Original Worker Character (Hadestown)
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Maeve is a young girl, a worker from Hadestown. At the age of ten, she was tricked into the Underworld by Hades. She doesn't know how old she is now. She remembers nothing, except for one thing: a name, Ruthie.
Naturally, she thinks it's her own name. If there's one thing she'd remember from her past, it'd be her own name, right? But then why does she feel a numb sadness inside of her when she thinks of it, as if a part of her chest was ripped out and never put back?
Everything changes when a dreamy singer boy walks into Hadestown, determined to rescue one of the worker girls. He talks all about bringing spring back, creating a world that seems too perfect to be true. But Mr. Hades is a ruthless old man and he sends Orpheus away before he even got the chance to explain himself.
That's when Maeve decides she has to take matters into her own hands. If she'll wait until someone else brings spring back, she can wait for eternity. And stealing from the Queen of the Upside-Down doesn't sound so hard, does it?
As Maeve tries to save the world from freezing away, her memories slowly drip back into her mind. And with that, she gets in touch with herself again.