Lysander au Lune
MinorLysander enters like a shadow of courts to come, thin and regal beyond his years, yellow-crystal eyes shining with unnatural clarity. His gentle hands belie the composure of old empires. You feel the weight of lineage in his quiet gaze.
Lysander au Lune emerges in the Red Rising Saga as the poised eight-year-old heir to the Sovereign, his crystal-gold eyes hinting at the formidable intellect that will define him. By Morning Star, the ten-year-old witnesses horrors that swell his gaze with tears, gripping a razor in trembling hands amid the chaos of war. In Iron Gold, now a twenty-year-old refined Gold with lustrous hair and a patrician face, he evolves into a dangerous player, donning pulseArmor for combat, playing piano with gentle hands, and forging bonds that propel him toward reclaiming the Lune legacy amid tragedy and romance.
Physical Description
Lysander au Lune is an eight-year-old Gold boy, thin as a scarf and half an adult's height, with an extraordinarily composed and regal bearing. His eyes shine beyond gold, almost yellow crystal in their brightness. Dressed in a simple black coat, his gentle hands move with quiet precision, face serene and imperial. A ten-year-old boy with striking crystal gold eyes that observe everything with wary intelligence and swell with tears during moments of horror. His small frame has grown nearly half a foot recently, giving him the slender, delicate build of a protected noble child roughly four and a half feet tall. Fair skin covers his refined features, and he moves with the innate poise of the Lune family, dressed in fine, simple garments befitting the Sovereign's grandson as he grips a trembling razor in both hands. A twenty-year-old Gold with straight lustrous gold hair and pale yellow crystal eyes that glow with sharp intellect. His face is thin and patrician with delicate features and no scar marking his smooth fair skin, while his slender build stands half a head shorter than taller broader warriors like Cassius. Refined and almost fragile in appearance yet betraying dangerous potential, he wears a moth-eaten gray pullover when aboard ship, switches to pulseArmor breastplates and arm gear in combat, or dons a kryll and scorosuit on sulfur dunes, his slender hands capable of both gentle piano playing and desperate fighting.
Gallery
Book 4: Iron Gold
Evolution
Golden Son
Lysander au Lune, the eight-year-old heir, sits composed beside Aja, eyes like yellow crystal, offering a tart from his wooden box to Darrow. With gentle hands, he cuts Darrow's sleeve in quiet ritual, later bound and gagged, pulled from a bag, then sprawling in a stork bay before Tactus takes him. His regal poise hints at future storms amid the Lune legacy.
- Sits composed beside Aja au Grimmus, offering a tart to Darrow from his wooden box.
- Cuts Darrow's sleeve in a quiet ritual with gentle hands.
- Bound and gagged, pulled from a bag and sprawls in a stork bay before Tactus au Grimmus takes him.
Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
A ten-year-old boy with striking crystal gold eyes that observe everything with wary intelligence and swell with tears during moments of horror. His small frame has grown nearly half a foot recently, giving him the slender, delicate build of a protected noble child roughly four and a half feet tall. Fair skin covers his refined features, and he moves with the innate poise of the Lune family, dressed in fine, simple garments befitting the Sovereign's grandson as he grips a trembling razor in both hands.
- Observes events with wary intelligence in his crystal gold eyes.
- Eyes swell with tears during moments of horror.
- Grows nearly half a foot, reaching a slender 4.5 feet tall with refined Lune poise.
- Grips a trembling razor in both hands, dressed in fine simple garments as Sovereign's grandson.
Iron Gold
A twenty-year-old Gold with straight lustrous gold hair and pale yellow crystal eyes that glow with sharp intellect. His face is thin and patrician with delicate features and no scar marking his smooth fair skin, while his slender build stands half a head shorter than taller broader warriors like Cassius. Refined and almost fragile in appearance yet betraying dangerous potential, he wears a moth-eaten gray pullover when aboard ship, switches to pulseArmor breastplates and arm gear in combat, or dons a kryll and scorosuit on sulfur dunes, his slender hands capable of both gentle piano playing and desperate fighting.
- Wears moth-eaten gray pullover aboard ship, revealing sharp intellect in pale yellow crystal eyes.
- Dons pulseArmor breastplates and arm gear for combat, fighting with slender hands.
- Plays piano gently; wears kryll and scorosuit on sulfur dunes.
- Appears fragile yet dangerous, half a head shorter than Cassius with no scars on smooth fair skin.
Relationships
Cassius au Bellona becomes Lysander's adoptive brother, protector, and mentor following family deaths in Iron Gold; their profound bond, marked by mentorship and loyalty, culminates in tragedy.
Develops mutual intellectual and physical attraction with Seraphina au Raa in Iron Gold, complicated by familial conflicts between their houses.
Book Appearances
Golden Son
First appears Ch 14
Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
First appears Ch 61
Iron Gold
First appears Ch 8