Renegades

Marissa Meyer

62 pages 2-hour read

Marissa Meyer

Renegades

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

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Character List

Meet the key characters, with insights into their roles, motivations, and relationships—spoiler-free.

Major Characters

Nova is a sixteen-year-old Anarchist of Filipino and Italian heritage living in Gatlon City. She possesses the superhuman ability to put people to sleep through physical contact, and she herself never sleeps. Raised in the abandoned subway tunnels by the Anarchists after the traumatic murder of her parents and sister, she harbors a deep hatred for the superhero governing body. She infiltrates the Renegades using forged documents, hoping to destroy their organization from the inside.

Key Relationships

Romantic interest of Adrian Everhart

Niece of Ace Anarchy

Surrogate daughter of Leroy Flinn

Fellow Anarchist to Ingrid Thompson

Friend of Winston Pratt

Surrogate daughter of Honey Harper

Protector of Max Everhart

Victim of Genissa Clark

Adrian is the teenage adopted son of the two highest-ranking Renegade Council members. He possesses the power to bring his drawings to life, and he continuously expands his abilities by giving himself specialized tattoos. Kindhearted and noble, he believes strongly in justice but struggles with intense grief over his mother's unsolved murder. This drive for answers frequently pushes him to bypass strict Renegade laws to conduct his own investigations.

Key Relationships

Romantic interest of Nova Artino

Adoptive son of Hugh Everhart

Adoptive son of Simon Westwood

Adoptive brother of Max Everhart

Teammate and friend of Ruby Tucker

Teammate and friend of Oscar Silva

Ace is Nova's uncle and the notorious original leader of the Anarchists. Possessing immense telekinetic powers, he united oppressed prodigies to tear down discriminatory governmental systems globally. His reign of chaos, known as the Age of Anarchy, ended when he was defeated during the Battle for Gatlon by the Renegades.

Key Relationships

Uncle of Nova Artino

Hugh, also known as Captain Chromium, is the nearly indestructible leader of the Renegades and an original Council member. He operates with a commanding, patriotic presence in public, maintaining the Renegades' image of invulnerability. In private, he is a loving and protective father who tries to shelter his sons from the harsh realities of Gatlon City.

Key Relationships

Husband of Simon Westwood

Adoptive father of Adrian Everhart

Adoptive father of Max Everhart

Co-leader with Kasumi Hasegawa

Co-leader with Tamaya Rae

Co-leader with Evander Wade

Simon, also known as The Dread Warden, is an invisible superhero and an original member of the Renegade Council. He works alongside his husband to lead the city and manage the hundreds of prodigies within their ranks. He displays deep affection for his family but participates in the Council's increasingly rigid control over superhumans.

Key Relationships

Husband of Hugh Everhart

Adoptive father of Adrian Everhart

Adoptive father of Max Everhart

Leader of Nova Artino

Genissa, also known as Frostbite, is a corrupt, sadistic Renegade who wields ice powers. She uses her authority to terrorize the powerless and discriminate against recruits she deems unworthy. Her unpunished brutality exposes the hypocrisy and systemic corruption within the Renegade organization.

Key Relationships

Antagonist to Nova Artino

Rival of Adrian Everhart

Supporting Characters

Max is a ten-year-old boy with the involuntary ability to absorb the superpowers of anyone nearby. Because his powers pose a danger to others, he lives in permanent, isolated quarantine within the Renegade headquarters. Intelligent and lonely, he spends his time building intricate glass sculptures while serving as a test subject for Renegade scientists.

Key Relationships

Adoptive son of Hugh Everhart

Adoptive son of Simon Westwood

Adoptive brother of Adrian Everhart

Friend of Nova Artino

Ruby is a cheerful and playful Renegade on Adrian's team. After surviving a traumatic childhood stabbing, her blood crystallizes into rubies, leaving her with a permanently weeping wound. She uses a signature blood-red grappling hook in combat and fiercely supports her teammates in the field.

Key Relationships

Teammate of Adrian Everhart

Romantic interest of Oscar Silva

Teammate of Nova Artino

Oscar is a mischievous and stubborn Renegade with the power to summon and control smoke. He gained his abilities after nearly dying in a house fire as a child. He lives with a degenerative bone disorder that requires mobility aids and causes chronic pain, but he remains a courageous and essential member of Adrian's squad.

Key Relationships

Teammate of Adrian Everhart

Romantic interest of Ruby Tucker

Teammate of Nova Artino

Ingrid is a violent and blunt Anarchist who specializes in creating highly destructive explosives. Forced into squalor after the fall of Ace Anarchy, she harbors a deep desire to kill Renegades and cause widespread damage. She is short-sighted and frequently undermines Nova's strategic plans in favor of immediate carnage.

Key Relationships

Rival and ally of Nova Artino

Fellow Anarchist to Leroy Flinn

Leroy is an Anarchist who creates chemical toxins and poisons for the group. Despite his lethal skills, he is the kindest of the remaining Anarchists and acts as a compassionate father figure to Nova, even offering her the chance to abandon their vengeful crusade and start a peaceful life away from Gatlon City.

Key Relationships

Surrogate father of Nova Artino

Fellow Anarchist to Ingrid Thompson

Winston is an Anarchist who uses his power to control the movements of children, turning them into living puppets. He sports bizarre facial tattoos and erratic mannerisms. He often acts without permission from the rest of the group, drawing unwanted attention from the Renegades and complicating Nova's missions.

Key Relationships

Friend of Nova Artino

Prisoner of Adrian Everhart

Honey is a dramatic, attention-seeking Anarchist who commands swarms of bees. Characterized as a fallen beauty queen, she misses the glamour and power she held during the Age of Anarchy and struggles heavily with the group's current impoverished existence in the subway tunnels.

Key Relationships

Surrogate mother of Nova Artino

Phobia is an enigmatic and terrifying Anarchist with the power to manifest an individual's worst fears. He operates independently from the group's familial dynamic and may not possess a traditional human body, adding to his unsettling and threatening presence.

Key Relationships

Fellow Anarchist to Nova Artino

Danna, who operates as Monarch, is a teenage Renegade who can transform her body into a swarm of monarch butterflies. After sustaining heavy injuries during a battle, she spends much of her time recovering in the medical ward while providing vital surveillance intelligence to her team.

Key Relationships

Teammate of Adrian Everhart

Teammate of Nova Artino

Gene is an elderly man with the power of absolute knowledge retention. He serves his community by preserving literature and education, but he secretly supplies illicit weapons to the Anarchists from a hidden armory located in his basement.

Key Relationships

Grandfather of Narcissa

Weapons supplier to Nova Artino

Kasumi is an original Renegade Council member who wields powerful water manipulation abilities. She uses her powers to mitigate disasters, such as extinguishing massive fires, and assigns administrative tasks to new recruits.

Key Relationships

Co-leader with Hugh Everhart

Superior of Nova Artino

Tamaya is a winged superhero and a member of the elite Renegade Council. She frequently opposes Adrian's reckless behavior and advocates for strict adherence to the Council's established laws.

Key Relationships

Co-leader with Hugh Everhart

Leader of Adrian Everhart

Evander is one of the five original Renegade Council members who govern Gatlon City. Like his peers, he acts with absolute authority over the city's prodigy and civilian populations.

Key Relationships

Co-leader with Hugh Everhart