childhood friend of the Santiago Family and Marcus Fenix, she married Dominic shortly before giving birth to their first child, Benedicto, when they were both sixteen. They later had a second child two years later named Sylvia. Maria's children and parents were killed on Emergence Day by the Locust Horde. That event led to her depression and eventual self-exile. Maria spent the remainder of her life with a Stranded group led by Stu. In 14 A.E., Maria and her group were captured by the Locust 