Romana Hawthorne

Romana Hawthorne (nee Stills), was an important figure of the Hawthorne family. She was born into the powerful Stills family of the Sunshine Islands and married John Hawthorne. After her husband's death from the Sickness, she became Warden of Forget-Me-Not Valley. She also funded the construction of the Stills-Hawthorne Villa, the most luxurious estate in the world. She and her husband had one son, Ethan Hawthorne, who himself had one daughter, Lumina Hawthorne. As Lumina's grandmother, Romana seeks to preen her to become the Mayor of Mineral Town.

Game of Towns
During the Game of Towns, Romana is uninterested. Both Manna Standish and Anna Randolph have daughters and Romana is unable to marry Lumina to one of them to allow the Hawthornes to return to the mayorship. However, when it is discovered that Manna and Anna are not the true daughters of Edward Starling, she declares Murrey Starling the true Mayor of Mineral Town and appoints herself Regent.

Heir By Iron
She spends most of the War of Town and Valley planning on how to defeat Thomas Moore's army in order to secure Murrey's reign as Mayor. She marries Murrey to Lumina with the plans that once Murrey is secured as mayor, he will be killed allowing Lumina to become Mayor. She then plans to find Lumina a husband in order to expand Hawthorne control. She has trouble finding a second husband, however, leaning toward marrying her to her widower nephew, Regis Stills.

She eventually has her throat slashed by Gotz Williams. Importantly, however, she informed Regis of her long term plans, making him aware of the situation in Mineral Town and leading to his eventual invasion.