Perhaps Maria is part of an all female Order.  Her participation in Dungeon Running can be partly about proving herself, and partly a way to raise funds for her Order in this post crisis period where people don't feel they're very necessary.<br/><br/>I've also been thinking that maybe some of her Order's rituals/ceremonies require her to get naked.  ;) Though if that's the case, Sophie missed a really good rebuttal to Maria's criticism of her skimpy clothing.  Maybe she can just be required to do a lot of bathing/ritual purification or something.