Castor Ponderosa

Castor Ponderosa is the father of Rycin, one of the eight Party Members.

 **Warning:** this page includes mentions of **abuse** and **alcoholism.**

## History

### Family

Castor married Morel Ponderosa, an Azorius elf who owned Ponderosa Farms. Together they had three children: Reishi Ponderosa, Rycin, and Chanterelle Ponderosa.

He was a decent father at first, but after his wife was killed by a medusa, he blamed his middle child, Rycin, and fell into alcohol. Over the years, he became abusive, taking his grief out on his children, but especially Rycin, who Morel had been protecting. He cut off their hair, which is incredibly important in elven culture, as means of conveying that they were dead to him. He also cut off the white button mushrooms growing from their head.

He grew distant and left on business trips in order to try and get more business into their farm. Upon discovering that Rycin had been sneaking out, he lashed out in anger. Rycin disappeared that night.

Years later, Rycin returned under a new name (they had formerly been using their deadname), under the guise of a cousin. In his state, Castor did not recognize them and allowed them to live and work on the farm at the insistence of his remaining daughters.

### Death

Castor was killed by Judas during Session 9. Rycin had returned to the farm to invite Chanterelle to a masquerade when he interrupted them. He was angry at Rycin for always leaving on jobs and revealed he had figured out who they were. Judas defended his friend from their transphobic and homophobic father, but tensions were high and things escalated until Judas killed him in front of his children in a fit of rage.

## Appearance

Like Rycin, Castor has dark brown hair, green eyes, and copper skin. Most of the time, he wears his hair up in a bun. The similarity in their appearances is mutually disliked.

His usual outfit consists of a white shirt, brown vest, green pants, and boots. As per Golgari fashion, mushrooms decorate his shoulders.

## Relationships

**Morel Ponderosa:** His deceased wife whom he missed dearly. His grief after her death led him down a destructive path in which he became abusive and neglectful towards his children, especially Rycin. He often wished that she were still around to help him.

**Rycin:** As the child who Morel had been protecting when she died, Castor blames Rycin for her death. His grief and anger led him to be both abusive and neglectful. He finds it unfair that Rycin has healed and moved on from Morel’s death better than he has and thus takes it out on them. He also distrusts them as they came back under a new name and appearance after their sudden disappearance, and he still believes they are the reckless and uncaring daughter he has created in his mind. Like Rycin, he too dislikes how similar their appearances are as they remind him of himself at times.

**Reishi Ponderosa:** Castor’s favourite child, Reishi is his eldest daughter and given inheritance of the farm after his death. Reishi’s appearance is most similar to Morel’s and as the oldest sibling, did her best to support Castor after Morel’s death (with questionable levels of success, but she tried).

**Chanterelle Ponderosa:** Castor is neutral towards Chanterelle. He knows that she is the easiest to break when it comes to spilling secrets and uses this to his advantage. He does, however, still care about her and her well-being.

## Quotes

* ”Go ahead, kill me. My wife is already dead.”

## Trivia

* During Castor’s death scene, the players cheered for Judas to kill him, only to be surprised that Judas did, in fact, kill him.
* He is currently the most disliked character in EGT10.
* Castor’s nickname for Rycin is “Button,” coming from the white button mushrooms growing from their head that they were named after.