Aster

Aster "the Lucky" is a male human NPC in the Om campaign.

Aster is a mid ranking member of the Brightblades. He assisted the Royal Explorers in the murder investigation of Harn Bronzeaxe by providing motive for the murder. He was not part of Davin Firth's attempted mutiny and became First Rider afterwards.

## Background

Aster "the Lucky" is a veteran warrior who has been wounded numerous times, leaving him with an impressive number of scars upon his body. He considers each one a mark of success, boasting that it is proof he survived and is therefore very lucky.

By 465 he was a member of the Brightblades, the watchmen/militia of Midway Inn, serving as the ranking officer of the night watch. Aster served under the command of First Rider Davin Firth, whom he liked and respected.

## Murder of Harn Bronzeaxe

On the 3rd of Gatekeeper, 465, Midway's resident cleric, Harn Bronzeaxe, was murdered in the night. Davin Firth launched an immediate investigation but Gildornian Army captain Hunter Brynan was also at Midway escorting a caravan and he asked the Royal Explorers to investigate as well.

Two of the explorers, Fernith and Wu Xen, questioned Aster about any strange activity that night and Aster admitted that he saw First Rider Davin leave late in the night on an errand and returned some time later. When pressed Aster admitted that he might have been carrying a bundle and that Harn Bronzeaxe had recently humiliated Davin by winning a large some of money from him while gambling and then shaming him publicly for it. Aster stressed, however, that he did not imagine that Davin would commit murder over the matter though.

## Mutiny at Midway

Aster was proven incorrect about Davin, when it was revealed that not only did he murder Harn Bronzeaxe, but that he had been prepared to frame an innocent man for the crime and then fomented a rebellion among the Brightblades in an effort to murder the Royal Explorers, the caravan of settlers and their Gildornian army guards and Varis Dorn (the owner of Midway Inn) to cover up his crimes.

Aster as asleep during the time of the battle, as he had been on the night shift, but he was awakened in time to see Davin’s force get destroyed by a single fireball cast by Fynn and then Davin himself get executed by Dorn.

## As First Rider

With many of the Brightblades dead Aster found himself in command of what was left. As First Rider he immediately set about ensuring the loyalty and good standing of the remaining men and worked with Anders Roth, who had taken up the now vacant position as the local cleric, to recruit replacement Brightblades and set to repair the damage done in the fighting.

## Current Status

After Anders Roth reformed the Brightblades into Charno's Fist, he turned the efforts of Midway towards constructing an enormous golden statue. Roth took in many refugees from Waymere after the city's fall, but only if they could assist in the construction of the structure in some way. Roth also seemed to use magic to control many of these refugees. Though the statue was toppled by Jasper Conroy, later investigation by the Fate Fighters Mercenary Company determined that Roth had harvested it into several smaller statues and seemingly slew all of the refugees in a sacrifice to animate them. In response the company attacked Midaway Inn, defeating the defenders and destroying the constructs, though Roth was no where to be found.

Aster's role in these events, or if he indeed survived any of them, is unknown.