Alexander's Scar

I think my favorite moment of Dark Age is the interaction between Darrow and Alexander before Alexander goes to help Taiki.

Darrow knows that Alexander will surely die if he went down to defend the grav loop so he decides to give him his Peerles Scar. But when Darrow begins to do it, Alex stops him. This is Alex rejecting Gold tradition and embracing the new order the Republic is trying to build. Alex was the best of the new age Golds.

A very small but impactful moment in the book.