Margaret Burton

Margaret Burton is the deuteragonist of the anime series Madlax. She is a 19-year-old college student and a member of one of the richest families in Nafrece. She has no memory of the first seven years of her life, having mysteriously lost her memory twelve years ago. The only things she remembers are the word "Madlax", and vague recollections of something important connected to an unusual "picture book" she possesses.

She is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in the Japanese version of the anime and Luci Christian in the English version, both of whom also voice Medusa Gorgon.

Appearance
Margaret is a young woman of average height with dark brown hair that she keeps in braids and brown eyes. She is usually seen wearing her school uniform, which consists of a white shirt, pink coat, red tie and black skirt.

Personality
Margaret is generally a spacey and absent-minded girl. She doesn't seem to be a morning person as she easily falls asleep during her morning activities and, at one point, ends up walking in the wrong direction towards her school. She is a rather strange girl who displays a lot of odd behaviour; she describes news about a terrorist attack as "boring", claims it's going to rain when there's no signs of it, stares at red shoes for ages through a window despite not wanting them (which results in her being late) and takes being on a person's mind as a sign she did something to offend them. She was apparently even worse when she was younger, as Elenore states she has made steady progress over the past twelve years, though none of her memories before then have come back.

Margaret is generally a kind person who's very faithful to the people she cares about. She cares a great deal for Elenore and Vanessa, even describing her feelings towards the former as "love". She tells Eric Gillian that he should stick to his job as a book detective if he has a talent for it, saying that it's nice to have a talent, and has faith that he can help her decipher her book. Even after being sent a letter saying that he gave up, she intuitively knows that he tried his hardest, and holds no grudge against him for it.

Despite her general airheadedness, Margaret often shows keen intuition about people or about certain dangers. She doesn't trust Moreas Lopez when she meets him at a party, and senses danger at the hotel she, Elenore and Vanessa are staying when there is a sniper nearby. She was only in a half-conscious state when Naharu tried to steal Secondary, but when Margaret sees Naharu again, she instantly knows she's the one who came into her room, and the one who's been watching her. Eventually, it becomes clear that a lot of her odd mannerisms early in the series was actually the result of initiatives relating to her mysterious past.