Asteria Butterfly

## Queen Asteria Butterfly

Her Majesty, Queen Asteria, Head of House Butterfly, Queen of the Mewmans, Sovereign of the Butterfly Queendom and the Groundlands, Lady of the Mewnians and the First Settlers and Monsters, Protector of the Realm

### Occupation

Queen of the Butterfly Queendom
Successor - Etheria Butterfly

Predecessor - Festivia Butterfly

### Family

Festivia Butterfly (Mother)
Quartz Stone (Father)

Orion Firefly (Husband)

Etheria Butterfly (Daughter)

Harvest Butterfly (Brother)

Hope Butterfly (Sister)

House Butterfly

### House

House Butterfly

*"From the stars in the sky to those stolen,*

*all loved by the queen of deep scars.*

*Thanks to the loving and brave heart*

*of Asteria the Mother of Stars."*

Asteria Butterfly was the 10th Queen of the Butterfly Queendom. She is best known for rescuing the children kidnapped during her reign as well as discovering the Magical Sanctuary on that rescue. Asteria is also known for creating the Asterian Calendar based on the main constellations. Asteria also started the Age of Heros.

### Early Life

Asteria Silena Butterfly was born 204 A.M., right before dawn shone in the sky, making her a star queen, the first in 150 years, the last being her great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother Estelaria Butterfly. She was born to Queen Festivia Butterfly and King Consort Quartz Stone. She possessed ginger hair and pink eyes from her father, she also had upside down 5 pointed stars on her cheeks. Her name means daughter of the stars in Low Mewnian. Asteria had no memories of her grandmother Febe Butterfly due to her death when she was three. As

    a child she had a strong maternal side of her personality. She loved to play the mother of her dolls, calling all of them her daughters. She also served as her mother's helper to her siblings Harvest and Hope. 213 A.M. on her 9th birthday she won two gifts of importance, a wralligator named Gravnok and a telescope. Every night before bed she would climb to the roofs of the towers and admire the stars. Realizing her strong love for the stars, Festivia placed her to study under the Royal Master of Astronomy, Norma House Firefly. At the age of ten she discovered babies weren't born in ears of corn which drastically reduced her desire to become a mother, to such extent she avoided all boys. This lasted until she was 12, her parents wished it lasted longer a few years later. 217 A.M., Asteria visited the Firefly Library and entereda section only accessible by the Queen herself or with her permission and the Lord or Lady Firefly. There she found personal records of her great-great-great grandmother Queen Cosmica Butterfly and her great-great grandmother Queen Polaria Butterfly, as well as some from her great-great-great-great-great grandmother Estelaria Butterfly. The same night she found the brother of her best friend Diana, Orion Firefly, a boy of lavender hair and purple eyes who was placed on watch that night by his parents. Asteria never recorded or commented about that night. That night wouldn’t be the last time she saw Orion. She snuck out many times to see him, saying she was walking Gravnogk. 218 A.M. she decided to inform her parents on her 14 birthday. However her younger sister found Asteria and Orion kissing. She took off through the castle halls]

   yelling “Asteria kissed a boy” being pursued by Asteria. She wasn’t able to stop her sister and the gossip spread to all the servants and the queen and king consort. However Festivia and Quartz reacted well to the relationship and they only told her no more secrets. Hope the fastest 6 year old was dubbed Hope the gossip girl. Days later she inherited the Royal Magic Wand. As Royal Princess she attended Mewnistry Council meetings  with her mother. She also practiced her magic everyday, leaving her exhausted, but she always said it was worth it with a smile. Although not as exceptional as Estelaria she possessed great control over magic. She made no great contribution to the book of spells, her best known is shooting star explosion. 220 A.M., on a rare day where Asteria was free of her duties, she decided to spend the day with Orion. During a moment of affection between the two teens she banged her elbow on a loose brick in the wall. The brick revealed a passage to one of her great-great-great-great grandmother Queen Hemera Butterfly's secret rooms. Asteria said “just like that room, what happened there is also a secret.” However this secret wasn’t well kept. Six weeks later after leaving dinner early due to cramps and nausea. She used her great grandmother Queen Crescenta Butterfly's crescent moon sensor spell, with this spell she discovered she was pregnant. Asteria was both happy but frightened at the news. Asteria informed Orion the next day She only informed her parents a week later. Her parents were left shocked and forced her to marry Orion to prevent a scandal from erupting. This news caused King Consort Quartz to be more restrictive and protective of his children, especially Hope who was now accompanied by 4 guards at all times.

### Reign as Queen

The marriage and coronation occurred the same year, Asteria was 16 making her the youngest crowned queen up until this time, she was the tenth Queen of the Butterfly Queendom. Asteria didn’t play any reigning role during the early years of her queen. She was only dedicated to her pregnancy. 32 weeks later she gave birth to Etheria Butterfly, a girl with lavender hair and purple eyes inherited from her father Orion, after a very complicated pregnancy. The recovery of Asteria was very quick and just after the birth she already looked “good” just good. In her diary she reported pain in her stomach. One night Asteria experienced so much pain she fainted. Despite instances from

     her husband and parents to see a healer she refused, scared of what the results might present. She finally gave in and the results were far worse than she had thought. Asteria had an unknown disease, and the healer suggested for her to have intimate things with her husband, the result that most destroyed her was she was no longer able to have any more children. She cried in her mother's lap, a cry that had not been heard since her grandmother Febe lost her husband, she was 17. Due to this she also allowed her husband to have affairs, as long as he didn’t talk about them. During the tournament 224 A.M., the Butterfly Royal Family received a surprise visit from the House Wyvern, the ruling of the Wyvern Kingdom first discovered by her great-great grandmother Queen Polaria Butterfly. The reason for this visit was to find a fiance for the 12 year old prince of the kingdom. Their favorite was Princess Hope who was also 12 at the time. Hope, who was excited about becoming a queen, left it hard for Festivia and Queen Asteria to say no. In return for Hope's hand in marriage, they presented 8 trained dragonettes, the most common species of dragon, known to grow very little and only feed on burnt grass. Hope left for her new home in the following weeks, making Quartz cry. Hope would write letters to her family at least once a month. 225 A.M., on the dawn before Mewnipendence, Asteria and her court received word that 100 children under the age of 5 mysteriously disappeared after hearing a flute song on the street. Frightened Asteria rushed to Etheria’s room but thankfully she found her daughter sleeping peacefully, she had earplugs in due to an ear infection which prevented her from hearing the song. Searches led by King Consort Orion, Quartz and other noble lords, but after days of searching the surrounding forests, and with nothing found all hope of finding the children disappeared and the searches stopped. Asteria didn’t agree for the searches to end and ordered the Red Capes, or the police of the Queendom to continue to search. Asteria herself decided to search. She put on a brown cape and set off into the forest by herself only accompanied by her pet wralligator, when the Queendom was already asleep. The only reason she did not take Orion, is she found him with a mistress of his. Despite not commenting on this it was the only time she regretted her decision to allow him to take mistresses. The first few hours were unproductive. Cosmica Butterfly's compass spell only insisted Asteria return to the castle, but when s

    he found the body of a young girl the compass turned and pointed deeper into the forest. After walking more than 12 hours Asteria found 100 children in a cave in a region near the Jaggy Mountains. They were being held captive by a group of mercenary monsters, among them the flutist, who was hired by the king of monsters, one of the rare times there was one, to capture Princess Etheria. Their intentions were to seek a ransom from the Queendom when they weren’t able to capture the princess. Asteria avoided a direct confrontation, fearing the children's safety. She waited for nightfall, when all the monsters went asleep except a lookout who was easily killed by Asteria. She freed the children among them Linden Forest and Alemannia and Germain Fields. She intended to arrive back to the Queendom by the afternoon but when she discovered a storm was going to come, and knowing the children were already tired and weak, and in poor health. Asteria sought out a place to take shelter. Grovnogk started to exchange 'bwahs 'with another wralligator at the edge of a lake, a sanctuary appeared in the center of the lake. The Magical High Commission was constructed by the Magical High Commission thousands of years ago, and being a member Asteria was able to enter. Asteria spent three days in the sanctuary due to the storm. She cared for the children, telling them stories about history of the Queendom, all the queens, magic, and the Magical High Commission. She fed them fish which resided in the sanctuary. Some of the children however died of poor health and disease. One of them was Alemannia Fields. Their bodies were buried in the ground around the lake. Asteria comforted the other children by saying “They’re among the stars now.” Another farewell Asteria had to make was of her pet Grovnogk, who wished to stay with the rest of his species. Asteria said her last words to him with tears in

     her eyes before she last saw her old friend again. After 5 days Asteria returned home with only 87 of the children out of 100 surviving. Despite the losses the people saw the deed of their queen as a true miracle. It also records the first time people prayed for a living queen. 225 A.M. Asteria noticed that 10 constellations remain in the sky coinciding to the Mewni calendar. She presented a project of reformulating the calendar, her deed was still fresh in the mind of her people and the change was made. The Asterian Calendar had 10 months divided between 36 and 37 days. The months took the names of the brightest constellations: Butterfly, Pig-Goat, Admirestar, Warnicorn, Dwolf, Rabbit, Dragonette, Razor Crane, Gravnogk, and Corn. All names were suggested by 5 year old Etheria. As Etheria became older Asteria became concerned about her daughters future, especially concerning that she didn’t inherit the disease Asteria possessed. Asteria made a genetic survey of all the noble families in search of a healthy future husband for her daughter. The one Asteria chose for the arranged marriage was one of the children she rescued, Germain Fields. The arrangement was sealed by the two

    families. The same year Etheria also started to train as a knight. 234 A.M. Etheria inherited the wand, and a year later Asteria lost her mother Festivia, a loss which shook her greatly. 244 A.M. Asteria woke up with her stomach disease in an advanced stage. The disease was so advanced she woke up in severe pain everyday. During the same year Asteria passed down the crown, she was 40 and after 24 years as queen.

### Post Queenhood

Also around this time Orion and her relationship started to reignite, and Orion would no longer take mistresses, making it clear she was the only one he ever loved. Three months later, still in 244 A.M., at the age of 40 died due to complications from her disease. The second star queen, first queen of the age of heroes, and mother of stars was dead. She was buried in the crypts of the castle.

### Titles

* 204 A.M. - 218 A.M. - Her Highness, Princess Asteria Silena, of House Butterfly

* 218 A.M. - 220 A.M. - Her Royal Highness, Royal Princess Asteria Silena, of House Butterfly

* 220 A.M. - 244 A.M. - Her Majesty, Queen Asteria, Head of House Butterfly, Queen of the Mewmans, Lady Sovereign of the Butterfly Queendom and the Groundlands, Guardian of the Realm

* 244 A.M. - Her Majesty, Queen-Mother Asteria, of House Butterfly

### Trivia

* Asteria was a stellar equestrian/unicorn rider
* Asteria also took artistic gymnastics classes from ages 6-12, and after childbirth
* Asteria could speak Silvan averagely well
* She had arachnophobia
* Asteria didn't wear short skirts because she felt herself indecent and exposed
* She had a soft far-sightedness when she was a child
* St. Asteria's Day is celebrated as parents day
* Her and Orion's ratings are
	+ Romanticism- 3/5
	+ Companionship- 2/5
	+ Sensuality- 1/5