Aster, a character in The Elementalists series, is a wood nymph who runs a shop in Penn Square. She is also one of Your Character's Love Interests. She makes her first appearance in Book 1, Chapter 1.
She is a student at Penderghast College of Elemental Magicks as of Book 2.[1]
Appearance
Aster has waist-long brown hair with branches, white flowers, and leaves in it, blue eyes, green skin with branch-like markings, and pointy ears. Her arms are covered with leaf-ranks. She wears a dress that consists of a white top, a white ribbon with a bow and a skirt made of long orange and green leaves.
When she's having a vision due to branching, her eyes turn black and her forehead turns a darker shade.
Personality
She is curious about all things pertaining to attuned magick and in Book 1, Chapter 6, you have the choice to try and teach her a spell (or vice versa).
Chapters
The Elementalists
Book 1
- Chapter 1: Open Enrollment
- Chapter 5: Trouble Brewing
- Chapter 6: Ill Omens
- Chapter 8: Night Magick
- Chapter 12: Toil and Trouble
- Chapter 13: In the Dark (Determinant)
- Chapter 16: That's Amorelia
- Chapter 17: The Dread
- Chapter 19: Daybreak
Book 2
- Chapter 1: New Dawn
- Chapter 2: In Session
- Chapter 3: Late Lessons
- Chapter 4: Danger and Discovery
- Chapter 5: The Source
- Chapter 6: Crisis Control
- Chapter 7: Murky Waters
- Chapter 8: Shaky Ground
- Chapter 9: Face To Face
- Chapter 10: Moving Forward
- Chapter 11: Family Business
- Chapter 12: Ultimatum
- Chapter 13: Into the Woods
- Chapter 14: Know No Bounds
- Chapter 15: Squad Up
- Chapter 16: Unleashed
- Chapter 17: Ray of Light
The Elementalists: Winters Past
- Chapter 1: Twas The Night Before Solstice
- Chapter 2: Can't Beat That Holiday Spirit
- Chapter 3: Silent Night
- Chapter 4: Solstice Bells
Relationships
Your Character
Aster is one of your love interests if you choose to like women. You have the option of telling her that you find her branching ability fascinating once you get over her eyes going all gateway to the Underworld. In Book 1, Chapter 13, you have the option of visiting a fae garden with her, and if you're attracted to females, ask her if that is a date. In this scene, regardless of your orientation, she confides in you that she often feels lonely as she is one of only few mobile nymphs her age in her colony. In Book 1, Chapter 15, you can invite her to the upcoming gala. If you do not invite her as your date, in Book 1, Chapter 16, Shreya will get her an invite to attend the gala with the Pend Pals.
Father
Aster's father Yarrow does not want her to attend Penderghast. He feels Attuned only bring trouble and does not want her to associate with them. It is because of the history between wood nymphs and the Attuned that stretches back to the Wand Wars (see Trivia for more information); it happened when her grandfather had not yet rooted and her father was young, long before her time.
Mother
Her mother hasn't rooted yet, but wants to grow in a nice piece of ground next to Aster's father. She doesn't go out much. After the previous events, Aster tells you in Book 2, Chapter 8, that her mother may be the only one who supports her going to Penderghast now. The rest of her family wants her to quit.
Powers and Abilities
In Book 1, Chapter 6, she reveals that as a wood nymph, she exists in harmony with the world around her in a way that attuned simply can't. She goes onto explain that rather than using magick to accomplish specific goals the way attuned cast spells, wood nymphs let the natural energy of the world guide them through their days. Wood nymphs also don't have much in the way of offensive magick. This is because most of their magick has to do with nurturing, cultivating and healing.
- Branching: In Book 1, Chapter 6, she explains to Your Character that it is her ability to extend her awareness into the trees around her, to see and hear what they do. It's how she can tap into the discussions that are always happening in the natural world around us. She explains that she's been able to do so for some time, and that while branching may look unsightly, it is natural nymph magick and there's nothing sinister about it. However, she calls it tricky magick because sometimes she is unable to prevent her sight from slipping away from her. Aster states that sometimes the trees want to show her things, so they draw her into them so that she can see what they're seeing. It can be difficult to understand them at times, since they primarily communicate through sight and feelings. They rarely try to speak to her like they do at the end of Chapter 5 and in Chapter 6, since she does not know their ancient language. She developed this ability when she was only five years old. She confides in you that it is difficult and dangerous to extend your consciousness outside of your own body. This is because you're basically untethering yourself from your physical form. As a result, just as Attuned must be careful not to attempt magick beyond their abilities, wood nymphs must also be aware of their own boundaries when branching.
- Spellwork: Your Character tries to teach her the flame spell you learned in Book 1, Chapter 3. However, it doesn't come out quite the same and she struggles with it. She explains that the reason for this is that each other's magickal foundations may be too different to fully grasp each other's methods of spellwork.
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Miscellaneous
Trivia
- It's confirmed in Book 1, Chapter 1, that she is a wood nymph.
- The name Aster is of Greek origin and means "star". The myth of the nymphs is part of the Greek mythology, being considered beautiful creatures of the nature that cohabit with the gods and that were pretended by some of them.
- In Book 1, Chapter 6, she reveals to Your Character that she hopes to be accepted into Penderghast's cultural exchange program next year so she can learn more about Attuned magick.
- In Book 1, Chapter 6, she reveals to Your Character that the magic of the wood nymphs is close to that of the Wood-Atts.
- In Book 1, Chapter 6, you can attempt to teach her the Fire spell. She has difficulty bending the magic to her will, as wood nymphs tend to work with the natural order rather than exist control. Instead of conjuring fire, she conjures two balls of light. Alternatively, she can try teaching you a wood nymph spell to nurture a sickly plant. You turn it into a different species altogether.
- In Book 1, Chapter 13, Aster mentions that she performs errands for the fae. She used to do them with her mother, but after her younger brother began coming out of the ground and becoming mobile, Aster did it full time. She enjoys those errands as being in the fae forests makes her feel less lonely.
- In the same scene, she explains that the relationship between nymphs and the Attuned is strained because all nymphs eventually root and become trees and Attuned used to cut them down, killing many of them, in order to gain wood to create wands. This resulted in the Wand Wars.
- In Book 1, she reveals that nymphs make candy from tree sap, and different trees produce a different type of candy. She tried to sell it at her shop, but it never caught on with non-nymphs.
- On February 1st, 2019, PB did a poll for which of the four love interests players picked to take to the Amorelia Day Gala in Book 1, Chapter 16, and the top 2 were Beckett and Shreya. [2]
- In Book 1, Chapter 19, her last name was revealed to be D'Yew.
- Winters Past, Chapter 4 reveals that Aster's favorite memory is bringing Your Character to her family grove for the first time.
- She shares her forename with Aster from The Cursed Heart series.
Memorable Quotes
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Aster [to MC]: Beauty is nothing but a mere construct. I guess the same thing could be said of us. We too were nothing but shapeless atoms once... |
Aster [to MC]: I believe in you. Do your best, follow your heart, and the path ahead will be clear to travel. |