Minerva Maat

Minerva Maat is a character role-played by MinervaMaat.

General Description
Minerva Maat is an Corporal for the Los Santos Police Department, Badge #455.

Personality
On the outside, she seems like a very happy person, always trying to tell a joke and make others smile with her sarcastic remarks. But on the inside, she's someone very damaged by PTSD and the feeling of guilt regarding her mentor's death. She can be very cold and distant when she's going through tough times and resorts to not showing her true emotions, especially around those she works with because she's very professional. She loves to ignore and run away from her personal problems by either keeping herself busy with work or by drinking (she developed a drinking addiction after her divorce). If you have her trust, which is very difficult to gain, she is probably one of most loyal people you'll ever meet and is very protective of those she truly cares about. Overall she loves helping others, respects authority and looks up to her superiors, especially FTOs that take time to teach others the best procedures. One thing she hates is being asked about the past and will keep to herself most of the time.

Background Information
Back in her homeland, Minerva joined the police academy, following in her father’s footsteps. She completed academy and became a cadet for the GNR (or NRG - National Republican Guard - Gendarmerie Force of Portugal) but after only one year, everything changed. The loss of her FTO, Sergeant Miguel, during a shootout between the police and a gang, led her to develop PTSD; and she decided to leave her career, family, and country behind, and moved to the U.S.

In the U.S., Minerva started as a lumberjack before going back to being a police officer. She was a State Sergeant in the last city she was in, her call-sign was #350 and she was a part of their Marine Unit. During that time, she found love and got married but also suffered the loss of her best friend, Katey, to another episode of gang violence. In December of 2019, she resigned from her job and moved to Los Santos after her divorce. She took a break of almost 3 months and then decided to pursue being a police officer again and applied to join the Department of Corrections. She used to work with Henri King before moving to Los Santos, and later reunited with him in the DOC; and he was one of the corrections officers to train her in the DOC.