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The following article/section is from the Paola Santiago continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon. |
| “ | Seriously, though, you're extra out there today. What are you obsessing about? The potential habitability of Europa? Or why they don't make whole sleeves of pink starbursts? Ooh, is it the dog thing again? What’s this week's breed? | ” |
–Emma asking Paola what she is thinking about in, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears. | ||
Emma Lockwood is a girl living in Silver Springs, Arizona. She is currently in a relationship with Paola Santiago.
History[]
Emma was born in Montana into a well off family, being able to have a mountain bike and a smartphone with an expensive case.
When she was about ten, Emma moved to Silver Springs, Arizona and befriended Paola Santiago and Dante Mata, two kids who lived on the other side of town. About a year later she watched her friend’s neighbors get arrested.
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Paola Santiago and the River of Tears[]
As she, Paola, and Dante sit by the banks of the Gila River talking about comics and space, they realize it is getting late and head home, but not before she and Paola prank Dante with algae. She says her goodbyes to her friends before biking home.
Unbeknownst to her friends, Emma befriended a fellow tennis enthusiast her age at the country club who wanted to explore the Gila. Emma told her she knows a spot and makes plans to show her the spot before meeting up with Pao and Dante. When she arrives she sees Ondina, but Franco arrives and tells her not to trust her. He asks about her ring as a hoard of Ahogada arrive and drag her under the surface of the river. While imprinted by La Llorona, she keeps telling the weeping woman her friends will save her until she is placed in a prism.
She is discovered by Pao almost a week later when she, Pao, Dante and Franco are about to be sacrificed to resurrect Ondina. When the orb powering the Rift is drained, she is freed along with the other sacrifices and goes over to Pao. When the orb is shattered, the orb falls apart and she watches Ondina and La Llorona depart for the afterlife.
They float upward and find themselves in the Gila. They end up at the shore and walk a short distance before they find three Niños and head to their camp. When they arrive she tells Pao how she ended up a prisoner of La Llorona and Pao forgives her as long as they don’t keep secrets from each other. Naomi walks up to them and asks about their next move. She expresses an interest in going home and Dante soon comes over to point out Bruto. Marisa shows them the way out as Pao makes up a story about her getting lost in the cactus fields and her and Dante getting lost look for her when Carmela Mata appears from behind and offers them food. As they eat the old woman reveals she was once a member of the Niños de la Luz and tells the three it is just the beginning before ending the conversation. Dante's grandmother calls her parents and she eagerly hugs her mom.
Emma and the others are kept at home for the next three days until their parents and guardians relent to let them watch the SpaceX launch together. She arrives just before Dante and they news talks about their return and shows pictures of still missing children, including Marisa and Naomi. Pao leaves the couch to light a candle for the children with her mother and she holds Emma's hand when she returns.
Coming out and Rift with a Friend[]
A week after being saved from the Weeping Woman, she comes out to Paola and her friend helps her come out to her parents, who quickly accept her. The two join the schools LGBTQAI+ club, also known as the Ranbow Rogues, however due to the club constantly spending money on supplies for signs for protest, something Pao could not afford to do, her friend quit the club and the two somewhat drift apart.
Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares[]
Six months after coming out, Pao sees her hanging out with some club members at Pizza Pete's, but Emma fails to notice Pao.
The following day, as she is with the rainbow rogues, Pao calls her when Dante’s abuela suddenly falls unconscious. Fearing the old woman would be deported if she called 911, Emma says she would call a private ambulance and use her father’s credit card to pay for it. Emma arrives at the hospital soon after her friends and Pao tearfully tells her everything that has been happening since they saved her, something Emma says is her fault. She is shocked at Pao's plan to go to Oregon to find her father and cure Dante's grandmother and convinces Pao to only do this if their is no logical explanation. They enter the room, claiming to be Dante’s cousins, where they say Seniors Mata is fine physically but they are not picking up any brainwaves. Emma talks to the doctors as Pao pulls a reluctant Dante into the hallway to talk. After ghosts attack the hospital and the nurses blame Paola and Dante, even calling the police on them, a janitor tells her friends to leave and she urges Dante to go, promising to look after his abuela.
The following day, Pao calls her to tell her their has been no change in Señora Mata's condition and that the police believe drug addicts were responsible for the attack on the hospital.
The next day, she texts Pao the Señora Mata is still the same as when they left and the doctors are bringing in a specialist and new equipment. After that she and Pao text with each other and Pao reveals she doesn’t know what to do with Dante to Emma as Emma says they will make up eventually, even assuming Pao and Dante were dating. Pao debunks this before turning her phone off. Later that night after Dante attacks and betrays Pao, she calls Emma to inform her of what happened. After telling Emma the story, she says that Pao is not at fault and Dante is the one to blame. They call themselves each other’s hero before handing up.
A few hours later, she is with Pao's mom and Bruto when they are suddenly surrounded by green lights. She calls Pao to tell her and the three are brought to Oregon by Pao. She and Mrs. Santiago stand aside when Pao tells them to as she takes on The Hitchhiker.
She and Pao's mom are led to Beto's trailer by Estrella, where she frees Pal and takes Bruto outside as Pao and her dad close the void. After the deed is done and Beto survives, she consuls Pao, promising to be their for her.
After everything is over, Pao's mom rents a van to sit all fifteen of them and drives back to Silver Springs. After getting a call that Señora Mata soon readings have returned to normal, Pao and Emma head to the hospital to deliver the news of Dante to her. After Señora Mata calls Pao Maria again, they deliver the news. She reveals that she knows and doesn’t blame them for her grandson’s fate. They leave soon after and part ways. Emma invites Pao to a protest the Rainbow Rogues are putting on, but Pao declines as she is having dinner with her parents. Emma vows to help her get Dante back before leaving.
Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows[]
Eight months after Dante is lost, she watches Pao train with the Niños de la Luz and decapitates a training and talks with her when she finishes. Emma tries to comfort her, but Pao ignores her words. When she offers to treat Pao to pizza and ice cream, she agrees but goes to talk to Franco about any possible entrances to the Void and she waits by her bike.
The next day she is packing for a trip to New Orleans with the Rainbow Rogues to learn about the importance of wetlands in the hopes that convincing the mayor to preserve Silver Spring's wetlands. As she is packing Pao comes by and her mother, who blames her friend for Emma's disappearance, greets Pao coldly until Emma tells her mother Pao is not at fault and to not be biast. Pao tells her about the reading her mom gave her and how her father has been treating her and her lack of dreams. In response, Emma says is the only at fault for going with Ondina and Pao says she is not. Emma tells Pao she thinks her shock at the revelation of being the granddaughter of La Llorona is causing the block and learn to accept her heritage. She agrees to help Pao find a way to dream again. They find a recipe on line and Pao says her mother has all those things in their apartment, but is hesitant to go back after the reading, and Emma suggests they buy the ingredients themselves. Pao tries to talk her out of it as the store that sells the ingredients is not in a good part of town, but Emma insists and convinces her mom to take them. Pao spends the night at Emma's urging and they watch She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. When they fall asleep Pao dreams. She wakes up to get some water and finds Pao in her backyard. Pao tells her she had a dream but starts to cry, she comforts Pao, who says she does not know what to do without getting sidelined. When Pao mentions her destination is outside San Antonio, she gets an idea.
In the morning, her mom wakes the girls up and Emma, who is exited to finally go on an adventure, hastily packs an extra bag for Pao, who texted her mother that she will be staying at Emma’s for a few days to work on a project. After grabbing a quick bite, they go to the car and she tells her mother Pao decided to join them on the trip as a guest. When they arrive at Silver Springs Middle School, Emma is greeted by her club friends while one of them, Kit, acts coldly towards Pao and reminds Emma she promised to sit with her. Just then one of the chaperones, a woman named Poppy, arrives and simply lets Pao join without seeing a permission slip or contacting her parents, concerning Pao. When Poppy leaves, the Rogues present laugh at Poppy's behavior and assume she took cold medicine. When Pao mentions body snatchers, everyone stops laughing and Kit mocks Pao for believing in aliens. Pao leaves as she apologizes for Kit's behavior and Pao tells her that she does not fit in with the club. Emma tries to cheer Pao up, but inadvertently makes a remark that she is hallucinating from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Pao is offended. Emma sits with Kit on the bus and listens to music with her, checking in on Pao from time to time.
As they drive, Emma glances back at Pao, who pretends to sleep when Emma walked past her. At the end of the day the bus stops at a dude ranch in Van Horn, Texas and Poppy let’s the kids decide the sleeping arrangements. Pao goes by the fire when Emma comes over to her with Kit and Robin Long and asks if she wants to see the horses. Pao remains silent as Kit mocks Pao and pulls Emma away. Soon she returns to find Poppy and Pao fighting. Pao tells her and the other girls to run as Poppy fights Pao before changing focus and goes after Emma, Kit, and Robin. As she and Robin run, Kit takes a rake and attacks Poppy. Pao uses the opportunity to stab Poppy and the girls watch as she melts. Kit demands answers and Pao reluctantly tells her. As Pao prepares to go on alone, she suggests they take Kit, for her fighting skills, and Robin, who has a learner’s permit. After hearing about Robin, she tells the others she started kindergarten late and Pao agreed to let them help. She and Pao go to speak with the bus driver as Kit and Robin tell Kyle Poppy is sick. They speak with the ranch owner’s wife and tell her someone is sick and needs to stay in the bus, bus the woman tells them they can use the guest room and the girls get the keys to “get some things”. They meet Kit and Robin by the bus and they tell them Kyle is calling lights out soon. They board the bus and wait an hour before driving off without headlights to not alert everyone. To ease Robin's nerves, Kit plays a Backstreet Boys song, as her fathers were fans of the band. They successfully leave the ranch and she sits with Pao.
As Robin drives, Emma speaks with Pao and, upon mentioning Dante, Pao mentions the Rift amplifying emotions, leading her to question if Dante was truly as manipulated as they thought. Pao asks for more of the tea and Emma mixes it as best she can in a water bottle. They go to the back of the bus as Kit mocks Pao for being straight. As they sit, Pao reveals to Emma that she is questioning her sexuality and Emma says it is okay for her to do so. When Pao drinks the tea, she falls asleep after a delayed reaction. Pao wakes up and tells Emma the portals are almost closed. Pao tells her to take the other girls and leave when they reach her destination, but she refuses to abandon her.
They arrive in Santuario shortly before dawn and Pao tells Kit and Robin to drop her and Emma off and go to San Antonio and call their parents under the guise of escaping a kidnapper. However they refuse as someone slams into the windshield and Robin accidentally drives the bus into a ditch. They girls end up in the stairwell by the door and a crow with glowing green eyes approaches them. Kit makes her way to the driver’s seat to open the door as another crow breaks in. Kit opens the door and the girls tumble out as they realize hundreds of crows are swarming the bus and they run to a cornfield. Kit touches a broken hunt with an injured and and gets blood on it, which they pass again. Pao realizes they are in a liminar space, the area that protects entrances Void entrances and trap victims in loops. They keep passing the bloody corn and Pao reveals she does not know how to get out. In her grief, Pao drops her Alma del Arma and it reverts to a magnifying glass they reveals where to go. Kit is reluctant to follow Pao but Robin persuades her. The girls follow the magnifying glass as the crows attack them. Pao alternates between magnifying glass and spear as she keeps the rogues safe. Soon they find the church and lock themselves inside before collapsing on the floor. Pao has a vision of her shadow self and realizes she knows they are in Santuario and alerts the others when she comes to. Pao heads to the altar and tells her to take Kit and Robin back to San Antonio if something happens to her. Soon Pao returns with Dante in tow and the three embrace. As Pao catches everyone up to speed, Dante asks why Kit and Robin are with them and Kit questions if they could trust him. Pao explains that the Rogues helped her get to him while explaining to Kit that Dante has been through a lot and she tries to portal back to Silver Springs and Kit keeps interrupting, once to spite Pao and a second time out of shock by the lights. Pao moves to a window and Emma comes over to her. After she mentions how she handled kids while baby sitting, Pao gets an idea. Pao tells everyone to think of a place to Silver Springs and it starts to work, but El Cucuy finds them and shows Pao images of her loved ones dead and her home destroyed to distract her.
They land by the Gila River and she gets separated from the rest and happily runs over to Pao when she sees the other girl. They embrace as Emma tries to tell Pao something, but Dante interrupts as he and the others come over. Pao and Emma separate, Kit flashes a dirty look and Dante suggests they go to the Camp of the Niños de la Luz. Pao tells him they moved to a warehouse in town and it would be easier if they went to the Riverside Palace. As they get closer, Dante expresses his desire to see his abuela and she silently tells Pao to tell him about her. Pao informs Dante that his grandmother's memory is gone and she was moved to a care facility months ago. Pao expects Dante to yell, but he thanks and hugs her. When they arrive, Kit expresses her surprise that the building has occupants and is reluctant to go in, but does so when Pao informs her she will have to wait outside. As Pao opens the door, her parents and Bruto greet her, and they are shocked to see Dante. After Pao's parents greet everyone, they go to the living room where Maria tells Pao her mother called and informed them of her impromptu trip and vanishing with three other girls in Texas. As Beto is uncertain what to reveal in front of Robin and Kit, Pao informs them that it is El Cucuy Who is behind it and explains how he is building an army. Beto scolds Pao for disobeying him as Pao berates that she took action as he and the Niños just stood around. After Pao's parents talk, Beto gathers somethings and tells them he is taking them to the Niños's warehouse and shoots down Robin's request to contact her fathers.
Beto drives her, the other children, and Bruto to the warehouse and tells them to wait as he talks with Franco. While he has his back to the kids, Pao tells Robin about a nearby bus stop and she runs to it while Kit volunteers to stay. Beto drops them off as the girls start to scream and they wake Naomi. Naomi greets the four and mentions Marisa got a call about a ghost half an hour ago, around the same time Beto called Franco. Pao finds it suspicious and Naomi takes them to the other Niños, who are eating lunch outside. Dante stays behind the keep an eye out for Beto and Franco, and watch Bruto, as the girls speak to the Niños. Naomi gets their attention as Pao stands on a picnic table and informs the Niños about her trip into the Void and El Cucy's plan. She also reveals Franco is keeping them in the dark just as Franco and Beto arrive. The Niños berate Franco for keeping them in the dark as Beto berates Pao for disobeying him. Her says he will keep her away from the fighting until Pao reveals she is the entry point. Beto takes Pao to discuss this further. They return to find Dante sitting on bleachers staring at the wall. Beto asks Pao for her arma del alma, but she cannot find it. After a while she questions her father on why he needs it and he gives her a half answer. Pao remembers having it back at the apartment and Beto realizes Robin is missing. Pao says she went home and Beto asks her her address. Kit gives him the street and, not remembering the number, describes it. Beto and Franco go to bring Robin back as Pao sits with the others. Pao and Emma talk about Dante’s mental state and she urges Pao to take to him.
Soon Beto and Franco return with Robin tied up between them and Pao storms over to them. They say Robin is a copy who was switched out with the real one after El Cucuy caught them portaling. They also theorize she stole Pao's spirit weapon, which could reveal her true nature, and ditched it before they found her. Pao, Kit, and Emma try to convince them otherwise to no avail as they take Robin into the office. The girls think of a way to prove Robin is really her as Dante comes over saying that would not work as El Cucuy implants important memories in his copies. Pao asks why he asked her about Mario Kart and he explains how the memory was not as important to her as it was to him and says El Cucuy does not bother putting minor and neutral memories in his copies. Pao fails to think of anything that could work, Emma does not know Robin well enough to think of something, and Kit, despite knowing Robin for five years, reveals she does not know anything that could help. Emma suggests getting Robin's fathers involved and Pao shoots it down, but Dante thinks it might help. They try and fail to convince Franco before revealing Robin's current situation to the other Niños. They are angry and Naomi volunteer to fight Franco. Pao calls her mother and she comes with Robin's fathers and demands Beto let them in. Beto tries to keep them out and says it is a delicate matter that they are dealing with as Maria forces her way inside. The Longs are shocked to find their daughter tied up. Jonathan demands they call the authorities while Todd says to hear them out. Pao says they need to think of a memory with very little emotional attachment Robin might have and they ask her what she called the cat belonging to an old neighbor of theirs. Robin answers sprinkles and they are happy she answered right and untie her. Franco protests as Marisa returns and scolds Franco for his behavior before pinning him against the wall. Pao is pleased by the sight and her father apologizes to her, calling her a true leader. Pao goes over to her and Kit and learns Kit took her arma del alma out of curiosity and hid it so someone would find it. Pao scolds Kit as the other girl walks away. Emma starts to say something as the ground shakes, Beto goes check his equipment as she reveals Dante has Pao's magnifying glass.
The shaking stops as Emma explains Dante found her magnifying glass soon after Kit hid it and has been looking at the wall since then. Pao goes over with Bruto and asks Dante for it back. However she slowly realizes that the Dante in front of her is a copy. Bruto growls and Shadow Dante attacks him. Shadow Dante activates Pao's arma del alma and attacks her. Naomi tosses her an old spear and they fight. Shadow Dante opens a portal into the Void and mocks Pao for thinking she outsmarted El Cucuy as they fight and Pao questions if her friend is even still alive. Naomi and Kit takes Pao's place as she goes to ask her father and Franco how to close an opening. However both are uncertain how to close an entrance. Soon Shadow Dante projects the nightmares of all present and threatens to kill those who aided Pao last, after watching their families and friends die. Shadow Dante vanishes and the images stop. As everyone in the warehouse panics, Pao gets everyone’s attention and reveals that she is the granddaughter of La Llorona. Most of the crowd is shocked as Pao holds out her magnifying glass and says she will fight for them. Naomi, Marisa, Beto, and half those present stand with her while the other half declare their loyalty after Franco does. After the Longs reappear, Jonathan puts something about the fight on social media hoping some people come. After Maria and Emma are tasks with taking the younger kids to safety, she kisses Pao's cheek before Pao joins Franco and her dad in the office to strategize. However she fails to evacuate and joins in the fighting with Naomi and Kit. Soon Pao comes through a portal holding a cube, the source of El Cucuy's power, and she and the others each take on some of the fear as the enemy vanishes when the cube disintegrates. After the battle Emma goes over to Pao and confesses her love for her and Pao reciprocates her feelings as Naomi and Marisa arrive. As the girls question what the Niños would do now that the Void is no longer a threat, Pao suggests they go into social justice, much to Emma’s joy. Marisa offers Pao a place in the Niños, but she turns Marisa down, Marisa accepts it as Naomi calls Pao a chicken. Kit requests to join, but her request is rejected and she sulks off to help clean.
After searching Señora Mata's belongings at the assistant living facility, it is revealed she was actually very wealthy and left specific instructions on how it was to be divided. She insisted Pao, Emma, and Dante attend therapy until they come of legal age. On the first Día de los Muertos since Señora Mata died, Dante, Emma, and Pao pick up cheese tamales and some spicy chicken talames for Señora Mata. Beto and Maria greet them when they reach the Riverside Palace, which is being renovated after Pao's parents buy it so that the residents have clean water, working temperature control, and windows they can look out, and the three place the food on Señora Mata's alter as they question what the future holds.
Appearance[]
Emma is an adolescent girl of European decent with sand colored hair, blue eyes, and freckles. She often wears glittery purple nail polish and a ring with a heart shaped ruby on it. After coming out, she dyed a purple streak in her hair.
Personality[]
Emma is considerate of others, remembering things they were interested in months before. She is also not afraid to get her hands dirty for a prank.
After joining the rainbow rogues, she starts to take an interest in social justice.
Relationships[]
Love Interest[]
Paola Santiago[]
Paola Santiago, her girlfriend.
Emma met Pao in late elementary school-early middle school and became close. They would hang out and bond over their shared interests such as favorite superheroes. After Emma went missing, Pao went to great lengths to rescue her. Soon after being rescued, she came out to Pao, who in turn helped Emma come out to her parents. However with six months, the two started to drift away with Emma starting spending more and more time with their school's LGBTQIA+ club.
When Pao journeys to Oregon to look for her father, they keep in contact and she comforts her when Dante betrays her.
Eight months later she is supportive of Pao's efforts to find Dante and comforts her when she breaks down. As they travel to Sancurio, Emma tries to hide her feelings for Pao, but kisses her before El Cucuy's forces attack the warehouse. After he is defeated, the two confess to each other and start dating.
Family[]
Emma is close to her father. They often spend time together and he was devastated when she went missing. After she came out to him and his wife, the two were very accepting of their daughter's sexual orientation.
Emma is close to her mother, the two would get their nails done twice a week. When Emma went missing, she and her husband were devastated. After her daughter came out, she and her husband were very accepting of Emma's sexual orientation.
Friends[]
Dante Mata, her friend.
Emma and Dante are close to one another, often spending time with each other outside of school. When she was taken by La Llorona, he and Pao went to great lengths to find and rescue her.
After learning that he attacked Pao and left her to die at the hands of a ghost, she becomes enraged and refuses to say his name. After learning he was manipulated, she feels bad for Dante and wants to get him back, but still condones his treatment of Pao.
When he is rescued, Emma is happy he is back.
Kit, a girl in the Rainbow Rogues she grew close to.
Emma befriended Kit after joining the Silver Springs Middle School LGBTQ+ Club. They often attend protests with the other club members. She passively berates her for insulting Pao and rejects the other girl’s advances, holding out for Pao.
During the Rogue's trip and after Kit joins the mission to reach Santuario, Emma meekly berates Kit's behavior towards Pao. After they arrive at the Niños de la Luz's Warehouse, Emma berates Kit for taking Pao's arma del alma and for hiding it rather then return it to clear up the Robin fiasco.Etymology[]
- Emma is a feminine given name derived from the German word "Erman", meaning "whole" or "Universal".
- Lockwood is a surname of British origin.
Trivia[]
- She is a fan of Wonder Woman and America Chavez.
- In Montana, Emma would go horse back riding.
| Paola Santiago series | |
| Books: | Paola Santiago and the River of Tears | Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares | Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows |
| Main Characters: | Paola Santiago | Dante Mata | Emma Lockwood | Bruto | Naomi |
| Secondary Characters: | Maria Santiago | Ondina | Marisa Martínez | Carmela Mata | Beto | Joaquín | Kit | Robin Long |
| Minor Characters: | Karen Lockwood | Sal | Franco | Aaron | Johnny | Shadow Dante |
| Mythical Creatures: | Chupacabra | La Llorona | Ahogada | La Mano Panchona | Lechuza | Duendecillos | Cadejo | The Hitchhiker | El Cucuy | Falsita |
| Related Content: | Tehlor Kay Mejia | Rick Riordan Presents | Bruto and the Freaky Flower | Disney+ series |