Areson the Wise
Names: Areson the WiseAreson
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 13 (13)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 13Areson the Wise is a level-45 ogre strongman elite travelling with Signet who resembles Apollon the Mighty.
- Ch 14Areson is the brother of Apollon, now gone, and Herman the Fleet, whose fate in Larracos is unknown.
- Ch 15Areson kills Hunter Arwick, an elf of the Dream, while trying to capture him alive for Signet.
- Ch 25Areson stays on shore with Carl and Donut's ground team while Edgar joins the assault.
- Ch 29Areson, Apollon and Herman are ogres born when the nodling Di-we died, each holding a third of his knowledge.
Connections
- ally ofTsarina Signet
- family ofApollon the Mightybrothers
- family ofHerman the Fleetbrothers
- copy ofDi-weborn from Di-we's death
- related toTsarina Signether bodyguard
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 13Meeting Tsarina Signet again
Carl's Ping reveals a waiting group of elites; Carl and Donut cross the bridge to meet Tsarina Signet, Areson the Wise, Clint Smashgrab's were-kin brothers and a giant caterpillar holding the captured hunter Bravvo.
- Book 5 · Ch 15The hunters' map
Carl loots a dead Dream hunter and finds a crayon map showing how hunter groups have divided the hunting grounds and claimed crawlers, including Louis as the Dream's sole target.
- Book 5 · Ch 24Lightning at the all-tree
On the way to join Signet for the Fort Freedom assault, a lightning blast strikes near the all-tree; Donut's map shows two dead hunters among Signet's forces.
- Book 5 · Ch 25Skull Empire ambush fails
Three Skull Empire orcs ambush Signet's gathering near the all-tree; two die when their lightning is reflected, and Areson captures the third.
- Book 5 · Ch 26The assault turns into a trap
Lightning and explosions erupt from the castle, bodies of naiads, paper monsters and allies float up, and Samantha calls it a trap; Carl prepares to dive in.
- Book 5 · Ch 27Claude teleported ashore
Recalling Samantha brings along the boss Claude Sludgington the Fourth, which had swallowed her and Holger; it appears beside Carl's group on the riverbank.
- Book 5 · Ch 27Death of Miss Nadine
Claude's lightning strikes Miss Nadine, the giant caterpillar guardian, and she explodes.
- Book 5 · Ch 28Fort Freedom retaken
Signet returns having taken Fort Freedom and defeated the confederacy, completing Part One of The Vengeance of the Daughter, though Clint, Miss Nadine and the south shore team died.
- Book 5 · Ch 28South shore massacre
Samantha scouts the far shore and finds the ursine defenders killed by a large dinosaur, which Areson identifies as Big Tina, triggering the quest The Recital.
- Book 5 · Ch 55Signet's warning
Signet, Holger and Areson meet Carl and Donut to warn of the brambles and that the trees are summoning the god Diwata.