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Octavia Au Lune

the Sovereign · Lune

The Sovereign, escaping Mars, who nearly executes Darrow—only to be betrayed by her own Rage Knight, revealed as Ares.

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Octavia au Lune flees the fall of Mars aboard her ghostCloaked shuttle when Darrow leaps aboard. Cool and merciless, she refuses to ransom him—'Achilles would never have been ransomed'—defeats his pulseGrenade bluff with a barrel roll, and denies Karnus the kill. After Darrow beheads Karnus and is beaten down by Aja, she tests her Rage Knight Fitchner's loyalty by ordering him to take Darrow's head for a pike.

It is the fatal misjudgment of her long reign: Fitchner is Ares, the masked leader of the Sons of Ares, who dons his helm, scatters her Praetorians with pulseFist and sonic grenade, and leaps from the shuttle carrying Darrow to safety as she roars 'TRAITOR!' Escaping the lost planet but robbed of her prize and exposed to a traitor at her very side, the century-old ruler flies to rejoin her Ash Lord's armada.

Appearance

An ageless, austere Gold woman of great age, face creased but unbroken, cold golden eyes, red-painted nails; regal and unshaken even in flight.

Role

Ruler of the Society; escapes Mars but is betrayed by Ares hidden as her Rage Knight.

Relationships

Darrow — Whom she orders executed, only for her own knight to save him.
Fitchner — Her Rage Knight, revealed as Ares, who betrays her and rescues Darrow.
Aja au Grimmus — Her Fury, who beats Darrow down at her command.
Karnus au Bellona — The Bellona she denies revenge, killed before her by Darrow.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 8
  • The Sovereign of the Society, a virtuous paragon who secretly runs assassins and crime syndicates.
Chapter 16
  • The unbreakable century-old Sovereign who plays a truth-game with Darrow—and is caught in a lie about a planned assassination.
Chapter 40
  • The Sovereign, caught on Mars without her fleet and trapped behind Agea's shields as Darrow's Iron Rain falls.
Chapter 43
  • The Sovereign, escaping Mars, who nearly executes Darrow—only to be betrayed by her own Rage Knight, revealed as Ares.
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