Asterion

Asterion
Player: @Fuffydud
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Biographical Data
Real Name:	Asterion
Known Aliases:	The Minotaur
Gender:	Male
Species:	Minotaur
Ethnicity:	Mediterranean
Place of Birth:	Ancient Crete
Base of Operations:	Athens, Greece
Relatives:	King Minos (adopted father, deceased); Pasiphaë (mother, deceased); Ariadne (half-sister, deceased); Androgeus (half-brother, deceased)
Characteristics
Age:	2,650
Height:	7'5"
Weight:	500 lbs.
Eyes:	Red
Hair:	Brown
Complexion:	Furred
Physical Build:	Giant
Physical Features:	Head of a bull and the body of a man
Status
Fame:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Legendary
Alignment:	LG LN LE NG TN NE CG CN CE
Identity:	Known
Years Active:	9
Citizenship:	Greek
Occupation:	Demonhunter
Education:	n/a
Marital Status:	Single
Known Powers and Abilities
Superstrength Superhuman reflexes Superjump Melee combat expertise
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Hellforged axe

Physical Attributes
	Strength			Weapon
	Durability			Armor
	Speed			Reflexes
	Resistance			Stamina
	Dexterity			Agility
	Combat			Regen

Non-Physical Attributes
	Energy			Psionics
	Telepathy			Willpower
	Sorcery			Tech.
	Intel.			Knowledge
	Charisma			Bravery
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The first minotaur, Asterion's supernatural strength, Hellforged golden axe, and bloodthirsty tendencies make him a fearsome creature to behold. Though his mission of demon hunting is a good one, his violent methods keep him on the fringe of what is considered justice, and his supergroup and law enforcement relationships are strained.

Powers

Already a powerful combatant and dangerous enemy before he was slain, his time spent in Hell honed him into a keen hunter with a hatred for demons. His golden axe was forged in Hell by an infernal blacksmith, designed to kill Asterion himself. He took the axe from his assassin and now uses it as his own.

List of Powers

• Superstrength
• Hellforged axe
  1. Though it appears to be made of gold, the axe is invulnerable to everything but other infernal weapons
  2. Still connected to Hell, its strikes can create rivers of lava or bursts of flame

• Supernatural speed and jump strength
• Can contact the ancient Greek gods

History

The Greek gods' tangling with Asterion's origins had repercussions that would last millenia.

First Life and Resurrection

Though not the only of his kind, Asterion was the first, known in mythos as "The Minotaur," the son of a cursed human and a bull. Raised in secret before being imprisoned in a labyrinth beneath his mother's palace for 21 years, Asterion was killed before he could ever escape.

Damned for his rage and bloodlust, he wandered Hell for two and a half thousand years before a Qliphothic insurrection freed 100 mortal souls and 200 demons, Asterion among them. The mortals, Qliphoth, and demons battled each other, with few survivors. Asterion refused to escape during the midst of the fight, and he and the five others who survived came to an agreement to let each other go until they next met.

Second Life

Finding himself in an alien future from the Greece he once knew, he wandered all of Europe in shadows, and sightings of him sparked urban legends. Cryptid fanciers tracked him for nearly a year before a villain known as Caldera opened a portal to Hell in the middle of the Roman coliseum.

Asterion fought Caldera nearly to the death, but she escaped before Asterion could land his final strike. Now known to the world as a mighty man-beast, he became a demon hunter, driven by mad hatred.

Personality

Asterion is quick to anger and prone to violence. He takes everything out physically, rather than with words. He's terrible with words. Even in a state of calm, Asterion is like a rumbling volcano, ready to erupt at any moment with little encouragement.

He doesn't trust people, be they human or metahuman. He doesn't care. He was betrayed by his own sister, and since then he refuses to get close to others, putting everyone into "neutral" and "enemy" categories, with no in between.

Allies

Asterion doesn't currently have any superhero allies.

Rogues Gallery

Caldera

A high-ranking member of DEMON who can summon giant volcanic fissures and portals to Hell, Caldera is destructive and unpredictable. Violent and talented in the black arts since she was young, she now uses DEMON as a stepping stone toward ascending as a demibeing and ruler of demons.

At Large

Zanophane

Zanophane was the demon blacksmith who forged Asterion's golden axe. Its original purpose was to kill Asterion. However, when Asterion killed his assassin and stole the axe, Zanophane was furious. He now commits acts of villainy upon the mortal world in order to draw Asterion's ire in his continued attempts to retrieve the axe.

At Large

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  Asterion visiting Millennium City.

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  Asterion running through a sandstorm.

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  Leaping into a volcanic crater made by Caldera.

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  Using his Hellforged axe to combat undead.