Red Rising Saga · Character
Colloway xe Char
Also known as Colloway, Warlock, Colloway's
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 4 · Ch. 30
A lean man of average height with fair skin and short dark hair, Colloway carries the perpetually exhausted look of someone who spends his days lazing on recreation room couches playing immersion games before shifting to the sensor room or pilot's chair. Dark circles rim his sharp eyes and his face rarely breaks into a smile, usually occupied instead by a burner cigarette hanging from his lips as he saunters forward to claim his seat. His rumpled ship attire and weary temple-rubbing give the impression of a wry, competent pilot who maintains an air of detached amusement even after battles or long voyages through space.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- adult
- First appears
- Book 4 · Ch. 30
- Books
- 2
Colloway xe Char, known as the Warlock, enters the Red Rising Saga in Iron Gold as a celebrated former pirate turned elite pilot whose irreverent charm and extraordinary skill anchor the fleet’s operations. By Dark Age, the once-detached, cigarette-smoking aviator has become a synaptic-haloed figure in the Solar War’s grind, piloting the Necromancer through desperate flights and bearing the physical and psychological toll of prolonged conflict. Across the two books his weary, wry demeanor persists, yet the weight of war visibly deepens the exhaustion already etched into his sharp, pale-blue eyes.
Description
A lean man of average height with fair skin and short dark hair, Colloway carries the perpetually exhausted look of someone who spends his days lazing on recreation room couches playing immersion games before shifting to the sensor room or pilot's chair. Dark circles rim his sharp eyes and his face rarely breaks into a smile, usually occupied instead by a burner cigarette hanging from his lips as he saunters forward to claim his seat. His rumpled ship attire and weary temple-rubbing give the impression of a wry, competent pilot who maintains an air of detached amusement even after battles or long voyages through space. Colloway is a slender, older man with deep ebony skin and blue-black hair. Cerulean astral tattoos cover his body, creating a striking pattern of bright blue against his dark complexion. His handsome face and relaxed, almost sleepy expression contrast with his alert competence, while his posture remains laconic and unhurried. He wears practical clothing suited to a pilot and carries himself with a casually dashing presence. Slim limbs and pale blue eyes mark his lean pilot's build, often framed in a synaptic halo within an ovular pilot’s chair bathed in blue light. A dark man, he smokes burners casually on crates of pulseArmor or slides from battered ripWings with mangled canopies. In warrooms, he remains absolutely still, sometimes drunk, exuding a brooding intensity.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Darrow of Lykoscomrade
Begins as a reliable subordinate whose piloting skill Darrow trusts during the Deepgrave raid; evolves into a hardened wartime comrade whose blunt assessments Darrow occasionally reins in, yet whose expertise remains indispensable to fleet survival.
Rhonnacolleague
Initially antagonistic; Colloway’s offhand dismissal of Rhonna as dead weight in Iron Gold sows lasting friction, and their professional relationship remains cool and distant through the early Solar War.
Story so far
BOOK 4Iron Gold
- Pilots transport craft during the Deepgrave extraction, ferrying rescued prisoners and Howlers to safety.
- Serves as primary sensor-hand and pilot, bringing hard-won pirate-honed expertise to the fledgling Republic fleet.
- Dismisses Rhonna as “dead weight,” earning Darrow’s rebuke and highlighting his blunt, sometimes abrasive leadership style.
BOOK 5Dark Age
- Commands the Necromancer through the Solar War’s most desperate engagements, anchoring fleet movements.
- Remains composed amid the carnage, calmly smoking on crates surrounded by pulseArmor and mangled ripWings.
- Endures post-mission decompression in war-rooms after brothel outings led by Screwface, illustrating the psychological strain of continuous combat.
Appearances
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