Donna Marlion

Donna Marlion is the wife of Remnant Colonel (and later General) Typher Marlion. She met Typher in late 2003 and the couple were married in 2004 eventually having two children. Donna works for the in Philadelphia as a. She is known for arranging parties at Typher's office to the point that Typher threatens to turn her lose on enlisted personnel that mess up the office's Christmas decorating. By 2030, she and Typher consider Lucy Carpenter, Lucy's family, Eric Schuyler, and later J.J. Oliver to be part of the Marlion Family. In turn, she and Typher are considered by Lucy to be an unofficial part of the Felth Family. In 2032, Lucy mentions to Chris and Tori Felth that Donna was the attending Nurse when Lucy gave birth to Caleb Carpenter in 2025.

In 2031, Donna is present when Major Hans Dietrich of the Remnant Security Bureau shows up looking for a patient who had been a witness to a murder in a bar carried out by Dietrich and injured in the ensuing gunfight. After the patient receives a treatment for the injury which Donna was overseeing, she returns the patient to his room along with Major Eric Schuyler when they find Dietrich ransacking the room. Lucy later mentions to Jason Oliver and a visiting Tommy Oliver that Donna had gone with Typher to New York City to give testimony at Dietrich's court-martial about the witness' injuries and Dietrich's ransacking of a hospital room. During the trial, Donna snaps at RSB Colonel Karl Wagner when he questions her knowledge of gunshot wounds.

Donna has a sister who is described by Typher and Lucy as constantly eating to the point of even stealing food from others. Lucy even tells a story about a time when Donna's sister was refused food and threw a fit that triggered the. Lucy also considers it an "Official Welcoming to the Marlion Family" when Donna's sister steals food from Eric and Jason for the first time. Donna has attempted to convince her sister to lose some of the weight using any means she can think of short of verbal abuse from Josh Myers. In October of 2031, Donna's sister suffered a while in  and passed away a few days later after suffering a  while in the hospital recovering from the stroke. Lucy later tells Christopher Felth that Donna's mother had suffered a when told the news and that the Marlions would be spending some time in  as a result. The Marlions returned to Philadelphia in time for Christmas where she met the Olivers.

In 2032, Donna examines teenager Shaun McCutchen who had been brought to the hospital by Lucy and Darius Carpenter at the suggestion of Typher after a joint raid on Shaun's home by the Remnant and revealed a lack of food in the house and that narcotics had been mixed in with what little food was found. Donna showed concern about Shaun's heart rate and collected a DNA sample from Shaun for a after Shaun mentions being told by murdered Music Teacher Kyle Jackson that Jackson might be his father. Donna notes a slight resemblance between the two and is later mention as watching Shaun like a hawk while he is treated for a number of medical conditions that are discovered. During the exam, Donna also pointedly tells a hospital Social Worker to do something useful when the worker asks if Child Welfare needs to be called in to take custody of Shaun.