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name. maja tomas beatrice saint seville.

nicknames. baby. sweetie. prefers 'majjie' the most.

age. twenty-seven upon death.

birthday. nov 16, 1972.

eyes. dark brown.

hair. chocolate brown.

occupation. engineer.

history. born to the prestigious saint family, maja was born with a silver spoon in her mouth from the get go. while she may have been the fifth child in her already large family, she had managed to become the apple of her grandfather's eye. as he was the head of the family, she got whatever she wanted if she asked for it. not that she did that a lot. even at a young age she did her best to earn her keep, so to speak, from doing excellent in school to helping around the three story house in ayala village. she wasn't the smartest of her siblings but she was the one who worked hard the most and her hardwork helped her succeed in highschool when going to la salle zobel.

her intelligence and her desire to make a change in the country led to study at ateneo de manila University when she was 18-years-old with an engineer as her course. her parents, personally, hoped she would have taken something easier like liberal arts so she would focus more time in securing herself a good husband. they were a proud pair. hoping to make themselves more well known and connected in the country through marriage and contacts like how it was done. so imagine their horror upon learning that maja had fallen in love with antonio seville -- riffraff in their eyes since he came from the provinces and only got into ateneo thanks to his grades and a scholarship.
despite heated objections from her family, maja and antonio found a kindred spirit in one another with their shared interests of wanting to improve their country and their love for music, subjects, and arts. they ended up marrying right after graduation in 1993. she only managed to stay as a saint thanks to the fact her grandfather still loved her despite being disappointed with her choice in a husband because she'll have to be, more or less, the breadwinner. which was true.

after college, she became a transport engineer and was involved in many successful projects that aimed to improve roads and railways and so on. antonio became an accountant for a firm and it was clear by that point that maja was more or less in control of the family if she wanted to do so. but she didn't. she and antonio shared responsibility and work to ensure they both stayed equal. they were happily married and were even happier when, in 1996, their only child magra sevill joined their family. they were both incredibly happy and were certain things were only going to get better.

in a sense they did. they made enough money to leave a good nest egg for their daughter and maja gave away her trust funds to magra upon her death. she had been hoping to give custody of magra to a trusted friend of hers should anything had happen. she had been making grounds and nearly convinced antonio about these matters when she died in 1999 thanks to an airplane crash along with her husband when returning to the philippines after taking a vacation with him to italy.

their deaths and the disappearance of antiono's brother, kyle seville, would later on spark events that would continue deep into the future but, for now, their time had come.

personality. intelligent and erudite combined with her being free-spirited in a controlled manner, maja defied the expectations of what her family by demanding to be independent and have the ability to choose for herself instead of just wanting to marry someone rich and depend on their wealth and success. hating the idea of being dependent on another, she strived to make something for herself in her math and science -- the two subjects she excelled in thanks to her diligence and her patience in studying and learning.

it helped she had a love for learning new things, tackling the unknown with excitement. to her, a challenge is not an obstacle but a goal one can get through if they work hard enough. she's a very hard worker, doing her best to help not only herself but her little family because she thinks of what to do next in the future, always planning ahead.

she's a charming woman with the ability to make friends easily, always having been a social butterfly at a young age and thriving in the company of others. though the youngest daughter in her family, hence pampered and spoiled by many, she grew up to be a sensible person who keeps her feet firmly on the ground despite her sunniness. she's a nice person but that doesn't make her an idiot.

one of her defining traits is her loyalty to those she loves. though on bad terms with her family after the marriage with antonio seville, her college sweetheart she just clicked with due to their shared passions and their compatible personalities, she finds herself unable to say anything bad about them. they raised her after all. she loves her in-laws, the sevilles, for their openess and how tight knit they are. she just adores her little daughter magra, wanting the best for her little girl. even when work is tiring and she needs to hold tonyo back before he does anything silly, she does everything with a smile on her face because the world is something one should help improve and embrace, not hide away from in fear. that's not how anyone should live their life and maja isn't planning to do that anytime soon.