Maid Marian is a character who appears in the ABC fantasy-drama series Once Upon a Time.
She is based on the character of the same name from the Robin Hood legend.
History[]
She is the lover of Robin Hood but had fallen ill while she was pregnant with their child. To heal her, Robin Hood had to venture into Rumplestiltskin's castle to steal some magic. He escaped with the aid of Belle and hid out until Marian arrived on a cart. He manages to cure her illness, however, an arrow is shot by Rumplestiltskin, forcing Robin Hood to run off with Marian to escape him. Sometime after this, Marian is captured by the Evil Queen and sentenced to death the next morning for having helped Snow White escape. Marian is killed and Robin is forced to raise their son Ronald by himself.
Many years later, Emma Swan meets Marian when she and Hook go back in time to the Enchanted Forest (although unaware of her identity). She is arrested by Regina for helping Snow White escape and is set to be executed just like the original timeline. Wanting to save the woman's life, but not wanting to change the current timeline, Emma takes Marian back with her to Storybrooke in the present time to prevent any changes from occurring. What Emma is unaware of, however, is that Zelena killed Marian when she and Hook left her unattended and took her identity so that she can find her way back to Storybrooke and ruin Regina's happiness.