Editing Maria Esquival

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'''Maria Esquival''' is a former citizen of [[Madrigal]], and later a citizen of [[the Rubble]]. Maria is related to [[Diego Esquival]], a member of the [[Rubble Security Council]].  

==Biography==
===Early life=== 
Maria Esquival grew up on the [[human]] colony of [[Madrigal]] in the [[23 Librae]] system, with her brother [[Diego Esquival]]. She was friends with [[Ignatio Delgado]]. In [[2528]], Maria was fourteen and planning her [[Wikipedia:quinceañera|quinceañera]]. However, the [[Covenant]] attacked the planet and her parents sent her aboard a cargo ship evacuating the planet.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 41''</ref> Maria was among the survivors that fled to the asteroids trailing the nearby gas giant [[Hesiod]]. They were hailed by the [[insurrectionist]]s that were inhabiting a structure inside the asteroids, known as [[the Rubble]]. The insurgents provided the survivors refuge in the asteroids.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 11''</ref>  

===The Rubble===
Now living in [[the Rubble]], Diego took care of Maria and Delgado.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 45''</ref> In [[2535]], Maria attended [[Melko Hollister]]'s funeral in [[Habitat Oaks Central]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 40''</ref> She introduced [[Jacob Keyes]] to the Rubble when {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} was forced to dock with it, and offered him and the entire crew citizenship in the Rubble. Maria also informed them of the Rubble's history.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 205''</ref> 

During the [[Battle of the Rubble|chaos at the Rubble]] in [[2535]], Diego was shot and killed. Since she was his closest relative, Maria took his place temporarily on the Security Council.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 291''</ref> During the battle, all of the Rubble's citizens were evacuated onto [[Habitat Exodus]] and the asteroid fled the system to avoid the incoming Covenant fleet. The asteroid entered [[slipspace]] and exited near the human colony of [[Falaknuma]]. On the colony, she attended her brother's funeral with Delgado.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 355''</ref> 

==Trivia==
*She may have also been close to [[Ignatio Delgado]] as she calls him "Nacho", and according to Delgado, she was the only one who knew him when he was a grubby little kid back on [[Madrigal]].
*When Madrigal was glassed she was planning her ''quincieñera'', a coming-of-age ceremony in Latin American culture held on a girl's fifteenth birthday. This means that she was 14 when Madrigal was glassed. Thus unless she was planning far in advance of her birthday or Madrigal was glassed late in the year there is strong possibility that she was born in [[2513]] rather than 2514 (as she would have turned 15 in [[2528]]). Additionally, the ''quincieñera'' is a Roman Catholic religious ceremony which includes an affirmation of faith, implying that Maria is (or at least was) Catholic.
*Although Maria was never officially an Insurrectionist, she appears to have acquired some of her brother's Insurrectionist views.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 209'', (''"The war with the Covenant is something the UNSC somehow started back on Harvest, we're sure of it. This is not our war, we just got caught up in it. It's ''your'' war."'')</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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