Obsidian arm torcs

In the Red Rising Saga, Obsidian arm torcs emerge in Dark Age as brutal symbols of captivity, heavy black obsidian restraints polished to a menacing sheen and clattering with attached gold sigils that mark their wearers' subjugation. Though appearing only in this installment, these torcs underscore the saga's escalating themes of oppression and resistance among the frostborn Obsidians, evolving the series' iconography of control from earlier slave collars to these arm-bound instruments of dominance. Their restrictive design not only physically hinders but psychologically reinforces the power dynamics in a war-torn society.