Maria Sol

''"So you put everything on tape... What, so that people know that you really were the crazy ghost hunter everyone already thinks you are?" -Maria Sol, "This Dark Sojourn"''

Maria Sol is a freelance video editor/producer and media specialist who worked for Anna Sheridan and Poultice Press prior to Anna's disappearance. First meeting Anna through an internship at Voxel Media (TST 13), Maria soon found herself working directly with one of her biggest inspirations and quickly became her go-to person for technical questions and media production. The two grew closer as the years went on, eventually hiking the PCT together in 2016 (TST 12). Maria was largely ignored in the initial investigation, but seems to know more about what Anna was doing in Oslow than she lets on

History
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This section contains spoilers! Maria Sol attended film school in Los Angeles, California. In her senior year she interned for Voxel Media. During her time there she met Anna Sheridan. Voxel had taken on Anna to write a for TV movie however they went behind her back to re-write her script. Anna was furious. On impulse, Maria took the film and edited in a way to make it closer to Anna's original vision. Anna was grateful though Voxel was furious threatening her with legal action, though they never followed through. After Maria internship was up she was offered a job as a media editor for Anna by Poultice Press. The position offered her a chance to work closely with Anna who she greatly admired and enough time to do her own freelance editing.

Manfredo Scarasi
In the summer of 2010 after leaving Voxel and beginning her work as a freelancer and as an editor for Anna, Maria got a strange job from an blogger calling themself "Manfredo Scarasi". They wanted Maria to work on a sizzle reel though the footage they gave Maria to work with was odd. Most of it was "boring" and most of the timestamps didn't line up with each-other. After working on it for about a week she received a strange codec from Scarasi called "ORO.brs" that they expected her to use to render the reel. After rendering the reel the footage had been extremely corrupted. Each shot bled into the next and was extremely blocky - it even induced motion sickness in Maria when she looked at it. The shots of Manfreto were the oddest ones, whenever Manfreto moved his face seemed to trail behind him and Maria believed she could see his skull and skin sloughing off. She turned the file to Scarasi and he loved it, though requesting some minor changes. Maria got back to work. While the second render was processing Maria attempted to take a nap, though she couldn't sleep due to a pins and needles sensation in her right arm. When the render finished it was worse than before and noticed even more anomalies with the footage. As Maria was about to continue work she noticed that the skin on her hand had begun to clip off revealing the bone underneath similar to the corruption in the video. She turned off the computer and told Scarasi she could no longer work on the project. When she went to delete the footage all evidence of it had seemed to disappear.

A few months after a fellow intern from Voxel named Matt went missing. Right before his disappearance he posted bury photos to social media captioned "Ouroboros"

Anna's Disappearance
Sometime in the years between their first meeting and Annas disappearance Maria and Anna fell in love and started an on again off again relationship.

The night before Anna disappeared Anna and Maria were together. Maria expressed irritation and hurt that Anna wouldn't tell her what she was planning on doing in Oslow, though Anna insisted that its better Maria doesn't know. At some point after this, Maria breaks up with Anna.

Season One
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This section contains spoilers for Season One! Maria is first mentioned in TST Ep. 005 "These Frozen Horrors" where it is revealed that she edited the "ghost" on Anna's Donner Pass recording.

She is then featured in TST Ep. 013 "This Dark Sojourn" where her an Anna make a trip up to Lake Tahoe to investigate the ghost of Captain Dick "Them's-My-Toes" Barter.

She first interacts with Sam Bailey in episode 14 when he calls her to interview her regarding her relationship with Anna. After Sam reveals that he has the tapes Maria informs him that Anna never bought her taps with her when she traveled. When Sam tries to press her she seems to panic and hangs up. Unknown to Sam, this prompts Maria to travel to Oslow.

After Sam discovers "Anna" at the Halfway House he runs into Maria in Oslow. She informs him that the "Anna" he met is actually the Echo that has assumed her form and that she has come to Oslow to retrieve Annas tapes and stop it. Sam suggests that they work together to piece together a case against the Echo and find definitive evidence that it's impersonating Anna. At first Maria is hesitant but after Sam apologizes for his behavior previously she accepts and the two begin listening to Annas tapes to build a case.

During TST Ep. 20 "In Absentia" Maria finds Sam's old recordings of Agate Shore and learns of his past, the deal he made with the Lake and the drownings that followed. This leads her to become distrustful of Sam, suspecting he may have had knowing direct involvement with the murders.

After Sam learns from De Witt that the Echo is using Annas image to gain the trust of people so it can replace them the two venture to the Halfway House to confront her. Maria initially pulls a gun on the Echo to try and kill it though it reveals it has made a copy of Maria and placed it in Marias home. Should Maria shoot the Echo, Marias copy would proceed to kill Marias roommate and frame Maria. Not willing to risk her friends life Maria surrenders to the Echo and intends to leave though Sam instead decides to arrest the Echo putting Marias roommates life in danger. This enrages Maria and she leaves Sam.

After Sam is put on disciplinary probation due to the events in TST Ep. 23 "Pour Death and Defeat Upon Them" Bill manages to find Maria and with her help stages and intervention with Sam. The two confront him about his past and after the three resolve to work together to stop the Echo. The trio hatches a plan - Maria will run off with Annas tapes, Sam will take Annas van to mislead the Echo, and Bill will distract/slow down the Oslow police who will then be pursuing Sam. The plan works in a round about way - Maria is able to escape with Annas tapes and Sam ends up defeating the Echo. After a brief conversation with Bill checking in on the status of Sam and showing satisfaction at the Echo being defeated Maria drives off with Annas recordings.

Season Two
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This section contains Spoilers for Season Two! In the six months between the season one finale and the season two opening it is revealed Maria has been trying to follow up on Annas tapes. The current one she is working on is tape number 1-4-10-2-23 (First played in TST Ep. 003 "The Impending Shades") - Annas investigation into the "Mirror House". She shows up to the Mirror House on a stormy moonlit night after days of no success and is greeted by "the Host" - a supernatural entity that aids the house in finding it's victims.

She manages to muscle her way into the house, expressing that she is "unimpressed" with the house. She makes it to the inner sanctum where she is met with the reflection of Anna, though when it is unable to give her the information she desires she smashes the inner sanctum with a hammer she snuck into the house. This causes all the mirrors in the house, save for one, to explode and presumably for the Host to die. Disappointed with another dead end Maria leaves, just as she leaves she receives a call from Kate Sheridan inquiring if she knows a "Bailey. Maria warns Kate to not get involved and tells her that she can't reveal that information but accidentally lets Kate know that Bill may now where he is.  She then informs Kate to look for "Bill Tyler of the Oslow County Police" before hanging up and returning to her quest.

Physical Description
Maria Sol is Latinx. She has hair.

Personality
"'Well, subtlety is overrated, if you ask me.' - Maria Sol, “Ethos Anthropos Daimon”"Maria is brazen, courageous, direct and headstrong. She is a confident person who isn't afraid to speak her mind and pursue what she wants. She has a tendency to bash her way through her problems with figurative and sometimes literal force with very little consideration for the repercussions her actions may hold as seen in the Halfway House and at Voxel. She has no patience for fan-fair or nonsense and can become irritated when individuals are not to the point with her and she will let them know directly to their face if she is displeased with them.

She is very sarcastic. She can be sardonic and mean spirited at times especially with those she harbors negative feelings towards.

Despite her intense personality she can be very playful and adventurous at times though Anna's disappearance has seemed to put a damper on that aspect of her personality.

Maria has been described by Anna as a "brat."

Maria may be scared of heights as in TST Ep. 027 "Ethos Anthropos Daimon" When in the inner sanctum she compares the floor to feeling like she's floating right before she begins to panic slightly.

Maria is scared of the ocean and boats bigger than a kayak.

Maria has a tumblr and is a SuperWhoLockian.

According to Trevor on an AMA Maria is a Lesbian.

Skills and Abilities
Maria is a professional editor and went to film school for it. She has shown a great proficiency and knowledge of computers and programming. She is extremely technically savvy.

Maria knows how to use a gun.

Relationships
Anna Sheridan: Maria Sol was Anna's girlfriend, investigation partner and editor. The two were together on and off again for several years. Maria broke up with Anna right before she disappeared. Despite Anna having been missing for a year now Maria still appears to love her and still refers to her as her girlfriend.

Sam Bailey: Maria Sol teams up with Sam after his interview with her. She initially came to Oslow to hunt the Echo and take it down once and for all, though begrudgingly joined Sam in his investigation efforts. Her and Sam have a rocky relationship. She distrusts him and feel's he has intruded on Anna's life by listening to her tapes.

Trivia

 * If Maria Sol was an animal she'd be a Raven.
 * Maria's mother Gabriela Londoño Rodriguez is named after comic artist Viane Londoño who did the sensitivity reading for Maria's backstory in episode 31 "Shadow and Sunlight"
 * If Maria was a Pokemon trainer her Pokemon would be a Porygon cuz its "It’s literally a Pokémon made of computer code" according to Trevor on Twitter.
 * Maria Sol's Starbucks order is "whatever of Anna's drinks that she doesn't finish". When not with Anna her drink order is Coffee with cinnamon and cream.
 * According to Jesse Haugen the show’s composer, if Maria was an instrument she would be an Oboe because they’re a little grating but when they carry the melody they can be stunning.