Rufus

Rufus is one of the student who attends St. Agnes Academy for Colored Children and Indians.

The Mark of Athena
Rufus is seen in a flash back Hazel shares with Leo Valdez. He corners Hazel on the playground during recess. He takes her lunch and squashes it under his bare heel then demands a diamond from Hazel. Against her will she produces a perfect diamond. Before he could snatch it up Sammy, Hazel's best friend, intervines. He stalls Rufus untill the bell rings and Rufus is herded into the school by a the little kids.

Appearance
Leo describes Rufus as being either fourteen or nineteen. He is large and tall easily the largest kid in the school. He wears a dirty shirt the color of grease rags, threadbare wool trousers, and no shoes. He has flat features, as if he spent most of his time face-planting on the sidewalk and his hair was cut flat.