Asterin Blackbeak

An Ironteeth witch of the Blackbeak clan and Manon's cousin, who served as Second of the Thirteen for a century. A secret from decades earlier, a stillborn child and brutal punishment, shaped her loyalty. She stood by Manon at Morath, Rifthold and Eyllwe, helped win the Crochans over, and died at Orynth performing the Yielding with her coven, taking the Blackbeak Matron with her.

1. Eighty years before the series she bears a stillborn child by a mortal hunter; the Blackbeak Matron beats and brands her and casts her out of Blackbeak Keep. source

1. At the Ferian Gap she guards Manon through the wyvern pits and a quarrel with the Yellowlegs, and is punished for it by the Matron. source

1. The Thirteen are sent to Morath to serve Duke Perrington. source
2. Asterin argues against giving a clan to the Valg stones and is demoted, first to Third and then to Fourth. source
3. At a meeting in Oakwald Forest with Dorian and the Matron, she fires the arrow that Rowan takes for Aelin. source
4. She tells Manon her secret, then travels with her to Rifthold to leave a coded warning for Aelin about Dorian. source
5. The Thirteen help rescue Elide from Morath and leave her in Oakwald Forest. source

1. She takes part in the sack of Rifthold, ordered to bring Dorian to Erawan. source
2. The Matron condemns her and Iskra Yellowlegs beats her; the Thirteen free her when Manon refuses to kill her. source
3. The Thirteen join the battle against Maeve's armada on the Eyllwe coast. source

1. Arriving in Eyllwe too late to help, she helps bury the dead and earns some respect from the Crochans. source
2. At the Ferian Gap she shares her story to sway Petrah Blueblood's witches. source
3. At Orynth the Thirteen perform the Yielding to topple the last witch tower; Asterin dies last, bringing down the Blackbeak Matron. source

Allied with

Manon Blackbeak, Sorrel Blackbeak

Enemy of

Iskra Yellowlegs, Blackbeak Matron

Travels to

Morath, Rifthold, Eyllwe, Orynth