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María Marquessa
María Marquessa is Yara's Minister of Culture and the glamorous face of Antón Castillo's regime. She is one of the main villains of Valle De Oro, and she runs the True Yaran Academy where dissidents are broken.
- Role
- Antagonist
- Affiliation
- Government of Yara, True Yaran Academy
Appears in
FirebrandFirebrand is a Valle De Oro operation for Talía Benavídez and Máximas Matanzas. You wreck María Marquessa's trucks and billboards, hit her rum distillery and topple a statue of Antón Castillo.- Words Like BulletsWords Like Bullets is a Valle De Oro operation where you and Talía join a tour of the Botanical Gardens of Yara to confront propaganda star María Marquessa. You shake off a military tail on the way.
Valle De Oro OperationsThe Valle De Oro operations team Dani with Máximas Matanzas, a guerrilla group of young artists and activists in central Yara. María Marquessa and Édgar Reyes run the region.
Found in
- True Yaran AcademyThe True Yaran Academy is María Marquessa's re-education center in Cielo Gardens, Noventarmas. You storm it in the operation Re-Education, and a unique sniper rifle waits nearby.
- Valle De OroValle De Oro is Yara's central region and home to Máximas Matanzas, the rebel crew led by Bicho. María Marquessa and Édgar Reyes run it for the regime.
Good to know
- Played by Nicola Correia-Damude.
- She was an actress and producer before politics, best known for the telenovela True Tears.
- She controls Yara's radio and TV, censors outside journalists and invites friendly foreign reporters instead.
- She put the drag artist Rosa Mel Paquete on state TV to make the regime look tolerant.
- Rum is her side business.
- Her propaganda is on display at the Museum of the False Revolution.
Who she is
María is vain, sharp and very good at selling the regime. As minister she shapes what Yarans see and hear, and what the world hears about Yara. She is also Antón's secret lover. Her True Yaran Academy holds artists and protesters, Talía Benavídez among them at one point.
Where you meet her
She is the main antagonist of the Valle De Oro operations, the storyline you play with Máximas Matanzas. Her presence runs through those missions until the confrontation in Words Like Bullets.
Her secretSpoilerShow
María is Diego Castillo's birth mother. She refused to tell him or take part in his life, though she later agreed to reveal it on his 18th birthday. Letters show she promised Antón her money would support Diego if Antón's illness took him.
FateSpoilerShow
Talía Benavídez shoots María during a live broadcast. In the early boat ending, where Dani leaves Yara, she survives.
Related characters
Image: UbisoftSupportingTalía Benavídez
Talía Benavídez is the lead rapper and co-leader of Máximas Matanzas in Valle De Oro. She fights the regime with music and direct action, and she has a personal score to settle with María Marquessa.
- Supporting
Paz "Bicho" Duarte
Paz "Bicho" Duarte is the third member of Máximas Matanzas and its loud, eager sidekick. An underground DJ from Mexico, he hands out several of the Valle De Oro missions and handles the group's radio stunts.
- Supporting
Matías Alonso
Matías Alonso is the doctor who treats the wounded of Máximas Matanzas in Valle De Oro. He lost his medical licence for treating Outcasts, and you break him out of the True Yaran Academy so he can work for the resistance.
- Antagonist
Édgar Reyes
Dr. Édgar Reyes, known as El Doctor, is the scientist behind Viviro and the poison PG-240, and the main villain you hunt in Valle De Oro. He runs Biovida and treats Antón Castillo personally, while experimenting on prisoners in secret.