Citizenship : Gaul
French name : Amérix
German name : Talentix
Dutch name : Amerix
Spanish name : Amerix
Italian name : Amerix
Portugese name : Amerix
Famous sickle maker, cousin and spitting image of Obelix - in a small, thin and feeble version!
Like a miniature reproduction of Obelix, his distant cousin Amerix, who is scrawny and small, is the most famous maker of golden sickles in Lutetia. In fact, Getafix won't go gathering mistletoe anymore if not with a sickle signed by Amerix!
As a result, Obelix' cousin is worth his weight in gold, which arouses envy all around and gets him captured by racketeer Navishtrix, the thug who organizes heavy trafficking in golden sickles right under the shadow of Surplus Dairiprodus. Fortunately, thanks to Asterix and Obelix, Amerix can enjoy freedom again, along with a menhir offered by his cousin.
Remember that it's Amerix who gave our heroes the chance to have their first trip outside the village, and that Obelix, who goes along with Asterix throughout the album for the first time, takes an active part in the intrigue. A few albums later, our favorite anti-hero Obelix had racked up so many heroic deeds against the invading Romans that nobody would even think of calling Amerix the «big success in the family»!