Minerva Astrug

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> ### Full name
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> Minerva Astrug
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> * Mini (used by the aunts)
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> * The Witch of the West (formerly; until death)
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> ### Birth
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> April 17th, X904MC in Albion
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> ### Age
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> * 67 (at death)
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> ### Death
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> Late March, X971MC in Albion
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> ### Species
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> Human
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> ### Gender
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> Female
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> Strawberry blonde
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> Dark green
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> Deceased
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> ### Family member(s)
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> * Maybell Astrug (mother) †
> * Mary Astrug (oldest daughter) †
> * Nikita Astrug-Marchenko (granddaughter)
> * Eleonora Astrug-Marchenko (granddaughter)
> * Marie-Rose Corvin (granddaughter)
> * Alex Astrug (youngest son)
> * Simone Astrug (granddaughter)
> * Sloane Astrug (granddaughter)
> * Maude Astrug (maternal grandmother) †
> * Edwardiana Astrug (maternal first cousin once removed) †
> * Esther Astrug (maternal grandaunt) †
> * Vincent Astrug (maternal second cousin) †
> * Evangeline Astrug (maternal second cousin)
> * Nymphadora Astrug (maternal second cousin)
> * Natacha Astrug (maternal first cousin once removed) †
> * Nadia Astrug (maternal grandaunt) †
> * Morgana Astrug (maternal grandaunt) †
> * Noëlle Astrug (maternal great-grandmother) †
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> * Vincent Astrug (one night stand) †
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> “Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
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> ― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
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**Minerva Astrug** is the daughter of Maybell Astrug and the granddaughter of Maude Astrug. Minerva is the mother of Mary and Alex through a one-time affair with her cousin Vincent Astrug.

## Personality

Minerva was a serious, grumpy, glum, exceptionally intelligent and ambitious. She always had a goal in her life to become one of the Leaders of her planet and when she became pregnant at a young age after a brief twist with her distant cousin Vincent, she became bitter and distant towards her children Mary and Alex. Her mother took custody of the twins and raised them until her death in which she was then forced to care for them again, in which she physical and emotionally abused them. Though she favored Mary over Alex, simply because she possesses more potential than Alex and a larger pool of mana this backfired on her greatly due to Mary becoming a psychopath that tried to murder her own child and the sold said child to the Tropaion Tower program to try and not be arrested creating a scandal that effected Minerva's life greatly.

The only thing Eleonora was capable of remembering from her human life regarding Minerva, was her grandmother's cruel gaze that could see through you and make you feel small and useless, that nothing you could do would impress her or make her like you.

## Appearance

Minerva had strawberry blonde hair, dark green eyes that held a piercing glare, a permeant frown upon her mouth that made her look older than what she actually was and strong cheekbones. Minerva was considered a very beautiful women in her youth who could enchant any man she wanted and sometimes she did. Minerva was a short and stout in her old age but in her youth, Minerva was still short but described as curvy and voluptuousness.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Mana Manipulation** - Minerva was a powerful witch in her own right, the brightest witch of her age later in life becoming one of the Cardinal Witches and recognized as a powerful women and enemy. According to Eleonora, Minerva was capable of making the birds watch you even with the same stare hence her hatred of birds thinking of the disappointed stare of her grandmother and mother.
	+ **Animal Emotion Manipulation** - Minerva could control/influence the emotions of animals and can instill any emotion they please onto them, allowing them to calm wild animals, cause domestic animals to go wild with rage, etc.

## Etymology

* Minerva is possibly derived from Latin *mens* meaning "intellect", but more likely of Etruscan origin. Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and war, approximately equivalent to the Greek goddess Athena. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since after the Renaissance.
* Astrug is a variant derived from Provençal *astruc* "lucky", ultimately from Greek *aster* "star" and thus having the extended meaning of "born under a good star". It was generally given as an amuletic name and sometimes used as a translation of Hebrew Mazel Tov and/or Gad which means "fortune, luck" in Hebrew.