Essence of TheGold

You are now a Gold, a Homo Aureate, having been genetically enhanced in many ways. But you will find your enhancements are greater even then the Reaper of Mars. Your bone density is 7 times stronger than average bone along with increased tensile strength in your tendons, ligaments, and muscle fibers. You can hold your breath for at least 10 minutes and have increased cognitive capabilities which is further enhanced by brain implants. Additionally, you are of a height of at least 2 meters (6.5 feet) or taller. You will have golden irises, gold/blonde hair, and the golden sigil on the back of each hand. You can however opt out of any of these visual changes, and can remake your body however you want.

Like Darrow, The Reaper of Mars, you have incredible dexterity and grip strength, along with a natural talent in "extrapolational thinking", also called "lateral thinking", allowing you to think of indirect and creative approaches via reasoning would not be immediately obvious to others. The solutions you can come up with are often simplistic in hindsight, yet will allow you to completely change the paradigm in your favor. You may also choose a title for yourself, like Darrows title as the Reaper, which you will become known as by both enemies and allies.

You are an incredibly talented and skilled RazorMaster, with an instinctual mastery over Kravat. You have also been taught The Willow Way, and have mastered it beyond even the creator Lorn au Arcos. You are the greatest RazorMaster in the history of Golds, better then Lorn, Aja and Darrow combined in skill, talent and experience.

Optionally, you may choose to become a master of the Mind’s Eye, a technique shrouded in secrecy. It gives its user near supernatural cognitive and sensory abilities, granting you several techniques, from nigh omniscience to ignoring pain or simply being able to make yourself taste a food by simply thinking of it. Imagine a moment where you couldn’t fail. Where everything seems to slow, except you. Like you are the center of all gravity, all time, and your thoughts themselves are second to your actions. That is the Mind’s Eye, where every parameter, every single bit of information you could possibly access is known to you, where you act without needing to think, doing the task you need to do exactly how you need it done. You are able to have the Mind’s Eye active as long as you want with no downsides.

You have your very own Razor. The "blade" of the Razor is made of Polyenne Fiber and is harder than diamond. The blade is about a meter long when stiffened and can be toggled via a button into the form of a whip twice the length of the stiffened blade. When in whip form, its shape can be altered into anything at will with a chemical impulse. As a result, the Razor is an incredibly versatile weapon capable of piercing even RecoilArmor with ease. Your Razor is completely indestructible, never runs out of power and is the perfect length for you.

You have your very own PulseArmor. It provides complete protection and comes with a built in pulseShield, GravBoots and PulseFists. The armor also has several unique features.

• It has all the benefits of a RecoilArmor, but improved.

• With it you can see most spectrums. mask your voice, amplify sound, track coordinates, access maps and communicate silently.

• It allows you to traverse space safely.

• It enables rapid movement.

• It has electromagnetic radiation shielding and water reclamation pockets.

• The boots mute all footsteps.

• It is immune to EMPs.

• It is lighter than a normal PulseArmor.

• It doesn't emit a thermal signature.

• It will never run out of power, which erases the main weakness of the PulseArmor.

You have a digital archive of all the Technology from the Red Rising universe.

Optionally, you may receive a Gold general as your companion. They will have the same amount of skill, talent and experience as Darrow and Roque combined when it comes to warfare and military tactics, being a brilliant, unparalleled commander. Their gender, personality and appearance is up to you, and they will be irrevocably loyal to you (from love, friendship, devotion or whatever else you desire).

Optionally, you may receive Two Pink Roses as your companions. Pinks are bred and trained for the physical arts of pleasure and sex in the Gardens. Pinks, especially Roses, are also trained in the arts of human interaction. They are taught to read human body language and to entice their masters mentally as well as physically. Your Roses are incredibly attractive and highly trained in body empathy as well as the art of shadow dancing- a proportional mimicking of body language to make the subject feel at ease, which facilitates emotional bonding. Their gender, personality and appearance is up to you, and they will be irrevocably loyal to you (from love, fear, devotion or whatever else you desire). You can choose exactly how romantically and sexually experienced they are. If you choose for them to be completely virginal, they will still have the same skill as any other Rose. Pinks, while beautiful, are extremely delicate, their bones easily fractured and they have a very low pain tolerance. They are also chemically sterilized. You may opt for your Roses to not have these disabilities, giving them the same physical durability and pain tolerance as an ordinary human, and allowing them to have children. Your Roses are also able to train others into Roses, should you wish for them to, but the ones who are to be trained have to start from early childhood.

Optionally, you may receive Four Violet Carvers as your companions. In a Society where technology has turned some fields of science into an art form, the Violet Carvers are the craftsmen that alter the physiology of creatures, allowing them to create griffins, tigerlynxes, giant sea creatures, dragons, mermaids and more. They are also able to Carve others into any of the Colors, from Pinks to Iron Golds. Their gender, personality and appearance is up to you, and they will be irrevocably loyal to you (from love, fear, devotion or whatever else you desire). You can choose exactly how romantically and sexually experienced they are.

Optionally, you may receive Ten Stained Obsidians as your companions, who will all worship you as a God. Stained are among the strongest of the Obsidians, a monstrous race bred only for war. They are adorned with scars and tattoos (their "Stains," earned as accolades for their achievements in combat) and are typically bald or mostly-bald. All known stained also have eyes tattooed on their eyelids. You may opt for your Stained to have anything form all to none of these visual effects. Their gender, personality and appearance is up to you, and they will all be irrevocably loyal to you (from love, fear, devotion or whatever else you desire). You can choose exactly how romantically and sexually experienced they are.

Optionally, you may receive ten companions each of every Color of your choice. They will be the best of the best of whatever Color they are a member of, like the Orange Master Makers and Artificers, and can train others into gaining their skills. This works best of the ones who are trained are of the same Color as the Trainer, whether born or Carved. Their gender, personality and appearance is up to you, and they will all be irrevocably loyal to you (from love, fear, devotion or whatever else you desire). You can choose exactly how romantically and sexually experienced they are.

Optionally, you may choose to receive any of the following people as your companions. You can pick as many as you want. The relationship between you and them is whatever you want it to be, and you can choose exactly how romantically and sexually experienced they are. This can be different for each of the characters but they will all be irrevocably loyal to you.

• Virginia au Augustus.

• Any other character from the Red Rising universe.

Optionally, you may at any time choose to take a one way trip into the world of Red Rising, or a variation of it. This can be any alternate universe, like a fanfic or a universe made perfectly for yourself. You can either simply be dropped in or reincarnated into the body of an existing character or someone new.