Pontius Remus, Lupine Scavenger. pictures and discussion

LunaFlora · May 28

Greetings.

i just bought the new deconstruction assistant, Pontius Remus.
His dialogue makes it clear he is an imperial legionnaire, but oddly there is no werewolf references.
Not that you can mistake him for a regular cyrod man as he uses the Werewolf Lord polymorph, but it makes me feel like he should be wearing imperial armour.

here is his description, which does clarify the imperial city and soldier text:
Pontius made a name for himself getting soldiers to safety when Imperial City fell to the Daedra. Now this survivor has a knack for turning old gear into useful crafting materials. Still, bad memories keep him away from Cyrodiil and the Battlegrounds.

here are screenshots of (i believe) all of the dialogue:

Another odd thing is that he appears to be using the Beast personality in the Crown Store image, but does not use its animations in-game

Thank you for reading.

— Luna Flora Blossom ♥

edits if they happen are in Spoiler Tags:

28 May 2026
- created this thread.

edit 1
- added Crown Store image from the May Crown Store Showcase, with noting that it is odd he does not use the Beast personality in-game.

Aliyavana · May 28

A person can be both an imperial and a werewolf, but it is weird that he does not mention his lycanthropy. The render has the skin on and people bought him likely for his appearance so I think that can stay.

I would like if he had some additional lines to reference his werewolf lord status though as he feels currently like a npc that was repurposed in a way.

LunaFlora · May 28

Aliyavana wrote: »

Shame he does not mention his lycanthropy. The render has the skin on and people bought him likely for his appearance so I think that can stay. I would like if he had some additional lines to reference his werewolf lord status though as he feels currently like a npc that was repurposed in a way. A person can be a werewolf but also be an imperial.

yes i would also like werewolf reference lines!
agree completely

KingArthasMenethil · May 28

Yeah it does feel odd.

I guess they added Werewolf on late because being an Imperial was too boring (they are cursed) so they threw on something quickly and went "werewolf" but all dialogue had been recorded.

anadandy · May 28

KingArthasMenethil wrote: »

Yeah it does feel odd.

I guess they added Werewolf on late because being an Imperial was too boring (they are cursed) so they threw on something quickly and went "werewolf" but all dialogue had been recorded.

That makes sense. My kingdom for Imperial assistants. I still pine for the never released Imperial "premium" banker.

Topic: It would be nice to have Pontius reference his lycanthropy.

Erickson9610 · May 28

The promo material shows him using the Beast personality, but in-game he does not use it. That's a pretty big letdown.

coop500 · May 28

The fact he doesn't even mention being a werewolf at all is the biggest lame factor for me. What's the point? He acts like it's just another day being a regular imperial.

LunaFlora · May 28

Erickson9610 wrote: »

The promo material shows him using the Beast personality, but in-game he does not use it. That's a pretty big letdown.

that is also odd indeed.

Erickson9610 · May 28

Imagine if the Hildegard Houseguest we got only talked about her time in the Dark Brotherhood, without mentioning her lycanthropy or having unique lines if the player is also a werewolf. She would be far less interesting of a character, right?

By contrast, Pontius Remus only talking about his time in the Imperial City makes him seem a little one dimensional. He shouldn't reference lycanthropy in every line, but that's an important part of his character that should've been acknowledged once.

coop500 · May 28

Yeah this is a no buy for me, I'm not gonna reward this laziness.

AScarlato · May 28

I'm curious what he sounds like - they should have preview lines in the store. 5K crowns is a lot to just go off a look.

Erickson9610 · May 28

Everything considered, I will definitely place this character in my houses, and he will suffice until we get a Werewolf Companion.

AScarlato · May 28

If he doesn't talk about it, why bother making him a werewolf? It seems like a huge elephant in the room that it wouldn't come up at all.

Seems like it was going to be a general imperial and was changed with the upcoming WW changes.

Fischblut · May 28

Sad that there is no video, but thank you very much for the pictures of his dialogue lines!

I am waiting for other deconstruction assistant to return, so each flaw in this new assistant helps:
- not using Beast personality (unlike in promo image)
- no mentions of his werewolf side (I also hoped for some random transformations from him, using only current werewolf model, not upcoming one)
- he is not using Khajiit male version of the Werewolf Lord Polymorph

This was known from the picture, of course, but the combo of Khajiit Werewolf Lord with Beast personality would be impossible to resist for me

I would find a good match for that one:

Felkara · May 28

He definitely uses the beast personality, it’s just not active all the time, it switches between different idle animations which is the best case in my opinion. Beast personality all the time seems like it would be excessive.

Mackinsar · June 1

He won’t appear in Cyrodil or Battlegrounds, but might he be willing to appear in Imperial City? That would fit his lore and also be very useful.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · June 3

The fact that he is a Werewolf "Lord" is a pretty big deal, this would be like if we had a floating undead Lich Assistant who did not make reference to the fact they were a floating undead Lich and just pretended to be a regular alchemist or something.

thechalkdust · June 3

Very strange character and design choices. The back story is odd. The use of an old polymorph without at least changing the armor to match his back story is lazy. They picked the most boring variant of the polymorph, too. The dialogue doesn't fit the Beast personality thematically.

New skins for existing Assistant types are already a low-effort task, but this is a sad low imo. Hope he gets an upgrade.

Sallymen · June 3

This is such a weird character I personally do not think fits in at all with the fall of the Imperial City because it implies several factors:

1. That people in the Imperial City were okay with a werewolf lord in the Imperial legion or just walking the streets. Considering he doesn't have a regular imperial model and he is constantly showing wolf makes me believe he was always like that.

2. Never mind the fact when anchors fell from the sky and daedra started appearing, why would anyone trust a werewolf out of all creatures to help them escape?

I hope they change it where they either double down he is a werewolf and have dialogue that reflects it, effectively gutting the imperial legion lines. Or change his model to be an imperial man with the imperial champion armor style.

AScarlato · June 4

With less than a day left for this assistant I passed, and decided I'll continue to wait for an Alfiq one.

This character makes little sense to be around and needs to be reworked. Change him to an imperial and then add a feature where he looks like a werewolf at night, and add lines that address it.

Seeing the video online of his lines made me feel like this character really is a square peg in a round hole and I don't want to be around it as an immersion-focused player.

thechalkdust · June 6

Sallymen wrote: »

Or change his model to be an imperial man with the imperial champion armor style.

Now that they have sold him to customers as a Werewolf Lord, they can't just change the model dramatically or they'll get flooded with refund requests. Best solution is tweak the model's armor to reflect his Imperial side, and rework the dialogue, leaning into werewolf identity. It's still an odd character, but it would at least be a cohesive odd character.

NoticeMeArkay · June 7

Visually speaking, he simply doesn't spark my interest based on how lazy he was put together.
It's literally just the werwolf lord costume on a male human. There are no changes made to the face, the hair or most importantly the OUTFIT that would suggest he is who his backstory implies.

Grashnarogh looks like a battle-worn old orc, wearing orcish armor and carrying a wooden training sword over his shoulder.
He looks, sounds and feels like something somebody put some thought into.

The "Werwolf" assistant does not. By the end of the day it only leaves the impression of a quick cash grab with as little work put into the product as possible. Disappointing.