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Name: Maria

Breed: Siberian husky

Gender: Female

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Unknown

Mate: Ewan

Pups: Samuel, Jasper and Jenna

Personality: Maria is a calm dog with a very long temper, and she does not get angry or annoyed easily. She does not believe in arguing or fighting, and thinks things can always be solved with common sense, and using your head. She's a loving mother, who cares deeply for her mate and children, and for them she'd be willing to do anything, even risk her life. Maria has a positive view on life, a good sense of humour, she knows how to make others feel better when they're sad and usually she's the one others come to when they need to open their hearts. Maria is often considered a mother figure to the dogs of Nome, other than her children too and she is always ready to help you if you're in need of it.

History: Maria was born to a local husky breeder in Nome. As a pup she was sold to the rescue station, where she was trained to become a rescue dog. One of the men in the station named her after his wife, who had recently died due to an illness, and Maria took pride in her name. When she reached the age of 6 months her training finally ended, and she started working. Maria enjoyed her job, she liked helping those in need and felt like she had really found her true calling. When she reached the age of 2 years, Maria met a sled dog called Ewan. He seemed really charming and talked to her very kindly and was always very sweet to her, she couldn't help but start liking him. They started spening a lot time together, he sometimes took her to romantic walks in the beach and brought her bones, and eventually Maria found herself falling in love with Ewan. They soon became one of the most popular couples in town, Ewan being a handsome sled dog in a famous team and Maria being one of the prettiest dogs in Nome. However, one day when Ewan's team went on a run, just on an ordinary day, news reached the town that the team had had an encounter with a grizzly bear and several dogs had been injured. Fear took over Maria's heart, and she could only hope and pray that her mate was all right. When the team returned to Nome, and MAria saw Ewan, she immidietally rushed up to him and nuzzled him in tears. She then learned that Yukon, the team's lead dog and Ewan's best friend had been killed while protecting the team, and her mate was so sad about this that he fell into a depression. It broke Maria's heart to see Ewan like that, but she refused to gie up and stayed by his side, she was there for him and comforted him as well as she could. But one day, she was given some really happy news that she happily came to tell her mate; She was expecting his pups. Both were absolutely thrilled, and finally Ewan truly pulled himself together and finally when Maria gave birth to three beautiful pups, the two felt they had everything they needed.

Relation to Balto: Jenna's mother.

Voice actor: Katey Sagal