Strixhaven Week 4
Mike Badgley for Asterion
Asterion is a long dead spirit, brought back to inhabit a statue as Quintorius' mentor. In life he was a foppish, small time noble and in death he is much the same, more eager to talk with Quint about his favorite way to enjoy a scone and his annoyance with small dogs than he is to discuss any serious topics.
Despite all this, he cares deeply and is loyal to those he feels for, regardless of their social station. His final act in life was to go out and fulfill a friend's lifelong request after they were wrongly executed. With Quint, he will finally fulfill that promise.
"Quint, my good loxodon! I'd been thinking about your question from our last discussion, and my answer is I absolutely would love to." [Cheerful and pompous. Importantly, Quint did not actually ask him anything]
"That proves my point. Sure, you'll find a few shards of pottery, a rusted weapon or two, probably left by travelers as a practical joke on blowhards like your professors."
"Vis was a good man. But everyone has a past. Some celebrate theirs. Others run away. Vis cared for me until I took over my father's lordly duties when he became too infirm to travel. I visited towns, administered to village councils. That sort of thing. I wasn't very suited to it. Let's just say that it was hard for me at the time to empathize with those who had so little. But I played my part because I had to. One day when I was out at a border village, I received a communiqué from my mother telling me that Vis had been arrested." [Telling his lost friend's sad tale]
