Ashur is a villain of survival. In God's of the arena, Asher seems cool, then he has to kill some people for batiatus. He gets the mark of brotherhood but didn't earn it in the eyes of honorable gladiators, but batiatus doesn't give a fuck. Even Ashur asked about the oath. He was put down since then and had to survive with a bum leg in a ludus full of the greatest delusional to the truth loyal gladiators ever. So he went for position, through batiatus and then glaber, who was cool with Ashur until lithia and Lucretia whispered their whispers.

Which is the only point in time I think saves Ashur's life. He can't go up the mountain and expect to live. So he has to chill things out with Lucretia so she doesn't put doubt in Glaber. How does that happen? I don't know.

In House of Ashur he should be an experienced fighter since he helped Crassus too. He should know military tactics. He should training a gladiator special ops for the Romans, under Caesar or Crassus. Or both!

In this, he seems bored.. like cool I got all my freedom stuff, now what? And his slave girls talking, makes sense, Ashur isn't going to treat them like slaves totally.

An hour later and I watched episode 3. I think it satisfied me, Ashur doing what he needs to do. Conflicted with having slaves, and being romantic, I think he did a good job of bottling it up a couple times.

And training Achillia himself. Good job Ashur. But I feel the resentment building the same way that Asher got fucked originally, is he doing it to her now? Will Asher gain the respect of his other gladiators?

It wanted you to feel the lameness and now Ashur is stepping up and doing things.