Marilyn Haresdown The Lady High Ambassador Duchess Marilyn Haresdown was the duchess of the Purple Marches in Tethyr and a former member of the adventuring band the Company of Eight . Description . Duchess Haresdown had relatively short , blonde hair . Her eyes were green . Personality . Marilyn Haresdown was a very zealous patriot for her homeland of Tethyr , as an adventuress and member of the Company of Eight , as a participant in the Reclamation Wars , and later as a duchess and ambassador of a new unified Tethyr . Her perseverance served her well in foreign politics , and her skill in diplomacy served her both in foreign courts and when she turned down the many suitors that had sought her out . She had an energetic personality and was very fond of archery and horseback - riding as pastimes . Abilities . Marilyn specialized in combat with the broadsword , and she was also proficient with bow , battleaxe , and dagger . She knew how to craft her own bows and arrows and was skilled at horseback - riding and natural healing measures . Possessions . When in the Company of Eight , Marilyn was armored in scale male and fought with a " + 3 shield " and a " + 3 dancing broadsword " . She also possessed a " ring of swimming " . Activities . As high ambassador of Tethyr , Lady Haresdown was the only court officer with the power to sign treaties with other nations in the name of Tethyr . Marilyn enjoyed the sport of hawking . She would occasionally disguise herself as one " Lady Farefar " while engaging in this activity . While in this guise , she would sometimes stay at the home of the miller and heraldist Ilmurk Jongrath , because she was amused by him . Relationships . Marilyn was briefly married to a fellow officer of Castle Tethyr named Dorian Haresdown . During her time in the Company of Eight , she was closest friends with Lawantha Silendia . She often disagreed politically with the elf Sylvanus Moondrop . Duchess Marilyn was a vehement opponent of Duke Inselm Hhune and could barely stand to be in the same room with him , as he actively strove to frustrate much of her diplomatic work . Lady Haresdown also had strong disagreements with Kablex Trosbann , the Lord Investigator . History . Marilyn was born with noble Tethyrian blood . She was supposed to be a lady - in - waiting of the royal family , but she much preferred swordplay , archery , and riding over matters of court . She went against her family ' s wishes and joined the army of Tethyr instead . After a few years in the army , she was promoted to an officer and also fell in love with another officer there named Dorian Haresdown . The two were married . Marilyn was present on Eleint 12 , 1347 DR , when Castle Tethyr was razed at the beginning of the Ten Black Days of Eleint . She escaped the burning castle alive . Sadly , her husband did not and died defending the king . For about three years , Marilyn wandered Faerûn as an adventuress , mostly in the regions of Cormyr and Sembia , but she also visited Shadowdale , where she met Elminister and his scribe Lhaeo . She discussed with them the state of her country , and the conversation convinced her to return and fight for good there . So Marilyn returned and joined the adventuring group known as the Company of Eight " circa " 1351 DR , being introduced to the group by a former officer in the army with her , Jordy Gallum . As one of the Company ' s seven members , she was involved in removing corrupt Duke Nivedann Illehhune ( a distant relative of Inselm Hhune ) from power in the northeast in that same year . In 1353 DR , they likewise overturned Ernest Gallowglass from power in Myratma . Marilyn , along with the rest of the Company of Eight , met Zaranda Star and Star Protective Services in 1367 DR . The two groups immediately became tight allies . Marilyn , Zaranda , and Tardeth Llanistaph captured the son of Ernest Gallowglass , who had tried to set himself up as king of Ithmong . Marilyn was named Duchess of the Purple Marches and Lady High Ambassador of Tethyr in 1369 DR . One of her first key involvements in foreign policy occurred in the month of Ches in 1370 DR when the Amn ian towns of Riatavin and Trailstone defected . She was treated rudely by the Council of Six when trying to smooth the matter over with Amn . Rumors . Because Duchess Haresdown favored the wine country of County Vintor over the other counties in her duchy , the herdsmen and merchants of Bardshyr and Myratma , respectively , felt shunned . Many thought this was because of the treachery of the Jhannivar Clan of Myratma during the Reclamation Wars . In truth , Marilyn was smitten with a brewer named Pollan who lived in the town of Vineshade . The man was a grieving widower who was mourning his lost wife among the halfling s of that town . She was rumored to be paranoid about doppelganger s owing to an event from her adventuring days . Because of this , the duchess had her keep , Krennasar , magically warded against their entry by Gamalon Idogyr . While she was not aware of it , the count of Firedrake , Ondul Jarduth , was strongly infatuated with Marilyn , but he was too shy to ever let her know about this .