Seraphina au Raa
MajorSeraphina's oversized eyes gaze with coltish wildness, her pale face framed by messy cropped hair that defies taming. Those tender long bones move with untamed grace, dirt on her knees whispering of endless adventures. She feels like a storm bottled in a child's form, fierce and free.
Seraphina au Raa first appears in Morning Star as an untamed 8-year-old Rim child whose innocent vitality foreshadows her clan's fierce independence. By Iron Gold she has matured into a laconic, powerfully built young woman whose feral beauty and hidden scars mark her as a burning heir of the Raa line, sparking mutual romantic tension with Lysander au Lune amid deepening political rifts. Her story reaches a brutal end in Dark Age when, fighting as a loyal starShell pilot, she is slain by a rail slug and becomes a martyr whose death fuels Rim resistance against Darrow's forces.
Physical Description
Pale-faced with short-cropped messy hair, 8-year-old Seraphina has large eyes a third bigger than normal, giving her an intense, otherworldly gaze. Her tender long bones suggest a wild colt's frame, slender and energetic. She wears dirt-stained pants with knees marked from play, gripping a small shovel, her presence feral and unbound. A tall athletic woman of barely twenty with pale skin and short golden hair buzzed close and notched on the right side to reveal her proud neck stands with laconic power. Her face holds full lips often set unsmiling, a slightly hooked nose, and large dull gold eyes that appear sleepy yet flash with lonely fire or incandescent passion beneath thick eyelashes, giving her a distinctly feral and wild aura unlike the polished Aureates of Luna. Subtle curves and powerfully muscled legs show beneath her loose tunic and gray wool cloak fastened by a charcoal sash, practical rubber-soled slippers on her feet and the hidden scar from the brutal Io Institute completing the portrait of a burning one who walks with a storm in her veins. Seraphina au Raa is lean and shabby, her wiry frame honed by Rim hardships, with long dark hair often tangled from desert winds. A distinctive notched eyebrow marks her sharp, angular face, while her Rim eyes are chromed out, gleaming like steel in the harsh light. She wears drab robes over her starShell suit, accented with Grimmus paint, paired with simple leather boots and a kitari short sword at her hip. Dust clings to her like a second skin, giving her the air of a feral, dusty little mouse—compact, intense, and ever-watchful.
Gallery
Book 4: Iron Gold
Book 5: Dark Age
Evolution
Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
Seraphina au Raa, the 8-year-old wild girl with pale face and oversized eyes, appears briefly holding a small shovel, knees dirtied in pants, embodying the untamed spirit of her Rim lineage. Her tender, colt-like frame hints at the Raa clan's raw vitality amid alliances. She serves as a touching emblem of innocence in the war-torn world.
- Appears as an 8-year-old wild girl with pale face and oversized eyes
- Holds a small shovel with dirtied knees while wearing pants
- Embodied as the untamed spirit of her Rim lineage
- Serves as a touching emblem of innocence amid war-torn alliances
Iron Gold
A tall athletic woman of barely twenty with pale skin and short golden hair buzzed close and notched on the right side to reveal her proud neck stands with laconic power. Her face holds full lips often set unsmiling, a slightly hooked nose, and large dull gold eyes that appear sleepy yet flash with lonely fire or incandescent passion beneath thick eyelashes, giving her a distinctly feral and wild aura unlike the polished Aureates of Luna. Subtle curves and powerfully muscled legs show beneath her loose tunic and gray wool cloak fastened by a charcoal sash, practical rubber-soled slippers on her feet and the hidden scar from the brutal Io Institute completing the portrait of a burning one who walks with a storm in her veins.
- Stands as a tall athletic woman of barely twenty with pale skin and short golden hair buzzed close
- Displays laconic power and a feral aura with large dull gold eyes flashing passion
- Wears practical attire of loose tunic, gray wool cloak, and rubber-soled slippers
- Reveals hidden scar from the brutal Io Institute beneath her muscled frame
Dark Age
Seraphina au Raa starts as Romulus's fierce daughter, a lean Rim warrior scouting the brutal deserts in her starShell, kitari at her side and loyalty to her people burning hot. Thrust into the heart of the war against Darrow's forces, she fights with unyielding ferocity, her chromed eyes piercing the sandstorms as she kneels for the Blood Benediction beside her Grimmus-painted machine. Her arc cuts short in a rail slug's devastation, her starShell shattered and body bisected, leaving her as a haunting mention among the Rim's fallen— a dusty mouse turned martyr in the endless fight.
- Scouts brutal deserts in her starShell as Romulus's fierce daughter with kitari at her side
- Fights with unyielding ferocity against Darrow's forces amid sandstorms
- Kneels for the Blood Benediction beside her Grimmus-painted machine
- Suffers devastating rail slug impact that shatters her starShell and bisects her body
- Leaves haunting legacy as a dusty mouse turned martyr among the Rim's fallen
Relationships
Mutual attraction and intellectual tension develop between the heirs in Iron Gold, complicated by family conflicts, but is tragically cut short by Seraphina's death in Dark Age
Book Appearances
Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
First appears Ch 42
Iron Gold
First appears Ch 3
Dark Age
First appears Ch 3