Red Rising Saga · World

Pitviper

Also known as Pitvipers

creature

Mutated Mars tunnel serpents: black oil-like tendrils, thigh-thick, three-men long; burrow into warm suits to lay eggs, babies overly poisonous; cold-blooded venomous snakes infesting Mars mines, bites leave twin scars, stubborn nature.

Category: creature
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 1
Books: 2

Pitvipers begin as a terrifying environmental hazard in the Martian mines of Red Rising, where their black, oil-slick bodies and lethal venom make them a constant threat to the enslaved Reds. By Dark Age, these serpents have evolved from mere background danger into active predators that exploit the deep chasms and geothermal springs of the mines, using their paralytic venom to implant eggs inside living hosts. Their presence underscores the persistent, primal dangers that even the most advanced societies cannot fully eradicate from Mars's subterranean world.

Evolution

BOOK 1Red Rising
Mutated Mars tunnel serpents: black oil-like tendrils, thigh-thick, three-men long; burrow into warm suits to lay eggs, babies overly poisonous; cold-blooded venomous snakes infesting Mars mines, bites leave twin scars, stubborn nature.
BOOK 5Dark Age
Venomous serpents inhabiting deep mine chasms near hot springs, adults thicker than thighs with fangs that punch meatily, paralyze prey to implant eggs for internal consumption.