Einar Danaan

by elizianna.the.one

**Einar Danaan**, better known as the **Autumn King**, is one of the seven Heads of Lunathion and has control over Five Roses.

## Biography

### Early Life

Not much is known about Einar's early life, but he met Ember when she was only 19 years old. He pursued her, seduced her, tried to keep her, and became so possessive that he started to abuse Ember. When she realized she was carrying his child, she ran before he could scent it and lock her up in his villa.

The Autumn King had eyes at every depot, but a priestess got Ember out of the city with the hope of getting all the way to the House of Earth and Blood headquarters in Hilene, where Ember could beg for asylum, as it was one of the few places where the Autumn King wouldn't dare infringe on their territory. However, because it was a three-day drive, and none of the Korinth priestesses had the ability to defend Ember against Fae warriors, she drove the five hours to Solas' Temple in Oia. Before Ember reached Hilene, the Autumn King's people found them. They expected to find a helpless and hysterical female, but found the legendary sharpshooter Randall Silago, and Ember, who would move the earth itself to keep her daughter safe.

The House of Earth and Blood deemed Ember a vessel for Cthona, which amounted to an official order of protection, meaning the Autumn King was unable to act further without creating any significant political issues for himself. She gave birth to their daughter and named her Bryce Quinlan. Randall and Ember fell in love and married each other.

When Bryce was 13, she went to Lunathion to meet her father and was very excited to do so. He took her to the Oracle, as was custom for the Valbaran Fae, to check if she had any power. However, when he found out her power level was negligible at best, he threw her and her belongings out of his house.

## Personality

Einar is a power-hungry, self-absorbed, and cruel man who is obsessed with appearances, all while hiding in his office, where he performs science experiments and monitors the positions of the planets in their world, searching for patterns. He is very rigid when it comes to conforming to political and hierarchical rules, especially when it comes to others showing him respect, due to his high ranking in the Lunathion government.

## Physical Description

Einar is described as a tall and muscled man with an impossibly beautiful face beneath his long wine-red hair, the exact same shade and silken texture as Bryce's, and amber eyes.

## Powers & Abilities

As a more than four hundred year old Valbaran Fae and the head of the Fae of Lunathion, The Autumn King is incredibly powerful, universally respected and feared as a result.

* **Fae Physiology**: As a Fae Einar has enhanced senses and physical abilities, including a sense of smell much stronger than that of humans, superhuman speed and grace.
* **Slowed Aging/Immortality**: Since Einar has made the Drop he ages slower and possesses longevity; it has been said by his son that he will likely live on for several more centuries at the very least, due to how little he had aged in his nearly half-millennium of life.
* **Pyrokinesis (Fire Manipulation)**: According to Isaiah Tiberian, Einar, like many of the Valbaran Fae, possesses the power of pyrokinesis, or manipulation of fire.

## Relationships

### Ember Quinlan

He met Ember when she was 19 and started an affair with her. he was deeply in love with her and wanted her to become his queen. But he became very territorial which lead him to be physically abusive. This led Ember to leave him when she was pregnant with Bryce.

### Bryce Quinlan

The Autumn King has a complicated relationship with his daughter. Due to his abuse of both Bryce and her mother, Bryce herself has stated to despise her father and wants nothing to do with him. The King in turn has shown to possess a combination of love and dislike for his daughter. The Autumn King has shown to regard Bryce with a certain level of dislike for her, as seen where during his conversations with Ruhn, he refuses to use her name and refers to her as "*that girl"* and shows active annoyance with her. However despite his past actions towards her and how he treated her, he has shown active pain and heartbreak at hearing Bryce's contempt for him and her statement that Randall Silago was her true father and was the one who mattered to her.

### Ruhn Danaan

The relationship between Einar and his son is strained at best. Einar depicts Ruhn to be a failure and does a better job at ignoring him than caring for him. Ruhn has been abused by his father several times, carrying burn marks on his arm which his father gave him.

## Trivia

* The origin of the name Einar comes from the combination of the Old Norse "*ein*," meaning "alone," and "*arr*," meaning warrior. Together, it means "single warrior."
* Einar's scent is described to be a mix of ashes and nutmeg.

## References

1. ↑ Campbell, M. (2021). *Einar*. Behind the Name.