Editing WtHQM:Maple (section)

===Childhood and Family===

Maple was born March 25, 1999 to Elsinore and Flannery MacAlistair, the second of their three daughters. She grew up in a small apartment in Woodside, a neighborhood in Queens, NYC where her father's side of the family has lived since the early 1900s. The two-bedroom apartment was cramped but, aside from the occasional inevitable quarrel, she'd always gotten on well with her sisters so it was far from unbearable.

Still, when whether permitted Maple often spent her free time outdoors, wandering the neighborhoods, covering the sidewalks with chalk drawings for blocks around the apartment, or just generally getting into places she probably shouldn't. Climbing fire escapes and scaling fences was usually the extent of her delinquency; she liked to explore more than she liked to break rules (though she did quickly learn that looking like she was about to cry and claiming she was lost could get her out of most trouble).

She showed an interest in art early on, which her parents encouraged. The occasional pack of pencils and pad of cheap drawing paper never set them back much after all, and kept her out of trouble. Though she wasn't lucky enough to be gifted with much natural talent the sheer number of hours she spent doodling and sketching and painting helped her quickly outpace her less persistent peers. Of course, the fact that her drawings occasionally came to life and spoke to her certainly helped cement her interest.

The family hovers around the border between middle and working class. Envy is frequently an issue for Maple, spending so much of the year surrounded by people born with silver spoons in their mouths, but she wouldn't trade her family for anything.