Autumn

Autumn Leal is an elf adventurer who works transport contracts around Rimaros. A professional porter rather than a guild elite, she becomes Jason’s acquaintance during wartime deliveries and is defined by her bond with unusual frog familiars. (Chapters 467–471, 582–592)

Biography

Porter and familiar summoner

Autumn meets Jason in the transport-contract queue and travels with the professional porters aboard an airship, treating contribution work as a livelihood rather than a heroic spectacle. Her exotic frog familiar Neil later dies defending Rimaros from the Builder’s flying fortress, leaving a personal loss hidden within the larger victory. Jason uses his influence to secure her a guarded familiar ritual; despite intimidation from elite escorts, she bonds with a long-tongue jumping hydra the size of a two-storey cottage and stays in its environment until their connection is strong enough for civilisation. (Chapters 467–471, 582, 588–592)

Skills and relationships

Autumn is a silver-rank summoner and transport professional. Her frog essence can bind creatures across the broad frog-like category, which permits a hydra familiar but also produces a companion far harder to house and manage than her original frog. (Chapters 470–471, 582, 588–592)

• Jason Asano: Jason befriends Autumn through transport work and later helps her receive a replacement familiar ritual. (Chapters 467–471, 582–592)
• Liara: Liara arranges security and manages the political complications around Autumn’s ritual. (Chapters 588–591)