Amabilia Donnelin

Amabilia 'Amy' Donnelin is the second child and daughter of Theobald and Marin Bear.

Childhood
Amy was a tall, blonde child. Sandwiched between her older sister Joanna, who was the apple of their father's eye, and Benfred - the heir to the lordship of Bear; Amy often felt left out. She was labelled a 'difficult' child, swinging between throwing tantrums and pretending she was invisible.

Amy was eleven when her older sister was married, and hoped that the absense of Joanna would encourage her father to engage more with her. She was sorely mistaken.

Marriage & Children
There wasn't as much of a rush on Amy's marriage as there had been for Joanna's, so her wedding did not take place until 1039, when she was nineteen. The marriage was to Walter Donnelin, a man of forty who had approached the Lord Bear for Amy's hand. The engagement was accepted, with the marriage taking place soon after.

Unlike her sister, Amy was married to an old man, bearded, stiff and cruel. He spoke to her rarely, and only in harsh, gruff tones. Her marriage was an unhappy one, and she was relieved when her lord husband died after only thirteen years.

Amy birthed four sons, with only one surviving to adulthood. Her first born son, born with a cleft-palate, was taken from her by her husband and she never saw him again. For the rest of her life, she prayed that he had been given to the Faith (like poorer families tended to do with their disabled children); but she knew her husband was more likely to have organised a swift poisoning so there was no danger of the boy finding them again.