Aster

* Teen
* Adult

Official image of Aster, drawn by @grace.pptx on Instagram

Official announcement image of Aster as a PC for the Battle Royale, drawn by @grace.pptx on Instagram

### Aliases

* Murder Twin
* Aster Nolastname
* Aster [REDACTED]

## Connections

### Family

* Quinn (twin sister)
* Jack (father)
* Jill (mother)

## In Podcast

### Episodes

Battle Royale

Aster is one of the Player Characters of Arc 4, and played by Haley.

## Description

Aster is a blue-skinned tiefling, with horns that go up from the forehead and then back a bit, and a pointed tail. The fact that he and his twin sister Quinn are tieflings has lead to some tension in the family, since their parents are both humans. Quinn and he look very similar.

He has a stick and poke tattoo of a knife down the left side of his hand, which he made himself years ago with a dart as his needle. It got very infected, but has healed now. He also pierced his own ear, and wears a single gold ring. He tried piercing Ace's ear, too, but because of Ace's skin that did not go too well.

Other people are sometimes intimidated by his appearance, and he thinks that's funny, and sometimes uses it to play the protective brother for Quinn.

He has a lot of feelings, and has no idea how to deal with them except for being reckless and angry. He is a bit edgy and loves to pick fights. At the same time, Aster has a difficulty showing any sign of weakness, and even after being physically hurt acts like nothing ever happened, not just in the sense of downplaying it, but actually refusing to act like he was hit at all. Usually, when he tries to process his feelings, he isolates himself until he has dealt with them.

When he gets into trouble of any kind, his first impulse is usually to run away. Mostly, he goes to the Taurons, specifically into the tree house in their garden. If he doesn't, he more or less aimlessly finds shelter in the streets of Winster, and by Arc 4 knows them and the little nooks and crannies better than anyone else, making it nearly impossible to follow and / or find him when he doesn't want that. When he runs away, he can often be found around the bakery, especially around their bins, where he steals thrown-out bread, not only to eat, but also to whack people over the head with.

Aster and Quinn are very close, even though their personalities are very different. Aster is like her shadow, and most of the time right by her side, and though they have their differences, especially when it comes to his reckless behaviour, they always have each others backs.

For other people than his sister, Aster is not always a good friend, he, for example, talked about Bix right in front of his face and later pushed him in the way of an angry mob to save himself. He does respect his friends' boundaries, though, and if he truly cares about someone, he is more than willing to start a fight to defend them - not just for the fights' sake.

While he himself is not connected to the Winster White Claws orbula team, he goes to every game to support Quinn and also to pick fights with other fans. Generally, he is often looking for trouble, and gets into it quite fast. He only got into orbula when his sister joined the cheerleaders at age 13, and at her first game, Aster already got into a fight with a much older guy to defend her and her team. Despite him being there for every game (at least partially) since then, he still doesn't know the rules of orbula, but tries to hide that as to not disappoint Russ and Woody Tauron. Russ eventually finds out, but is not disappointed.

Apart from his friends, Aster also cares a lot about the Tauron family, not just Russ, but also Clarabelle especially. She is more of a mother to him than Jill, and he cares a lot about her opinion of him. Just the thought of her being angry or disappointed at him makes him panic, and often, he gets out of bed timely for no other reason than her and her breakfast.

## Backstory

Aster and Quinn both grew up in Winster with their parents Jack and Jill, and have always been friends with their neighbour's child Russ Tauron.

Aster was the one who gifted Quinn her iron club to their ninth birthday. He also gifted a similar, but smaller one to Russ, but he could not really find use for it. Later, Quinn found out how to magically turn the club pink, and she still carries it around.

Him constantly looking for trouble has gotten him into exactly that often, and he has been caught a lot, too. For example, he often throws rocks.

While the relationship between the siblings was always good, the relationship between Aster and his parents was not. As far as he is concerned, he grew up on the streets, and just spent some nights at Jack and Jill's house; he has the Urchin background by choice. He had his bag packed for years, and left home often when his parents were being a problem again. When Aster picked a fight at Quinn's first game, his parents dragged him out of the stadium, even though the game wasn't over yet. They are nearly always angry at him, and accuse him of never thinking before acting, and he internalised that about himself. Quinn usually tries to defend him from his parents, but they do not understand how she even keeps up with him. Aster does not really care about their opinion of him anymore, but what he does care about is Clarabelle Tauron's opinion, Russ's mother, since she actually tries to see the good in him.

About three days prior to the events of Arc 4, he was kicked out for good from his home. Quinn was not kicked out, but went with him, and since then the siblings have slept at the tree house in the Tauron's garden and were looked after by the Taurons. Aster has since then fully accepted the treehouse as his new home. Him and his sister not being at home is a somewhat delicate topic with his parents.

## Character Arc

During the arc, both Asters reckless and his considerate side are shown. While he often handles out of impulse, he always thinks about his friends, and cares deeply about them - at least his close friends.

While the party is at the enclave, suddenly Aster, who has both experience with trauma and with alcohol, is the most responsible out of the group, and not at all used to that. During that time, he tries his best to reach out to his friends, especially to his sister, and make sure they are okay.

In the finale, Aster for the first time shows signs of understanding the rules of orbula, after Russ has tried to teach him for years. He does not succeed in scoring the final point necessary to win the game, but he tries, after understanding that they only need one more point for the win.

During the final fight, a hole opens in the stadium of Winster, a hole through which a gigantic creature put its arm through. After the fight, Aster and Ace go down there some time to explore the hole, and consider naming their "pet under the stadium".

In the Ace's First Birthday Oneshot, Aster gets back the knife he threw at someone in the stadium from Clarabelle. She hands it to him in a little box lined with velvet, and it now has the inscription "With love. You'll always be a Tauron." written on it.

As an adult, Aster moves to Tyle together with Quinn and her girlfriend Harley, where he opens up a tattoo shop next to their bar.

## Items in Aster's Bag

* **Butterfly Knife** - it is small and good for flashy twirling around the fingers.
* **Darts** - That freely live among his other worldly possessions in his bag.
* **Brass Knuckles** - Gus gifted them to Haley. They are always equipped and let her reroll 1s in a fistfight.
* **Flask (water)** - the flask looks like it's not made for water.
* **Smaller Flask (strong alcohol)** - he keeps this flask secret from Quinn.
* **Non perishable snack foods**
* **Change of Clothes**
* **Disguise Kit**

He carries all of his belongings in a sack over his shoulder, and usually has them with him everywhere he goes, so that he is always ready to leave home.

## Trivia

* Haley specifically asked Gus if she could reduce Asters intelligence, since she rolled really well but does not see him as a very intelligent boy. He now has an Intelligence score of 8.
* After he got kicked out, Aster and Quinn decided that they did not have a last name anymore. What that last name was before is unsure, since there was never made a finite decision on podcast. Possible options were Quincy and Brown.
* When talking about his parents, Aster refers to them by their names instead of "mom and dad".
* Aster is the one that usually braids Quinn's hair for her cheerleading performances. He also sometimes braids Russ's hair.
* In TVC Arc 4: Episode 4 during leveling up the characters, the cast asked what subclasses would their character be at level 3. Haley said that Aster would be a Way of Shadow Monk.
* He pokes people with the tip of his tail as a friendly gesture.
* According to Haley, Aster is the most impulsive character they have ever played.
* Aster is a Leo. Aster and Quinn were born a few minutes apart right on opposite sides of midnight, so they have different birthdays.
* One time, Aster threw a snake at Russ when they were 11 years old.
* Someone made a deal with a devil in their family history somewhere so Quinn and Aster came out a little different.
* Aster and Quinn's parents, Jack and Jill, do not get a redemption arc of sorts, or any kind of reconciliation.