Red Rising Saga · Character

Scorpio

Also known as Primus, Scorpio au Votum

Minor
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 40

Primus is named only briefly, without a face or temperament to hold onto. The name suggests a place in the story’s wider world, but the text leaves its bearer a mystery.

Gender: male
Age: over one hundred
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 40
Books: 3

Scorpio au Votum begins as a mere name in the first book, then re-emerges in Iron Gold as a legendary exile whose relics are plundered, and finally materializes in Dark Age as a living, century-old tyrant whose holographic presence and armored frailty make him the last, most ruthless champion of the old Gold order. Across the saga his arc transforms from an abstract symbol of forgotten power into a concrete antagonist whose death marks the final extinguishing of Votum supremacy. His journey embodies the Society’s collapse: once an untouchable Primus, he dies a hunted relic whose ambitions are crushed by the very revolution he once dismissed.

Description

No physical description is provided for Primus. Their build, coloring, hair, eyes, face, clothing, and distinguishing features are unknown. The text does not describe Scorpio’s appearance. His age, build, coloring, hair, eyes, clothing, and distinguishing features remain unspecified. Over one hundred years old, Scorpio au Votum's face is withered and tyrannical, with blood often leaking down his pale, deeply lined skin. Thin white hair frames piercing eyes that radiate ancient, unyielding authority. His frail yet imposing frame is clad in incredible nearly translucent armor that gleams ethereally, hinting at the fragility beneath its otherworldly sheen. He carries himself with a commanding presence, every gesture heavy with the gravitas of ages.

Story so far

BOOK 1Red Rising
- Name only: 'Primus' is mentioned with no context or description.
- Character remains entirely undefined.
BOOK 4Iron Gold
- Referenced as a possible exiled Gold overlord.
- His relics are liberated, hinting at his fall from power.
- No personal appearance or dialogue is provided.
BOOK 5Dark Age
- Manifests as a holographic specter and bloodied tyrant.
- Commands Votum forces with ruthless precision against Darrow’s Rim coalition.
- Wields frail body and ethereal armor as weapons in the war’s shadows.
- Dies as the saga’s final Votum antagonist, sealing his clan’s extinction.