User blog:Kenkyonomusume16/Maria Solaris

Maria Solaris, born Maria Midrise and known posthumously as The Begininng of the Virtues, was a witch from Ruyashi Village in the Kingdom of Levan and the wife of Joseph Solaris. Because of the "medicine" her lover gave to her, the Project Miracle was halted because of the deaths of her inborn twins, Perti and Sujeb. The couple had no choice but to flee.

History
Maria Midrise was born in a humble household located in the village of Ruyashi. Taught the secret art of magic, she became a renowned witch in the whole village, and soon, the whole Kingdom.

Project Miracle
"If I would think of a solution, it wouldn't be searching for young women!"

-Maria regarding the Project's ways

After learning of the news about the Project MIracle and the search for women of "high magical potential", Maria discussed with her friends and looked negatively into it, saying that the solution won't be searching for young women.Eventually, guards from the Royal Kingdom arrived. And upon announcing their search, all of the residents pointed at Maria. The young woman was eventually taken inside. It was there she met the Head Scientist of the Project, Joseph Solaris.

A day before the seed implanting, Maria found a few notification papers by the senate. Shocked about learning that the queen was taken away, she wondered if the queen would think badly of her.

Once the day came, Maria was comforted by Joseph. It was at that time that she fell in love with him. The seeds were eventually implanted within her. However, the twins she was supposed to bring into the world, Sujeb and Perti, died. Along with Joseph, she fleed with him to the Mysterious Forest.There, they got married and lived together as woodcutters.

Beginning of the Virtues
Over time, Maria became envious of those who had children, wanting to have what she lost. In VC 001, she discovered two fruits on the ground. In her hunger, she took them, certain they were god's gifts to her and that Joseph would cry from joy if he saw what she found. However, as she turned to go home, a "bear" stood right in front of her and chased her.

Unwilling to give up her "happiness", Maria hurried on despite knowing the fruits were the bear's "treasures". Maria cried as she ran and stumbled through the forest before finally reaching her home, fleeing from the bear close behind her. Just outside her home, Maria looked back to see the bear lurching at her and, with her eyes turning red, killed it as it barely clawed off her cloak

Finally, Maria entered her home, exasperated. She saw Joseph approach with a smile on his face, until it turned feared. Her lover told her to return these "infants" back to their "mother", it was at this time that she realized the truth: the "fruits" she carried were actually two infants: one boy and a girl.

Mortified, Maria screamed at the revelation, realizing her crime but refusing to give up the stolen children. After Joseph told her that she could still fix it if she gave them back now,  she retorted that she couldn't because she had already killed a woman, not a bear, outside their home who was carrying a small milk bottle: the mother. The couple had no choice but to raise the twins as their own children.

At around VC 008, Maria and Joseph decided to abandon the twins, Hansel and Gretel, within the forest in order to escape a famine.

Devastated by the event, Maria mourned the loss of their foster children while Joseph comforted her. Soon after, they heard a knock on the door and answered, horrified to see the manic expressions of their abandoned children at the entrance. Suddenly grabbed by the spectral shadows the twins spawned, Maria's foster daughter happily implored her mother to praise her for defeating the wicked witch. While their children laughed,  Maria was shoved into the house's oven by the shadowy arms and burned alive.

The "Spirit" of Forgiveness
After her death, Maria was among the seven spirits scattered across the world by Hansel and Gretel. Her soul wandered around and approached the gates of the Heavenly Yard. It was there she saw the original "Spirit" of forgiveness, looking down.

Greeting the dove form, Maria asked what was wrong. The spirit replied that it was barred from leaving the Heavenly Yard to join its fellow spirits because of an earthly counterpart. Realizing the "earthly counterpart" was her, Maria told her that she was the one, then asked if the spirit was angry. But it said that it wasn't and wanted her to do what it was supposed to do in the ground world. Maria accepted this and called herself the "Spirit of Forgiveness", it was from here she started to find a vessel for her "Act of Virtue" to commence.