Lord Asriel

B Y TA N I S H , F E L I X , YAW E R , J A M E S A N D H A O
Who is Lord Asriel?
Controversial + memorable.
Traveller and explorer
Doesn’t drink poisoned wine
Saved by Lyra from armoured bears
Makes a bridge to another world
Lyra follows him
 What are his character
traits?
Feared
Respected
Intelligent
Cunning
 How does he change over
the book?
Lord Asriel is cold and distant at the start of the book
Now in a period where he has trapped Lyra learns the truth
about their relationship, allowing him to finally act the way he
feels
He acts loving and kind
 How Does Lord Asriel Effect Lyra?

"Get out!" Lord Asriel cried. "Turn round, get

out, go! I did not send for you!"
"You tricked Iofur Rakinson?"   
"Yes. I made him agree that he'd fight you instead of just killing
you straight off like an outcast, and the winner would be king of
the bears. 
"Belacqua? No. You are Lyra Silvertongue."
 How does he help Lyra in
a practical way?
 Lord Asriel helps Lyra by telling her about Dust
 He makes Lyra believe that he was her uncle, at the start of the
novel
 Lord Asriel had good relations with the Gyptians
How would Lyra be different
without Lord Asriel?
  Live an​uninterrupted life at Jordan College

 ​Believe that her parents are dead

  Spend life at Jordan College, probably working as a

servant

  No alethiometer

  No quest
 Moments he had that
impacted his journey
Lord Asriel was trapped in Svalbard at the start of the journey
Lord Asriel searches for the Source Of Dust
Lord Asriel’s rivalry with the General Oblation Board
 How does Pullman make
him memorable?
The writer starts him off as this mysterious character with no
background
Then we shockingly learn shocking facts about him
Then to finish it off there is a huge twist about his character
 “I did not send for you”

“ Dust is what makes the Alethiometer work”

“ Your mothers always been ambitious for power”

5 Quotations
“ It has no will of its own”

“And they never thought of harnessing it”

 Questions
Who did Lord Asriel say knocked the Tokay off the table?

Who tells Lyra that Mrs Coulter is her mother?

Where was Lord Asriel trapped throughout the book?

Who told Lyra that Lord Asriel had taken Roger?

Why did Lord Asriel separate Roger from his daemon?