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ScarabSkin Armor

Also known as ScarabSkin

item

Tight matte black armor fabric that drinks light like a void or pupil. Stops blades and some projectiles, worn over regular clothing.

Category: item
First appears: Book 2 · Ch. 6
Books: 4

ScarabSkin Armor begins as a sleek, light-drinking black fabric in Golden Son, offering basic protection against blades and projectiles. By Iron Gold, it has evolved into a full military ensemble complete with a demonic scarab mask helmet, Society pyramid insignia, and spectral HUD, marking its transition from personal stealth gear to official Society combat attire. In Dark Age, the armor further advances with adaptive stealth technology and ghostCloak distortion for near-invisibility, stretching over cybernetic implants and reflecting the escalating technological arms race within the Red Rising Saga.

Evolution

BOOK 2Golden Son
Tight matte black armor fabric that drinks light like a void or pupil. Stops blades and some projectiles, worn over regular clothing.
BOOK 3Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy
BOOK 4Iron Gold
BOOK 5Dark Age
Tight adaptive stealth bodysuit with ghostCloak distortion for invisibility, stretches over implants.