Jaeden Autumsnow

"Giving someone an apple doesn’t make them your friend, same goes with traveling...I’m not your friend, Sudoku, and giving you my apple doesn’t make us friends."

- Jaeden to Sodoku Jojo. Jaeden Autumsnow is a main character of the Ravenhorn series. He was the tritagonist of the series, but after Sodoku’s death, Jaeden is now the deuteragonist of the Ravenhorn series.

Jaeden Autumsnow is a young teenager who is also a foreigner and comes from a far distant continent. Back at home, he lives with his pets and mother, Cressida. Jaeden is very skillful with a bow and arrow, and practices constantly. However, his skills in battle with others triggers him and causes him to worry as if there’s an audience present. This makes him very nervous.

Background
Jaeden was born into a highborn family who are seen as “the redhead traders“ throughout the country.

Jaeden grew up on a far away land and was born into an honorable family, known as the Autumsnow’s. His father is Otessus Autumsnow and his mother is Cressida Autumsnow. Jaeden has an older sister, Luna Autumsnow, who the only thing they share are their father’s blood, as Otessus cheated on Cressida and laid with another woman. Cressida was furious, and, while only two months pregnant with Jaeden, forced his father to leave as he had lost his place in her heart. Otessus traveled to Ravenhorn, taking Luna with him.

When he was born, his mother was happy to know he was a boy, but noticed something wrong about his feet, which turned out to be a horrible secret for Jaeden, as it makes him feel like a freak.

As Jaeden aged, he grew fond of the abnormal, whether they were disabled, weird, or even treated differently. He ended up finding over sixty different and unique animals with very abnormal traits, including a dog with two heads, a six foot bear (on his fours), a miniature elephant that can stand on two feet, and much more. He grew fond of them and considered them his family, while everyone else around the country considered Jaeden a freak for the freaks.

Many years later, approximately fifteen, a war broke out at home, and Jaeden and his mother tried to avoid it but were sucked in by another family. Months went by, and the most abnormal happened. In order to get more information on this, Cressida convinced her son to travel to Ravenhorn and find his father by taking a ship in the docks miles from their home. Before leaving, Jaeden took Popper, his miniature elephant, and hid him in his coat. In addition, he hugged his mother goodbye and started to sail the seas.

Sodoku Jojo
Jaeden and Sodoku have a very hard time getting along, and, when he has the chance, Jaeden blames him for all the unpleasant happenings in or around the group, going as far as blaming Sodoku for the assassinated group in Chester Village.

In Southsea, Jaeden cannot trust Sodoku, mainly because of the way he behaved on the journey to Ravenhorn. Even at the inn, Jaeden caught him stealing from the innkeeper‘s pockets for wine. He May have been the only one to notice this in the group, Jaeden did not snitch and let it slide. Because of this, Jaeden noted Sodoku as a man who does anything for his own pleasure and not for the well-being of others.

When the inquisitor questions the group after an attack, Jaeden blames Sodoku for it as he was the mastermind and he didn’t want have anything to do with it, but he whispered it to him. The group was furious.

When Sodoku volunteered to take his life to get the group into the Guard’s Tower in Chester Village, Jaeden offered to take his life for him so he wouldn’t struggle. Jaeden struggled aiming at his head, as this would be his first compromised kill, even crying slightly. As much as he hated him, it was hard to kill him. Accidentall, he lets go of the arrow in the middle of Sodoku”s sentence. Sodoku‘s last words to Jaeden were “my life has served a purpose. I have full-“ and was cut off by his death.

After his death, Jaeden, because the quest to frame The Night Union failed, feels it would be fine to blame Sodoku for the disappearance of the three Chester Village guards and the inquisitor while the group was exploring in the dungeon of Escribar (as Sodoku’s already dead, he would be a perfect blame). The group views this as wrong, but Jaeden assures them it’s fine and this is probably something he would have wanted.

Luna Autumsnow
To Jaeden, Luna is the half sister and cousin to him and have never met prior to the story.

Jaeden and Luna first meet minutes after Sodoku’s death as she was traveling back from Raspbear City and now returning home. They instantly recognized each other and Luna first brought up Autumsnow. To their shock, they realized they were family. Luna states she has heard all about him and his mother, but Jaeden does not want to deal with the drama, after he just killed his friend. He then proceeds to state why he’s in Ravenhorn, and Luna states she will travel with Jaeden and his group to Dwarf to meet back up with their father. This is the first start of their bond.

Ea
Jaeden formerly had feelings for Ea, even going as far as slightly flirting with her. However, due to her wanting to kill him and his elephant, Jaeden had lost all love feelings for her, and even wanted her dead, calling her a “vengeful slut.”

Later in the journey, when the groups stops at Chester Village, Ea is attacked and nearly raped at the guards tower. When Jaeden notices these actions, he decides to shout an alert, informing the guards of a false attack heading their way. Once the guards leave, Ea thanks Jaeden for saving her and promises to not hurt Popper as long as Jaeden doesn’t try anything.

Cressida Autumsnow
Not seen during the journey, Cressida Autumsnow is the loving and caring mother of Jaeden Autumsnow.

Otessus Autumsnow
Otessus is the father of Jaeden. They have never met and don’t have a relationship other than that. However, Jaeden does think negatively about him since he cheated on his mother.

Killed Victims

 * Sodoku Jojo
 * Numerous counts of Goblins

Trivia

 * Jaeden is the first character to have a hate relationship with another member of the group.
 * Jaeden is the first character to have a known pet.
 * Jaeden is the first character to show signs of love towards another character.
 * Jaeden is the only character that is new to Ravenhorn on arriving at the start of the story.
 * Unlike the rest of the group, Jaeden is the only ranger.
 * To confusion, Jaeden can relate to Luna as either his cousin or half-sister.
 * Jaeden’s fist consensual kill comes from Sodoku. As much as he wanted to kill him before, Jaeden has a hard time and cannot come to kill someone who begs for it. However, he does end up killing Sodoku with an arrow through his head.
 * Jaeden is the first character to kill someone in the group.