Assterius

Quick facts

• Description: A thoughtful, pragmatic Knight who balances caution with battlefield skill.
• Status: Alive (returned after Wilderspool madness)

Timeline

• (485–486) — Makes an offering at the Wilderspool true well; senses the “Ælflaed” returned in York is wrong and fights the demon impostor in the bedchamber. (Source: Session 019 - The Well of Bargains and the Demon Princess; Session 019 — Player Synopsis — Well of Bargains and Demon Princess)
• (480) — Introduced as a squire of Salisbury. (Source: Session 000 - The Young Squires of Salisbury)
• (480) — Badly injured in the Purdue Forest ambush; saved and stabilized at Winchbank by Lady Rachel of Carbonog. (Source: Session 004 - The Lady’s Secret and the Feast at Winchbank)
• (481) — Injured again at Downton; carried from the fight by his horse; spear damaged. (Source: Session 006 - The Shield of St. Crispin and the Fall of the Wyvern)
• (481) — Unhorsed and wounded repeatedly at Bedegraine; treated, then vanishes from the medical tents in a fit of madness. (Source: Session 009 - The Death of Aurelius and the Fall of Bedegraine)
• (483) — Spends winter wandering the countryside to recover from stress; returns by spring and joins the escort mission. (Source: Session 013 - The Assassin’s Winter and the Escort of Lady Ellen)
• (483) — Provokes a duel at Easter Court and beheads Sir Marius of Caerwent in a single stroke. (Source: Session 014 - Easter Court at Sarum and the Duel of Sir Marius)
• (484) — On the road to York, briefly bewitched/disoriented by Ælflaed’s supernatural beauty during the Sherwood ambush. (Source: Session 015 - The Road to York and the Ambush in Sherwood; see also Session 015 — Player Synopsis — York Road and Sherwood Ambush).
• (484) — Fights the Hag of the Dead at the Wilderspool clearing and is critically wounded, requiring chirurgery. (Source: Session 016 - The Centurion-King, the Well of Wilderspool, and the Hag of the Dead; see also Session 016 — Player Synopsis — Wilderspool and Hag of the Dead).
• (484) — Goes mad after the hag clearing battle due to a failed Passion roll (detail retroactively added; was missing from session notes). (Source: table memory; see Session 016 - The Centurion-King, the Well of Wilderspool, and the Hag of the Dead).
• (484) — Not present for the Wyrd Pool events; currently mad. (Source: Session 017 - The Wyrd Pool of Wilderspool)
• (484) — Returns to the conroi by the Serpent Lodge battle (no explanation recorded). (Source: Session 018 - The Serpent Lodge and the Fall of Ælflaed)

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• 490: Joins the restoration quest, researches at the Bath Scriptorium, and identifies Loch Lomond through the River Leven / “Elm-water” clue. (Source: Session 033 - The Crown Quest, the Siege of Exeter, and the Giant Erge)

• 490: Helps bait Giant Erge, reads the Greek inscription at the Shrine of Hecate, and is badly wounded by a Hound of Hecate. (Source: Session 034 - Erge, Exeter, and the Hounds of Hecate)

Lineage

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• Assterius

• (487) — At the Sarum feast, botches a drunken toast/rescue attempt for Sir Madoc and later researches the Franks at Bath Scriptorium. (Source: Session 024 - The Feast at Sarum and the Forest’s Warning)

• (488) — Infiltrates besieged Calais, coordinates a horns-and-bells trap with Baroness Pomponia, and leads a wedge charge in the victory. (Source: Session 025 - The Feast at Caen and the Battle of Calais)

• (488) — Sleeps with Baroness Pomponia after the victory at Calais. (Source: Session 025 - The Feast at Caen and the Battle of Calais)

• (488) — Helps clear the countryside around Calais, contributing to the remaining Franks being driven south into Gaul. (Source: Session 026 - The Wolves of Wildenburg)

• (488) — Identifies the House of Constantine in the Wildenwald, becomes the Homeless Knight during its angelic trial, and later learns Baroness Pomponia is carrying his bastard child. (Source: Session 027 - The House of Constantine and the Return to Wells)

• (488) — At the White Tower feast, reassures Damsel Diana after Liam neglects her and helps Sir Geraint restrain Drustin before he approaches Lady Ellen of Winchbank. (Source: Session 028 - The Easter Feast at the White Tower)

• (489) — Pursues Sir Madoc to Folkingham and Peterborough, doubts the claimed angelic command, and helps Liam kill the Saxon guards while Madoc passes into the mayor’s palace. (Source: Session 030 - The Angel’s Command and the Child King)

• (490) — At the Battle of Lincoln, unhorses a bodyguard whose ransom is secured by Wulfrun, kills the wild man threatening Millicent, and helps cover the conroi’s retreats. (Source: Session 031 - The Battle of Lincoln and the Birth of Meredith)

• (490) — Dubricus frames his Homeless condition as a Job-like test and warns that questioning the truth of the test is part of failing it; Geraint asks that Asterius be included in the restorative quest. (Source: Session 032 - Madoc’s Funeral and the Question of Britain’s Crown)

• 490: At Appleby, investigates Lady Appleby’s hidden household mystery, wins the brownies over through music, refuses fairy food, and breaks his family silver spear against the Auroch of Appleby. (Source: Session 035 - The Battle of Tintagel and the Brownies of Appleby)

• 490: Urges the route to Gaiholm, wins hospitality from Prince Urion, drinks from the Loch Lomond Fountain, uses Love-Sun Water to cleanse the altar, and follows his companions into the fountain. (Source: Session 036 - The Sun-Water of Loch Lomond and the Road to Merlin)