Red Rising Saga · Character

Screwface

Minor
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 27

Screwface is an anonymous lowColor hanger-on in the Phobos Tower chaos of Red Rising in Red Rising Saga (Book 1).

Gender: male
Age: 16
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 27
Books: 4

Screwface begins as an anonymous lowColor hanger-on in the Phobos Tower chaos of Red Rising, then solidifies into one of Darrow’s Howlers by Golden Son, surviving the Institute’s lethal trials alongside the core team. By Morning Star he is simply catalogued as a male Howler, but in Dark Age he re-emerges as a strikingly handsome, mid-thirties Gold operative whose refined features and scarlet Heliopolitan scarf mask a calculating double-agent. Across the saga his arc transforms him from a scrappy, wolf-cloaked shadow into a stealthy, aristocratic-looking counter-espionage asset whose loyalty to Darrow remains the one constant in an ever-shifting war.

Description

Screwface is a lean, wiry 16-year-old boy of about 5'6", his pale lowColor skin etched with faint scars from a hardscrabble life in the mines. His short, unevenly cropped dark brown hair frames a sharp, angular face dominated by hazel eyes that gleam with cunning, and a perpetual twisted smirk that earns him his name. He dresses in ragged gray lowColor garb, patched and practical, with belts slung low heavy with slings, knives, and pouches. His posture is tense and feral, coiled like a spring, exuding the jittery readiness of a street survivor. Screwface’s passive face stares out from the open, fanged maw of a black wolfcloak, which gives him a stark, predatory outline. The text does not specify his build, skin tone, hair, eyes, or other facial features. His still, unreadable expression contrasts with the cloak’s threatening animal shape. Screwface is a male Howler, identified by the nickname Ugly Screwface, though the text does not specify his exact facial features or coloring. He wears practical Howler armor, which he is later seen removing. His presence is plainspoken and rugged, shaped more by his place among the Howlers than by any recorded physical details. male Howler A lean man nearly thirty-five years old, with a surgically altered face and a nasty smile. In chapter 87 he is missing his right leg below the knee and the skin above his hairline after being scalped.

Connections

Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals

Darrow of LykosHowler veteran
Begins as a peripheral lowColor ally in Red Rising, becomes a trusted Howler lieutenant in Golden Son, and by Dark Age has matured into Darrow’s most effective undercover operative, his loyalty deepening from youthful camaraderie into a veteran partnership built on shared survival and strategic deception.

Story so far

BOOK 1Red Rising
- Appears as a scrawny 16-year-old lowDraft hauling gear at Phobos Tower.
- Carries weapons into the tense duel in Chapter 29.
- Tries to freeload within Darrow’s lowDraft tribe.
- Vanishes back into the ranks after brief flashes of service.
BOOK 2Golden Son
- Joins Darrow’s Howlers as a core member.
- Reports to Darrow that Tactus has passed with a boy.
- Endures the strange Institute devices alongside Rotback.
- Survives as one of the few remaining Howlers and strips off his armor.
BOOK 3Morning Star
- Listed simply as a male Howler among Darrow’s surviving inner circle.
BOOK 5Dark Age
- Reappears as a handsome, mid-thirties Gold with refined aristocratic features.
- Wears a scarlet Heliopolitan scarf and riding gloves while operating undercover.
- Deploys stealthy grace and a calculating smile in counter-espionage missions.
- Provides invaluable loyalty and espionage skills to Darrow’s cause.