Screwface
MinorThere's a feral edge to Screwface, like a mine rat who's learned to bite before being bitten, his twisted grin promising mischief or mayhem. He moves with the jittery energy of someone who's survived by being quicker and meaner than the rest. You can't help but wonder what scrapes have sharpened that cunning glint in his eye.
Screwface emerges in Red Rising as a scrawny, vigilant lowColor teen in Darrow's ragtag Phobos crew, quietly proving his loyalty by smuggling weapons during the Institute's deadly duels. By Morning Star he has risen to become a core member of the Howlers, the elite strike force at the heart of the rising rebellion. In Dark Age, the once-unremarkable ally has transformed into a mid-thirties Gold operative whose refined features, scarlet Heliopolitan scarf, and sly smile mask a master of counter-espionage, his loyalty to Darrow now weaponized against the very society he once served from below.
Physical Description
Screwface is a lean, wiry 16-year-old boy of about 5'6", his pale lowColor skin etched with faint scars from a hardscrabble life in the mines. His short, unevenly cropped dark brown hair frames a sharp, angular face dominated by hazel eyes that gleam with cunning, and a perpetual twisted smirk that earns him his name. He dresses in ragged gray lowColor garb, patched and practical, with belts slung low heavy with slings, knives, and pouches. His posture is tense and feral, coiled like a spring, exuding the jittery readiness of a street survivor. male Howler A handsome Gold male in his mid-thirties with a lean, meticulously carved face of refined aristocratic features that could pass for pure Gold stock. His eyes hold a sharp, calculating intensity as they stare out from beneath a full head of hair, set in a lithe athletic frame that moves with stealthy grace. He wears a scarlet Heliopolitan scarf wrapped around his neck along with riding gloves, his lips frequently curling into a nasty, knowing smile that reveals his sly and deceptive nature.
Evolution
Red Rising
Screwface starts as just another face in the ragtag group of lowColors at Phobos Tower, a scrawny 16-year-old hauling gear and watching the edges of Darrow's crew with sly vigilance. He sticks close through the chaos, proving his worth by carrying weapons into the tense duel in Chapter 29, a loyal shadow in the background of the Institute's brutal games. Though minor, he embodies the gritty underbelly of the rising rebellion, vanishing into the ranks after his brief flashes of service.
- Appears as a 16-year-old lowColor hauling gear at Phobos Tower
- Watches the edges of Darrow's crew with sly vigilance
- Carries weapons into the tense duel in Chapter 29
- Vanishes back into the ranks after supporting the early rebellion
Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
male Howler
- Serves as a male Howler in Darrow's elite squad
- Participates in the final assaults of the Rising
- Solidifies his place among the rebellion's most trusted fighters
Dark Age
A handsome Gold male in his mid-thirties with a lean, meticulously carved face of refined aristocratic features that could pass for pure Gold stock. His eyes hold a sharp, calculating intensity as they stare out from beneath a full head of hair, set in a lithe athletic frame that moves with stealthy grace. He wears a scarlet Heliopolitan scarf wrapped around his neck along with riding gloves, his lips frequently curling into a nasty, knowing smile that reveals his sly and deceptive nature.
- Operates undercover as a handsome, aristocratic Gold in his mid-thirties
- Employs stealthy grace and calculating intensity for counter-espionage
- Wears a scarlet Heliopolitan scarf and riding gloves as part of his disguise
- Uses a nasty, knowing smile to maintain his deceptive cover
Relationships
Begins as a loyal lowColor shadow in Darrow's early crew; evolves into a trusted Howler veteran whose counter-espionage skills and deceptive Gold persona become invaluable assets to Darrow's war effort across the later books.
Book Appearances
Red Rising
First appears Ch 27
Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
First appears Ch 17
Dark Age
First appears Ch 16