Murrey Starling

**Murrey Starling** is the second son of Edward Starling and Lucia Hawthorne. He was born in Mineral Town, but given up by Lucia to her brother John Hawthorne and his wife, Romana to be raised in their Villa when Lucia discovered he had mental disabilities. Lucia told her husband and the rest of the town that she had lost Murrey in the Wood, leading Edward to create the office of the Warden of the Wood to ensure safe passage between Mineral Town and Forget-Me-Not Valley.

## Murrey Starling

### Died

Stills-Hawthorne Villa, Forget-Me-Not Valley

## Mayor of Mineral Town

### Preceded by

Edward Starling (de jure)Thomas Moore (de facto)

## Pre-Game of Towns

Murrey was raised in the Stills-Hawthorne Villa. He was mainly raised by John and Romana's butler Sebastian Ramsey. While he grew up alongside John and Romana's son Ethan Hawthorne, they are not known to have been friendly to each other as Murrey spent most of his time locked away within the Villa.

## Game of Towns

When Harris and Aja travel to the Villa to leaf through the Villa Archives, they are told by Romana that Murrey is the second son of Edward and Lucia Starling believed to have been lost in the Wood, shocking the two of them. After looking through the archives, they discover that Edward Starling could not have been the father of Lucia's daughters Manna and Anna, a revelation which shocks Romana. After Harris and Aja report the truth about Manna and Anna, Romana meets with the leaders of the Valley, including Vesta Kimball Galen Hill, and Jon Takakura.

When Thomas Moore is declared the Mayor of Mineral Town, Romana and the leaders of the Valley announce that Murrey, as the second son of Edward Starling, is the true Mayor. Romana is appointed Regent of Mineral Town and Takakura is appointed commander of Murrey's forces.

## Heir By Iron

Now a claimant to the Growing Throne, Murrey's army seeks to repel Thomas Moore's invasion of the Valley. Further, Romana schemes to restore the Hawthornes as the Mayors of Mineral Town. She forces her granddaughter, Lumina Hawthorne to marry Murrey, seeking to later have Murrey killed and Lumina made Mayor. Lumina does not want to marry Murrey as she is in love with Rock Ricardo, however, Romana forces the marriage anyway.

Gotz Williams, angered by Thomas Moore's pardon of Duke Standish, kills Duke and defects to Murrey's side. Later, however, Gotz reveals that he never truly betrayed Thomas and he, during a moment of calm after Takakura's victory over Zack DeWitt, he slashes Murrey's and Romana's throats, stabs Sebastian in the heart, and smashes in Basil Randolph's brains, essentially removing any challenge to Thomas's Mayorship. He then returns to Mineral Town a hero and is given back his title of Warden of the Wood. He allows Lumina to escape with Rock, promising them passage to the Sunshine Islands if they can make their way to the Mineral Town Port. Unfortunately, the couple is killed by Mukumukus while wandering through the Wood.

Murrey and Romana both dead, Takakura surrenders his forces to Thomas Moore and Gotz Williams. Thomas accepts the surrender and makes Takakura the new Warden of Forget-Me-Not Valley.

With the death of Murrey, Galen goes to the Blue Bar to tell Muffy Fuller about her true parentage, revealing that she is the daughter of John Starling, the son of Edward Starling, meaning she is the true heir to the Growing Throne.