Autumn Blaze

Autumn Blaze is a female Kirin who appears in the season eight episode Sounds of Silence.

Depiction in the series
Autumn Blaze encounters Applejack shortly after her arrival in the Kirin village, and surprises her being very vocal, unlike her fellow Kirin. Through the song A Kirin Tale, Autumn Blaze reveals that all the Kirin used to speak. However, after an argument caused them to transform into their Nirik forms and burn down the village, they resolved to prevent it from happening again. All the Kirin, Autumn Blaze included, immersed themselves in the Stream of Silence, taking away their voices.

Autumn Blaze was eventually tired of being unable to express herself through her voice, and was able to concoct a cure using the foal's-breath flower. However, the Kirin leader Rain Shine eventually forced Autumn Blaze to choose to either give up her voice again or leave the village. Choosing the latter, Autumn Blaze has lived on her own ever since. Resolving to help Autumn Blaze and the Kirin, Applejack goes to try and convince them to find their voices again.

When Applejack and Fluttershy's dispute over the matter prompts the Kirin to carry them to the Stream of Silence, Autumn Blaze appears in her Nirik form to save them. She then addresses her old friends, demonstrating that they should strive to control their feelings rather than giving them up entirely. The other Kirin are soon persuaded, and ask for help in regaining their voices. After Applejack and Fluttershy locate more of the foal's-breath, Autumn Blaze makes her cure, and Rain Shine gratefully welcomes her back to the village.

Quotes
"I'd rather... siiiiiiiiiiiing!"

- Sounds of Silence

"Rainbows won't light up the sky unless you let it rain!"

- Sounds of Silence