#or is he saying that he owes something to House Bellona/Julia and would be settling that tab by giving her..

[katsuki-king-of-twinks]

Guys... I'm confused about something. Wondering if someone can explain this line in Dark Age to me.

"We were going to sell Electra to Julia au Bellona. Old debts and all."

--the Abomination explaining his intentions for the kids, had their kidnapping been successful.

What the fuck... does this mean?? What is he talking about? What "old debt"??

These books have a very complex and extensive historical and political landscape; this is hardly the first time someone has referenced some past event or grievance or feud and I've been like "wait, what?" and needed to be reminded of some influential happening. But I cannot for the life of me think of what this could be alluding to.

(I'm loathe to try looking it up bc I still haven't read Light Bringer, and I'm worried googling anything Red Rising related might spoil something for me; so it would be wonderful if someone was kind enough to explain it to me.)

#i am... so goddamn confused #do Bellona and Barca have beef that I'm not remembering?? do Bellona and Julii??? #or is he saying that he owes something to House Bellona/Julia and would be settling that tab by giving her.. #idk just a very valuable and powerful political hostage??? #like i said. so many elements to the political landscape of this story. can never keep track of all of them.. #but generally when something happens that i can't recall the context for... it only takes a little prompting for me to remember #and then it all makes sense! #i cannot make sense of this line #anyway #sorry #rambling #don't mind me #mine #red rising #dark age