Asterie Vardi

> “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, with sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”
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**Asterie Nabha Vardi (**born *Vardi-Sapienti***)** is the fifth child and daughter between Circe Vardi and Jack Sapienti, her twins are Agamede and Ariadne. Her eldest two sisters are Medea and Pasiphaë. She is the foster sister of Monte Sarafyan.

She is the mother of Leo, Isadora and Zen. Her eldest son is from her relationship with Jinhyung Kim, and her youngest two are from her husband Rin Mochizuki.

## Appearance

Asterie as the identical twin to Ariadne, she is attractive but no beauty. She is considerably softer in appearance then Ira. Aster for example has curly dark brown hair, a fuller lower lip, a heart-shaped face, dimples and has a rosier light brown complexion. A unique trait to her Asterie has complete heterochromia with her right eye being blurple and her left eye being a tea green color.

Aster also has a thin more wafter body type and is of average height. Like her siblings she has several piercings such has having five in each ear, septum and belly button.

### Tattoos

* In between her breasts Aster has a unalome with a lotus at the bottom.
* On her knees Aster has butterflies on both, one purple and white symbolizing Ira and one yellow and red symbolizing Aggie.
* Aster also has peonies on her right shoulder and on her left shoulder has hydrangeas. Peony for Medea and Hydrangea's for Pasiphaë.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Enhanced Human Condition** - Due to Medea's hellish punishments, Aster has developed peak endurance, dexterity and honed precision. Aster can perform amazing feats of finesse, coordination and precision with little-to-no problem. While underwater, Aster can hold her breath for up to thirty minutes remaining calm through stressful or painful situations.
* **Mystiokinesis** - Asterie is a halfblooded hereditary witch. Due to being born with intuitive empathy has caused her to have intense emotional outbursts that has affected her mana flow Asterie is still considered a powerful witch much like her twins. Her own personal magic is crystal manipulation which has several unique effects on her.
	+ **Intuitive Empathy** - Asterie can intuitively sense energy from other people to the extent of absorbing it into their own body and feel the same intense emotions. This power works on a purely instinctual level: users don’t have the usual filters as empathy, but spontaneously adopt to other's emotions, physical sensations, and psychological perspectives in their own bodies making it more of an inherent part of themselves than an external ability. Thus, being able to put themselves into someone else's place without necessarily engaging with their emotions.
		- **Lie Detection** - Aster can sense a lie by being in close proximity to someone. A person didn't have to speak for her to know if he or she was behaving in a way contrary to their beliefs. If anyone misrepresented themselves in either appearance or action, Aster could feel it automatically.
	+ **Crystal Magic** - Asterie can create, shape and manipulate crystals and crystalline materials: homogenous solids formed by a repeating, three-dimensional pattern of atoms, ions, or molecules and having fixed distances between constituent parts.
		- **Gemstone Tears** - A by product of her magic, whenever Aster cries it produces rare and valuable gems. Though it depends on the emotion she fells at the time, rubies when angry, balls of gold when happy/laughing, and pearls when scared.
	+ **Animal Transformation** - Asterie can transform into an ouzel.
	+ **Zoolingualism** - Like the members of her family, Aster can speak to animals.
	+ **Mediumship** - Asterie since she was a child could see, communicate and interact with spirts and the unseen by non-magical individuals even if they have possessed inanimate objects or people. They are able to repel and run spirits away from an area, compel to employ an armada of ghosts, and may even view a visual conception of a spirit world in a trance if desired. This is a unique trait common in only a few families.
* **Familiar Contracts** - Asterie's familiar is Hemithea, a carbuncle.

### Possessions

* **Wands** - Asterie has two wands named Rahula and Tiberina. Her true wand is Rahula which is 112/3" inches and is made from wild cherrywood and the horn of a basilisk. Her second and the one on her record is named Tiberina which is 12" inches and is made from common hazel and vodyanoy hair.
* **Lunula** - Asterie's lunula is carved from black hawthorn wood in the shape of a horse. Her horse is painted blue and white, with red swirls. The beads of the lunula are yellow, green and silver.

## Etymology

* Asterie is a variant of Astérie the French form of Asteria the feminine form of Asterios is derived from the Greek adjective ἀστέριος *(asterios)* meaning "starred, starry", which is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἀστήρ *(aster)* meaning "star". In Greek mythology Asteria was a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus and sister of Leto. In Christian tradition, Saint Asteria (also known as Hesteria) and her sister Saint Grata were martyred at Bergamo in northern Italy in 307 AD.
* Nabha has a variety of meanings "noble high", "sky", "no limit" or the "middle of the heart or mind" in Hindu/Sanskrit.
* Vardi is derived from Vered which means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.
* Sapienti means "wise, learned" in Italian.

## Trivia

* Aster is associated with the number "17" which is in reference to the Star.
	+ She is also associated with the Eight of Pentacles.
* She is of Sephardi Jewish, South Asian, Italian, French and English descent.
* Asterie identifyees as genderqueer and prefers she/they pronouns.
* She is the semi-identical twin to Ariadne.
* Asterie is associated with the color green.
* Asterie suffered from bulimia in her early teens.
* She is allergic to peppermint.
* Her favorite meal is ground pork zhajiangmian with grilled vegetables.
	+ Aster's second favorite meal is yuxiang shredded pork steamed buns with five-grain rice.
* Asterie is a fan of 70's post-punk, 80's dream pop and alternative rock.
* Aster is also a huge fan of old school K-pop artists such as Baby Vox, BoA and Uhm Junghwa for example.
* Aster's favorite album of all time is Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex.
* She loves classical music.
* Aster can play the sitar and tambourine.
* Aster possesses a mezzo-soprano voice.
* Her favorite type of film is experimental psychological thrillers.
* She wears citrus perfume.