Redlen Arabes

"He is it.

The miracle.

He is the weapon we have been waiting for."

- Talin talking about Red

Redlen "Red" Arabes is a Skyhunter and the secondary protagonist of the Skyhunter duology.

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Redlen Arabes is Talin Kanami's Shield. He is first seen when he gets brought to the Striker arena after found fleeing from the Federation.

Talin also notices that when Red gets whipped, he doesn't cry out in pain, "he just lies there, sweeping his hand across the dirt as if to comfort him." It reminded Talin of Corian, her late shield and she felt bad for Red.

Talin intervenes the execution and bye doing so, saves his life, much to Adena's disappointment.

In the beginning, Red is not very fond of Talin, or her fellow Striker friends, Adena and Jeran. And he is viewed as rude, stubborn and grouchy. But when Talin gets attacked by Ghosts, it is Red who saves her and shows that he is a Skyhunter. a half-man, half-machine weapon of war. When Talin brings Red back from his rage, after he haled death on the field, Red links his mind with Talin's, making them Telepathic.

Later, Talin finds out that Red is the young solider who was part of the destruction of her homeland, Basea. When young 12 year old Red was ordered to shoot 8 year old Talin, he refused. Causing him such mental pain that driven him to want to be executed. It is later in the book that Red and Talin start to feel connected to each other and create a strong bond.

Appearance:
Red is tall - more than two heads taller than Talin and muscular in his arms and chest but lean in his torso.

He has a lean face and deep blue eyes slashed with metallic gray framed by long eyelashes that rest on his cheeks when his eyes are closed. His hair is metallic gray given the nature of it but he was dark blonde as a boy. Talin describes Red as handsome.

Marie Lu said Red has sad eyes and is strong in a Chris Hemsworth kind of way.

Quotes
"I accept then, a few hundred more dinners here with you." - to Talin.

"He was crying out for help, and in his desperation, he reached out to me." Talin thinking about Red.

"What happened to her?" I ask Red as we turn down my mother's street. The same thing that happened to my father, they turned her into a Ghost. And I had to kill her." -to Talin

"I'm something worse, a new war experiment."

"I don't like companions."