Autumn is the Brother Tohrment's second shellan and mahmen to Xhex in The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward.
Biography[]
Rosalhynda was a naïve, useless, spoiled brat who thought that even the most basic of activities like cutting up her own food were beneath her. In 1671, she was kidnapped by an unnamed sympath, who had believed her to be his mate. Tohrment and Darius, who had been hired by her father, Sampsone, to find her and bring her back alive, killed the sympath and rescued her. By the glymera's mores, she was considered a shameful burden to her family without her virginity and Sampsone disavowed her in order to save his family's standing. Emotionally broken, Rosalhynda begrudgingly lived with her two saviours until the birth of her daughter. Moments after Xhexania was born, Rosalhynda gave into the despair that had tormented her since her abduction and killed herself.
As a result of her suicide, she was caught in the In Between and could not pass into the Fade. As she'd been given a rather rotten deal the first time around, the Scribe Virgin took pity on her and transferred her spirit to the Chosen's Sanctuary, where Rosalhynda went by the name No'One and served the Scribe Virgin and the Chosen for centuries. Over that time, her spirit became corporeal through means which are as yet unclear and she regained a physical body.
For a long time, she was very angry over what had happened to her, but she learned compassion and empathy from the Chosen. She took to wearing robes with hoods that obscured her face because the Chosen fixated on her beauty rather than who she was. Since she rarely spoke to anyone and her most noticeable trait was her limp, the Chosen tended to avoid her because she made them uncomfortable.
When No'One learned that her blooded daughter was getting mated to John Matthew, she crossed over from the Sanctuary to Earth to be there for her.[1] She stayed, hoping to fix the relationship with her only child and maybe have a part in her life now.
Working in the Brotherhood mansion in the capacity of a servant to avoid being alone with her thoughts and as a sort of penance of humility, No'One slowly began coming out of her shell, learning to live again with the help of her daughter and by being around the lovely couples within the mansion. To her surprise, she began to have feelings for Tohrment, who had suffered through the death of his first shellan, Wellesandra.
Their relationship was a rocky one, each of them working through their own personal demons. No'One had to realize that by continuing to punish herself instead of choosing to move on, she was stuck in the In Between. As part of her decision to start living again, she changed her name to the one that Tohr suggested: Autumn. Once she was freed from her own Purgatory, Lassiter made a personal sacrifice to keep her on earth with Tohr instead of going directly to the Fade. In the end, she and Tohrment discovered separately and together that life doesn't end as a result of a single, great tragedy, and that second chances can be wonderful things.
Personality[]
Gentle and kind, Autumn has a hidden spine of steel.
Physical Description[]
She's beautiful with paper-white skin, hip-length blonde hair, pink lips, grey eyes, and rosy cheeks. One leg is twisted and she limps because of it.
Skills[]
- Cleaning
- Sewing
Abilities[]
- Dematerializing
Relationships[]
Tohrment[]
Autumn allowed herself to fall in love with Tohr because she felt he could never love her after having lost a shellan, so it was safe and served as self-punishment.
Xhex[]
When Xhex mated John, No'One came to the mansion to get to know her daughter and they did become close, eventually. At first No'One was afraid of everything, including the lethal Xhex. Over time No'One's fears subsided and she told Xhex that instead of fearing or judging her for her skills and abilities, she was proud of her for being so strong and felt safer knowing that Xhex could handle herself.
Trivia[]
- She sewed the robes she wore herself.
- She reads Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker.[2]
- When Tohr refused to continue calling her by her chosen name, he suggested she go by "Autumn" since it was his favourite season. He said it was beautiful and burns brightly, just like her.[3]
- She likes Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies[2], Earl Grey with a teaspoon of sugar, sourdough toast buttered on both sides and with strawberry jam.[4]
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ Lover Mine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lover Reborn, Ch. 54
- ↑ Lover Reborn, Ch. 46
- ↑ Lover Reborn, Ch. 67