Mare Barrow

Mare is the narrator of the novel. She is a teenage newblood with brown hair from the Stilts. She grew up in a poor Red family and relied on thievery to provide for them. She escaped conscription by working for the Silver royalty as a maid, where her powers were discovered and she was dubbed Mareena, the lost Silver princess. After an execution attempt by Maven, she escaped and joined forces with Farley and the Scarlet Guard. Mare’s identity shifts throughout the novel as she tries to fill different roles. She feels that “Mare of the Stilts died the day she fell onto a lightning shield. Mareena, the lost Silver princess, died in the Bowl of Bones” (31) and that her current identity is still forming.

Mare possesses the ability to control lightning. Her power is unique and stronger than many Silver abilities, which causes others to...