Aina McDonald

Aina Marie McDonald (neé Stoker) was an Irish-American immigrant widgae born on December 1849, in Dublin, Ireland. She was the only daughter to Mr. and Ms. Stoker, though she did have a brother who died at 6 days old. She migrated to the United States at the age of 16 in 1865 with her parents, after her father wanted to bring his business to New York. Whilst in New York, she quickly met and fell in love with Rooney McDonald. They married in 1868 on Aina's 19th birthday. Aina eventually died in a house fire in 1880, where she died with Rooney.

Biography
Aina was born in the suburbs of Dublin, Ireland to a nil-widgae father and a widgae mother. She was born two years after her cousin, Bram Stokerwho wrote Dracula; the two cousins were very close during childhood. Aina's father was a successful businessman in shipbuilding and architecture, whilst Aina's mother was a housewife and socialite. It isn't clear whether Aina's father knew of Aina and her mother's powers; though both agreed to the marriage with Rooney.

Aina dated William Pirrie from 1864-1865, though it ended due to Aina moving to the United States but also partially due to the disapprovement from Aina's father. Aina trained to become a socialite from 1864-1867, which spiraled when Aina met Rooney. Despite Aina's father initially disapproving due to Rooney's poverty family background, he later accepted upon seeing Aina's happiness. Aina abandoned social life after her marriage to Rooney, where they lived "holed up" in Saint Ailbhe's Hill. They had three children that survived past childhood; Theodore McDonald, Clifford McDonald and Isabella McDonald. Aina was warned multiple times by her own parents that due to her hiding away from her parents, she would eventually die of loneliness.

Aina was a very prominent member of the McDonald family by being a hostess to multiple family parties, marriages and traditional celebrations. Isabella McDonald often looked up to Aina, even aiming to have the same lifestyle of housewifery as well as being a socialite. Isabella went as far to find her maternal grandparents, only to find Mr. Stoker died in the 1870s and Ms. Stoker died in 1881 from suicide. Aina lived to 1880 (aged 31) when she perished in a tragic housefire, she was trapped in a room upstairs and upon Rooney attempting to save her, the pair died together. Due to the timing of Aina's death, Isabella concluded that Ms. Stoker committed suicide upon the depression from Aina's death.

Behind the scenes

 * Aina's portrait is in actuality Alexandra of Denmark's 1864 portrait.
 * Aina's plotline is inspired by Rose from Titanic, despite the ending.