Astaroth

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**Astaroth** is a half-demon and a duke in the Ars Goetia.

## Appearance

Astaroth appears as a pale-skinned demon with cracks across his face. He has straight ginger hair with one side tied into a braid, out of which poke two cat ears. His eyes are bright green, with the sclera in his left eye being white while the sclera in his right eye is black. He has a pair of black horns that curl up. He also has an orange cat tail. He wears a white shirt with a black jacket and bow, as well as a pair of black pants and simple black shoes.

## Personality

Astaroth is an ever-shifting enigma- some days he is social and outgoing, while other days he is shy and reclusive. He is consistent about a few things though, including a certain amount of nervousness when talking to other demons that is either more or less noticeable depending on how he's acting. He also tends to be quite lazy and unmotivated if something doesn't interest him. It's believed that he shifts between the two extremes due to lacking a sense of belonging among other demons due to only being half demon.

## History

Astaroth was born Astaroth ll in a now-forgotten kingdom. His father was Baal, though at the time he went by a different name. Astaroth lived a fairly normal human life until the people of his kingdom discovered his father's true identity as a demon, by extension making Astaroth a half-demon. The people rebelled, and they sealed Baal into the mirror world before they cursed Astaroth, turning him into a statue. Frozen in an agonized state, he remained conscious but unmoving for a century before his human side seemingly died, and he lost conscious. Four more centuries passed, the weather wearing on his stone body and causing it to crack. It was only after the kingdom around him fell that the curse was broken, and Astaroth fell to the ground. Confused, scared and with his demonic qualities on full display, he wandered about near-helplessly until he was found by a demon who worked for Baal. He brought Astaroth to his boss, unintentionally reuniting father and son. Even though Baal had drastically changed in the past 500 years, Astaroth somehow recognized his father. Baal explained everything to the young half-demon, and granted him a place in the Ars Goetia as a duke so he could learn how to work in the Underworld. After everything he went through, though, it seems that Astaroth is just grateful to be alive and have a stable life again.

## Trivia

* His birthday, April 17th, is reference to how many armies Astaroth is said to command (**4**0) combined with the century the Ars Goetia was published (17th).
* He's ginger because Baal was originally a ginger pre-mirror world.
* He has the ability to turn invisible, de-motivate people and make them lazy, and the ability to easily tame animals.
	+ He can talk to any animal he tames.
		- The exception is snakes, which he can talk to and even have command over without the need to tame them first.
* He's very good at math and science.
* He once tamed a dragon that he ended up naming "Hellfire" (at the dragon's request).
* The cracks on his face come from the weathering he endured while he was a statue.
	+ They're unhealable and have become a constant, painful reminder of the past for Astaroth.
* He is slightly intimidated by his father and his status in the Underworld.
* His favorite color is black.
* His favorite food is tuna sushi.
	+ He discovered the existence of sushi when he came to the Underworld and he thoroughly enjoyed it, to say the least.
	+ He does eat his sushi with wasabi.
* He has retractable fangs and claws, but usually keeps them in since he doesn't like seeing himself with them.
* He likes to lay down in his bed and do nothing.
	+ This is when he is most at peace.
* When asked his favorite genre of music, he responded with "Mitski".
* He doesn't watch anime or read manga.
* He doesn't consider himself particularly attractive.
	+ Most demons don't, either, due to the fact that he's half human. They say it's a "turn-off".