Manna Standish

Manna Standish (nee Starling), is a member of the Starling family and a claimant as Mayor of Mineral Town. She was born to Lucia Hawthorne and raised by Lucia and Edward Starling as their daughter. However, she and her twin sister Anna are actually the daughters of Lucia and Billings Dempsey during an affair between the two while Edward was fighting in the Stanton War.

She is married to Duke Standish and has one daughter, Aja Standish. She is known to be weak-willed and passive, but is a strong supporter of her own family. She seeks to become Mayor at the urging of her husband.

Game of Towns
She is a claimant for the office of Mayor, but when it becomes clear that she is actually the daughter of Billings and Lucia, she refuses to talk about it. She is mostly passive through the ordeal, with Duke taking the lead in the family politics. Notably, in a fight between Duke and Aja, when Duke moves to strike Aja, Manna strikes her instead, knowing that her blow would be softer. Aja is disgusted by the act and leaves the family.

After Aja leaves Mineral Town and Duke dies, Aja lives alone on the family vineyard. She becomes a maternal figure to Cliff Barnes and is happy to hear that the young man is interested in Ann Haverford. She helps Cliff becomes more social.

War for Winter
When Cliff dies from being buffeted by a Mukumuku, Manna goes into a depression. She barely leaves the Standish Vineyard during the Winter War. Eventually, at the end of the war, Harris Moore dies and Rick McArthur all but assumes the role of Mayor. However, Aja eventually returns with Regis Stills, who makes Aja Mayor. Aja reunites with her mother, but has few words to say to her, though the two live together again.