Mauve Mendoza

Mauve Elise Mendoza is a human-gargoyle woman who works as a personal assistant to Senator Dean. She hides her non-human characteristics with colored contact lenses and clothing. She is one of the Autumn Leaves, and was taken in by the Ivy Mafia and raised by several different members. At age 14, she began street fighting, and was scouted to compete in bare-knuckle cage fights. She is very successful as a boxer, both due to her technical skill and her ability to turn her fists to stone. This is seen in the Furthermore Chapters, Chapter 5, when she defeats a much larger opponent in the cage. Mauve has scars on her back from the removal of her wings when she was an infant. While she has never flown, she is seen craving the sensation of flight, to the point of paying for research into prosthetic wings and zero-gravity charms.

After her manager is killed in a gamble gone bad, he is replaced by a young Pisces Gang man named Miguel. Mauve and Miguel begin dating, and are married a few years later. Mauve stops competitive fighting, though she is seen training and boxing continuously throughout the story.

Mauve is the mother of Andre Mendoza, and it is revealed that she has had two miscarriages since having him. Mauve had a ten-year-contract with the Ivy Mafia which was fulfilled when she turned 24. She has a Bachelor's degree in Communication and one in Management. She mentions still having student loans to pay off, though it is implied that the Ivy Mafia have covered some of the costs.

Relationships

Mauve is friends with Senator Dean, for whom she works, and has a strong marriage and relationship with her husband Miguel, but otherwise appears relatively reclusive.

Death

During the bombing of Dean Tower, Mauve fights her sister Miss Vergo and pushes her off the building. This is the opportunity that Lyla needs to send a signal from her laptop to turn off the wings mid-air. However, Miss Vergo catches Mauve's wrist on her way down, pulling her off the building. While falling, Miss Vergo and Mauve use their gargoyle ability to turn entirely to stone, and they both shatter on impact.

The pieces are later put together and used as a gruesome memorial to the destruction of the city.