Astor

is the secondary antagonist of .
==Biography==
Very little is known about 's life before the events of . All that is known is that he was born and raised in a certain small village in and that he eventually became a powerful sorcerer and a follower of and would later align with the . Shortly after a future , a miniature created by when she was young, travels to the past, the that followed it possesses the dormant past Terrako, forming . Later, a -worshipping cult to which Astor belonged found Harbinger Ganon, who showed them a vision of the ruined of the future via a mysterious orb. During the vision, unleashed its Malice upon the cultists, all of whom were killed except for Astor - who had seemingly been selected by Harbinger Ganon to be its pawn. Astor took the orb and left with Harbinger Ganon, setting his grand plan of destroying the into motion.
 first appears after the defeat of in , disappointed at the leader's incompetence. He then views a glimpse of the future through , stating that he will not allow anyone to alter the course of the future. The seer makes himself known to the Champions during their visit to the , where he summons clones of the Champions, called , to attack them. He then appears at the foot of the , commanding the to kill . However, the awakens for , who retrieves it from its pedestal and quickly defeats Astor.
 
After begins to reactivate the , commands the to prevent the final tower from being activated, as it would reveal their location to the Champions. He then explains how is a fusion of and , and that he will use its power to bring the world to its knees, though deems this statement foolish. His orders to the Yiga end up unfulfilled, as the Champions are able to reactivate the final Sheikah Tower and take control of the . Enraged that the seer would allow this to happen, grabs him by the neck. However, Astor calmly explains that their defeat was ordained by fate, and that if the Yiga were to harm him they would make themselves enemies of .
Soon after awakens and is taken over, betrays the and kills large numbers of , using their life energy to revive the four , who failed to kill the Champions before. He tells a horrified and that by becoming a blood sacrifice to , they will finally become useful, summoning a Hollow of to do the deed. begins to run as Sooga advises, but changes his mind and decides to stay and fight alongside . However, as revealed by , their battle ends with both and fleeing while pursued by the . Eventually, after being cornered, Sooga performs a Yiga technique to keep the at bay long enough for Master Kohga to escape and ally with . It is implied Sooga is killed by the .
 appears again during the battle at , where he summons the to attack . attempts to fight them off, but is quickly overwhelmed. , desperate to save , awakens her sealing power and incapacitates the , allowing to destroy them once more while flees.
At an undetermined point in time (presumably sometime after the events of the Freeing Korok Forest scenario), Astor and Harbinger Ganon hatch a plan to seperate Terrako from everyone else, luring Terrako into the Colosseum before crushing the plucky Guardian under rubble. When Purah tries to reactivate Terrako using a Simple Ancient Furnace, Astor then sends in a array of monsters before joining in himself, getting defeated once again.
As the Champions reclaim and begin infiltrating , makes his final stand against them alongside itself, ranting that as 's right hand man, it is his destiny to destroy and his allies. The two are defeated, and as the Champions close in on them, Astor attempts to command Harbinger Ganon to destroy them. However, his efforts are cut short as he becomes consumed by , screaming in agony as Harbinger Ganon absorbs him into itself and uses his power to transform into its true form - Calamity Ganon.
Astor's dark sphere is now in the possession of Sheikah scientist named Robbie.
==Gallery==
File:HWAoC Astor Artwork.png|Astor in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
File:AoC-Astor-1.png|Astor's portrait
File:AoC-Astor-2.png|Astor's portrait
File:AoC-Astor-3.png|Astor's portrait
File:AoC-Astor-4.png|Astor's portrait
File:AoC-Astor-5.png|Astor's portrait
File:HWAoC Astor Model.png
File:HWAoC Hollow Model.png|Astor summoning Hollows; from left to right: Revali, Mipha, Urbosa, and Daruk
File:HWAoC Astor Icon.png
==Nomenclature==
==Trivia==
* was seemingly planned to be a playable character at one point in development, as some Warriors possess a voiced line of dialogue that goes unused, calling out 's name, used when switching Warriors during gameplay. It is currently unknown why he was scrapped.
*Astor bears a slight resemblance to Vaati. Both are evil, corrupt sorcerers wearing purple robes and gold jewelry, and have eye imagery present.
==See Also==
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