Shaunna Royalsden

Shaunna Royalsden is one of the four agents who work for the spec-ops group, The Blacklist (Group). She is in a relationship with Toby Rieper up until the end of The Blacklist. She is Amelia Jersey's best friend and also close friends with Ralph Lindsay.

Shaunna is the youngest of the four and also the least experienced. She tends to be immature when she's with her friends, but she knows when to be serious. Shaunna is a very supportive character, who is constantly trying her best to help others, for example helping Amelia Jersey with her problems concerning Vanessa Newton in The Blacklist.) She loves her team and people who she's close to.

Biography
Shaunna Royalsden was born on the 19th September, 1989, meaning she is the youngest of the four agents working for The Blacklist (Group). She was born in a posh area of London, but it isn't clear where exactly.

Shaunna first met Toby Rieper ten years before the events in The Blacklist and it is believed that they started dating nine years after meeting. However, they then break up after just four months. Because they're still together in the first book, we can guess that they got back together shortly after. Before joining The Blacklist (Group), Shaunna worked for The Security Service (MI5) (as stated in The Blacklist: Reunited). She used to live in a posh part of London at the time, where her early years of working as an agent took place.

Role in The Blacklist
In The Blacklist, Shaunna Royalsden is shown to be a very supportive character. Because she's not as experienced as the other three, she quickly gets caught behind and takes a bullet to the shoulder, but her boyfriend, Toby Rieper, is at her side, always. Although we don't get to see much of the friendship between Shaunna and Ralph Lindsay, her and Amelia Jersey's friendship is very strong.

When Toby Rieper and Ralph Lindsay break away from The Blacklist (Group), Shaunna is very shocked and upset. She keeps close to her best friend, Amelia Jersey, who is always by her side. We also see Shaunna helping Amelia out too, when Vanessa Newton tells Amelia that she loves her. Shaunna tells Amelia that she thinks her and Vanessa would make a great couple. One day, Amelia breaks out and really angers Shaunna, which results in them falling out. They don't speak for several days, until Shaunna decides to call Amelia to restore their friendship - which does indeed happen.

We get to see Shaunna and Toby Rieper's relationship change throughout the book. They start off very close together, with Toby always next to Shaunna, especially after she gets shot in the arm at the first mission in the book. She supports Toby when he blames himself for Shaunna's injury, getting him to calm down. However, towards the end of the book, Toby and Shaunna's relationship seems to decline, up to the point where they seem to just be friends.

At the end of the book, Shaunna Royalsden and Toby Rieper decide to join Ralph Lindsay, Amelia Jersey and Jess Derby, and they defend Buckingham Palace from Paula Smith's men. But when they arrive at the gates, an RPG knocks the agents onto the ground, which results in Shaunna banging her head on the hard concrete floor. Toby Rieper wishes to stay behind as Amelia and Ralph go into the Palace, but Amelia Jersey insists on staying with her best friend, as Toby and Ralph go inside instead.

Role in The Blacklist: Reunited
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In The Blacklist

 * “I think you’d make a great couple.”
 * “Get out of my house. Now.”
 * “Special ops agent, I'm from The Blacklist, sir. Now, I think I have the fucking right to know what's happening.”
 * (Policeman - “No problem. Take care; the world is a dangerous place.”) “Oh, I know.”
 * (About Ralph) “You're very right... He's a monster.”
 * “Now that you came to me yourself, you're not leaving me here. You know that, don't you?”