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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a TV repair woman and the cousin of [[Weaver Márquez]]. In [[Act I]], she joins [[Conway]] on his search for [[Dogwood Drive]].
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'''Shannon Márquez''' is a TV repairwoman and the cousin of [[Weaver Márquez]]. In [[Act I]], she joins [[Conway]] on his search for [[Dogwood Drive]].


== Life ==
== Life ==


Shannon's parents were miners who died in a mine flood, leaving her under the care of her aunt, [[Remedios Márquez]]. Her family has financial hardships for much of her life. She owns a [[Shannon's workshop|workshop]] in the back of a [[bait shop]] up north by [[Lake Nolin]], where [[Wax Road|Wax]] and [[Peonia Road]] meet. Collected feathers as a child, not as a hobbyist collects trinkets, but in the way "a clump of dust collects more dust by static electricity."
Shannon was born to a family of immigrants. She grew up living with her mother, father, [[J. Márquez|uncle]], aunt [[Remedios Márquez|Remedios]], and cousin [[Weaver Márquez|Weaver]]. Their financial and legal situation was often precarious, and she grew up without health insurance or regular doctors. Shannon's parents worked as miners at [[Elkhorn Mine|Elkhorn]] and drowned when it flooded, presumably leaving Shannon in the care of her aunt and uncle for her later high school years.


== Family ==
As an adult, she began living and working out of the back room of the [[bait shop]] on the corner of [[Wax Road|Wax]] and [[Peonia Road]], using it as a workshop for TV repairs. However, as flat-screen TVs began replacing CRT TVs, she was unable to keep up with the bills. She is evicted during Act III.


Shannon is the cousin of [[Weaver Márquez]]. Her aunt and uncle are [[Remedios Márquez]] and [[J. Márquez]].
Depending on the players' choices, she may have an ex named Alejandra or Mark who she still talks to on occasion.


== Name ==
== Name & references ==


Shannon is named after the mathematician [[wikipedia:Claude Shannon|Claude Shannon]], the "father of information theory," and the famous Colombian magical realist author [[wikipedia:Gabriel García Márquez|Gabriel García Márquez]].
Shannon is named after the mathematician [[wikipedia:Claude Shannon|Claude Shannon]], the "father of information theory," and the famous Colombian magical realist author [[wikipedia:Gabriel García Márquez|Gabriel García Márquez]]. Her and her cousin's names reference the [[wikipedia:Shannon–Weaver model|Shannon–Weaver model]] of communication, used in the fields of information theory and telecommunications, and the street name and number of their family's farmhouse, 100 Macondo Lane, are references to the town of [[wikipedia:Macondo|Macondo]] in Márquez's novel ''[[wikipedia:One Hundred Years of Solitude|One Hundred Years of Solitude]]''.




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