Shade Barrow

"'They weren't fast enough. No one is.'"

Background
Shade Barrow is Mare Barrow's older brother, and the youngest brother of the Barrow brothers. He was conscripted into the army at the age of eighteen, and gave Mare and Gisa Barrow both a pair of earrings. But while he was in the war, his Newblood abilities were revealed, and he had to teleport away in order to survive execution.

From there he joined the Scarlet Guard, and met Diana Farley,. Farley didn't trust him when he was forced to reveal his powers to him, and she thought he was a Silver. But when he showed her his red blood, she trusted him.

When they saw Mare fall into Queenstrial like a bolt of lightning, he was scared and they immediately formed a plan to go save Mare from being executed like he almost was.

When they got Mare back and to the Scarlet Guard, he was protective of her and stayed close by her side, using his powers to protect her. They had a very close relationship. Colonel Farley, a commander of the Scarlet Guard only trusted Shade as a newblood, but Shade helped rescue Mare and Cal from his clutches, and together they began hunting down newbloods and recruiting them.

Shade died in the raid of Corros Prison, when he was teleporting everyone out of the prison. When he jumped for Mare, Ptolemus Samos hit him in a chest with a spike that was meant for Mare. This caused Mare to become guarded and angry, willing to give herself up for her friends so they didn't meet the same fate.

Personality and Looks
Shade had a kind and caring personality. He was patient and smart, and had a funny sense of humor. He was kind to Mare even as she grew distant and rude. Shade had brown hair and honey colored eyes, with a tall and lean frame.

Mare
Mare views Shade as her favorite and closest brother, and she was angry enough to join the Scarlet Guard when he faked his death. Shade was very protective of Mare when him and her were together with the Guard, and always used his powers to protect her from Maven Calore. When Maven used the sounder on Mare, Shade was the one to jump her out of there before Maven got her.

Farley
Farley and Shade had been in love for a long time, and Farley had a child after Shade died at Corros Prison. Farley was furious at Mare when he died, blaming her for trusting Jon, a seer that told them to raid Corros.