Shaylin Ruede

Shaylin Ruede is the first fledgling ever to be Marked red.

Before she was Marked, Shaylin was blind. When she is Marked red by Erik Night, Nyx gifts her with True Sight, which makes her able to see the true colors of people. Erik, being scared that he "messed it up", drives her to the House of Night.

When Shaylin arrives at House of Night, she meets Neferet and fakes passing out. When Neferet leaves, Shaylin calls her Dead Fish Eye Lady, because her color resembled her of the eyes of dead fish she saw in a store before she turned blind. Aphrodite likes the nickname and starts using it. Shaylin also says that Shaunee's color is red and warm, while Dallas is red from hate.

Shaylin is close to Erik Night, since he wants to make sure she is okay, blaming himself for Marking her red. She is also rather friendly by the good red fledglings. Neferet has proclaimed that Shaylin was marked red, because she was "broken" (as implied by her being blind), and didn't have to die to become red.