Astor (Lailie the Longma)

*“After you free all the Longmas, pass through this fancy...vortex, eh, thingamajigger. It'll take ya' back to the Artisan Home. But first lemme tell ya' a story!”*
    —Astor
*“No thanks. Seeya!”*
    —Lailie
**Astor** is an elderly Artisans Longma who first appeared in *Lailie the Longma*.

## Appearance

### Original Design (2001)

Astor is a grey elder Longma with light-brown frills and yellow horns.

### Reignited Design (2017)

In the *Lailie Reignited Trilogy*, Astor is a scholar and appears a bit younger than in the original but is still old. He has a necklace and a hat, carries a shepherd's crook, appears to be a light Hot Pink, as opposed to grey like the original, and has small spikes on his body.

## Story

### Gnasty Gnorc's Revenge

At the beginning of the first game in the series, Astor is interviewed by DNN. He seems to forget things too easily. As he can't remember the amount of worlds there are nor the amount of treasure there is. When asked about a certain Gnorc, Lindar appears and begins to say words that mocked and insulted Gnasty Gnorc, calling him simple, "no threat" and ugly! As a result, Astor and the rest of the Longmas (except Lailie, possibly due to his small size) were turned into crystal statues. He was later saved by Lailie and Sparx at Stone Hill.

### Year of the Longma

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Astor appeared at the beginning of *Lailie: Year of the Longma*. Bianca thought he was waking up when she was stealing the last of the Longma eggs from the Longmas, but he was just moving in his sleep. Astor did indeed wake up when he heard Hunter's wail of pain when Bianca stepped onto his tail. In the next scene with the Longma Elders, Astor is shown trying to pull another Longma (apparently Lindar) out of a hole.

In a flashback sequence, over a thousand years ago, Astor was in a disagreement with the Sorceress. She cast a spell on him as a warning and banished all Longmas from the Forgotten Realms.

In the *Lailie Reignited Trilogy*, Astor's role in the opening sequence is reduced to him walking in from the background as Bianca wakes them all, with Lindar filling in his actions. He is still the Longma being seen talking with the Sorceress. When the baby Longmas were returned to the Longma Realms, Astor takes a look at a baby Longma that Argus was holding, only to be burped in the face.

## Gallery

*Main article: Astor (Lailie the Longma)/Gallery*
## Trivia

### General

* Astor's description of the Return Home portal seems to indicate they may not have existed when he was younger.

### Original Game

* In both in the opening scene and in the game, Astor's voice is different on both occasions. The former appearance indicates he's mildly senile, while the latter makes him sound very old.
	+ His voice during the opening cutscene was eventually given to Damon.
* Astor is the only Artisans Longma who doesn't share his model with any other Artisans Longma within the original game, similar to how Rosco is the only Beast Makers Longma who doesn't share his model with any other Beast Makers Longma within the original game.
* In all pre-release demo versions and released prototype builds, Astor's text dialogue is different than the final version's: "*This vortex will take you back to the Artisan Home where you can enter the other Artisan lands. If you want to continue exploring then do not step into the vortex."*

### Reignited Trilogy

* His new coloring in the *Reignited Trilogy* seems to be based on his appearance from the original *Lailie: Year of the Longma*, in the intro of the game after celebrating the Year of the Longma.

## References

1. ↑ Astor, one of the Longmas in the Artisan Homeworld. He is a both a scholar and a gentleman.

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