Sheila Guthrie

Appearance
Sheila's dual identity as a Skitterskulk and a member of the Bishopric of Blackbirds gives her a very bizarre appearance, even for a changeling. Her hair comes out as long bristles, except where her ears should be where they appear as tufts of black feathers. Three small eyes dot the middle of her forehead, and her two "human" eyes have become beady and black like those of a bird. Her teeth are a little sharper than normal, and they angle toward the center of her face. Her hands are similarly hybrid: large, knobby knuckles like those on a bird's foot, with thin, hooked, dark, arthropod-like nails on her fingertips. When the Autumn Court is in power, she wears the Crown of Autumn: a wreath of interlocking bones, bound together by spiderwebs. Dangling from the spiderwebs are occasional drops of blood and a clear liquid that is a little too luminous to be water.

Personality
Sheila is not at all afraid of giving orders, and she will often demand a lot of the people under her. Neither does she allow herself much repose; she is almost always seen doing something. When she has nothing else to do she finger-knits, which only enhances her spider-like appearance.

Roles
Sheila's role as the Autumn Queen has overshadowed her duties as a Blackbird Bishop; however, she tries to stay true to the ideals of her order by putting Changelings in touch with a support structure when she can. These days this usually involves referring them to the bed-and-breakfast run by Jenna Bryant, Derrick Conrad, and Lisa Stephens (they are only too happy to take in changelings in need). Although she is the most senior member of the order, the role of leadership has mostly passed to Tim Kim. In the human world, too, Sheila makes connections, running a matchmaking service. She also seems to have access to some oracular information (only fitting for an Autumn Monarch), but her source is not common knowledge.

Relationships
Sheila is married to Leonard Guthrie, and the two of them are in a motley with. She maintains close ties with the aforementioned bed-and-breakfast for the aforementioned reasons, but also because she shares Lisa Stephens's interest in the scientific bases for supernatural phenomena. Her membership in the Bishopric of Blackbirds connects her to Tim Kim and Jenna Bryant.