Astra

"*I saw great things in you, and I still do. When I caught the word of your suffering, well, I defied the laws of Celestial, my own order, just to help you. You're something special, you know, I can see it in your soul, it's why I chose you. [...] I'm proud of you, Dander. You're like a soldier, bad things happen to you but you still carry on, I saw it when I first met you, the desperation to keep me there in that cave. I appreciate your assistance, I don't know if Celestial would be as great as it is now without you.*"

—Astra's speech to Dander, *The Poisoned Oath*

## Astra

### Nickname(s)

The Head Deity Horrible selfish monster (Era) Star dragon (Rascal) Idiot (Era) Your majesty (Mepuru) Obstacle (Era) Lizard teeth (Era) Mistress (her spirits) The Ruler of Everything (Kagayaku, Aire, Honey, Armani, Stella)

## Appearances

### Other

*The Game of Life* (Vision)

**Astra** is an adult female Celestial Deity and the creator of Celestial, Pyrrhia and Pantala, as well as the Draconic and Human races. She is the twin sister of Era. She is in charge of Celestial, acting as a queen and mother figure to the Deities, considering she created them in the first place. She assists Kagayaku and Mepuru in saving Celestial from corruption.

She is currently residing in the Dimension of Space in Celestial.

## Personality

Astra is quiet, but friendly, striving to become everybody's friend and to know everybody. She is easygoing and wishes to help everyone, being a mother figure to everybody. She will offer her advice and form opinions as she sees fit, and is relatively decisive. She is wise, caring and always puts others first before herself. She is creative, with a large imagination.

Despite this, however, she is easy to manipulate and is relatively gullible, not to mention the fact she forgives too easily, even if the person she is forgiving in question has hurt her. She believes everyone has a spark of good deep down and that it's never too late for redemption. She hates violence and gets sick at the sight of blood, she also dislikes loud noises and when the mortals pray too loudly as her ears are sensitive and loud noises can cause headaches and stress.

She always tries to fawn problems she wasn't originally involved in as she wants a world where everyone lives in harmony, not suffering. She ensures that everybody is comfortable and will usually find ways to work around problems.

Astra is intelligent but often has her stupid moments, not recognising things she herself has created at times. She can become entranced and interested in everyday objects, too, and is intruiged by mortals as well as spirits and their antics.

## Biography

### *The Game of Life*

Astra is mentioned several times throughout the book, whether it be in phrases or a character praying to her as a thanks, but she does make one appearance in Chapter 15.

When Kagayaku falls into a coma, she meets Era, in disguise as a RainWing named Jericho, and she shows her a vision of the future. The two are transported to Astra's Dimension of Space, where Kagayaku sees Astra flying around amongst the stars. However, this observation is cut short by Era ending the vision out of pure anger.

## Quotes

"*My sister is trying to do WHAT?! [...] This cannot do. I must warn the rest of Celestial RIGHT AWAY! [...] In the meantime, why don't you take my head spirit to join your group? I've noticed he's been watching from over there.*" - Astra's reaction to being told Era's plans, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*I'd be very interested to know where you obtained this.*" - Astra upon seeing Kagayaku's beach rock, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*Well, my friend, [...] this isn't a rock, this is crystallised Deity energy. I can't place where it originated from, but... [...] Give me a second.*" Informing Kagayaku of the origins of her rock, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*I bestow this to you. I can trust you with this power, Kagayaku. [...] Maybe you can use it to help us all.*" - To Kagayaku after giving her the amulet, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*Oh, it certainly does! That magic is from a Deity, you know, of course it would have special abilities possessed by no other. [...] I can't tell what powers it possesses exactly, but it certainly does have some.*" - Informing Kagayaku of her amulet's powers, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*It'll come with time, my friend. You will earn that magic when you need it most. [...] Now, it's best you get going. [...] There's no telling what Era and Goldie are doing now.*" - To Kagayaku about her amulet's powers, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*Don't worry, I'll be okay. I know Era the best out of anyone here." She reassured him. "I'll be working behind the scenes, I'll compile an army to help you fight, and I'll warn those who don't know any better.*" - Astra reassuring Dander she won't be corrupted, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*ATTENTION ALL CELESTIALS! [...] REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT AND KEEP YOURSELF SAFE, MANY DEITIES HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED AND GONE ROGUE. PLEASE REMAIN CALM AND PROTECTED, DON'T LET THIS CORRUPTION GET YOU TOO! WE ARE WORKING ON FIXING THIS ISSUE, DO NOT CONFRONT OR ENGAGE WITH ANY DEITIES WITH ABNORMALLY RED EYES AND VIOLENT PERSONALITIES. THANK YOU.*" - Astra's warning announcement to Celestial's public about the corruption, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*Well, I was quite keen on seeing you again, you know! It's nice to talk to others when you're not working your scales off, no?*" - To Dander after he inquired why she wanted to see him, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*You can just call me Astra, Dander. [...] And I wanted to tell you something.*" - To Dander, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*I saw great things in you, and I still do. When I caught the word of your suffering, well, I defied the laws of Celestial, my own order, just to help you. You're something special, you know, I can see it in your soul, it's why I chose you. [...] I'm proud of you, Dander. You're like a soldier, bad things happen to you but you still carry on, I saw it when I first met you, the desperation to keep me there in that cave. I appreciate your assistance, I don't know if Celestial would be as great as it is now without you.*" - Astra's speech to Dander, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*Oh, nonsense! [...] Without your help, I wouldn't be able to do half of the things I've done! Sure, I can make planets, new souls, but it takes a different kind of power to manage everything around here, maintain the formal order in Celestial, you can't manage these souls alone, after all, they have minds of their own! [...] It's a power that you possess, Dander, it's one that's not just limited to the Deities, after all.*" - To Dander after he insisted he wasn't important, *The Poisoned Oath*

"*You're a good soul, Dander. I knew you'd do great things for Celestial when I first laid eyes on you, and I was right. I knew I would be.*" - Comforting Dander, *The Poisoned Oath*

## Trivia

* Astra used to be a BeetleWing in her younger years, but changed her appearance to match that of the modern mortal dragons to fit in more with them. Era, however, still maintains her ancient tribe appearance.
* Astra is mute, so she communicates with an enchanted tablet like item that conveys her thoughts into words. She can often accidentally think something she doesn't want said, so she has to be careful whenever communicating with others.
	+ She used to be able to talk with her real voice in her teenage years, but she lost it suddenly due to overuse of magic.
		- Her voice was actually the alphabet backwards. Her tablet allows her to actually speak in a way others can understand her.