Red Rising Saga · Character
Cipio
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 22
Cipio is struck at the shoulder with a blunted sword, illustrating his active in Red Rising Saga (Book 1).
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 22
- Books
- 2
Cipio begins as a peripheral but visible member of House Mars during the Institute’s brutal trials in Red Rising, embodying the raw, physical hierarchy of the Golds’ training ground. By Golden Son his allegiance has shifted to the Falthe pack, where his brief arc ends in sudden, violent death at Tactus’s hands, underscoring the lethal volatility of peer rivalries among the rising generation. Across the two books he evolves from an unnamed face in the crowd to a named casualty whose demise crystallizes the saga’s theme that even minor players are expendable in the struggle for supremacy.
Description
Cipio is squat, with a compact build and curly hair. His face is described as sour, giving him a perpetually displeased, hard-to-please expression. He appears in House Mars settings and is also seen mounted on horseback in HighDraft; the text does not specify his clothing, eye color, or other features. Cipio is a stout young man; no further details of his height, coloring, hair, eyes, or facial features are given. His clothing is not described, though he is identified as part of the Falthe pack. He has a solid, youthful presence, with no stated distinguishing features.
Story so far
BOOK 1Red Rising
- Appears among House Mars during the Institute’s contests of force, notably at the glen where Minerva’s warband is defeated.
- Observes enslaved workers from horseback during a feast’s slave-counting ritual.
- Is struck at the shoulder with a blunted sword, illustrating his active but non-central role in Mars’s hierarchy.
BOOK 2Golden Son
- Reappears as a stout young member of the Falthe pack.
- Is killed by Tactus in a sudden, brutal attack.
- His body is trampled, marking the abrupt end of his storyline.
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