Mary Ann Smith

Mary Ann Smith was born as the youngest child of more siblings than she could count. Her mother cleans rich people's houses for hand-me-down's and table scraps. Her father lost his right hand in a factory accident when she was 8 years old, forcing him him to quit his job and making it virtually impossible for him to find steady work from then on.

While growing up, she quickly learned to make due with what little she had; Mary Ann is very resourceful, a "survivor," if you will. Her sense of pride led to to leave home at age 14, as she no longer wished to be a burden on her family. Her breasts had developed by then, so she turned to hooking in order to feed herself. The small amount of schooling she had managed to receive gave her a passion for reading...and she read constantly whatever newspaper, magazine, or book she could get her hands on, letting the words take her away to distant other worlds. She developed a great talent for remembering the details of whatever she read, storing useful information away safely for when she might need it later.

Now 17 years old, she recently caught the eye of a theatre owner, who asked her to become an assistant to a promising newcomer illusionist. Realizing that squeezing herself into hidden compartments of gimmicked "magickal" devices would likely be less uncomfortable than holding her ankles behind her head, she accepted the theatre owner's offer. She has only been performing with The Amazing Zombo for a few weeks now, but she's beginning to notice that he truly does possess some amazing talents.