Autumn's End

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## Physical description

### Hair color

*Unknown*

"*Ah, you know what I think of that. But my opinion is neither here nor there. Everyone’s been telling you what they think of you and your decisions all your life. All you have to do now is sleep.*"
―Autumn's End[[All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be, Chapter 2]]
**Autumn's End** is an Unseelie aelf servant at the Unseelie Court, and serves as a caretaker and secretary for Gwyn ap Nudd during his recovery.

## Appearance

Her eyes are 'a refractive two-toned orange and red – like falling autumn leaves in sunlight'.

## Personality

Augus Each Uisge noted she was 'was exceedingly polite.' Gwyn noted that she 'was kind and uncomplex. She liked nature and dried flowers in her spare time. Her reading voice was soft and eloquent, and she seemed to enjoy his company.'

## Life

Autumn's End was 'largely contracted to help' Gwyn. She took care of Gwyn's body while he was unconscious and recovering from dying, and would sometimes read books to him. She also 'made a good go-between when it came to passing on messages between himself and Gulvi.' 'She presented herself as a servant, but in truth, she was his nurse, a personal assistant, and the one who reminded him to eat, to sleep, who taught him how to exist in this new form.'

Two years after the battle with Olphix, she encountered Augus at the Court, and led him to where Gwyn's body was recovering. When Augus grew angrier and possibly physically violent while trying to talk to Gwyn, Autumn's End seemingly attempted to restrain him, and he pushed her away. It's possible she then fetched Fenwrel the Mouse-Maiden, who managed to take Augus away.

In the fourth year since Olphix's death, she greeted Augus when he came to visit Gwyn at the Court. Augus used a compulsion to make her leave him alone, and she fled.

After Gwyn was able able to talk and move around, she listened to his thoughts on different topics, and often discussed his thoughts on Augus. After Gwyn spoke of moving back to his cabin, she said she'd come to help him there, and they agreed to trial a system where she stayed with him for most of the day, but returned 'to the Unseelie Court for a few hours each day', so that he could get used to living without her.

When Augus and Gwyn got back together, she still stayed at Gwyn's cabin, and instructed Augus how to care for Gwyn.

As Gwyn began spending more time with Augus, Autumn's End stopped spending every night at Gwyn's cabin, and took less of an active caretaking role in his life, and simply talked with him.

As time passed, Autumn's End would sometimes prepare food for both Gwyn and Augus, and went so far as to find recipes that would suit waterhorses.

## Skills

She is able to teleport, and can teleport others with her.

She is a skilled caretaker, and looked after Gwyn when he was unable to care for himself.

## Relationships

#### Augus Each Uisge

For a time, Autumn's End didn't seem to like Augus very much, particularly after he used compulsions on her. Since Augus reconciled with Gwyn, he's been careful around her and listened to her instructions on caring for Gwyn.

#### Gwyn ap Nudd

Gwyn considers her something like a friend, and they have a close, loving, supportive relationship. She's one of the few people he trusts. Augus noted she's like a mother figure to Gwyn.

## Quotations

* To Gwyn, about Augus: ‘He loves you too. But that kind of love, Gwyn, it kills people.’
* To Gwyn: 'rest was a doing thing'.
* To Gwyn: ‘Using mental energy is exhausting. Just because you’re sitting, doesn’t mean you’re not doing something hard.’
* To Augus: ‘The trows will keep preparing food, they can leave it for you. I thought they were discerning of character, but they’ve said they’re more than willing to help you.’
* To Augus: ‘What you owe me is trifling compared to what you owe him, . . . I’ll allow you both spending time together, even living together, I know he wishes for that. But I expect you to do well by him, and not simply vent your own frustrations and grief upon him. Attempt some self-control.’
* 'Gwyn was abashed to realise he simply liked being in her presence, liked the way she looked out for him. It seemed sincere, and there was something about it that felt golden and warm even on the cold days.'
* 'Augus got to see what it might be like if Gwyn had a mother who wanted him, who loved him, and he didn’t feel threatened by that either.'

## Trivia

* Due to her appetite, she 'visited funerals, wakes, and other rituals several times a week, supping on the grief of hundreds.'

## Image Gallery

Fanart of Autumn's End by bowantarrow https://bowantarrow.tumblr.com/post/693583868336455680/i-wanted-to-draw-autumns-end-from-not-poignant
## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 18 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/103059351. Chapter 2.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 11 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/102635832. Chapter 1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 25 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/103460823. Chapter 3.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 3 September 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/103975305. Chapter 4.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 not\_poignant. "All That We Were, All That We Will Ever Be." *The Fae Tales Verse - canon extras. Archive of Our Own,* 15 September 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40955040/chapters/104658036. Chapter 6.