Blood Red Road Characters

Saba is the real deal: she's a mighty warrior, she's a surprisingly great leader, and she's mature way beyond her eighteen years. That's the whole package right there, folks. Nevertheless, this wou...

Emmi is Saba's nine-year-old sister, but that doesn't mean that the two girls are friends or anything. At the beginning of Blood Red Road, in fact, Saba is a total jerk to her, constantly trash-tal...

From Saba's perspective, Lugh is the greatest thing since sliced bread. He's the GOAT of twin brothers. He's The Force Awakens of people.In other words, sis loves him a whole bunch.Saba to the Resc...

Jack: what a hunk. He's got that classic Han Solo charm mixed with that classic Luke Skywalker earnestness, which is the perfect recipe for tons of nerd love.Saba is drawn to Jack from the moment t...

Pa is a complicated fellow. We hear stories of when Saba was young and adorably believed that no one who "ever lived [...] was taller or smarter'n [...] pa"—but that's a far cry from the guy we s...

Folks, Miz Pinch is so evil she makes Voldemort seem like Dobby the House Elf.Miz AlphaEven before we know that she's the mother of the King, we can tell that this lady is a legit monster—and tha...

The King is Blood Red Road's Big Bad, but he's easily the novel's most one-dimensional villain. Miz Pinch is brutal and manipulative. DeMalo is simultaneously sympathetic and terrifying. The King?...

Rooster Pinch is a doddering old man who happens to be the daddy of Vicar Pinch, the King of our unnamed post-apocalyptic wasteland. He seems like a decent fellow, but he's kept on a tight leash by...

Maev is the leader of a band of female warriors known as the Free Hawks who help Saba bust out of jail in Hopetown. She ends up doing something a lot more important than that, however: she becomes...

Before we start, we need to let you guys know that this Epona bears no relationship to Link's legendary steed from The Legend of Zelda, though they both share a name with a Celtic horse goddess. Ye...

Nero is Saba's pet crow. That wouldn't be anything to write home about, maybe, but Nero also happens to be pretty exceptional—"more like a person than a bird," according to Saba (6.755-756). He c...

Ike Twelvetrees is Jack's best bro for life; these two are like the Carl Weathers and Arnold Schwarzenegger of this universe. Although Ike has a gruff exterior, he's really a sweetheart on the ins...

Tommo is the sweet deaf orphan Ike Twelvetrees adopts in a roundabout way. Tommo doesn't communicate much, but he seems like the nicest guy in the world, and he develops a fast friendship with Emmi...

DeMalo is the Tonton head honcho who pops up throughout the novel. Saba feels simultaneously attracted to and repulsed by him, despite the fact that they never speaking a single word to each other....

Ash is a tough-as-nails Free Hawk warrior Saba meets after escaping from the fighting cage. Saba gets a little Mean Girls with Ash, since she suspects her of harboring a crush on Jack, but Ash's lo...