Red Rising Saga · Character
Ulysses au Barca-Julii
- Minor
- First seen · Book 5 · Ch. 66
A tiny miracle wrapped in swaddling, his blotched skin still slick from birth, crying with the raw force of new life before latching on to nurse. Those clamped-shut eyes hold the quiet promise of a world yet to be seen, while the delicate winged sigils on his hands mark him as something wondrously singular. In his fragile warmth, there's an aching tenderness that pulls at the heart.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- newborn
- First appears
- Book 5 · Ch. 66
- Books
- 1
Ulysses au Barca-Julii is introduced and concluded entirely within the events of Dark Age, where he is born the son of Atlas au Raa and Aja au Grimmus. His brief existence is defined by the miraculous winged bone sigils on his hands, marking him as a haemanthus, before his life is brutally cut short by enemies of his parents. Carried in death by his grieving father, Ulysses becomes a haunting symbol of innocence destroyed by the Society's relentless conflicts, his memory echoing through the war-torn narrative.
Description
This newborn boy has blotched, viscous skin still slick from birth, his eyes clamped tightly shut against the light. Delicate winged bone sigils adorn his tiny hands, pale and not yet coated in gold. Swaddled snugly in soft fabric, his thin newborn flesh carries a fragile vulnerability, his small face cold and lifeless in repose, mouth parted as if in a final, silent cry. His presence evokes a profound, heart-wrenching tenderness.
Story so far
BOOK 5Dark Age
- Born as the son of Atlas au Raa and Aja au Grimmus, bearing the winged bone sigils of a haemanthus on his hands
- Experiences fleeting moments of peace while nursing, swaddled amid the ongoing war
- Killed in a savage act of brutality, nailed upside down to a tree with his skull smashed
- His lifeless body is carried by his grieving father Atlas, becoming an emblem of lost innocence
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