Red Rising Saga · Location

Lykos

Also known as the underground mining colony of Lykos, Lykos mining colony, Lambda Township

colony
industrial cavernous

Lykos appears in Red Rising Saga.

Type: colony
Style: industrial cavernous
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 1
Books: 5

Lykos begins as the unseen cradle of Darrow’s childhood in Red Rising, a nameless Red mining colony whose very existence is defined by the brutal hierarchy of the Society. By Golden Son and Morning Star it is revealed as the literal and symbolic heart of the rebellion, its tunnels serving as the first battleground where Darrow’s uprising takes root. In Iron Gold and Light Bringer, Lykos has transformed into a sprawling, hivelike settlement whose fate mirrors the larger war: no longer a hidden village but a contested stronghold whose people must decide whether to remain buried in the past or rise into an uncertain future.

History

BOOK 1Red Rising
BOOK 2Golden Son
BOOK 3Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
Underground Red mining colony and tunnels beneath Mars' surface. Home to Darrow and the starting point of his journey.
BOOK 4Iron Gold
Underground Red mining settlement on Mars beneath a vast stone and metal roof. Darrow's childhood home, connected to Gamma and Lambda townships and camps.
BOOK 6Light Bringer
Sprawling underground mining colony carved into Martian rock, hivelike stone homes along cavern walls.