Famed in Story: Modestly so in Golden Son and by Morning Star, The Reaper is infamous throughout the entire Solar System.His intuition, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired. He is even mildly teased for topping the chart of the Institute's placement exam. Good Is Not Dumb: A possibly illiterate Red, who didn't know what shampoo was before coming to the surface, he still manages to outsmart the Gold elite.Faking The Death: Although it wasn't his choice everyone thinking he died helped him to become a Gold.Exotic Weapon Supremacy: His slingBlade becomes his signature weapon, and he deliberately avoids using it in front of potential enemies so they won't know how to counter a curved blade.Even the Guys Want Him: Considering all the homoerotic subtext he has with his male friends (most of whom are bisexual), it's safe to say he qualifies.Dark Messiah: He may be saving his people from slavery, but the process is brutal.He took up her dream of rebellion because of her tragic death. Crusading Widower: A typical example, although his wife chose to commit an act that would escalate her punishment from flogging to public execution, in hopes of martyrdom.Combat Pragmatist: From hiding in dead horse carcasses, bombing his mentor's garden and even selling out his own men to secure a military alliance in an "enemy of my enemy" situation, there are few things Darrow won't do to achieve victory.Born into Slavery: Reds are little more than slaves in the Society.This gross underestimation of the Jackal's determination lets him escape and costs Pax his life. Bond Villain Stupidity: He has captured the Jackal and pinned his hand to the table but decides to smugly gloat by giving him a Life-or-Limb Decision.Becoming the Mask: Downplayed example after talking to a HighRed in Morning Star, Darrow realizes he knows the Gold world better than the low Colors.Beard of Sorrow: Grows on while imprisioned during Morning Star.Battle Couple: Eventually with Mustang in the first book.Once the war's over, he settles back down into being a Pragmatic Hero. The books make it very clear that while Darrow is Becoming the Mask and has elements of Gold, even joining their society in many ways, he is also trying to make a better world and loves his people. Darrow often questions his own morality and has traits of a Dark Messiah, being willing to force others to serve him, deceive them, and do some pretty nasty things, but he is genuinely a Guile Hero. He becomes an Unscrupulous Hero throughout the course of Red Rising, not unwilling to resort to Gold tactics, recruit and ally with evil people such as Tactus and The Jackal. Anti-Hero: Darrow is initially a Nominal Hero focused solely on achieving his wife's dream so he can join the afterlife and be with her there.Action Dad: At the end of Morning Star.After his wife is executed for protesting Gold's rule, Darrow begins his quest to avenge her death. We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future: How the caste was created.Ī Helldiver from Lambda clan in the mining colony of Lykos on Mars.Unlike the Browns, who function as servants, Reds are explicitly referred to as slaves. Slave Race: Their function in the hierarchy.Only One Name: To indicate that they are considered property rather than people.Heteronormative Crusader: While other colors have no hang-ups over same-sex relationships, Red culture was explicitly engineered to be rigorously heteronormative.Fiery Red Head: A common trait in many members of this caste.Curtains Match the Window: Red hair and red eyes.Born into Slavery: The LowReds have been mining under the surface of Mars for generations, but then, just about everyone who isn't a Gold qualifies for this trope.HighReds are generally used as servants in wealthy households or aboard luxury spaceships, while LowReds are conditioned for manual labor in brutal environments like the Helium mines on Mars. Reds are unskilled laborers used for a variety of menial jobs in society.
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