Autumn of Everguard

\*Played by Venus\_In\_Autumn (Cranberry#6254)

Autumn was generally a kind and outgoing person, always trying to bring people closer together; although they at some times could be rigid and awkward in conversation. They were very hard working and had a bad habit of overworking when stressed, possibly leading to even more stress.

### History

##### Origin

Autumn Wynnsbur was born in Uthya; in a small village of hunters living relatively isolated from the rest of the empire. Growing up, Autumn had a decent childhood; they were friendly with most other children in the village and was very gifted in both school and hunting. Autumns life, however, would take a turn for the worse when the Ta'tan Empire was invaded. Some Followers of Arydathy came upon the village Autumn lived in, and attempted to take it over. The villagers decided to defend themselves, and so assembled everyone to prepare for battle. However, as the battle was about to commence, Autumn was filled with fear. Instead of fighting, they ran away right before the Followers of Arydathy attacked. This was the last time Autumn saw their parents and friends. They don't know if they're dead, or still alive out there. Regardless, this incident is a source of great guilt for Autumn. After running away they managed to escape to soulrite by sneaking on an escaping ship. They then spent about 2 years tirelessly working and laboring to avoid thinking about what had happened. It is during this period of time that it is thought that Autumn contracted an unknown deadly desease.

##### Current

One day, Autumn came across a zulos named Tod whom they quickly befriended. Tod invited them to live in Eastrock, which they decided to accept. After shortly living and working in Eastrock, Autumn ventured out and established the colony of Everguard; under the empire. At first Autumn and the rest of the inhabitants of the colony were content with their position as a colony; however, because of the rising tensions between Eastrock and the Northkor union bloc, aswell as the continued knowledge surfacing about empress Tatiana's exploits; resentment started growing in Everguard too. This led to Autumn contacting the then leader of Thaustein, Lancelot Mourningwood, and starting to plan Everguard's secession from the empire. This all came to a climax during the five minute war; when Autumn joined the several other countries who declared war against Eastrock. Even though it was a very brief war, it left a lasting and disturbing memory with Autumn, due to the empress going crazy and being killed. Nevertheless, they returned to Everguard and started to build up the nation, again suppressing their growing collection of bad memories by throwing themselves into work. A while after Autumn found an abandoned owl zulos; whom they named Nokturix. Since he had no one to take care of him, Autumn decided to adopt him and employ Nokturix as their messenger bird. They had a lot of love for Nokturix, but due to their habit of taking on too much work became slightly neglective. Not long after finding Nokturix, Autumn met a possum zulos conveniently going by the name Possum. He too had been abandoned, and so Autumn decided to invite them to Everguard. With Autumn's blessing, Possum and Nokturix later got married. It is on the night following the wedding that Autumn would tragically perish.

### Notable events

##### Founding of Everguard

In the year 482 of the 4th era, Autumn discussed the idea of founding a mining colony with empress Tatiana. Soon thereafter, Autumn and the empress set out on an expedition to go and establish the colony. After a long time at sea, they arrived at a cold and barren land covered in tundra; which they named Columbidae. They constructed a shelter for Autumn to reside in, and officially founded the colony with Autumn acting as it's ruler.

##### Death

During the night of Possum and Nokturix's wedding, Autumn met their tragic fate. Having carried a deadly desease for a little over a year, Autumn had began searching for possible ways to cure themselves. Having came upon a fallen iron golem during a visit to a nearby village, they had gotten an idea. They wanted to transfer their consiousness into an iron body, which would not fall subject to illness nor fatigue, nor hunger, nor thirst. This would be perfect for Autumn, who not only wanted to cure their sickness, but also wanted to become much more effective in their work. They prepared the transfer for a long time, in the basement of the old cabin which had been the first settlement of Everguard. Autumn considered this to be the next step in human and zulos evolution, however their hopes would not hold up. When they activated the machine which would transfer their mind to the iron body, it backfired and caused a slight explosion. They managed to reach their journal to write a single last message, before their body mysteriously disintegrated. Their last words were adressed to Nokturix. The explosion caused a big noise, which prompted the remaining guests of the wedding to go investigate, upon which they found the underground chamber and the journal containing Autumn's plans and last words.