about her sister its her lives in New York now.

The Iluminaty
<p style="text-indent: 15px">With the Illuminati Maria has faced a series of thoughts. On the one hand the Templars claim they are evil incarnate but otherwise her experiences with them as partners show the opposite. Maria assumes that within this secret society, as in the Templars, should be several schools of thought. And possibly some are much more open than others, like the New Blood in her society. For the moment distrusts them individually until they show to be good people like their agente Freyjh (Aryanay Jarlsdottir).

The Dragon
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Maria dont have any idea about the Dragons. She has not meet many of them. And few she meets are so different from one to another that she has no idea about what think as a secret society. Some of them are friendly, some reserved, some other intriguing and another clear like water. But if it is true that generally she feels well disposed towards them mainly for her good relationship with the agent Koomori (Mitsu Shiba).

The Phoenicians
<p style="text-indent: 15px">The Phoenicians she doesnt know much, but what little she knows do not like. All the times that she has been crossed with them they was murderers, mercenaries, thieves or criminals of any kind. For Maria it is clear that The Phoenicians is the version of the Mafia in The Secret World.

Council of Venice
<p style="text-indent: 15px">The idea of ​​the Council of Venice to Maria seems amazing. This fits perfectly with her idea about cooperation between the secret societies. She hopes someday evolve more and work together with the UN to solve supernatural problems affecting everyone. Whenever she has had the opportunity to work with them has cast delighted. Maria really hopes someday to become part of this organization as representative of the Templar.

The Orochi Group
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Maria sees the reflection of a corporation in The Orochi Group. They have many good people working and believe in what they do. But when she got to know more of their structures more displeased the group. She believes that managers are putting their interests to those of the majority or even humanity itself. They series of experiments without unscrupulous what they fail and finish in great problems. Many people died from these selfish interests and they still not finished yet. Maria think that we dont really know yet about the real consecuencies about the Filth Proyect. She hopes they didnt open the Pandora Box.

The Black Watchmen
<p style="text-indent: 15px">The Black Watchmen is an agency of cooperation between different secret societies and mundane agencies of law. Maria came in contact with them through the templar agent Astrid Massing. Maria work as an advisor and consultant to her and dragon agent Msika in the case Rais. The data of this case still remain confidential. In late 2012 Maria has returned to be required as a consultant by the agent Msika in a new case with the code name: The End of Days.

La Orden de Atenea
<p style="text-indent: 15px">In the first year with the Templars she meets a small group of new blood templars who are passionate about the mysteries and secrets. All of them enjoin together in a cabal know as La Orden de Atenea. Their passions for the mysteries make them follow the activities of a Dark Fairy Court in London. But some day when they were on the trail of something that looked interesting fairies ambushed the cabal. That was the first and last real fight for the cabal, because she was the only got out alive. This left Maria strongly marked, so since them she prefers stay among her books to conduct fieldwork. But unfortunately, recent events have forced all the Templars, including Galathea off their books and library security and walk out.

The Hearthsworn Foundation
<p style="text-indent: 15px">During 2012 an old friend of univeridad, Angelika Leveski, returned to London after a period of traveling the world. She had gotten a job at Hearthsworn Foundation. That foundation worked for archaeological and heritage conservation. Angelika put in contact Maria with one of its heads, Ann Ryan. Finally Ann offered a position as librarian and consultant to the foundation. Maria worked here a part time until the foundation must to closed for financial problems during the excavation in Egypt.

Council Venice Profile: Hearthsworn Foundation

The Wingate Foundation
<p style="text-indent: 15px">In late 2012 Maria received a call from his old colleague in Hearthsworn Foundation, Sidney Reeves. Apparently he had gotten a new job in another founding objectives are similar to Hearthsworn Foundation. And when him hear that there was a vacancy as a counselor or librarian in the Wingate Foundation did not hesitate to call Maria. Sidney contact with him new boss, Sir Thomas Wingate / Thomas Wingate II, to offer her curriculum. Maria started working again part-time as a librarian and advises on Celtic mythology for the Foundation. While maintaining its position in the university library.

Council Venice Profile: The Wingate Foundation

=Timeline=

1978/1990
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 * 1978 She born in Toledo, Spain.
 * 1988 Her family move to London.
 * 1989 She visits the Emerald Isle for the first time. She fall in love for Celtic Culture.

1990/2000
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 * 1995 She visits Eire for the second time. First encounter with the fairies and the Secret World but she rationalizes and eventually forgets.
 * 1997 She goes to live in Galway (County Mayo in Ireland) for two years.
 * 1998 She back to London and began studying Celtic History at the University of King's College on London

2000/2010
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 * 2003 She finished her studies in Ph.D. in Celtic History
 * 2004 She finished her studies in First Aid Course
 * 2005 Her sister had a hard fight with her parents and left home. Since then she lives in New York
 * 2006 She finished her studies Degree in Librarianship
 * 2007 She meet Angelika Leveski. She was an exchange student in archeology lessons her father taught in the University.
 * 2008 She did field work as Archeology Assistant: Spain - Medieval burials in Toledo
 * 2009 She did field work as Archeology Assistant: Ireland - Celtic burials in Tara
 * 2010 Librarian at the University of King's College (Actual Job)

2010 The Templar Society
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Templar classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.

2011 Rais Case
<p style="text-indent: 15px">The Black Watchmen classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.

2012 New England's Incident
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Templar classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.

2012 Archaeological dig and Egypt's Incident

 * Archaeological dig:
 * Egypt's Incident: Templar classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.

2012 Transylvania's Incident
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Templar classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.

2012 New York's Incident
<p style="text-indent: 15px">Templar classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.

2012 The End of Days Case
<p style="text-indent: 15px">The Black Watchmen classified case. <p style="text-indent: 30px">Working in the dossier.