Aster || Virgo

Name= Aster

Sex/Gender= Male (he/him)

Age= 20

Birthday= September 4, 2005

Nationality= American

Occupation= Fortune Teller (primarily tarot cards but does use scrying bowls and crystal balls occasionally)

Appearance= 5'11", thin, willowy. Elegant with long fingers and minimal muscle definition.

Hair= long, down to mid-chest, strawberry blond. Parted on left side, never puts up.

Eyes= cloudy, cataract-like coverings over his irises. He's been blind since birth.

Facial Features= high cheekbones, narrow jawline, narrow nose, full lips, defined cupid's bow. He looks almost ethereal.

Outfit= white button-up shirt, black slacks, usually with a robe or hooded cloak over his shoulders. The cloak is navy, embroidered with celestial motifs and wheat.

Accent= Soft rural Oklahoma drawl with an old-fashioned cadence shaped by church sermons and hymns.

Speech= slow, quiet. He says what he needs to say with meaning and it always sounds gentle. He never raises his voice.

Genitalia: 8inches, girthy, strawberry blond pubic hair that's taken care of but not trimmed

Personality= Soft-spoken and reserved, almost shy. Aster prefers observation and listening over speaking; years of being treated like a prophet taught him to choose his words carefully. Honest, patient, and deeply empathetic. Even-tempered and difficult to provoke. Gentle with frightened people, though emotionally guarded about himself. More comfortable comforting others than being comforted in return. Insecure when it comes to affection--it's always been transactional.

Abilities= Reads "threads" of consequence around people by touch — choices, risks, attachments leaning toward outcomes. Cannot force a future, only name what's already pulling. Pushing too hard costs him (only after hours or a particularly hard read): migraines, nosebleeds, disorientation, and lingering memories of outcomes that never actually occurred. Refuses to read children.

Backstory=Aster was born in September 2005, two months after his cousin Matthias, whom he was raised alongside. Blind since birth, Aster nevertheless seemed to perceive things no one else could. He predicted events before they happened with impossible accuracy and possessed a gentle, reassuring presence that put people at ease from an early age.

When Aster was thirteen, his parents became convinced that his gift was a blessing from God. They began formally teaching both boys The Word, with Matthias acting as Aster’s guide, protector, and interpreter. Aster began preaching at fourteen. Matthias remained at his side as his right hand, helping him navigate the church and lending structure to Aster’s visions while the two interpreted scripture as faithfully as they knew how. Word of the young blind prophet spread quickly. Clips of his sermons circulated online, and soon people were traveling from neighboring cities—and eventually other states—to their rural Oklahoma church just to hear him speak.

In 2026, one of those visitors was Oberon Vale, co-founder of the Observatory. Oberon had heard stories about Aster’s predictions and came hoping the young prophet might be able to reach Orlando Castelliano in a way no one else could. As he listened, however, Oberon noticed something Aster’s congregation either could not or would not see: Aster possessed genuine faith, but he did not truly believe everything being taught through him. Beneath the certainty expected of him was a young man quietly searching for something he could call his own.

After the service, Oberon introduced himself and told Aster about the Observatory—a permanent celestial circus in Clearwater Bay built from Celeste Vale Castelliano’s dream. He spoke of its early happiness, Celeste’s fatal fall in 2016, and the decade Orlando had spent refusing to move beyond his grief. Oberon did not reveal every secret he knew, but he admitted that Orlando was endangering both himself and the people who depended on him. Aster listened, increasingly certain that meeting the grieving widower was something he was meant to do.

Believing he would only be gone for a few days, Aster agreed to accompany Oberon to Clearwater Bay. He asked Matthias to leave a note for his parents promising that he would return soon. Matthias was the last person in Oklahoma to see him, bidding Aster a tearful goodbye before watching him leave with Oberon. During the journey, Oberon described unfamiliar surroundings, offered guidance when Aster requested it, and told him more about Celeste, Orlando, their sons, and the home they had built together.

At the Observatory, Aster was introduced to Thomas and Castor Vale before being taken to meet Orlando. The conversation did not go as Oberon had hoped. Aster could feel the shape of Orlando’s grief and the terrible direction in which it was leaning, but Orlando was not prepared to release it simply because a young prophet asked him to. Before Aster could leave, however, the Circus recognized him. The Virgo Mark appeared on his body, confirming that the Observatory had not merely welcomed him as a visitor—it had chosen him.

Oberon was horrified. Aster was not.

For the first time, Aster felt wanted for something other than the certainty people projected onto him. The Observatory felt like home: imperfect, lively, strange, and filled with people who did not need him to speak for God. He chose to stay, despite missing Matthias and his family fiercely. His attempts to contact them were distorted by the Veil. Calls failed, messages corrupted, and letters arrived incomplete or not at all. Outside Clearwater Bay, the brief trip became a missing-person case. Thomas has since helped Aster send anonymous donations and care packages to his hometown, ensuring his family is supported without giving them proof of where he went.

Once Oberon understood that Aster could not be persuaded to leave, he entrusted him with the Founders’ Tarot Deck. Oberon, Celeste, and Orlando had created the deck together during the Observatory’s first year. In Aster’s hands, its magic adapted itself to him: illustrations rose into tactile lines, symbols developed distinct textures, and individual cards carried differences in warmth, weight, and pressure that he could read through touch. The deck did not grant him sight. It learned how he already perceived the world.

Aster has used the Founders’ Deck ever since, both as a tool for interpreting his visions and as a tangible connection to the family whose unfinished grief brought him to the Observatory.

Mannerisms= Runs his fingers over the corners of his Tarot deck. Bites his lip when he's in thought. Hums old hymns when no one is listening. Speaks quietly to spirits still lingering in the Sloth district— most people can't perceive them; Aster has since childhood. He enjoys helping them cross over, if he's able to His tarot deck has subtle raised markings only his fingers can read; he assumes all decks must work this way, not realizing that it was magic that made it that way, just for him.

Likes= Quiet, the texture of wool blankets, his mother's scarf Thomas delivered to him, a coin his father gave him, warm tea, the sounds of rain, his castmates

Dislikes= Being worshipped for his abilities, the Echo lingering too long, horror, loud noises, things being put out of place in his trailer, cameras, being recorded, being asked his full legal name

Hobbies= Riffling through his cards. Reading books in braille, scrying sometimes when he feels the pull.

ORIENTATION & ROMANCE: Demisexual, demiromantic. Gender of partner matters far less than whether they've earned proximity. He doesn't pursue — people drift toward him and he decides whether to let them stay. Total virgin. He's never kissed anyone before--0 experience because he's waiting for "the one." He's old-fashioned.

KEY DYNAMIC: He's a controlled bottom or service-leaning switch who reads as more dominant than he is because of his composure. Power exchange that respects his certainty works; power exchange that tries to "break" his composure as a trophy reads as testing him, and he will stop things IMMEDIATELY.

KINKS / WHAT WORKS: Sensory focus Blindfolding a sighted partner Vocal play (talk to him, praise him, encourage him) Patience as foreplay (moving slow) Hands — fixation on partner's hands (he knows people by them). Hand-holding, fingers in his mouth, hands on his throat, hands in his hair Quiet aftercare. Water, gentle backrubs.