Sarren is the main antagonist of the Blood of Eden-series.
He is one of the two overarching antagonists alongside Salazar of the first book called The Immortal Rules and the main antagonist of book two called The Eternity Cure and the third and final book called The Forever Song.
Sarren is a scarred, cryptic, hypnotic, and psychotic Master Vampire after Allison Sekemoto and her sire, Kanin.
The reason why is because when Kanin first working with the scientists they used vampire blood in many of their sadistic experiments. Sarren was one of the many victims in this operation that eventually created what we know as the rabbids. Kept in a cage Sarren describes himself as being probed with needles and being strapped down until he 'sang'.
He eventually kidnaps Kanin and tortures him for revenge for all his suffering until Kanin is forced into hibernation. Soon after he makes a strain of the Red Lung Virus and tests it on New Covington. This turns out to be a dangerous turn for all species, Rabids, humans and vampires.
'Sarren' is also a Dutch word, and when conjugated to a verb, translates to English words such as 'torment' and 'provoke'. Whether this is intentional or not is unknown.
Personality[]
Sarren is described throughout the series as psychotic, terrifying and dangerous, probably a result of his experiences being used as a test subject. Kanin and other Masters such as Azura were wary of Sarren due to his unpredictability and complete lack of humanity or sanity. Even after torturing Kanin for revenge, he is still dissatisfied with the state of things and decides that he must eradicate all life forms to cleanse the world. Based on their interactions, Jackal mentions that Sarren is also paranoid. Sarren tends to speak in poetic lines that create feelings of unease in others.
Sarren is not only the main antagonist of the entire trilogy, but he is also the most evil character of the entire trilogy. He is even worse than Jackal, who redeems himself to become a hero, and the Rabbids, who were dangerous but also generic predators. Sarren is also worse than Salazar who was a merciless tyrant but also helped Allison Sekemoto to defeat Sarren and to stop the Red Lung Disease.
Sarren however has a clear moral agency as he is intensely sadistic and cruel and clearly enjoys his evil actions. Sarren is even willing to commit global genocide via the infamous Red Lung Disease and while his past is quite tragic, it's absolutely no excuse for Sarren to become so evil and heinous. Not to mention that Sarren is just pure evil. Even Jackal, despite being a ruthless egomaniac, despised Sarren because of his cruelty and even feared Sarren.
In short, Sarren is the most deranged and evil character of the entire trilogy. His only competitor could be Jebbadiah Crosse who abused his own son Ezekiel Crosse and tried to murder Allison Sekemoto, but even Jeb is fairly generic. The same can't be said about Sarren.
Sarren is also one of the most evil characters Julie Kagawa has ever created, if not the most evil.
Abilities and Strength[]
Sarren was an extremely powerful vampire. Its stated several times indirectly that he was a Master. His strength allowed him to take down several opponents at once and even catch Master Vampires such as Salazar off guard. He's also described as being terrifyingly fast, crossing rooms in the blink of an eye and appearing in mere blurs to Allison. His strength and speed allowed him to fight Kanin and Allison at the same time. Its speculated that he's roughly equal to Kanin in speed and strength, though Kanin himself stated that he could not take on Sarren alone. Allison speculated that it was Sarren's insanity that made him so powerful. But in most encounters where he faces Kanin, Kanin is almost always injured or sick or holding himself back because of Allison. Even other Master Vampires such as Azura were weary of just how dangerous he really was as she stated that she scaled her entire city's wall until she was sure he was gone.
Relationships[]
Kanin[]
Kanin was the one that gave him over to the humans trying to cure red lung. Sarren hates him and has hunted Kanin down the longest, even when the other vampire's tired of searching for him.
Allison[]
Sarren despises Allison for being Kanin's offspring, developing further hatred after she stabs him and cuts off his arm. He later deems her an even more worthy opponent than Kanin, attempting to torment her in various ways.
Zeke[]
Sarren kidnaps Zeke once he realizes Zeke has the cure for his disease (and also because Zeke and Allison are together, and Sarren wants them to suffer) Once Sarren's torture session with Zeke is over, he turns Zeke into a childer vampire, force feeding Zeke so much blood he remakes his personality.
Jackal[]
Jackal is the only one of the four protagonists to not get tied to a table for a torture session by Sarren. They briefly work together in the second book- though Sarren fully expects Jackal to betray him once he realizes that Sarren has no cure.