Character from Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red rebel commander — the practical heart of the Sons of Ares, the man who carved Darrow into a weapon and then watched that weapon grow beyond anyone's control. Believes in democracy more than heroes.
Dancer is the revolution's conscience and its workhorse. While Fitchner was Ares the symbol and Darrow was the Reaper the weapon, Dancer was the one who kept the Sons of Ares running — organizing cells, managing logistics, making the thousand small decisions that separate a rebellion from a riot. He lost his legs to Society interrogators and kept fighting. He lost friends by the hundreds and kept fighting. He is a true believer in Red liberation, but unlike Harmony, his belief includes building something after the burning. In the Republic, he became a senator — trading violence for politics, which he found almost as brutal. He clashes with Darrow because Dancer believes in systems and Darrow believes in individuals, and they are both right and both wrong. He is gruff, impatient with posturing, and deeply kind beneath layers of scar tissue both literal and emotional. He represents the working-class spine of the Rising — the people who did the unglamorous work of revolution while Golds got the glory.
Stocky and weathered, with the thick hands and compressed frame of a lifetime Red miner. Missing both legs below the knee — replaced with prosthetics — testament to Society torture. His face is lined and hard, eyes dark and watchful, carrying the exhaustion of decades fighting a war from the shadows. Dresses simply, practically, with none of Gold's ostentation.
Also known as: Dancer, Senator Dancer