Maeve

This is an unofficial version of Maeve's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding her. Sources can be found here.

A tigron-human hybrid, Maeve is an orphan who grew up on the streets, leading a hard life where she needed to steal and be quick to survive, which as a result, led to her getting into many fights, once even attempting to rob the tigron weapon master, Tiberius. As a result of this hard life and constant fights, Maeve eventually became a master of blades and made a name for herself as a skilled thief and knife-fighter, using her enhanced agility, tigron abilities, and most notably, her magical longcoat she stole from the Magistrate's Archives, to take whatever she may desire, even from her own clients.

At one point, she'd end up assisting Lex in a fight against Androxus and Zhin.

This was Maeve's in-game bio prior to the The Damned Frontier update. It's no longer considered canon.

After making a name for herself as a skilled thief and knife-fighter, the half-tigron Maeve decided to join the war for personal gain, selling her services to the highest bidder. She dashes from shadow to shadow with unnatural agility, concealed by her magical longcoat, a souvenir from one of her most daring burglaries: the Magistrate's fortress keep.

While her employers find her talents useful, they often complain of suspiciously misplaced valuables and lost coins after she moves on to the next fight.

Champion Skins

• Vagrant
  • A vagrant is someone without a settled home, wandering around and surviving off begging.

• Alley Cat
  • This skin appears in the Tigron Thief and Cutesy Maeve avatars.

• Dreamhack
  • This skin is a promotional item made to promote an eSports company of the same name.

• Strike
  • This skin is a promotional item made to promote the mobile game Paladins Strike. It shares this trait with Covert Ops Lex.

• Demonette
  • This skin was originally called "Heaven and Hell", and featured different colors.^[31][32]
  • This skin may be the "most popular premium skin", though this may not be completely accurate.^[33]
  • Abyssal Lord Drogoz seems to appear in this skin's splash art.
  • This skin shares its theme with Abyssal Lord Drogoz, Soul-Stealer Furia, Temptress Skye, Devilish Skye, Doom Bringer Seris, Flame Bringer Seris, Wings of Darkness Saati, and Wings of Carnage Saati.

• Street Style
  • Cottontail Seris, Street Style Ash, Street Style Skye, and Street Style Ying all appear in this skin's splash art.
    • Likewise, this skin also appears in Street Style Ash and Street Style Skye's splash arts as well; making it the only Street Style skin not to appear in Street Style Ying's splash art.
  • This skin appears in the Kawaii Kitten spray.
  • This skin shares its theme with Street Style Ash, Street Style Skye, and Street Style Ying.

• Merrymaker
  • The line "Prowling through the snow." (▶️) is a reference to the song Jingle Bells.
    • The line "Jingle Bells, Barik smells, Willo laid an egg. Zhe Magistrate ain't so great, and zhe Paladins save zhe day." (▶️) parodies the song. This second line also notably inaccurately claims the Magistrate is bad, while the Resistance is good, while the conflict between the two sides is intended to be gray.
  • This skin shares the joke "What do you call an old snowman? Water." (▶️) with Merrymaker Lian.
  • The line "Woo. Do you want to build a snowman?" (▶️) is a reference to the song Do You Want to Build a Snowman? from Frozen.
  • The ultimate sound effects ▶️ is a reference to the song Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker.
  • In one line (▶️), this skin hums the song We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
  • A teaser for this skin may be a reference to Bongo Cat.^[34]
  • This skin shares its theme with A-bomb-inable Bomb King, Merrymaker Evie, Merrymaker Lian, Merrymaker Dredge, Sugar Plum Willo, and Kraumpus Raum.

• Raeve
  • Producer References
    • The kill taunt against Zhin "Zhin's dead, baby." (▶️) is a reference to the music duo Zeds Dead.
    • The line "The system is... down..." (▶️) is a reference to heavy metal band System of a Down.
    • The line "Oh, the pretty lights!" (▶️) is a reference to the music producer Pretty Lights.
    • The line "You're like a dead mouse." (▶️), as well as Raeve's helmet reference Deadmau5.
  • Song References
    • In one line (▶️), this skin sings Sandstorm by Darude.
    • The line "Turn down for what?!" (▶️) is a reference to a song of the same name by DJ Snake and Lil Jon.
    • The kill taunt against Lian "Blow a kiss, fire a gun." (▶️) is a reference to the song Lean On by DJ Snake.
    • The kill taunt against Jenos "Step into the spotlight, Jenny." (▶️) is a reference to the song Legend Has It by Run the Jewels.
    • The kill taunt against Strix "So much for being and ghost and stuff." (▶️) references the song Ghosts N Stuff by Deadmau5.
    • The line "Yes! Oh my god!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites by Skrillex.
    • The kill taunt against Makoa "Let the turtle cannon kick it!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Bass Canon by Flux Pavilion.
    • The line "I can't stop!" (▶️) is a reference to the song of the same name by Flux Pavilion.
    • The line "O-oh sometimes, I feel a good feeling..." (▶️) is a reference to the song Good Feeling by Flo Rida.
    • The line "Do you ever wonder why we build castles in the sky?" (▶️) is a reference to the song Castles in the Sky by Ian van Dahl.
    • The line "Up all knife to get lucky!" (▶️) is a reference to the song to the song Get Lucky by Daft Punk.
    • The line "Slice it, dice it, flank it, tank it, cap it, push it, now let's play it!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Technologic by Daft Punk.
    • The line "One more time." (▶️) is a reference to the song One More Time by Daft Punk.
    • The line "Let's get this knife party started!" (▶️) is a reference to the music duo Knife Party.
    • The line "You blocked me on Realmbook, and now you're going to die." (▶️) is a reference to the song Internet Friends by Knife Party.
    • The line "That's some funky sh*t!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Funky Sh*t by The Prodigy.
    • The line "Use a K-N-I-F-E, I may also bite. Stick 'em in the B-U-T-T, be ready for a fight!" (▶️) is a reference to the song D.A.N.C.E. by Justice.
    • The line "Relax, don't do it." (▶️) is a reference to the song Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
    • The line "Pon de floor!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Pon De Floor by Major Lazer.
    • The line "Express yourself, express yourself!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Express Yourself by Diplo and Nicky Da B.
    • The line "It's hot in here!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Hot in Here by Nelly.
    • The line "I stole this show!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Stole the Show by Kygo and Parson James.
    • The line "Are you ready for a journey into sound?" (▶️) is a reference to the song This is a Journey into Sound by Eric B and Rakim.
    • The line "Ding ding ding!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Crazy Frog by Axel F.
    • The line "Back with another one of those realm rocking beats." (▶️) is a reference to the song Block Rockin Beats by The Chemical Brothers.
    • The line "Don't you worry, don't you worry, kitten!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia and John Martin.
    • The line "Let's start this night off right!" (▶️) is a reference to the song I Like it Loud by Cash Cash.
    • The line "You're a weapon of mass distortion!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Weapons of Mass Distortion by The Crystal Method.
    • The line "I like my blades fast and my bass down low." (▶️) is a reference to the song Bass Down Low by DEV.
  • Other
    • This skin had several unused splash art concepts prior to the final composition being settled on.^[35]
    • This skin's splash art appears as a spray.
    • This skin shares its theme with Remix Strix, Redux Strix, Remix Seris, Remix Pip, Remix Jenos, Neon Demon Grohk, and Salt Io.

• Pirate's Treasure / Eight Oceans
  • These skins were some of the first to be designed with the removal of the 'Parts and Pieces' system, as can be seen in the blog post regarding the removal. Other pirate-themed skin concepts were also shown.
  • As can be seen here, the Pirate's Treasure skin was originally known as the 'Scalliwag' skin.
  • The line "Aye-aye, captain!" (▶️) may be a reference to the opening of Spongebob Squarepants.
  • The line "Jolly Rogers up ahead!" (▶️) features the term "Jolly Roger", which was the traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship about to attack during the early 18th century.
  • Several lines reference Davy Jones' locker, which is a metaphor used to describe death on the sea.
  • The Eight Oceans skin's color scheme may be a reference to ghost ships.
  • Numerous early splashart concepts were made for these skins prior to the final piece being settled on.^[36]
  • Other early pieces of art show that these skins were being considered to have a tail.
  • The Pirate's Treasure skin appears in the Pirateer avatar.
  • These skins share their theme with Swashbuckler Barik, Dutchman Makoa, Pirate's Treasure Io, and Eight Oceans Io, Pirate's Treasure Ruckus, and Eight Oceans Ruckus.

• Emerald Bandit / Temple Raider
  • These skins are what Maeve would look like if she was a full Tigron.^[37]
  • The line "Fortune and glory, kittens, fortune and glory." (▶️) is a reference to a line from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
  • The line "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" (▶️) is a reference to a line from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • The Top Play line "You weren't supposed to see this." (▶️) references how under normal circumstances, this line can't be heard during normal gameplay, as Top Play was removed in the same update these skins were added.
  • Early concepts for the Temple Raider skin shows some minor differences, such as patterns on the skin's upper body, and a slightly different belt design.^[38]
  • A cat resembling the Temple Raider skin appears in the Devious avatar.
  • These skins share their theme with Tomb Keeper Tiberius, Sphinx Soldier Tiberius, Crypt Guardian Raum, Undead Colossus Raum, Divine Daughter Ying, High Priestess Ying, and Dunestrider Kinessa.

• Cammie
  • This skin is part of the third set of crossover content alongside the rest of the gen:LOCK Crossover Pass following Grover and Team Fortress 2 Barik.
  • As expected, this skin contains numerous references to gen:LOCK.
    • Many lines mention or reference various aspects of the gen:LOCK Program, such as Holons.
    • The lines "If I wink out, you can have my manga collection." (▶️) and "My manga's yours..." (▶️) reference a line spoken by Cammie in Episode 3 of the series.
    • The line "Can't say I'm crazy about trusting my brain to a piece of tech that killed a man right in front of us. It does do somethin' besides kill us, am I right?" (▶️) also references a line spoken by Cammie in Episode 3.
    • The line "Next time, let's play Siege." (▶️) is a reference to the in-universe game known as Siege.
    • The line "Ugh, this is so much easier on the Ether." (▶️) references the Ether.
  • Various splash art concepts can be seen here.^[39]
  • Cammie appears in the Chibi Cammie avatar alongside her Holon, with the latter also appearing in the Trixx spray. The Hacktivist spray is also themed after her.
  • Cammie's robotic pet Nugget appears in the Death Stamp Brewing Mischief.
  • This skin shares its theme with Chase Viktor, Yasamin Lex, Valentina Kinessa, and Kazu Zhin.

• Schoolyard / Study Hall
  • The lines "Gimme your lunch money! U-unless you don't wanna fight, that's fine too..." (▶️), "Give... me... your lunch money..." (▶️), and "*laugh* Now you give me your lunch money! ...please? I'm hungry..." (▶️) references a stereotypical school bully.
  • The line "You're too slow!" (▶️) is a reference to one of Sonic the Hedgehog's taunt lines from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
  • The Schoolyard skin appears in the Maeve Charm avatar.
  • The Schoolyard skin also appears in the Extracurricular Activities, Running with Daggers, Okay Fine Whatever!, and Catfight! sprays.
  • These skins share their theme with Class President Rei, Valedictorian Rei, and Lovestruck Kasumi.