Astra Blep

Illustrated by Penflower Ink (Tom Fummo)

Astra Blep is a player character created and portrayed by Jenna Stoeber. She is a fey-addled half-elf and an oracle of whimsy. A mysterious cat-like creature called the Little Stranger often follows her. Astra was summoned to Shadowend by Bovil Flaskforge, along with Janni Brightchild, Patty Hurts, and Zelf.

**General Spoiler Warning:** This page has been updated with information as of Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone. Anything after that, if any, is not on this page. **EDIT IN PROCESS! Sorry if the page looks bad during the revamp.**

## Description

Astra is visually based off of a 1920s/30s cartoon version of a flapper. She has thin eyebrows, a fashionable jacket, and lots of beading on everything. She has pretty curly hair that's just barely a mullet. Her eyes appear brown in some lighting, and purple in others.

She carries a spiral rapier at her hip that she claims is touched by the fey. Starting from the hilt, it is straight for about a foot before it changes to a large corkscrew spiral at its tip. However, Jenna has also mentioned it would be extremely funny if it had two spirals, one at the hilt, and one at the tip, with a straight blade in-between.

She wears the boots of the cat that the party took from the Arrowpeak Dungeon. They're brown leather boots and have a bit of a pointy toe, but have seen a lot of acid damage. They're in tatters after the train ride.

Her sneaking outfit is all black and covered in quiet beads. She wears it to the Marth by Marth dinner with a fancy black hat with a veil and a red broach at her throat.

## Backstory

   Not much is known about Astra's backstory, but one thing is for certain: Astra is exactly who she says she is, so who are we to argue?

Astra grew up in Faenalin. Despite being a magic user and living in a town with a prestigious magic school, Astra did not attend Faenalin Academy (though she will claim she did to people who ask). She is known locally as the hero of Faenalin because of the time she valiantly went into the Whispering Woods to save her cousin Smol Blep, who wandered in too deep. They made it out alive, but Smol no longer has his magic or his shadow, and had to withdraw from the Academy. Astra doesn't like it when people call her the hero of Faenalin though; she claims that she lied about some stuff and that she's ashamed of what happened in her past.

Astra's connection to the Whispering Woods and the fey inhabiting it is not fully known. Astra is accompanied/afflicted by The Little Stranger, a cat-like fey creature with an ever-changing number of eyes and limbs that loves to cause mischief. The Little Stranger and Astra's spiral rapier are both connected to "Abraxibulbula," a fey who can steal someone's shadow and magic using a spiral rapier. Each time someone learns Abraxibulbula's name, the Little Stranger grows in size and Astra grows stronger.

Outside of Astra's fey shenanigans, she is the self-published author of *Train Your Brain Gremlins,* a self-help book that's definitely legit. Her work is in several stores across Yrisol, such as Skeptic's Haven in Newhaven and in the wizard's bazaar in Faenalin.

## Random Facts

* When Castien approached Astra asking why she had no information written down on the official Shadowend registry, Astra claimed to have been sent a letter asking for a bio but she forgot to fill it out because she dislikes talking about herself.
* Astra believes that if it's in print, you can trust it.
* Astra owns a working printing press. It's too large to fit in her room at Shadowend so she stores it in the squad's shared living space.
* While Astra herself is not goth, having been raised in Faenalin she does have some goth aesthetics most noticeable in her room decor.
	+ Her room is full of books and other learning materials as well various witchcraft stuff
	+ Her semi-goth aesthetic is seen in her dark red curtains and dark purple bed sheets. Overall, her room is pretty moody.
* Astra claims that there is "one member of the team with a fake name".
	+ While Zelf is Zelf's chef name, it is also his real name
	+ Patty's name is internationally famous and we have met people from her past that know her as Patty, so it's safe to assume "Patty" is her real name
	+ We don't know about Janni's past, and neither does he, but it is safe to assume "Janni" is his real name
		- It is no longer safe to assume "Janni" is Janni's real name
	+ Astra is most likely the bearer of a "fake" name
* Astra is not a wise person, but she's good at lying.

## Character Info

Astra appears to only level up every time someone new learns the name "Abraxibulbula."

### Statistics

* Level: 7
* HP:

### Items

* Spiral rapier
* Crossbow

### Skills

* Acrobatics
* Bluff
* Diplomacy
* Disguise
* Handle animal
* Heal
* Knowledge: arcana, history, religion, planes
* Perform: oratory
* Profession: fortune telling
* Sense motive
* Sleight of hand
* Spellcraft
* Stealth

## Trivia

* Abraxibulbula is pronounced a-brax-a-BUL-bul-a.

## Appears In

Astra is in nearly every episode because she is a main player character. She does not appear in episodes 28 and 29.

### In person

* Ep 1 - Welcome to Shadowend
* Ep 2 - Janni Squad
* Ep 3 - Bread Map
* Ep 4 - Cartoon Ankle Noose
* Ep 5 - Garden variety zombie
* Ep 6 - Who knows who's coming back
* Ep 7 - The Dinner Party
* Ep 8 - Baby Angel
* Ep 9 - Responsibly sourced Eleflute
* Ep 10 - Fire sale at the cursed item shop
* Ep 11 - The Party of Pure Chaos
* Ep 12 - Grapes for an Eleflute
* Ep 13 - Walk with purpose
* Ep 14 - Sunk cost fallacy
* Ep 15 - Like a drowned rat
* Ep 16 - The Great Mealnor Bake Off
* Ep 17 - That's not being a bro
* Ep 18 - Reverse gore
* Ep 19 - Group snoop
* Ep 20 - I will join a sorority tomorrow
* Ep 21 - Found family plots
* Ep 22 - BCBPvP
* Ep 23 - Infernal mouths make strange bedfellows
* Ep 24 - Haunted Mutton
* Ep 25 - Infamous Blep wiles
* Ep 26 - Accidental Pervert Territory
* Ep 27 - Snoodeling
* Ep 30 - Toots doesn't know you people
* Ep 31 - Janni-shaped container
* Ep 32 - Licking the lollipop of crime
* Ep 33 - Dentistry trigger warning
* Ep 34 - I WOULD RATHER DIE
* Ep 35 - Unusual Body Stuff
* Ep 36 - More than enough teeth for everyone
* Ep 37 - Slutty Little Vest
* Ep 38 - Sticky teamwork
* Ep 39 - For Dignity! For Justice! For RAID!
* Ep 40 - The Nine Senses
* Ep 41 - Janni confuses the crostinis
* Ep 42 - Backhand of Good Luck
* Ep 43 - What's your Rabual score?
* Ep 44 - Janni innaJ
* Ep 45 - Consequence Debt
* Ep 46 - The Black Market Boys
* Ep 47 - Manny-handling
* Ep 48 - Statistically horny for battle
* Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone

### Mentioned

* Ep 28 - Extraneous Knobs

## References

1. ↑ Ep. 1
2. ↑ Via Jenna in the Patreon Discord, search "in some light"
3. ↑ Via the Patreon Discord, search "funniest option"
4. ↑ Image taken from the Ep. 39 animatic, posted on the BCBP Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCBParty/status/1651602099292209153
5. ↑ Ep. 16
6. ↑ Ep. 48
7. ↑ Ep. 38
8. ↑ Ep. 41
9. ↑ Image taken from the Ep. 39 animatic, posted on the BCBP Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCBParty/status/1651602099292209153
10. ↑ Ep. 22
11. ↑ Ep. 21
12. ↑ Ep1, 00:41:30
13. ↑ Ep2, 00:06:45
14. ↑ Ep2, 00:07:10
15. ↑ Ep2, 00:28:15
16. ↑ Pronunciation taken from a sound clip Jenna posted in the Patreon Discord (search "audio guide"). Justin pronounces it incorrectly the first time the name is read in Ep. 14 but does it correctly in subsequent episodes.