full name: maeve ^{(pronounced mayv)} catriona o'doyle

nicknames:

age: 17, november 11^th

religion: none

sexuality: straight

marital status: single

occupation: student

playby: saoirse ronan

hometown: castlebar, ireland

parents: unknown

siblings: unknown

brief history: Left at a fire station in Castlebar, Ireland as a tiny baby, Maeve became a ward of the courts right from day dot (the doctors said she could be more than a few hours old). Rather than putting her into the children's home, the social worker she had been assigned to, Nero Kallias, instantly put the baby into a foster home, as she felt that the abandoned baby needed the love and hands-on approach of an actual family then the hands-off approach she had seen in most children's homes. She was enrolled into ballet classes as early as possible and then into ice skating classes when she was old enough. And, when the girl began to show an interest, she was also enrolled at a top of the line riding school.

Got caught in the crossfire of a fight between a foster father and brother and was caught by a flying fist, pushing her backwards into a bathtub filled with water and panicking, she couldn't get to the surface, so she is now terrified of the fact that she might drown if she goes into water.

Nero never kept the girl in one place for too long, making sure that each of the girl's foster homes were carefully selected. Once the child was eight, her social worker was worried that her parents would decide that they wanted their baby back, so she gained permission from the courts and moved with the girl to Spain, where she began to shape and model the girl more strictly than she had already done, and enrolled her at St Mary's School for Girls.

At the boarding school, Maeve threw herself into her work; academic and physical fitness. And when she wasn't in school she was at the local ice rink. Her life was then filled with competitions, tests and training - and not just with school. As she approached her teens, she began to pull back from the social scene, and withdrew into her own shell. Only ever speaking if she was called upon and only then if she had no choice. She had known for a while that her life was different from everyone else's, and that she had to do as she was told.

Then something happened and Athena found herself on a plane again and they were headed to the United Kingdom. She was placed into a foster home - a house in the middle of no where - where she was worked to the bone, looking after horses and ponies there, not allowed to leave the property until Nero came to collect her and brought her to Hickstead.

likes: Ice Skating
Animals
Solitude
Ballet
Cross Stitch
Classical Music

dislikes: Jerks (people being idiots)
Rap music (which she says isn't music)
Falling
Being wrong
Being caught in the rain

strengths: Maeve is very artistic, be that playing an instrument, creating a cross stitch work, or drawing
She is very intelligent, "wise beyond her years" people have said in the past.
Has a strong affinity toward horses and could be a talented rider, if given half a chance

weaknesses: She is unsure of herself. She had been put down so much in her life, that she believes that she is as useless as she has been told she she is

secrets: Witnessed another skater tamper with someone's skates which ended up with the owner of the skates falling during a routine and breaking her leg. She was warned to keep silent or else, and still hasn't spoken about it.

fears: Spiders
Drowning (explained in history)
Bodies of water (lakes, ponds, swimming pools, even the bath, she admires the power of the ocean, but from a distance)


habits: When stressed, she picks at her cuticles until they bleed
Sings while working.

overall personality: Quiet, reclusive and hardworking, Maeve only ever strives for the best. Although described by others as being shy and standoffish, she is a firm believer of the if life hands you lemons, make lemonade philosophy, and no matter how horribly her life can seem at any one point, she will rise above it and come out stronger (after all she was named after an Irish legend; of a warrior queen of Connach). Silent is another good word to describe this girl, as she will happily have people believe that she is mute and will only speak if she feels she has no other choice.

She isn't one to wear her emotions on her sleeve, and others have to push pretty hard to get her to show any form of emotion. Not one to class herself as a genius, Maeve is quite clever and does well in all of her classes, With the ability to recall information from her memory at will, but with the blessing comes a curse as she can pull any bit of information to hand when needed, so during tests she needs to be careful of what she writes down so not to get accused of cheating. She keeps her remarkable memory as a deep secret, though, as she's afraid other people will use her for it and she doesn't want to become a tool. She has the ability to work many years ahead of her age, but chooses to remain with those her own age due to her childlike appearance (though she does find the classes to be a little dull as she can complete the work quickly). In the past teachers have suggested that she is gifted, though she knows that her ability to recall facts, figures and faces, steams from self-preservation.

She borders on having OCD with the fact that everything in her surrounding area always has to be clean and tidy, including herself. She would shower ten times a day if she were able, and will wash her hands repeatedly. This is something that others have made fun of in the past as she works with horses - and won't have anyone else do the work for her.

She is an observer by nature, and will sit in the background of a social setting - normally with an embroidery hoop in her lap working on a cross-stitch - and just observe how others interact with each other (which allows her to learn more about people then they think).[/ul]