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Aster the Star Harpy

Played by Bananasaurus

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  • Basics

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    (Art by Me, 2025)
    Face-Claim: John Stamos (Full House era)

    Full Name: Astraphos Soterios Korakiou

    Meaning: First name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words for "Star" (Aster) and "Light" (Fos), middle name is Greek for "Savior," surname is Greek for "Raven/Crow." It's pronounced "KORE-eye-KEE-oo."

    Nickname(s): Aster, Starpy* (Only Bucky called him this, so it's a sensitive spot)

    Alias(es): Star Harpy

    Race: Harpy/Human

    Nationality: Greek-American

    Job Position: Officially Licensed Superhero in Service to the City of New Scarborough, Maine, USA. Also, bodega worker.

    Gender: Demimale

    Sexuality: Opalian

    Height: 5'4"

    Build: Lean, delicate-looking like a bird, but with more muscle.

    Distinctive Markings: A splash of white 'stars' across the black and blue parts of his wings, upper back, and shoulders, with one large white, diamond-shaped 'star' between his shoulder blades.

    Hair: Shoulder-length, with some bangs tied behind in a loose tail while the rest fall limply over one side of his face, past his chin. A thin strip of a dark blue goatee. His eyebrows are spiky and unkempt. In human form, his hair is black with blue tips instead.

    Eyes: Gold irises with slit pupils. In human form, light brown.

    Other: An enchanted ring that allows him to transform into a humanoid shape.

    Personality Traits: Goody-goody, not a fan of conflict but won't ever allow bad things to happen to innocent people, avid meat eater but big animal lover, and moderate social anxiety that causes him to stammer. He does not like being touched by those he doesn't know unless he initiates the contact first.

    Superhuman Abilities: Flight, telekinesis, super strength, super resilience, super longevity.

    Mundane Abilities: Multilingual/polyglot (Spanish, Greek, some small amount of Latin, and English), traditional and digital art, customer service experience from working in a New York bodega.

    Weaknesses: Bright lights, prolonged exposure to heat, his migraines/memory issues stemming from over-usage of telekinesis powers, corvid-like fascination with shiny things.
    NOTES:
    (Star markings across his shoulders, back, and the back of his wings are not visible in the in-game model seen below. Refer to his art for better reference!)
    • From my fanfiction: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63189202
    • Alpine is Aster's cat. Bucky named her.
    • Large-sized portrait of Aster in his human form!
    • Furcadia portrait-sized picture of Aster in his human form

  • Extra Details

    Favorite/Patron God: Astraeus/Astraios

    Family: (Status for all unknown and available for play/renaming)
    • Father: Demetrios (Derived from the Greek goddess, Demeter) Korakiou
    • Mother: Euthalia ("Flower, bloom") Korakiou
    • Younger Sister: Menodora ("Gift of the Moon") Korakiou

    Mannerisms: Being brave and stoic, saying 'sir/ma'am' a lot in Star Harpy form. Being nervous and self-conscious, saying 'man/my man/sis' in human form.

    Likes:
    • In Food: Avid carnivore, but prefers the higher end, pasture-raised/low-cruelty meats and dairy products (lamb burgers with tzatziki sauce are a guilty pleasure). Fruits are loved, especially grapes, honeydew and watermelon. For drinks he prefers fruit juices or chocolate milk. Sodas are not his thing unless mixed with alcohol.
    • In Alcoholic Drinks: "Gold Rush Cocktail" (bourbon with honey and lemon), Kahlua, vanilla rum and Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Fireball whiskey, RumChata Rootbeer.
    • In Clothes: Kind of old-fashioned mixed with 2000s-era casual, lots of vests and short-sleeved shirts, often paired with jeans of usually blue or black. Polo shirts and cargo shorts for warmer weather.
    • In Bed: "Uhh, figure it out, boys." (insert an f-list here if people really start asking)
    • Entertainment: 80s movies, hell yeah! His favorite is Ferris Beullar's Day Off. For music? Disney stuff and show tunes. He's big into musical theatre.
    • Misc: Cats, dogs, birds, rodents, etc. are all good critters in his book.
    Dislikes:
    • In Food: Super raw foods like rare meat and raw sushi. Veal, duck liver, and anything else impossible to make without a lot of cruelty.
    • In Alcoholic Drinks: Anything stronger than his babyback bitch-level whiskey cocktails. Vodka. Everclear - the shit that fucks you up.
    • In Clothes: Anything too feminine. Still strays away from pink for now.
    • In Bed: "Ditto to up top."
    • Entertainment: Harsh, yell-y type rock and growly rap. All country (yes, even Garth Brooks and Shania Twain!). Horror/slasher/torture porn movies. Too empathetic to enjoy those.
    • Misc: Any animal with more than four legs is an automatic #NOPE from Aster.

  • History

    (Trigger Warning: Vague mention of coerced sex in "El Jaguar, the Compound, and the Winter Soldier" section!)
    (For the full fanfiction, with his and Bucky's dialogue and spicy scene, GO HERE!)

    Early Life
    Aster grew up always knowing he was meant to be a boy from his earliest memory: crying because his mother had put him in a frilly dress for a party.

    His parents and most of his family disagreed.

    He changed his first and middle names anyway when he was away attending university for a degree in art.


    El Jaguar, the Compound, and the Winter Soldier
    Thinking himself a normal, mundane human for most of his life, it came as a one-two punch to find out he was more than that when he was captured by a drug cartel boss named El Jaguar. Aster had been visiting a friend, Juanita, and taking in the local art scene in central Mexico when El Jaguar took them both to his compound. . .

    Though Juanita was sent to a part of the compound to be starved and beaten, Aster (who had sprouted feathers, talons, and wings because of the shock) found himself trapped in a carbonized glass cell across from one James "Bucky" Barnes, A.K.A. The Winter Soldier.

    You see, in Aster's universe, Captain America didn't survive WWII. Which meant Bucky remained with his nazi-loving Hydra captors/handlers until El Jaguar stole his trigger words and forced him to comply.

    Over the course of a few months, Aster (still in girl-mode out of fear), came to see Bucky as his friend and only saving grace within those walls. El Jaguar used both Bucky and Aster as 'toys' for him and his wife, Serafina. The druglord gifted Aster with a special ring made by a nagual (shapeshifter) that allowed the harpy to transform back into a human. To this day, Aster keeps the ring out of necessity. . . and as a painful reminder.


    Freedom, Star Harpy is Born
    Nearly four months to the day they were captured, the compound was raided and El Jaguar was killed. Aster and Bucky were shipped off back to the U.S., but while Aster got to have freedom and trauma treatment, Bucky was imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter.

    In the years that followed, Aster tried to contact him, but it was as if he'd never existed. Giving up and moving on with his life, Aster began to take odd jobs and moonlighted as a superhero named 'Star Harpy' in order to survive and fund his transition (his friends and sister, Menodora, helped raise money).

    He changed his middle name again, this time, to 'Savior.' He would never let anyone, especially himself, be a victim ever again.


    Reuniting With Bucky
    Eight years later, Bucky was released on the stipulation he become a government asset. He named himself 'White Wolf' and began dipping into the hero business as well, forced to take up the territory of 'vigilantes' like Star Harpy.

    On a chance blind date, Aster and Bucky reunited. After some dodging and being mysterious on Bucky's part, Aster found out about his superheroing and the two friends became lovers and partners. Their official date was March 1st, 2023.

    Soon after, Aster underwent the series of 'bottom surgeries' to finalize his transition. It took a full year to recover from them all.


    The Convergence
    Unfortunately, that was when Aster's universe underwent 'The Convergence,' and he was cast into New Scarborough. . . without Bucky. Having no choice but to move on (again), Aster now lives alone once more, starting over from square one. At least he still has Alpine!