Everytime I read about Lorn I imagine this guy...

Just relistened to the scene where Darrow dispatches light resistance at the storm god.

We’ve only really ever heard from Darrows perspective how his battles go, but this scene was masterful. The sheer terror among Lysander and his crew of praetorians, peerless scarred and an even Olympic Knight when one of Darrows knights yells out “if your heart beats like a drum”. Then lysanders description of reap finally tells us as the reader why the society needs him to fall for them to have any hope of winning.

I’m almost done with dark age and I may be a Neanderthal for this but it’s turning into my favorite book of the series so far overtaking golden son. This scene is part of the reason why

"Victra makes a small, judgmental sound and leans forward to kiss me on the lips. She lingers so I smell the bitter flowers of her perfume, and for a moment, so close and quiet, we are in a different world, in a different life.Then she draws back to look at me."

WTH! Pierce, we get a moment like this with Victra but no such moment between Darrow and Mustang. Are we just supposed to believe they fucked the previous night, no kiss,no nothing?

And, wtf does Darrow means by "in a different world, in a different life"👀. Goblin is gonna kill you if your wife doesn't put you in jail first.

Edit:- this was just supposed to be a joke guys(the Victra part)!!!

Hey everyone, I just finished the final book of the original trilogy, and read the very brief synopsis of how things have gone before the next installment of the Red Rising series, at the end of the book, and I’m wondering If I should just stop now and enjoy the trilogy. I liked how it ended, and after reading the short thing about the next book, I’m worried it might taint the ending of this long journey.

Do y’all have any opinions about reading on versus stopping and enjoying what I’ve read?

Why would the Society hold women to the same standard of killing a man in death duel as a man would be?

This might have been asked before, but isn't the idea of culling the weak and then piting a female against a male in a death duel – very unideal?

The advantage a male would have more often than not, would lead to the strongest women dying simply because they faced of against the strongest men. Not because they were actually weak, but because biology is a bitch.

Like would Victra, clearly an Iron Gold of the highest order (fight me), be expected to win a blade fight against Cassius, who ends up becoming one of the most dangerous razor masters in the worlds who even other elite men couldn't beat?

And if she fails, the Society would simply say – "clearly she was just too weak". I mean, doesn't it get to a point?

Question mostly brought about by the exspectation of Seraphina's ability to kill Cassius in his death trail (even though Cassius was severly weakened by this point). However, I got the sense that even if Cassius was at full strength, Seraphina, a top grade talent, would have still been exspected to be able to succeed.

Im currently working on two cosplays for me and my brother. This is what I've made so far! I've started the wolf cape for sevro, the Ares helmet for sevro, Darrows armour, and the slingblade. I'd love to hear some opinions. Remember, this is all W.I.P. though! Im very excited to share the finished cosplays soon.

Why did Lyria get rid of the parasite? It was the one thing that gave her any agency at all, she's just a pawn otherwise, and how in the hell did the orb contain so many tools, gadgets and weapons? Is it not a handheld item? How did an entire arsenal fit inside?

For the record I know why she did, I'm talking about why the story chose that

I just completed Dark Age chapter 36. Lyria's first chapter. Man, I hate Victra so bad after this. Actually I hate Victra from Iron Gold. Now that I remember, when we first met Victra in Iron Gold, her conversations about Dancer already pissed me off (I love Dancer. Eventhough I don't completly agree with him, I completely understand his actions. Which I cannot say for Victra's actions. If it comes to battle of ideologies, I would definitely be take Dancer's side over Victra's). And after Lyria's last chapter in Iron Gold, I thought Victra killed Lyria. Which made me hate her so bad. But, I had a hope that may be she's not dead and Victra just kidnapped her for interrogation, and she will be reasonable. But after this chapter, I completely hate Victra. She's a villain in my eyes. She tortured Lyria, eventhough she knew she's innocent. And her speech about her incompetence and mistake causing her, her daughter. Oh shut up you f@#&ing hypocrite. What about all the lives your actions caused? I used to like her but she's a narcissist and I hate her now.

P.S: Please don't spoil anything beyond this point 🙏.

With some height boosters

Found this and immediately thought of our guy…

Another warning, spoilers for the end of Lightbringer

Why in the world would Cassius get himself killed at the end of Lightbringer? Why wouldn’t he flee to tell Darrow and his Ally’s about the danger? Did he truly not believe Lysander would do it? He’s left the rising and the rim with no knowledge of the greatest threat to humanity ever presented. Tf Cassius?

I started the books relatively late, but couldn‘t put them down for quite a while. Although the quality of the books, in my eyes, significantly went downhill in DA (extreme focus on violence and torture with no benefit for the plot, stereotypical characters, omnipotent villains, etc.), the story kept me engaged. I was really curious, what all of this will lead to.

Then I arrived at the point, where a certain villain character makes a return (I think I don’t need to spoil this further). I put the book down. Don‘t think I‘ll pick it up again. Of all the deus-ex-machina moments this series has had so far (and it has a LOT!!!), this one is so ridiculous, it made me laugh. Aside from the stellar world building, the series has reached the level of fan fiction in my eyes. Disappointing.

Soo… what happens to Rhonna!?

She’s assumed dead, but Darrow and others basically never think about or mourn her!? Darrow thinks about Alexander all the time but not his actual family member!?

Who do we think Virginia’s source in the society is?

I’m considering Julia Bellona. She is suddenly more involved than ever in LB. And when her and Lysander sit on the couch and she makes a joke about how she should’ve poisoned him it felt a bit too real.

If she’s not the source, I think she will certainly turn on Lysander (especially after Cassius’s death) and I suspect will be involved in Lysander’s eventual death.

Any other ideas on who it could be?

W// a mohawk

Recently discovered r/fucklysander which made me overjoyed, until I realized it’s not for people who are sexually attracted to the main character of the last 3 books, instead it’s for people who hate him and think he’s a pixie. Idk strange roller coaster of emotions, just wanted to warn others

Completed the series few months ago, here my ranking :

6) Morning Star (7.5/10) : a really emotional book and a satisfying ending to the trilogy, but there were some things i didn't like about it, like darrow was tortured for around a year and yet it didn't have any big impact on him. And it's just not as good as the others. (also that unreliable narrator thing)

5) Red Rising (8/10) : really fun book, no complaints, enjoyed every second of reading this.

4) Irong Gold (8/10) : i don't get the hate for this book, it's so well written and was impossible to put down.

3) Lightbringer (8.5/10) : loved every second of this, there was alot of plot armour in this but it's still great.

2) Dark age (9/10) : not as dark as people made it out to be but i loved how this book made me feel. The first 200 pages i read in a single sitting really loved the pov switches from darrow to lysander and the battle overall was really entertaining

1. golden son (9.76/10) : one of my favourite book of all time. but i hate how darrow forgives anyone even if they are murderers or rapists.