Character from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Manon's second-in-command and closest friend — the Ironteeth witch who secretly loved a human man, bore a witchling that the Matron murdered, and carried that grief like a blade for a century.
Asterin laughs loudly, fights recklessly, and loves without reservation — everything the Ironteeth doctrine says a witch shouldn't be. She's the crack in the Blackbeak ideology, the proof that the witches' iron hearts can still feel, and Manon's greatest vulnerability. She fell in love with a human hunter. She bore his child. The Matron killed the witchling and the hunter both, and Asterin survived by burying the grief so deep that only Manon ever saw it surface. She died leading the Thirteen's sacrifice — the coven giving their lives to forge the Crochan alliance — and she went laughing, because Asterin Blackbeak was never afraid of death. She was only ever afraid of living without the people she loved.
Fierce and wild with golden hair, a warrior's build, and the iron teeth and nails of an Ironteeth witch. More expressive than Manon — her face shows what Manon's hides. Battle-scarred and proud of every mark.
Also known as: Asterin, Asterin Blackbeak