Asriel Belacqua

**Lord Asriel Belacqua** is The Father Of Lyra Belacqua, The Father Figure Of Teddy Coulter And The Former Lover Of Marisa Coulter. His Dæmon is called Stelmaria who settled as A Snow Leopard.

A powerful man who wishes to destroy the kingdom of the Authority and replace it with the Republic of Heaven.

## Personality

Asriel has a way of dominating a situation of place, with his immense power and knowledge. He was able to trick and persuade Iofur Raknison showing he could influence and was very clever, being able to trick a bear.

Lord Asriel, being able to calculate the power it would take to open the gateway between the worlds, showed he is extremely intelligent and is very dedicated to his work.

Described By Lyra, Asriel seemed to be a cold and dominating man, with a personality and mind similar to her own, Asriel isn't the man to patronize or pity, with his dominating and powerful stare as well as his firm handshake, you know not to mess with him.

## History

Asriel was Born On October 1st, 1961 to Marchioness Belacqua and Marquess Belacqua. Asriel grew up fairly normal and had a adventurous childhood where he was the troublemaker. When He was Ten, his Parents died from an Airship accident which broke him to pieces. He was sent to Wallingford Priory in Oxfordshire where he spent the rest of his childhood and teenhood, While At Wallingford Priory A Baby was brought in Called Auril Joxnson who he grew a quick sibling bond with, When Asriel was Ready To leave Wallingford Priory, He Got parental care of Auril Joxnson and adopted him As His Younger Brother, Changing His Name To Auril Belacqua.

he was a sitting member of the Brytish Parliament, where he defeated the Watercourse Bill. He also saved a man named Sam Broekman from a person of Turkish descent.

there were floods in the Fens. Asriel saved the life of two gyptian children: Ruud and Nellie Koopman by diving into the water.

Lord Asriel was a highly respected member of the Brytish aristocracy. He is an explorer and did work in experimental theology, through which he acquired much power, land, and money. This all changed when he had an affair with Marisa Coulter which resulted in a daughter in 1985. Asriel hid the child in one of his own estates as well as Marisa's Son, trusting them to Ma Costa and Marisa pretended the baby had died and that Teddy was living with his Uncle.

However, Marisa's husband, Edward Coulter, came after Asriel. He upturned the cottage looking for the baby before starting towards the main estate. Just as he was about to open the closet where Ma Costa was hiding with Lyra and Teddy, Asriel challenged Edward to a duel. Edward had a gun which he shot, missing, Asriel took it off him before turning it on Edward, shooting and killing him. However, as a consequence, Asriel was taken to court and subsequently lost most of his money and property and, along with it, his power for killing a man as, even in self defence, Edward was revenging his wife.

With these events, Lyra was abandoned by her mother and her father wasn't allowed to go within 50 miles of her and so Lyra was eventually sent to a convent by the court, however, since Asriel despised the Holy Church, he would take Lyra to Jordan College with him instead in 1986. Malcolm Polstead, who lived opposite to the priory in which Lyra was being kept, took Lyra in his canoe to Lord Asriel who was in London during the floods. At Jordan, She was raised by Lord Asriel as his niece.

## Physical Appearance

Lord Asriel is a tall man with powerful shoulders, a fierce dark face, and eyes that seemed to flash and glitter with savage laughter. It is a face to be dominated by, or to fight: never a face to patronize or pity. All his movements are large and perfectly balanced, like those of a wild animal, and when he appears in a room, he seems a wild animal held in a cage too small for it.

Lord Asriel has Dark Hair and Dark Brown-Blue Eyes. He is tall and powerfully built, his movements reflecting his intimidating presence. Lyra considers his voice to be harsh.

## Relationships

### `Family`

**Marquess Belacqua (Father)**

Asriel was close with his father and loved to spend time with him.

**Marchioness Belacqua (Mother)**

Asriel used to be close with his mother but he disliked her since of her flings she had before she passed.

**Auril Belacqua (Adopted Brother)**

Asriel is close with Auril and always supports him.

**Teddy Coulter (Son Figure)**

As A Child, Teddy has a strong father and son bond with Asriel and still is close with him now more than anyone else.

**Lyra Belacqua (Daughter)**

Lyra has a patchy relationship with her father, Asriel. She is frightened of him sometimes, Asriel is harsh and domineering which frightened Lyra but she still loves her father in their own odd way.

#### `Friends`

**Gyptians (Close Friends)**

**Ruta Skadi (Close Friend)**

**Ma Costa (Close Friend)**

**Lord Roke (Friend)**

**Master Carne (Close Friend)**

**Chaplain (Friend)**

**Domestic Bursar (Close Friend)**

**Bill (Friend)**

**Charles (Friend)**

**Hunt Rokykn (Close Friend)**

**Malcolm Polstead (Close Friend)**

#### `Allies`

**Lady Salmakia (Close Ally)**

**Chevalier Tialys (Close Ally)**

**Wren (Ally)**

**Solicitor (Close Ally)**

**Gallivespians (Close Allies)**

**Mr Wood (Ally)**

**Janet (Ally)**

**Xaphania (Close Ally)**

**The Angels (Close Allies)**

**The Witches (Close Allies)**

##### `Enemies`

**Marisa Coulter (Formerly)**

**Ronnie Cawson**

**Cardinal Sturrock**

**Edward Coulter**

**Hugh MacPhail**

**Carlo Boreal**

**Madame Delamare**

**The Magisterium**

###### `Romantic`

**Marisa Coulter (Affair)**

**Ruta Skadi (Fling)**

**Tanja Lentana (Former Lover)**

## Dæmon

**Stelmaria**

Stelmaria is Asriel's Dæmon and settled as a Snow Leopard.

Asriel and Stelmaria are ruthless and intelligent.

Snow Leopard symbolizes courage, intuition, and creating karma. Snow Leopard gives you the courage to claim what you want in life, facing the wild world knowing your self-worth. Snow Leopard is a master at trusting its inner instincts and intuition. Snow Leopards stand for the power of psyche,determination,experience,self-resilience and balance.

In spite of Asriel's ruthless, ambitious nature, he adores his dæmon Stelmaria and has a strong bond with her.

## Trivia

* Asriel's Favourite drinks are tokay and chamomile
* Asriel is An Alethiometrist, It took him two years to learn how to read the Alethiometer even though it can take someone 20-50 years to learn