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Character Information Name: maria hill Age: 32 Occupation (include organization affiliation, if any): Head of security for Stark Industries/Privatisation of Security etc, former Deputy of SHIELD Special abilities, if any: n/a PB: cobie smulders Appearance: Maria stands at 5'10 and is quite fit looking. She's not slim or muscular but you can tell that she as plenty of fitness that comes from all the training that she has done over the years. She holds herself well, has short black hair that she keeps like that out of her way and dark eyes. She often years dark clothes too. Personality: Maria Hill, despite what many people think of her has many layers to her personality - she just doesn't show them to people. The first thing that many people notice about her is that she's incredibly by the book and does what is right,even if it might not be the best thing to do in a particular situation. During her childhood, she watched her father get away with a lot of things he shouldn't have, something she continually prayed that would stop but it never did. To her, it was a failure of justice, a failure of the law and that is something she doesn't want anyone else to experience. To a lot of people this is rather off putting and they often believe she should 'relax and go with the flow' but to her, that often just leads to trouble for her and anyone else involved. That isn't to say, she agrees with all of the rules, but she knows that they are there for a reason and should be followed. Another thing that Maria firmly believes in, is not showing anyone her emotions. It has taken years of practice while growing up but she has now perfected hiding them behind the mask that she constantly wears. Only a small handful of people have ever glimpsed the person behind it - mostly Coulson and Fury and even then it is sometimes too many in her opinion. Due to her father's habit of abusing her both mentally and physically, she learned early on that it was best not to show any reaction to what he said to her - it only made him angrier. That was the beginning of the mask, that she still hides behind today. Despite that, she firmly believes in speaking her mind when she believes that something isn't right. Yes she is incredibly loyal to Fury and SHIELD but she isn't unquestionably loyal. In fact, Fury is well of the temper that she has hidden underneath all of the layers of her personality. She is always incredibly careful of who she speaks up against and, truly it is only Fury - her direct superior that she does so but if she doesn't agree with something she will tell him. She might not raise her voice but she will make her displeasure known - yelling never accomplishes things after all. When Maria looses her temper her demenour gets even calmer and icier than it already is - which might seem surprising given she is known as the 'Ice Queen' around SHIELD. While she might be loyal to SHIELD and Fury, she detests people who turn their back on them. It is one reason, why she was willing to go rogue with Cap and Falcon - because they needed to save SHIELD, to protect Fury and bring down those who decided to betray the one thing that Maria trusted - or came close to trusting in her life. SHIELD was what has kept her going over the years and the thought of people betraying it made her blood boil. Maria hates failing with a passion. Growing up, she was always told she was worthless and a waste of space, so she made it her mission not to be that. She strives to be the absolute best and when it comes down to it she is the best. While she knows that she might not be on the same level as Fury (she likes to think she is though), she hopes one day that she would be capable of becoming the Director of SHIELD, despite recent events. To say that Hill is a workaholic would be an understatement. Given her lack of emotional attachment to pretty much anyone as well as her desire to be the best, it isn't all that surprising that she dedicates herself completely to her work. She'll be the first one in, the last one out (if she does leave) and will always go above and beyond what is expected of her. To her though, it isn't enough and she will continually push herself to do better than she already is. Most of all she believes it is up to her, her duty to do what is expected of her. In fact, to her SHIELD is her life and her home and it is her duty to work for it and to help them protect Earth from whatever is out there. Because she is such a 'by the book person' she can be seen as rather cruel at times - because she does take that extra step to do what is needed when other people might not. It's why she followed Steve's order to plow up the Hellicarriers while he was still on board, because it was the right thing to do. To destroy one life while saving millions of others. That is the sort of decision she has to make and she isn't afraid to make it and she won't be losing any sleep over it either. In relation to this, Hill can be rather blunt at times - often saying things with no regard to what people think if it is the truth. On the opposite end of things though she is excellent at keeping secrets, something she has always been. From a young age, she learned it was best not to talk about certain things and this is a skill that has proved incredibly useful over the years, working at SHIELD. Something, that most people wouldn't expect of her is that she does have a softer side to her - not that she ever really indulges in it. If she had the choice of rescuing an animal or not she probably would rescue it, though she knows logically she doesn't have the time to take care of a pet (she would insure it received a suitable home though). She also has an incredible sweet tooth, which is one of her well guarded secrets (along with her entire childhood truthfully) but her favourites are anything with mint in them - or strawberry for that matter. One of the things she respects the most in people though is the ability to make the hard decisions and do what is right for the world. If she has true friends, they would be few and far between but would truly be Coulson, Hand and May (and now Pepper) - four people who are in many ways like her, especially the last two. The fastest way to annoy her is to be the type of person who follows orders without at least thinking about them, to just take whatever comes at you and be silly, always getting into trouble. There's a reason Stark annoys her so much - besides his giant ego that is. While she is dedicated and ambitious, Maria also has the intelligence to back it up. She's logically but can also make intuitive leaps which has helped her and SHIELD get out of many a situation - especially when she was a Field Agent, when she first joined SHIELD. Maria, hates dwelling on the past, on things that could have been. One of the more major ways that she does that is by staying busy, by burring herself in her work even more so. In the end it is a never ending cycle. On the rare occasion that Maria has time to relax (she is the type of person to take her work home with her after all), she enjoys a good relaxing bath, a glass of wine and a good book. Or a trashy romantic movie, something she is well aware most people wouldn't expect of her. She's always been a bit of a bookworm though and has quite an impressive collection of books that she has gathered over the years, something she plans to continue now that she has slightly more time on her hands, working for Stark. When it comes to intimate relationships though, Maria has sworn them off. She will have a handful of friends but she can never see herself in a romantic one. When it comes down to it she's scared of how any partner would treat her. While her parents marriage was a good one before she was born and her mother died, what her father did to her left many mental scares on her. That isn't to say she is a virgin though, she isn't concerned about which gender the person is but she's found it is a good way to relieve stress and frustration though it isn't something she does all that often - only when things get really bad. Family & Friends: Coulson, Fury, others TBD History: Maria was born on an incredibly cold April night to her parents, a happy couple. Unfortunately her birth spelled the end of that happiness for them though with the death of her mother due to complications during the birth. From then on her father turned to drink and would often drink to hide from his grief at the loss of his wife. Even from the moment she was born, he blamed Maria for his wife's death and didn't hide his hatred for her. Due to this, Maria didn't have a happy childhood and learned to soon stay out of the way of her father, especially when he had been drinking. He had no problems with telling her that everything that went wrong was her fault and that he wished she was dead. At first, Maria didn't understand why but knew it was a constant for as long as she could remember. By the time she was six though and started school, she realised that her family life wasn't normal and then soon realised that it had to do with the death of her mother who she had been aware had died in childbirth for awhile now. In an effort to avoid her father, Maria spent a lot of time at the local library reding and studying as much as she could, only coming home when the library closed. By the time she entered her teenage years, Maria was essentially independent from her father doing the cooking, cleaning and nearly everything else that had to be done. Mostly, as they wouldn't get done otherwise. As soon as she could, Maria got a couple of part time jobs in an effort to earn as much money as she could from mowing lawns of her neighbours to working at MacDonalds as a check out chick - she hated it but it was money, her favourite was the tutoring she did of younger children mostly because it paid her the most. Thankfully she managed to earn enough money to pay her way through college where she studied Military Strategy, having always been fascinated bythat sort of thing. It was around then that she realised she was different from other people, not having paid much attention to them before. She had never had a crush on someone and the thought of a relationship made her feel dirty and disgusting, she was also interested in a lot of things other girls weren't and a lot more mature than them. She was clever enough to know a lot of it was due to her childhood though. After college, she entered the FBI and worked there for a couple of years, enjoying the work and soon made a name for herself as one of the harder workers in the field. It was then that the head of SHIELD approached her about joining them, something she jumped on. While she enjoyed working for the FBI, SHIELD offered her the chance to do what she was doing on a much larger scale. Joining SHIELD she quickly went through the ranks and was soon second in charge to Furry even if she didn't agree with everything that he was doing. During the latest attack on New York, while it turned out alright she hadn't been a fan of the plan to introduce the Avengers knowing they wouldn't work well together. With the death of Coulson though, while she was shaken as he had always been a constant around SHIELD she was slightly relieved to see them working together. After the battle was over, she helped in the clean up of New York. Once the others started to arrive though, she was suspicious and had to wonder if Loki was up to something though there was no proof of it. After the Battle, she continued to work for SHIELD until it all came to a head when Fury discovered that HYDRA was still inside SHIELD. Going on the run with Rogers and Romonoff, she helped bring down HYDRA which unfortunately led to the collapse of SHIELD. Since then she has been hired by Stark to work as the head of security in his mission to privitise it. RP Sample: Can be a first-person or third-person example. Does not have to be about the character for whom you are applying.