Sterling Woodlot

**Sterling** is one of the recurring characters in *Motherland: Fort Salem*. He is portrayed by Luc Roderique.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 2

Sterling arrives at Fort Salem assigned to Vice President Blanton Silver's guard detail, instantly hits it off with Anacostia. However, before the two can get romantic, the base is infiltrated by the Camarilla.

### Season 3

He and Anacostia are much closer, creating their own plan to fight back against the Camarilla. While with Vice President Silver, he updates Anacostia through farspeech while she is at Fort Salem. Later, he and Anacostia are captured by the Camarilla during an assassination attempt on President Wade. The two awake within a Work-proof holding cell -- among others -- displayed at the Camarilla's Yule party. While there, Sterling and Anacostia are pitted against Vera and a nameless Spree agent. After being severely wounded after Vera pushes him to stab himself in the gut with the knife thrown in the ring, Anacostia links with him desperately trying to save his life. The pair wake up again together on the Spree's operating tables and escape thanks to Anacostia's use of Spree Work -- discovering that the Camarilla have amassed an army of thousands of soldiers. The two finally return safely to Fort Salem, where Petra greets them in order to retrieve intel. During the final battle against the Camarilla, Anacostia sacrifices herself to save the life of Sterling and others. He is devastated by her loss.

## Relationships

* Anacostia Quartermain - romantic interest

## Physical Appearance

Sterling has a tall, fit frame, light brown skin, and brown eyes. His head is shaved and his facial hair is grown out.

## Powers and Abilities

**Witch Physiology**: As a witch, Sterling possesses enhanced vocal chords that are capable of creating change in the physical world by singing different seed sounds and songs, as well as enhanced ears -- as stated in *Up is Down:* eardrums with "five mallea", compared to a regular human's one, that are capable of sensing subsonic and ultrasonic frequencies far beyond the capabilities of normal humans.

* **Telepathy**: Dubbed "Farspeech" by the witches at Fort Salem. In *Homo Cantus*, Sterling uses farspeech to communicate with Anacostia while accompanying Vice President Silver. In *Oh Elayne...*, he is tuned into farspeech with Anacostia and M.
* **Weather Manipulation**: Dubbed "Weatherwork" by the witches at Fort Salem.
	+ **Windstrike**: In *Happy Yule!*, while being held and pitted against the Spree within the witch-holding cells, he windstrikes the male Spree agent, knocking him down.
* **Pyro-Shapeshifting**: In *Petra's Favorite Pen*, when Silver unexpectedly visits Petra again, he begins to become suspicious of Colonel Jarrett's disappearance -- right when Sterling enters wearing his face to dissuade Silver's suspicion, quickly changing back after he leaves, noting that he "couldn't stand to wear that prick's face" any longer.

## Trivia

* Sterling Woodlot first appears late in the second season of *Motherland: Fort Salem*, introduced as a new recurring character in a fairly minor role. He becomes more prominent in the program's third and final season.