If his men could have seen his young face under his faceplate, or if they could have heard the silent curses rolling off his tongue, they would have realized to their astonishment that their captain, only twenty years of age but already famous and formidable, was crying. Astrias's tears were tears of burning fury. The rage he felt that hour he would never forget for his whole life thereafter. Kaoru Kurimoto
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When Astrias was a child, he watched his father die. The grief and sorrow that followed sent him into a terrible rage and he began to cry. That night, Astrias swore to himself that no one would ever make him cry like that again. And in his own way, he made good on that promise.

Like the sandstorm in the desert, Astrias made it his mission to make sure no one could make him shed tears like he did back when he was a boy. He would hold them inside and then release them in great bursts when no one was looking. And in doing so, he became the elite commander of the Imperial army and its highest ranking officer.

Source: The Battle Of Nospherus

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