Maria

Maria is Freach opera singer, Helena Douglas's mother and mistress to Fame Douglas from the Dead or Alive series.

Maria was introduced in Dead or Alive 2, showing her death; an assassin was sent to kill Helena, but Maria protected Helena and was shot instead. After the death of the mother, Helena started to have a lust for vengence. At one point, Helena mistook Ayane as the murderer, when actually Ayane was making a joke to get at Helena. It was revealed in Dead or Alive 4 that Christie was the assassin that killed Maria.