Biographical Information;
Name: Maryse
Kind: Shadowhunter
Occupation: Head of the New York Institute (former)
Residence: New York Institute
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Physical Description;
Gender: Female
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Personality:
" Sometimes our angelic duty seems to... overshadow everything else. We forget we're human, too. "
–Maryse, The Fair Folk
While Maryse was the head of the New York Institute, she was feared and greatly respected. She was also hard-as-nails, by-the-book, and always looking down on faults and anything that could bring shame to their family. A while after she was let go as the head of the Institute, and with it her responsibilities as the leader and matriarch of her family, Maryse's walls began to crumble and her affection for her children began to show more than her severity and strictness.
As a mother, she loves her four children but, while showing the occasional open affection towards them—except Isabelle—she is first and foremost their superior and demands respect and quasi-perfect behavior at all times. For a long time, she was distant to her daughter Isabelle, whose actions she disapproved of.
Maryse is willing to make efforts in repairing her wrongs, putting pride aside in order to make amends with those she loves. After the betrayal of her husband, she is more in touch with her feelings as well as others and seeks to be better and support her children in any way she can.
