Erascus Lokarion

Erascus Lokarion was a Thracian general and former member of the Thracian Separatist Resistance, under the command of Quinteia Arterius. His son, who was biotic, died under her command in a reckless attack on the Blackwatch, causing him to lose faith in Quinteia as a leader. Incensed by her apparent apathy towards what he believed were avoidable casualties, he defected to Aurelion *Imperator*'s side in the middle of the Battle of Therondae, sparking chaos in the Thracian ranks and enabling the brutal massacre of his former allies by imperial forces. Erascus' betrayal cost Quinteia the majority of her forces and, ultimately, was the cause of her eventual defeat and capture at Moesia.

Turian military history scholars have speculated that Erascus may have been the father of Quinteia's twin sons, Pallix and Castus Arterius, as he was known to have been intimate with her during her leadership of the resistance and appeared to be a close mentor figure to both children. If true, Pallix and Castus would have been considered illegitimate, as Erascus was married and already had a legitimate son by the time of their birth. Critics argue that Erascus would not have left both children to die if he had known that they were his, considering his betrayal of Quinteia was motivated entirely by the death of his son. Neither did he step forward to claim parentage of them when Aurelion took them as his wards. Quinteia never divulged the parentage of her sons, thus the matter has been continually debated into the modern era.

## Satreia and Quinteia

Erascus and his wife, Satreia, had a strained relationship on account of her chronic ill health, which had been caused by her exposure to element zero. With no known cure, Erascus had been resigned to watch as the fierce, beautiful woman he loved began to fade away and was replaced with a feeble, bed-bound shell of that which she once was. He tried his best to be there for her and their son but being her sole carer took its mental toll on him. When Quinteia Arterius approached him to join her cause, he eagerly pledged himself to her, finding a new lease of life in the fight against imperialism where he could relive his glory days as a general. Quinteia's fervour for independence and strength of will enraptured him; as the antithesis of what his dying wife had become, she reminded him of the woman Satreia had once been, before her eezo exposure.

Erascus initially chose to remain loyal to his wife, putting his marital duties before his desire. Over time, however, as Satreia's illness progressively worsened and she was informed she had but a few weeks left to live, he finally snapped. Terrified of losing her to the disease that had robbed her of her once-indomitable spirit, he found himself lost in a night of passion with Quinteia, wanting so desperately to remember what it felt like to be with a woman who embodied the lost pieces of the wife he had loved... He immediately regretted it. Feeling ashamed, he distanced himself from Quinteia to care for his wife in her final days. Quinteia, who had viewed their time together as little more than tension easing, permitted him compassionate leave on the condition that he also learn to be kind to himself. Satreia died in the following days, leaving Erascus and their son, Beseius, distraught. Husband and son then took her body back to Pontis for burial, laying her to rest in the city's necropolis before returning to Moesia two months later. Broken by his loss, Erascus threw himself headfirst into battle to bury his grief beneath a battle-hardened exterior, though not before swearing an oath to Satreia's spirit to fight for a better world for their son. In time, Erascus would gravitate back towards Quinteia, finding respite from his grief in her arms. While he never truly loved her, nor she him, it was a way for them both to cope with their emotional losses and steel themselves for the arduous task that lay before them.