Red Rising Saga · Character
Vela au Raa
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 41
Vela's lanky frame hunches forward like a cheetah poised to strike, her pale skin and smashed nose marking her Ionian roots. Those larger eyes judge from behind orange optics, cold and assessing. She moves with a dust-caked grace that speaks of harsh worlds.
- Gender
- female
- Age
- early 50s
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 41
- Books
- 2
Vela au Raa begins as a distant, kryll-masked Ionian Gold antagonist in Morning Star, overseeing operations from her beachside house while watching Darrow’s forces with suspicion. By Iron Gold she has become the Ghost, a methodical and droll captain in the au Raa fleet, rallying legions at Karath and preparing to assault Sungrave in support of her brother Romulus. Her brief but pivotal appearance on a crashed shuttle underscores the volatile bonds of the Rim’s Gold houses, and the prospect of her death is treated as a devastating political loss that could unseat Romulus himself.
Description
Tall and lanky, her pale skin—adapted for low gravity—stretches over forward-hunching shoulders like a cheetah's, with a smashed-flat nose and larger eyes in her early fifties. Tan combat gear pairs with a brightly colored scarf, kryll breathing mask featuring orange optics, and dusty skipper boots. She wields a railgun with ivory stock and razor, her presence watchful and judgmental. A tall lean Gold woman of mature years, her frame wiry and commanding with a pinched mouth that tightens in perpetual impatience. Short hair chopped in a self-administered cut falls unevenly around sharp angular features. She carries herself with withered patience, dressed in practical Gold attire that accentuates her no-nonsense presence. Vela is tall and lean, a mature Gold woman with a pinched mouth and short hair she has cut herself. Her appearance is spare and unadorned in the details the text supplies; no specific complexion, eye color, or attire is described. She carries herself with methodical purpose, tempered by a dry, droll air.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Romulus au Raasister
Vela is Romulus’s sister and a former favored captain. She serves alongside him and his children, then is bound with them when Dido takes control.
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Bellerephoncousin
Bellerephon identifies Vela as rallying legions at Karath, making her actions central to the family’s urgent political situation.
Story so far
BOOK 3Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
- Emerges as an antagonistic Ionian Gold, kryll-masked and railgun-armed, overseeing operations from her beachside house.
- Watches Darrow’s forces with suspicion while operating datapads amid the Earth campaign.
- Her presence amplifies the Raa clan’s resistance to the Rising.
BOOK 4Iron Gold
- Appears as Romulus’s sister and a captain in the au Raa fleet, her lean maturity strained by family tensions.
- Lunges with fierce loyalty in a single pivotal moment on a crashed shuttle.
- Rallies legions at Karath and waits with forces loyal to Romulus in the desert, preparing an assault on Sungrave.
- Is lured into the Waste; her potential death is framed as a devastating political loss that could unseat Romulus.
- Her ultimate fate is left unstated.
Appearances
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