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* CrapsackWorld: A dystopia where other colours are subjugated by the Golds, with their [[CompleteMonster characterizing trait being been ruthlessness and ambition]]. [[spoiler: Becomes even more so at the end of Golden Son, [[DownerEnding where anyone who could resist the Sovereign or the Golds is dead or captured]]]].
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**Part of Darrow's strength is this, [[TheUnfettered he does things that would be unthinkable to a Gold]].
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* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: The Proctors are largely aloof, at first. When the game isn't going their way, however, their cheating becomes more and more blatant, until they literally descend from the sky to order the correct people to lose. [[spoiler: Happens at the Academy too, with the Sovereign giving Karnos an extra ship to surprise Darrow with in the last battle, causing his defeat]]
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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Darrow at the end of Golden Son, where Eo's dream is undone, he has been captured by people who will [[FateWorseThanDeath probably horribly torture him]], his friends are dead or hiding, Ares is dead and his enemies are stronger than before.]]
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* Hope Spot: [[spoiler: Near the end of 'Golden Son', Darrow has won the battle for Mars and the Sovereign is outnumbered, then all his choices come back to bite him the ass.]]
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The series continues with 'Golden Son', the second installment, in which Darrow [[spoiler: starts a war between Bellona and Augustus in an attempt to further Ares' plans]].
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* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: The Proctors are largely aloof, at first. When the game isn't going their way, however, their cheating becomes more and more blatant, until they practically literally descend from the sky to order the correct people to lose.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Tactis is described as having skin like oak honey, and Quinn is similarly darker-skinned.
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SupernaturalGoldEyes: All Golds, although some are disparaged for having bronze or khaki coloration.
*RedHeadedHero
RedHeadedHero: Darrow, before his transformation.
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ATasteOfTheLash: Darrow first receives this, then later has to dole out justice as leader [[spoiler:of House Mars.]]
*TechnicolorEyes
TechnicolorEyes: Each color has irises to match their caste color, such as Reds, Violets and Golds.
*WarIsHellWarIsHell: The institute's war game can get insanely brutal. The point is partially to instill fear of losing power in the future leaders of The Society. Starving, freezing, and being tortured by the more violent students are all fair game.
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Then the day comes where he discovers that it is all a lie. Mars has been habitable for generations, and the surface is inhabited by all colors in a brutal hierarchy built on the backs of the Reds. Darrow is given the opportunity to change things, altering his body to become a Gold. His goal: to infiltrate their Institute and carve himself a high place in the Society, putting himself in the best position possible to tear it all down.
A handy chart of all the castes can be found on the book's website [[http://www.redrisingbook.com/world.php here.]]
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* AnimatedTattoo: The Violet sigil is described as "shifting".
* AnimatedTattoo: The Violet sigil is described as "shifting".
* BlondesAreEvil: The Gold ruling class exploits all other colors, insulated by the system that put them on top.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: The biggest bastards and highest-ranking Golds are known as Peerless Scarred, and bear a prominent facial scar.
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* SocialDarwinist: The system set up by the Golds runs on this principle (see TheSpartanWay), not only despising democracy out of a belief that it coddles the weak, but also instituting a training system aimed at killing off the weak members of the ruling class and leaving those alive as rulers who are the most clever and ruthless.
* TheSpartanWay: The training for Golds involves this, with specific reference to the Spartans, as a Gold in authority asserts that while DemocracyIsBad in itself, both democratic societies like Athens and aristocratic ones like Rome fall to decadence unless (imitating Sparta) the system culls the weak and leaves the strong to rule.
* TheSpartanWay: The training for Golds involves this, with specific reference to the Spartans, as a Gold in authority asserts that while DemocracyIsBad in itself, both democratic societies like Athens and aristocratic ones like Rome fall to decadence unless (imitating Sparta) the system culls the weak and leaves the strong to rule.
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DeadlyTrainingArea: At first the training grounds seem like a paradise. But house Mars has no way to store water long-term, no way to make fire, and winter is on the way. Meanwhile house Ceres is baking bread in their river fortress and laughing it up.
* DueToTheDead:Burial For Reds, burial is not permitted, instead the dead are hung on display.permitted. Bury your dead, and you'll be killed yourself. Darrow's father was hung for rebellion and was left on display until he was nothing but bones.
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*StaffOfAuthorityStaffOfAuthority: The Standard is the symbol of the house, a staff with an iron head shaped into the symbol of the House's deity, such as a wolf for Mars. It doesn't just represent the honor of the house: touch it to an enemy's forehead and they are marked as your slave, compelled to obey or be forever Shamed.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Capturing other house's strongholds is critical to your education (and survival) at the Academy.
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'Red Rising' by Pierce Brown is the first installment of a trilogy revolving around a society in the distant future in which humanity is divided into a color-coded caste system. Darrow is a Red, a 16 year old Helldiver laboring under the surface of Mars to make the world habitable for future generations.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Capturing other house's strongholds is critical to your education (and survival) at the Academy.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: A handy chart of all the castes can be found on the book's website [[http://www.redrisingbook.com/world.php here.]]
* BattleCry: "PAX AU TELEMANUS! PAX AU TELEMANUS!"
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* TheChainsOfCommanding
* DeadlyGame
* DeadlyTrainingArea
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten
* InitiationCeremony
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath
* LanternJawOfJustice: Pax has a jaw "like a heel with a dent in it"
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Mickey the Carver reshapes Darrow into a perfect Gold, an intensely painful process.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
* PublicExecution
* StaffOfAuthority
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Eo,]] whose death fuels Darrow's rage against the Golds.
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'Red Rising' by Pierce Brown is the first installment of a trilogy revolving around a society in the distant future in which humanity is divided into a color-coded caste system. Darrow is a Red, a 16 year old Helldiver laboring under the surface of Mars to make the world habitable for future generations.
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'Red Rising' contains examples of:
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Capturing other house's strongholds is critical to your education (and survival) at the Academy.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: A handy chart of all the castes can be found on the book's website [[http://www.redrisingbook.com/world.php here.]]
* BattleCry: "PAX AU TELEMANUS! PAX AU TELEMANUS!"
* CaptureTheFlag
* TheChainsOfCommanding
* DeadlyGame
* DeadlyTrainingArea
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten
* InitiationCeremony
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath
* LanternJawOfJustice: Pax has a jaw "like a heel with a dent in it"
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Mickey the Carver reshapes Darrow into a perfect Gold, an intensely painful process.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
* PublicExecution
* StaffOfAuthority
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Eo,]] whose death fuels Darrow's rage against the Golds.
* WarIsHell
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