Lord Asriel

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aristocrat dæmon fictional character human scholar

Lord Asriel is a powerful, ruthless aristocrat and scholar in Philip Pullman’s *His Dark Materials* trilogy, whose obsessive quest to challenge divine authority drives much of the series’ conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Asriel canonical	8
Lord Asriel (later in series)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aristocrat ⓘ dæmon ⓘ fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ
antagonisticTowards	the Authority ⓘ Magisterium ⓘ surface form: the Magisterium
appearsIn	His Dark Materials ⓘ His Dark Materials ⓘ surface form: His Dark Materials (TV series) Northern Lights ⓘ The Amber Spyglass ⓘ The Golden Compass ⓘ surface form: The Golden Compass (film) The Subtle Knife ⓘ
associatedWith	Jordan College ⓘ
creator	Philip Pullman ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
goal	to end the tyranny of the Church ⓘ to overthrow the Authority ⓘ
hasChildWith	Marisa Coulter ⓘ
hasDæmon	Stelmaria ⓘ
hasFullName	Asriel Belacqua ⓘ
hasTitle	Lord ⓘ
homeWorld	Jordan College’s world ⓘ
isFatherOf	Lyra Belacqua ⓘ Lyra Belacqua ⓘ surface form: Lyra Silvertongue
isFormerLoverOf	Marisa Coulter ⓘ
isHusbandOf	Marisa Coulter ⓘ surface form: Marisa Coulter (in some church records)
isUncleOf	Lyra Belacqua ⓘ surface form: Lyra Belacqua (cover identity)
kills	Roger Parslow ⓘ surface form: Roger Parslow (indirectly)
leads	army against the Authority ⓘ
literaryGenre	fantasy ⓘ
moralAlignment	morally ambiguous ⓘ
narrativeRole	anti-hero ⓘ major antagonist ⓘ
notableFor	opening a bridge between worlds ⓘ rebellion against the Authority ⓘ research on Dust ⓘ
occupation	experimental theologian ⓘ explorer ⓘ
personalityTrait	charismatic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ ruthless ⓘ
portrayedBy	Daniel Craig ⓘ James McAvoy ⓘ
relatedConcept	Dust ⓘ multiple universes ⓘ
sacrifices	Roger Parslow ⓘ
setIn	parallel universe Oxford ⓘ
species	human ⓘ
takesFormOf	snow leopard ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

His Dark Materials → hasCharacter → Lord Asriel ⓘ

Lyra Belacqua → parent → Lord Asriel ⓘ

Lyra Belacqua → enemy → Lord Asriel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Asriel (later in series)

Marisa Coulter → partner → Lord Asriel ⓘ

Marisa Coulter → enemy → Lord Asriel ⓘ

Magisterium → targets → Lord Asriel ⓘ

Northern Lights → hasCharacter → Lord Asriel ⓘ

The Subtle Knife → notableCharacter → Lord Asriel ⓘ

The Amber Spyglass → character → Lord Asriel ⓘ