Maria Day

Maria Thalia Day is the Dark-Worlder (pixie) mother of Theo Day, and the grandmother of Vii and Suzi Ryder. The first Overseer of Nora Gardens, and one of the original founders of the Nightmare Hunters. She’s one of the main protagonists in Beginnings and a side character in Rebirth.

Appearance
In her Light-World form, Maria is a vibrant girl with chin-length wavy white hair and amber eyes. In her true form, she appears to have black skin, large orange tapetum for eyes, a pair of mandibles, and a pair of wings look like white and black flower petals. As a young adult, she would often wear frock tops and long skirts with petite shoes. Later in life, she has taken to wearing much more comfortable footwear and silly hats.

Personality
Maria is a brilliant and intuitive lady. This is showcased by the fact that she comes up with most of the Nightmare Hunters plans of attack and their strategies. While she is very ladylike and polite, she doesn't like being undermined, hates being referred to as gentle, and most of all can't stand when people say she needs to be protected. Despite her smart brains, she can be a bit paranoid at times. She’s constantly worrying about her teammates' health and well-being. She also gets paranoid at times and is more realistic than optimistic.

Suzuna Ryder
Suzuna and Maria are complete opposites, but they find ways to enjoy each other's company.

Thomas Xu
Like the other Nightmare Hunters, Maria respects and follows Thomas’ orders without question. The pair share a lot of common interests like reading and writing, which results in them hanging out more than some of their other teammates. Maria is shown to value Thomas’ opinion on certain subjects like etiquette and relationships. When considering to start dating, Thomas was the first person she went to talk about it.

Walter Grey
Maria and Walter have a kind of brother-sister relationship. It’s made clear that Walter comfortable with sharing certain things with Maria that he wouldn't share with their other teammates.

James
Maria met James at the LionHeart City Museum of History. He didn't tell him his full name or give her any important details about himself, due to being pulled away for work reasons. They met again later on and started dating. The details of their relationship are vague.