- Hound Asterion
Infobox animanga character
name = Hound Asterion
series = Saint Seiya
caption = Asterion, the Hound Silver Saint, in a screenshot from the anime
creator =Masami Kurumada
voiced by = Mori Kazuo (森一夫)
age = 16
gender = Male
born =February 20
nationality =Denmark
class = Saint
paux1 = Athena
paux1 name = Loyalty
paux2 = Canes Venatici
paux2 name = Cloth
paux3 = Silver
paux3 name = Rank
paux4 = Brocken Mountain,Austria
paux4 name = Training
paux5 = 1.83 m
paux5 name = Height
aux1 = 75 kg
aux1 name = Weight
aux2 = B
aux2 name = Blood type
aux3 = Million Ghost Attack
Mind reading
aux3 name = Secret moves
aux4 = manga: chapter 20, vol.5
Anime: ep.24
aux4 name = First appearancenihongo|Hound Asterion|猟犬星座のアステリオン|Haundo no Asuterion is a Silver Saint from the famous
Manga Saint Seiya authored by Japanese mangakaMasami Kurumada , and later adapted toAnime .The Executioner
Asterion was sent to Japan in a group consisting of
Eagle Marin ,Whale Moses ,Centaurus Babel andLizard Misty , to execute the Bronze Saints. After Misty tried to bury the Bronze Saints in an avalanche on Mount Fuji, they each chased after a Saint. but due to the intervention of Aries Mu they chased after and killed the Black Saints instead. Believing they were the Bronze Saints, they were buried and the Silver Saints left for Sanctuary. But as both Misty and later Babel didn't come after them, they suspected something had happened and returned to Japan. There they found their comrades lying dead on the same beach they thought they had buried the Bronze Saints.The Telepath
Asterion immediately turned to Marin, since she were the one who was supposed to kill Pegasus Seiya. The Eagle saint didn't say anything, so Asterion used his Telepathic powers and read her mind, thus he found out the whole story. While Moses started attacking her, Asterion read her mind and directed his moves. In a short while they had outnumbered her, and tied her upside down to a pole out i nthe sea. They were hoping to attract the Pegasus Saint this way, which it did. They started their battle with the same combination as with Marin, and when it seemed like they were winning the tides changed. Asterion, having claimed that Marin might be Seiya's sister, had now ignited Seiya's cosmo. The Pegasus Saint sprouted what seemed like wings, and defeated Moses. Yet it was not to last, Asterion used his "Million Ghost Attack" and knocked Seiya out. As he was to finish him of, Marin had broken lose and were heading for him.Asterion started reading her mind but Marin had emptied her thoughts so he couldn't read anything. She used her "Eagle Claw Flash" and defeated him, yet he was left intentionally by Marin. She wanted him to go back to Sanctuary and tell the Pope of what had happened, thus declaring a war which they were fully ready for.
Cloth & Name
Asterion's Silver Cloth represents the constellation Canes Venatici (The Hounds), but only depicts one dog.
Masami Kurumada named Asterion after the consort of Europa, King Asterion, from greek mythology. Also, Asterion is the name of one of the two hunting dogs represented by the Canes Venatici constellation, the other being Chara.
Notes
* Asterion was left alive to return to the Sanctuary in the original manga. Later, Masami Kurumada revealed his tomb, so it can be assumed he was killed because of his failure.
* Asterion is so far the only character in the Saint Seiya universe to be able to read minds.
References
*Saint Seiya Vol. 5
*Saint Seiya Vol. 6
*Saint Seiya Vol. 13
*Saint Seiya Official Encyclopedia
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