Julian au Bellona

Minor

His smile lights up like sunlight on water, open and pretty, drawing you in with an easy warmth unusual among Golds. Slender and tall, he carries himself with a fragile pride, like hay bending in the wind. There's a boyish prettiness to him that feels disarmingly genuine amid the posturing.

Julian au Bellona appears briefly in the Red Rising Saga as the gentle, curly-haired twin brother of Cassius au Bellona, a promising young Gold whose scholarly demeanor starkly contrasts the savage Bellona legacy. Introduced at the Institute draft as a smiling, slender boy seated proudly at House Mars, his life ends abruptly when Darrow kills him in a brutal stone room skirmish during the passage of arms, shattering his sternum and leaving his body bloodied. This shocking first kill haunts Darrow throughout the series, igniting an enduring vendetta from the Bellonas and symbolizing the innocence crushed by Gold society's ruthless ascent. Though absent after Book 1, Julian's tragic death reverberates as a pivotal catalyst for Darrow's transformation into the Reaper and the escalating conflicts with House Bellona.

Contains info from Book 2+

Physical Description

Slender tall teenage boy with an open gaze and pretty smile, build feeble like bent hay, thinner and prettier than his twin with delicate features and pretty hair. Fair skin glows with Gold perfection, frame elongated and vulnerable. He wears simple Institute garb or stands naked, exuding a proud yet fragile demeanor. Julian au Bellona is a young man with tousled curly hair framing soft, kind features. His build is gentle, lacking the hardness of his kin, with an air of quiet warmth. Dressed in fine Gold attire, he carries an innocent presence that stands out sharply.

Evolution

Red Rising

Julian au Bellona, the thinner prettier twin of Cassius, starts as a smiling slender boy at the Institute draft, seated proudly at House Mars table and beaming with fraternal theatrics. In a brutal twist during the passage of arms, Darrow kills him in a stone room, leaving his tall feeble body bloodied with broken nose and shattered sternum. His death carves a cavity in Darrow's heart, marking the Reaper's first taste of the violence needed to rise, and becomes a lingering grudge fueling Cassius's hatred.

Introduced at the Institute draft as the thinner, prettier twin of Cassius, smiling slender boy at House Mars table with fraternal theatrics.
Killed by Darrow in a stone room during the passage of arms, suffering a broken nose and shattered sternum.
His tall, feeble body left bloodied, marking Darrow's first kill and carving a lasting cavity in his heart.
Death fuels Cassius's deep-seated hatred and the Bellona vendetta against Darrow.

Relationships

Contains info from Book 2+

Book Appearances

Red Rising

First appears Ch 16

Evey

June