Autumn

"Our time - both as individuals, and as a species, is too tragically short to worry about 'the possible drawbacks' - we have been given immortality - infinite chances within our finite timespan - and yet so many of us are afraid to take leaps.'" ""

Overview
"Professor" Autumn was once a prestigious warlock and a member of the Praxic Order, who made many contributions to the City's understanding of the Light, the Traveler, and the enemies that humanity fought.

However, her actions during the Great Ahamkara Hunt sullied her reputation - she refused to kill, and even attempted to save Ahamkara that she believed she could co-operate with. She was discredited by the Vanguard and her order, and they demand that she hand over any ahamkara bones she had in her possession; she sent in fakes, although her home was eventually raided when the confiscations were discovered to be fake, and the remains of all but two Ahamkara were taken from her.

The first's bones were affixed to her Ghost, creating the personality she calls "Stardust," an Ahamkara that is in some way, alive and well.

The second, took the form of a fusion rifle known as One Thousand Voices, her most prized and dangerous possession.

Whatever happened to Autumn drastically changed her viewpoint on life - she is fascinated with all things forbidden. The Taken, the Ahamkara, the Hive. She is driven by pure curiosity as opposed to morals, although she has learned to never pursue her curiosities when they put those around her at risk... at least, she claims to have learned that. She is an eccentric and charming scientist who occasional leans too far into "mad scientist," but she is a reliable combatant, a brilliant mind, and protective of her friends, despite the curiosity that is, at times, self-destructive and reckless.