Southern Highlands

Rugged highland hills south of the Greatwoods in the Institute Valley featuring misty gulches and areas roamed by scouts. Part of House Mars territory.

The Southern Highlands, rugged highland hills south of the Greatwoods in the Institute Valley, serve as a misty, scout-roamed frontier within House Mars territory during the brutal trials of Red Rising. This strategically vital area features treacherous gulches that test the cunning and endurance of Golds vying for dominance. Though its role remains confined to the Institute's gamified conquests in the first book, the Highlands embody the unforgiving terrain that shapes early alliances and betrayals, with no significant evolution traced in subsequent volumes of the saga.