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| Character_name = [[File:House_Manderly.PNG|50px|left]] '''Donella Hornwood''' [[File:House_Hornwood.PNG|50px|right]]
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| title = Lady
| image = [[File:Donella Manderly.jpg]]
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| firstname = Donella
| image_caption =  art by sir-heartsalot
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| lastname = Hornwood
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| arms = Manderly
| Title = Lady of [[Hornwood]]
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| arms2 = Hornwood
| Allegiance = [[House Hornwood]]<br>[[House Manderly]]
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| image = [[File:Katherine Dinger Donella Hornwood.jpg|300px]]
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| image_caption =  Donella, by [https://www.deviantart.com/jezebel Katherine Dinger] © Fantasy Flight Games
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| Alias = Donella Manderly
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| Title = [[Lord of the Hornwood|Lady of the Hornwood]]
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| Predecessor = [[Halys Hornwood]]
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| Successor = [[Ramsay Snow]]
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| Allegiance = [[House Manderly]]<br>[[House Hornwood]]<br>[[House Bolton]]
 
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| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse = 1st: [[Halys Hornwood]]<br>2nd: [[Ramsay Snow]]
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| Date_of_Birth = or before {{Date|257}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Donella Manderly|Donella Manderly]] calculation.''</ref>
 
| Place_of_Birth =
 
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
 
| Place_of_Death = [[Hornwood]]
 
| Place_of_Death = [[Hornwood]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
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| Spouse = 1st: Lord [[Halys Hornwood]]<br>2nd: [[Ramsay Snow]]
| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
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| Issue  = [[Daryn Hornwood]]
 
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| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
 
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'''Donella Hornwood'''{{ref|ACOK|16}} is the Lady of [[Hornwood]], wife of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]], and mother of [[Daryn Hornwood]]. She is past her childbearing years, yet still comely. Originally from [[House Manderly]], Donella is the cousin of Lord [[Wyman Manderly]].{{ref|aCoK|16}}
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'''Donella Hornwood''' is the [[Lord of the Hornwood|Lady of Hornwood]], wife of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]], and mother of [[Daryn Hornwood]]. Originally from [[House Manderly]], she is a cousin of [[Wyman Manderly]], [[Lord of White Harbor]].{{Ref|aCoK|16}}
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==Appearance and Character==
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{{See also|:Category:Images of Donella Hornwood|l1=Images of Donella Hornwood}}
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The gentle and modest Donella is past her childbearing years, yet still comely.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
  
==Appearance==
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==History==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Donella Hornwood|Images of Donella Hornwood]]''
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Donella did not receive much attention from men when she was a [[maid]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
After the death of her husband and son, Donella is a pale husk of a woman, her features etched with grief. She thinks that all the beauty she once had has long gone, while [[Rodrik Cassel]] considers her gentle and not uncomely for her years.{{ref|aCoK|16}}
 
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] is killed in the [[Battle of the Green Fork]], while his heir, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]], is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]].
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Donella's husband [[Halys Hornwood|Halys]], [[Lord of the Hornwood]], is killed in the [[battle on the Green Fork]],{{Ref|AGOT|62}} and her son [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]] is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]].{{Ref|AGOT|63}}
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
With no direct heir after Daryn's death, Hornwood poses a possible threat to the peace in King [[Robb Stark]]'s realm as many parties have started competing for Lady Donella's lands, most notably houses [[House Umber|Umber]], [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and [[House Tallhart|Tallhart]], with the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]], (unspecified) [[House Flint|Flints]], [[House Glover|Glovers]] and [[House Bolton|Boltons]] as likely other contenders. In this context, Lady Donella has already received a couple of marriage proposals, although she is still in grief and beyond her childbearing years.{{ref|aCoK|16}}
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[[File:Donella Manderly.jpg|thumb|Donella, by sir-heartsalot ©]]
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Houses [[House Flint|Flint]], [[House Karstark|Karstark]], and [[House Tallhart|Tallhart]] are expected to compete for the grief-stricken Donella's lands, as they have Hornwood ties through the female line. Additionally, [[House Glover]] is fostering Halys's bastard, [[Larence Snow]], and [[House Bolton]] has lands which adjoin those of the Hornwoods.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
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When Lady Donella sends someone to ask [[Ramsay Snow]] about his massing men at the [[Dreadfort]], Ramsay replies that no Bolton would be questioned by a woman. Donella loathes that Ramsay acts like he is a trueborn Bolton.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
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After arriving at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], [[Wyman Manderly]], [[Lord of White Harbor]], proposes that he or his son, Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], could marry Donella.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} Lady Donella arrives at Winterfell with only six men-at-arms. On Maester [[Luwin]]'s urging, she promises that she will store a fourth of her harvest for winter in the future instead of a fifth as she has done until now.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} She does not want to marry suitors such as the brutish [[Mors Umber]] and her large cousin, Wyman, but hints to Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] that he himself would be a suitable candidate.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
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[[Bran Stark]] urges Rodrik to marry Donella, but the [[knight]] thinks he is too old and points out that the Hornwood issue would arise again after his death. When Bran then suggests that Larence Snow should become the heir of Hornwood, answers that this would please the Glovers but upset Donella.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
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Mors asks for leave to wed Donella.{{Ref|ACOK|16}} [[Leobald Tallhart]] proposes that his younger son, [[Beren Tallhart|Beren]], could become Donella's foster child and ultimately heir of Hornwood, a proposal that might be acceptable to Donella because the boy's mother, [[Berena Hornwood]], is Lord Halys's sister. Luwin proposes that [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]], might want Donella to marry someone from the [[riverlands]], such as a [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]] or a [[House Frey|Frey]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
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Bran sends salmon to a disinterested and wan Lady Hornwood during the harvest feast. Rodrik asks Donella to dance, but she declines and leaves the festivities.{{Ref|ACOK|21}}
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On her return to [[Hornwood]] from the harvest feast, Lady Donella is seized by Ramsay Snow and forcibly married to him that night. Lord Manderly then seizes her castle to protect her holdings from the [[House Bolton|Boltons]].{{Ref|ACOK|28}} After the wedding, Ramsay locks her in a tower and fails to feed her. She is eventually found dead, with blood around her mouth and her fingers chewed off. Ramsay's actions leads to [[fighting in the Hornwood]] between Boltons and [[House Manderly|Manderlys]].{{Ref|ACOK|35}}
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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[[Theon Greyjoy]], a tortured prisoner in the dungeons of the Dreadfort, thinks of Lady Hornwood whenever he closes his eyes.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}
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[[Wylla Manderly]] reminds the [[Merman's Court]] of Ramsay's mistreatment of Donella.{{Ref|ADWD|19}}
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Ramsay, Lord of the Hornwood, weds "[[Arya Stark]]" (actually [[Jeyne Poole]]) so he can claim Winterfell.{{Ref|ADWD|37}} Within the [[crypts of Winterfell]], [[Barbrey Dustin]], [[Lady of Barrowton]], tells Theon that the Hornwood men who are at Winterfell for Ramsay's wedding have not forgotten how Ramsay treated Lady Donella.{{Ref|ADWD|41}}
  
Lady Donella learns that the [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, is massing men at [[the Dreadfort]]. Since the Boltons' lands are bordering hers, this raises Lady Donella's suspicions about his intentions. When she sends someone to ask him about them, he replies that no Bolton would be questioned by a woman. She loathes that Ramsay acts like he is a trueborn Bolton.{{ref|aCoK|16}}  
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==Quotes by Donella==
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{{Quote|'''Bran''': We are very sorry for all you have suffered, my lady. [[Winterfell]] will remember.<br>
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'''Donella''': That is good to know.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Bran Stark]] and Donella}}
  
The future of House Hornwood becomes a major issue at the [[harvest feast]] in [[Winterfell]] when several houses, in meetings with [[Rodrik Cassel]], Maester [[Luwin]] and [[Bran Stark]], betray their aspirations to bring Hornwood under their control and ask for King Robb's support. Lady Donella's cousin, [[Wyman Manderly]], is first in this, proposing that he or his son [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]] could marry her.{{ref|aCoK|16}}  
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{{Quote|'''Rodrik''': You will be safe enough, my lady ... though perhaps in time, when your grief is passed, you may find it prudent to wed again.<br>
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'''Donella''': I am past my childbearing years, what beauty I had long fled, yet men come sniffing after me as they never did when I was a maid.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Rodrik Cassel]] and Donella}}
  
When Lady Donella arrives, she brings only six men-at-arms in dusty clothes with her. On Luwin's urging, she promises that she will store a fourth of her harvest for winter in the future instead of a fifth as she has done until now. She is alarmed that Ramsay Snow might be hungry for her lands, referring to stories she heard about his slyness and cruelty. Rodrik promises her she will be safe because of the dire retribution that would await Ramsay if he were to go after her.{{ref|aCoK|16}}
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{{Quote|'''Rodrik''': We shall try and find you a prospect more to your taste.<br>
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'''Donella''': Perhaps you need not look very far, ser.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Rodrik Cassel]] and Donella}}
  
Rodrik brings up the idea that in time she should marry again, but she is not impressed with any of her suitors. [[Mors Umber]] is older than her father and she describes him as a drunken brute, while she considers her cousin Wyman Manderly too fat. However, she is ready to marry again if King Robb commands it and hints that Rodrik himself would be a suitable candidate.{{ref|aCoK|16}} This idea is discussed in Lady Donella's absence, with Bran urging Rodrik to go through with it. Rodrik thinks he is too old and points out that the Hornwood issue would arise again after his death. Bran then suggests that [[Larence Snow]], the late Lord [[Halys Hornwood|Halys's]] bastard son fostered by the Glovers in [[Deepwood Motte]], should be the heir of Hornwood. Maester Luwin thinks that this cannot be ruled out, expecting that the Glovers would be pleased while Lady Donella would be upset.{{ref|aCoK|16}}
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==Quotes about Donella==
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{{Quote|She was born a [[House Manderly|Manderly]], you know. Perhaps, when her grief has run its course, she would like to be a Manderly again, eh? As it happens, I am a widower these past eight years. Past time I took another wife, don't you agree, my lords? A man does get lonely. Or if the lady fancies a younger lad, well, my son [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]] is unwed as well. He is off south guarding Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], but no doubt he will wish to take a bride on his return. A valiant boy, and jolly. Just the man to teach her to laugh again, eh?{{Ref|aCoK|16}}|[[Wyman Manderly]] to [[Bran Stark]], [[Luwin]], and [[Rodrik Cassel]]}}
  
Mors Umber asks for leave to wed Donella, referring to the fact that his nephew, [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]], is King Robb's strong righthand man. Luwin, knowing about Donella's disdain for the man, points out that she is still grieving, to which Mors makes the crude suggestion that he could chase away her grief with his manhood.{{ref|aCoK|16}} In another meeting, [[Leobald Tallhart]] proposes that his younger son, [[Beren Tallhart|Beren]], could become Donella's foster child and ultimately heir of Hornwood, a proposal which might be acceptable to Donella because the boy's mother [[Berena Hornwood]] is Lord Halys' sister. Considering this in Leobald's absence, Luwin thinks a blood relation might be the best solution to the Hornwood issue while Rodrik is hesitant, considering Beren too young to hold his own against men like Mors Umber and Ramsay Snow. Luwin proposes that the decision might depend on whom of the lords in the [[Riverlands]] Robb wants to tie most to the northern cause and suggests that the king could wish for Lady Donella to marry a [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]] or a [[House Frey|Frey]].{{ref|aCoK|16}}
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{{Quote|She was a pale husk of a woman, every line of her face etched with grief.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|thoughts of [[Bran Stark]]}}
  
On her return to [[Hornwood]] from the harvest feast, Lady Donella is seized by Ramsay Snow and forcibly married to him that night. Lord Manderly then seizes her castle to protect her holdings from the [[House Bolton|Boltons]].{{ref|aCoK|28}} After the wedding, Ramsay locks her in a tower and fails to feed her. She is eventually found dead, with blood around her mouth and her fingers chewed off.{{ref|aCoK|35}}
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{{Quote|'''Mors''': Who better to protect the widow's lands than an [[House Umber|Umber]], and what Umber better than me?<br>
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'''Luwin''': Lady Donella is still grieving.<br>
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'''Mors''': I have a cure for grief under my furs.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Mors Umber]] and [[Luwin]]}}
  
===''A Dance with dragons''===
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{{Quote|And do you imagine the [[Hornwood]] men have forgotten [[Ramsay Snow|the Bastard's]] last marriage, and how his lady wife was left to starve, chewing her own fingers? What do you think passes through their heads when they hear [[Jeyne Poole|the new bride]] weeping?{{Ref|ADWD|41}}|[[Barbrey Dustin]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}
Within the crypts of [[Winterfell]], Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] tells [[Theon Greyjoy]] that the Hornwood men who are at Winterfell for Ramsay's wedding and its [[Siege of Winterfell|upcoming siege]] have not forgotten how Ramsay treated Lady Donella.{{ref|ADWD|41}}
 
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
 
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==References and Notes==
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Revision as of 10:17, 19 January 2023

House Manderly.svg Lady
Donella Hornwood
House Hornwood.svg
Katherine Dinger Donella Hornwood.jpg
Donella, by Katherine Dinger © Fantasy Flight Games

Alias Donella Manderly
Title Lady of the Hornwood
Allegiances
Predecessor Halys Hornwood
Successor Ramsay Snow
Culture Northmen
Born In or before 257 AC[1]
Died In 299 ACHornwood
Spouses
Issue Daryn Hornwood
Books

Donella Hornwood is the Lady of Hornwood, wife of Lord Halys Hornwood, and mother of Daryn Hornwood. Originally from House Manderly, she is a cousin of Wyman Manderly, Lord of White Harbor.[2]

Appearance and Character

The gentle and modest Donella is past her childbearing years, yet still comely.[2]

History

Donella did not receive much attention from men when she was a maid.[2]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Donella's husband Halys, Lord of the Hornwood, is killed in the battle on the Green Fork,[3] and her son Daryn is killed by Ser Jaime Lannister in the battle in the Whispering Wood.[4]

A Clash of Kings

Donella, by sir-heartsalot ©

Houses Flint, Karstark, and Tallhart are expected to compete for the grief-stricken Donella's lands, as they have Hornwood ties through the female line. Additionally, House Glover is fostering Halys's bastard, Larence Snow, and House Bolton has lands which adjoin those of the Hornwoods.[2]

When Lady Donella sends someone to ask Ramsay Snow about his massing men at the Dreadfort, Ramsay replies that no Bolton would be questioned by a woman. Donella loathes that Ramsay acts like he is a trueborn Bolton.[2]

After arriving at Winterfell for the harvest feast, Wyman Manderly, Lord of White Harbor, proposes that he or his son, Ser Wendel, could marry Donella.[2] Lady Donella arrives at Winterfell with only six men-at-arms. On Maester Luwin's urging, she promises that she will store a fourth of her harvest for winter in the future instead of a fifth as she has done until now.[2] She does not want to marry suitors such as the brutish Mors Umber and her large cousin, Wyman, but hints to Ser Rodrik Cassel that he himself would be a suitable candidate.[2]

Bran Stark urges Rodrik to marry Donella, but the knight thinks he is too old and points out that the Hornwood issue would arise again after his death. When Bran then suggests that Larence Snow should become the heir of Hornwood, answers that this would please the Glovers but upset Donella.[2]

Mors asks for leave to wed Donella.[2] Leobald Tallhart proposes that his younger son, Beren, could become Donella's foster child and ultimately heir of Hornwood, a proposal that might be acceptable to Donella because the boy's mother, Berena Hornwood, is Lord Halys's sister. Luwin proposes that Robb Stark, King in the North, might want Donella to marry someone from the riverlands, such as a Blackwood or a Frey.[2]

Bran sends salmon to a disinterested and wan Lady Hornwood during the harvest feast. Rodrik asks Donella to dance, but she declines and leaves the festivities.[5]

On her return to Hornwood from the harvest feast, Lady Donella is seized by Ramsay Snow and forcibly married to him that night. Lord Manderly then seizes her castle to protect her holdings from the Boltons.[6] After the wedding, Ramsay locks her in a tower and fails to feed her. She is eventually found dead, with blood around her mouth and her fingers chewed off. Ramsay's actions leads to fighting in the Hornwood between Boltons and Manderlys.[7]

A Dance with Dragons

Theon Greyjoy, a tortured prisoner in the dungeons of the Dreadfort, thinks of Lady Hornwood whenever he closes his eyes.[8]

Wylla Manderly reminds the Merman's Court of Ramsay's mistreatment of Donella.[9]

Ramsay, Lord of the Hornwood, weds "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) so he can claim Winterfell.[10] Within the crypts of Winterfell, Barbrey Dustin, Lady of Barrowton, tells Theon that the Hornwood men who are at Winterfell for Ramsay's wedding have not forgotten how Ramsay treated Lady Donella.[11]

Quotes by Donella

Bran: We are very sorry for all you have suffered, my lady. Winterfell will remember.
Donella: That is good to know.[2]

Bran Stark and Donella

Rodrik: You will be safe enough, my lady ... though perhaps in time, when your grief is passed, you may find it prudent to wed again.
Donella: I am past my childbearing years, what beauty I had long fled, yet men come sniffing after me as they never did when I was a maid.[2]

Rodrik Cassel and Donella

Rodrik: We shall try and find you a prospect more to your taste.
Donella: Perhaps you need not look very far, ser.[2]

Rodrik Cassel and Donella

Quotes about Donella

She was born a Manderly, you know. Perhaps, when her grief has run its course, she would like to be a Manderly again, eh? As it happens, I am a widower these past eight years. Past time I took another wife, don't you agree, my lords? A man does get lonely. Or if the lady fancies a younger lad, well, my son Wendel is unwed as well. He is off south guarding Lady Catelyn, but no doubt he will wish to take a bride on his return. A valiant boy, and jolly. Just the man to teach her to laugh again, eh?[2]

She was a pale husk of a woman, every line of her face etched with grief.[2]

—thoughts of Bran Stark

Mors: Who better to protect the widow's lands than an Umber, and what Umber better than me?

Luwin: Lady Donella is still grieving.

Mors: I have a cure for grief under my furs.[2]

And do you imagine the Hornwood men have forgotten the Bastard's last marriage, and how his lady wife was left to starve, chewing her own fingers? What do you think passes through their heads when they hear the new bride weeping?[11]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wyman's
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Donella's
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Marlon's
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Wyman
 
Deceased
wife
 
 
Halys
Hornwood
 
Donella
 
Ramsay
Snow
 
Marlon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wylis
 
Leona
Woolfield
 
Wendel
 
 
Daryn
Hornwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wynafryd
 
Wylla
 


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