Owlboy Asio Guide: The Owl Leader's Role

What is Asio's role in Owlboy?

Asio is Otus's mentor and the protector of Vellie. Community wiki pages describe him as a grumpy, no-nonsense old man, and he hand picked Otus as his student for unspecified reasons.

Who is Asio?

Asio is a tall, elder owl with dark brown hair and two yellow feathers protruding from his head. He wears a black and white owl cloak on his back, giving him the ability of flight. Community sources add long white sideburns that reach his hips and are spiked black, a long-sleeved green shirt with thick red cuffs and a tan/white lining, and black pants stuffed into knee-high brown boots.

What does Asio do in the story?

Asio serves as the protector of Vellie and, according to community wiki notes, assisted the Advent Guard in defending the city together with the Professor, Strix, Fib and Bonacci during the Battle of Advent.

Among the lines recorded on the community wiki, he calls Otus a fool, an imbecile and a moron and tells him to leave at once, saying the place is no longer safe. Later he admits he could not keep the village from harm — "not me, nor Strix, nor any other owl" — and says Vellie has been abandoned, while planning to stay there himself. He also tells Otus that, despite everything, he has been a remarkable student.

The community wiki also lists an achievement description about trying to report to Asio at the first sign of trouble.

Is Asio connected to Aegolius and Noctae?

Asio's hologram claims that Aegolius is not as intelligent as he seems and that he uses Noctae's intelligence to make himself seem more intelligent, according to community wiki notes.

Why are Asio and Otus named that way?

Both names refer to the scientific name of the long-eared owl, Asio otus. Community sources note that Otus and Asio are considered to be modeled after the long-eared owl because both their names refer to its scientific name.

Does Asio appear in the Anniversary Update?

The official Anniversary Update announcement does not mention Asio. It lists a new Super Dash performed by holding the roll button, an optional auto-aim toggle in the Options Menu so the game can be played without a second thumbstick, cutscene fast-forwarding and skipping, and toggles for screenshake, flash effects and dropping a gunner on dodge. A later patch note, v1.02d, covers startup crashes, an IME toggle issue on Japanese and Korean keyboards, broken translations in certain scenes, and minor changes and balances.

If you are coming to the game fresh, the Steam store page describes it as a story-driven platform adventure built around flight, carrying friends as gunners, and large dungeons with boss battles.

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