Maira Lawson
Maira Angelina Lawson
Despite a childhood spent in a seemingly endless cycle of surgeries for scoliosis and a congenital heart condition, Maira became one of the most dedicated and dangerous hunters in Chimera. After spending most of her career in active hunt operations, she's transitioned to the role of second in command of the agency. Her combination of real world experience and a gift for strategy and tactical planning make Maira an excellent fit for her new role.
Physical Description
Body Features
Maira has a lateral spinal curve just below her shoulder blades, clinically termed thoracic scoliosis. Thanks to childhood surgical intervention and bracing, the curve has been substantially reduced, but it still causes discomfort, increased chances of dislocated ribs, and pain.
Special abilities
Maira's fighting style takes advantage of her height difference from most of her targets, and is tweaked to give her the most possible leverage with the least movement of her upper body. Her combat style is unusual but also offers her a distinct advantage of being unexpected and more difficult to defend against.
Apparel & Accessories
Maira wears a specially reinforced jacket for hunts, one that has a corset-style ribbing to protect her back.
Mental characteristics
Education
Maira is a second generation hunter, and despite the fact that most people assumed her condition would keep her out of the job, she was determined to become a hunter like her parents. Her family supported her, helping her train and study in between surgeries. She was so often medically unable to attend conventional classes that she was basically homeschooled until her junior year of high school. She applied to the general SoCal hunter academy directly after graduation, and successfully argued for being allowed to attend despite her medical records. She proved herself to be highly skilled in physical combat as well as in leadership skills.
Employment
Maira was hand-picked for the top Chimera field team during her last semester at the SoCal academy. She's rapidly worked her way up the ranks, transferring from field operations to administrative duty in 2004. She was promoted to Director in 2009.
Intellectual Characteristics
Maira is both stubborn and creative. She's learned over the years to find ways of working around problems, and if she can't find a way around she has a firm determination to go straight through. She's had to fight for the chance to get as far as she did, and it's made her a cunning and careful negotiator. Maira can drive hard bargains and back them up if necessary.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Much of Maira's motivation is to prove wrong anyone who thinks she is incapable of being a hunter because of her medical conditions. She fought doggedly to earn a place in the Academy, and even harder to be accepted as a full fledged field team operator. Maira is at her best when facing obstacles, as she is creative and intelligent about finding ways around or through them. Her skills as a negotiator were honed by years of insisting that she deserved a place in the hunters' world.
Social
Social Aptitude
Maira is good at using her words to solve problems. While she is more than capable of more physical solutions when absolutely necessary, she also knows that it's wise to rely on her ability to persuade. It's a skill she perfected as a child and young adult, when her scoliosis and multiple surgeries made physical solutions a very bad option.
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Current Location
Species
Conditions
Ethnicity
Date of Birth
April 27
Year of Birth
1967
44 Years old
Birthplace
San Diego
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Los Angeles
Gender
female
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Long, dark brown.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale, freckles
Height
4' 6"
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