Doctor Maria Moreno was recruited by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) after a new drug had made its mark in the United States. The drug was thought to be coming from Central America, and had the street name of Shiva. Maria was a chemist of note, and the agency thought with her background she could be of great use to them.

Maria was never meant to go into the field, but the DEA felt that they needed her to be close to the source as safely as possible. She was set up in a lab in Belize City. There her job was to study several seized shipments of the drug.

One night while she was free from her research, she met Esteban Herrero at a local casino. It turned out that Esteban was a chemist like Maria. Little did she know that Esteban was also the infamous El Disenador. After several drinks, which Esteban laced with knockout drops, Maria passed out.

She didn’t remember when she awoke, but she was in for a surprise. She was strapped down to a table with a leering Esteban standing over her.

“So,” he purred, “you’d like to study my designs Senorita.”

That was when Maria noticed the syringe and vial in his hands.

“Yes,” said Esteban, “this is my latest and greatest creation. Shiva. A drug beyond compare.”

“Would you like a taste?” he asked. “No, just a little?”

Struggling as much as she could proved to be no refuge, as Esteban injected her with a large dose of Shiva. He stood back to watch her reactions to the drug.

For Maria the world seemed to slow down; blurring. That’s when the seizures started. How long they went on, Maria was never sure. Esteban left her lying on the table for dead. When she opened her eyes against, DEA agents had swarmed the building.

Maria returned to the United States, but the world still seemed to be moving at slow motion, and she had a lot of trouble controlling herself. Eventually she met a sensei who taught her aikido to help her with control. Maria proved to be an adapt pupil, and added with her now super-human reflexes quickly absorbed everything he could teach, eventually surpassing him.

For a while, Maria pursued a career as a costumed vigilante known as Aikidoka, but when the government was putting together Sanction, her name came up and she was offered a place in the group. Since joining, Maria has changed her name to Lady Liberty.

Maria is a woman who has always exuded confidence. Nothing has ever gotten down, her confidence always buoyed her in tough times. Of course her confidence has certainly gotten her into trouble before not knowing when it would have best to leave things alone.

Lady Liberty takes her position as a member of Sanction seriously. She sees it as her duty to protect the common man. Lady Liberty will go out of her way to safeguard normals even endangering herself.

“The name is Lady Liberty, mister! Don’t you forget it!”

Lady Liberty is a woman whose reflexes are on a super human level. She’s probably the most agile person in the world. Her reaction speed is beyond what most Ubers can match. All of this was due to a major reaction to the drug that El Disenador inject her with. Another side effect of the drug was that it brought out epilepsy in Maria.

Lady Liberty has trained exclusively in aikido. With her increased reflexes, few other martial artists have a chance to stand up against her. In addition to her training, she can now knock bullets out of the air by moving faster than the bullets themselves. Lady Liberty can almost seemingly fly through the air by moving so fast. Her body is in peak physical condition and her senses are quite keen.

Maria is a beautiful woman with long raven locks. Her skin has a dusky tint to it due to her Latino heritage. For a costume she wears a skintight leotard that is primarily blue with red trunks, gloves, and boots. Her stockings are blue with white stars. Her belt is white with a large yellow star for a buckle. To hide her identity, Lady Liberty wears a white mask shaped vaguely like a white star. When not in her Lady Liberty guise, Maria likes to wear fashionable clothes.