Atherton Wing is a young nobleman on Persephone who has hired Inara Serra on multiple occasions. Some of which, he proposed a more permanent arrangement with her. At a fancy ball, he accepts an unwitting challenge from Mal Reynolds to a duel after Mal struck him. Wing is known on Persephone as a master swordsman, to which Mal is unfamiliar, but he is defeated due to Inara's intervention. In anger, he threatens her with physical and professional harm, but Inara tells him that in reality, he is the one in trouble: Wing now has a black mark in the Companion books, and will be henceforth unable to hire any Companions.
Behind the scenes
Atherton was portrayed by Edward Atterton.
Appearances
- "Shindig"