Maddie Durant

Madilyn Alyse Durant (born November 11, 1995) is an American healthcare provider and basketball coach. She is a supporting character in the Lost Tales universe.

Early Life
Maddie Durant was born on November 11, 1995 in Crimson Holler, West Virginia, the daughter of Marla Durant, a neonatal nurse practitioner, and an unknown father. She has one younger sister, Zoe Durant, an interior designer. Durant is named after her great grandmother, Madilyn Dixon.

Durant grew up in Crimson Holler, where her mother was the administrator of a neonatal intensive care unit in a nearby hospital. She attended Crimson Holler School and Shenandoah High School, where she was a member of the basketball, softball, and bowling teams and the art club. She also played second violin in her middle school orchestra. She achieved all-star status in all three sports she played in high school. She attended West Virginia University from 2013-2017 on a basketball scholarship, where she was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She also coached a local peewee basketball team and volunteered at the settlement house run by Leticia Washburn. She earned a nursing degree in 2017.

Career
After graduating, Durant moved to Daisy, South Carolina, where she became the school nurse and assistant basketball coach at Daisy Middle School. After two school years, she began working at Sunshine Family Medicine and became the head girls' basketball coach at DMS. In fall 2019, she entered a graduate nursing program at Central Carolina University, completing internships at QuickCare at SaveBarn and Daisy Elementary School. She is known for moving around job positions very quickly.

Personal Life
Durant was in an on/off relationship with Chad Darden for years until he became abusive and was arrested on multiple charges. She previously developed a relationship with Calvin Parks, but will also become involved with Oliver Mills in future work. Eventually, she enters a dating contest with Calvin Parks, Oliver Mills, and Moose Amboni. The winner is yet to be determined. Eventually, she becomes seriously involved with Oliver Mills.

Durant's hobbies include drawing, bowling, basketball, roller skating, and watching Hallmark movies. She coaches a peewee basketball team for pre-k and kindergarten students along with Trevvor Melton.

After briefly living with Jenny Parks and Savannah Washburn, Durant moved in with Trevvor Melton and stayed from fall 2017 to spring 2019, when she moved to an apartment above a music store in Daisy. After the arrest of her boyfriend, she stayed with her friend Regula Ackermann for a short period of time.

Durant has a yellow lab named Honey.

Durant is a Christian. She attends Daisy Presbyterian Church, where she is a member of the women's group.

Durant drives a silver 2007 Volkswagen Beetle.

Durant is not politically active aside from voting, but she is a registered Democrat.

Character History
Maddie Durant first appeared in the June 2020 work "Messy" which was set in Daisy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her most recent work was the yet to be named second episode of the series. She has been portrayed as ages 24 and 25 only. She has held only one occupation, a pediatric nurse, but has had many workplaces throughout the stories, seeming to show up in various places when convenient to the plot. She has only been in two romantic relationships, but several friendships due to her friendly nature. She is usually portrayed as upbeat, humorous, sweet, talkative, caring, immature, flighty, chaotic, optimistic, friendly, and warm. She speaks very quickly and with a moderate southern accent.

Maddie Durant is described to have light brown hair and bright green eyes. She usually wears her hair in a high ponytail or straightened. Her style is colorful and childish, although she is usually seen wearing scrubs. She is usually always seen wearing a gold wave ring, numerous friendship bracelets, and an M necklace, and always wears sparkly lip gloss. Her stock color is purple. She is of an average build and height.

Favorites
Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Dessert: Dum Dum Suckers

Favorite Sport: Basketball

Favorite Animal: Unicorn

Favorite Subject in School: Art

Favorite Food: Macaroni and cheese

Favorite Drink: Vanilla bean creme frappuccino

Favorite Season: Winter

Favorite Holiday: Christmas