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Summary[]
Asphodene is a third generation Starfarer and one of the main characters in The Stars Above, she serves her Starbarer, the Terrarian if she is chosen at the start of the game. She is the older sister of Eridani, and tends to approach combat with a simple, flashy style.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: Varies, up to 4-C | 4-B
Key: Pre-Tsukiyomi | Post-Tsukiyomi
Name: Asphodene
Origin: The Stars Above (Modded Terraria)
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Third Generation Starfarer, Starfarer, Astral Starfarer
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Statistics Amplification, Berserk Mode (Through Edin Genesis Quasar and Guardian's Light), Light Manipulation (Through Absolute Summoning), Minor Acausality (Type 5: Guardian's Light uses paracausal energy), Healing, Life Manipulation (Through Garden of Avalon), Portal Creation (Through Unlimited Blade Works and Takonomicon), ,Void Manipulation (Through Takonomicon), Durability Negation (Bury the Light grants Armor Piercing to its user), Ice Manipulation, Fire Manipulation (Through Carian Dark Moon), Power Nullification (Prevents all flight during her fights), Acid Manipulation (Makes the arena walls corrosive with Athanoric Arena), Chi Manipulation, Resurrection, Magic, Fate Manipulation (Through Various Stellar Arrays), Paint Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Teleportation, Summoning, Creation, Energy Manipulation, Flight, Power Bestowal, Telekinesis, Weapon Mastery, Immortality (Type 1, 4, and 9), Danmaku, Weapon Creation, Weapon Control
Attack Potency: Varies, up to Star Level (Weapons created vary in strength, can grant the essence for the Twin Stars of Albireo, which is at this level, fought a Post-Plantera Terrarian with her sister) | Solar System Level (Fought a Post-Tsukiyomi Terrarian with her sister created the Spatial Memoriam out of Tsukiyomi's residue energy, which has the power of the Stars Above sun which has a GBE around this level)
Speed: FTL+ (Can keep up with the Terrarian who can dodge at this speed) | FTL+, possibly Massively FTL+ (Kept up with the Terrarian after they fought Tsukiyomi, the First Starfarer)
Lifting Strength: Stellar (Comparable to the Terrarian, who could hold the essence of and the weapon Twin Stars of Albiero, which would have a combined Solar Mass of 8.2)
Striking Strength: Varies, up to Star Level | Solar System Level
Durability: Varies, up to Moon Level (Could tank hits from a Post-Plantera Terrarian) | Solar System Level (Tanked hits from the Terrarian after they fought Tsukiyomi, the First Starfarer)
Stamina: Superhuman (Comparable to the Terrarian, can use Stellar Novas repeatedly)
Range: Tens of Meters (With most attacks), Interplanetary with Portal Creation (Unlimited Blade Works opens a portal to a world of blades), Possibly Interstellar with Eden Genesis Quasar (Seemingly transports the world to a Nebula)
Standard Equipment: Every Stellar Nova, Astral, or Spatial Weapon
Intelligence: Genius (Created the Essences for multiple weapons, can operate the Stellar Array, understands a lot of knowledge about the world of Terraria, however she is stated to be not as smart as her sister Eridani, the Umbral Starfarer)
Standard Tactics: She will start off with her standard attacks and Danmaku before using Eden Genesis Quazar for a final push of power. She almost never fights without her sister or her Starbarer
Weaknesses: Stellar Novas take time to charge, Bury the Light lowers defenses, typically doesn't fight alone, hates being sick.
Feats: Scaling Page for the Mod as a Whole
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
(Taken from the Offical Stars Above Wiki (Fandom disallows Wikidotgg links)
Original Fight[]
- Twin Prototokia - Two swords appear in each upper corner of the player's screen, traveling rapidly towards the player to make an 'X'.
- Elegant Brushwork - 3 brushes appear on Asphodene and Eridani and slowly travel in a fan-shape in the player's direction. After reaching the edge of the arena, they turn around and go back to Asphodene and Eridani. They repeat this once more, disapperaing when the hit the arena edge the 4th time.
- Argyropeia (Up / Down / Left / Right) - A single row or column of small orbs appear close to the player in the indicated direction. They travel in the opposite direction for a few seconds before disappearing.
- Threads of Fate (1-3) - Indicators will appear. After a moment, they turn into blades, damaging the player. (1) will create an 'X' formation targeting the player, (2) will have 5 closly place horizontal indicators, while (3) has more horizontal indicators further spread apart across the arena.
- Lixiviate - Yellow-Green bolts appear in the top right of the screen and rain down towards the bottom left.
- Linear Mystics - Several purple '<>' will harmlessly fall to partway down the screen. After a few seconds, they will turn into two balls of energy that fly out horizontally from each '<>'
- Athanoric Arena - Inflicts 'Athanoric Arena' on the player, causing ???
- Ringmasters Will (Move / Stop) - A message will appear in the chat, alongside the player recieving a debuff 'Ringmaster's Will'. When the debuff expires, the player needs to stop or move in the indicated direction or recieve damage
- Gemini Burst - Red bolts appear in the top left of the screen and rain down towards the bottom right.
- Artistic Dissonance - A line leading to a circle to the player's left or right will appear. After a few seconds, the player will teleport to the indicator. The direction is random each time.
- Chromatic Cascade - 5 harmless purple orbs shoot out of the player in a star pattern. After a moment, they will burst, each shooting 8 brighter purple projectiles in cardinal directions.
- Freezing Azimuth - 12 blue stars appear above the player, slowly falling towards them.
- Phlogiston Pyrotechnics - Two horizontal rows - one above and one below the player - of yellow stars appear. After a moment, left to right, they begin exploding in a small area.
- Efflouresent Brushwork - Identical to 'Elegant Brushwork', except there are 6 brushes instead of 3.
- Diamond Dust - Two circles appear over the player in the shape of a Venn Diagram. After a few moments they fade away.
Post-Final Boss[]
- Blood Moon (3) - 6 red orbs fly out from the Starfarers in a hexagon pattern
- Titanomachia (1-2) - Indicators appear horizontally and vertically across the screen. For (1), the projectiles will appear along the bottom moving up and right flying left. For (2), this is inverted.
- Ars Laevateinn - A giant red sword will appear, centered on the player. After a moment, it will spin, damaging the player if inside.
- Burnished Bladework ((1-3, Normal) / (1-4, Strong)) - Indicators appear around the player. After a moment, they turn into red beams that hurt the player. A higher number means more individual beams. Normal attacks directly target the player, while Strong attacks hit a larger area
- Ephemeral Edge - A row of spinning yellow swords appears above the player. After a moment, each object splits and travels horizontally upward and downward.
- Scions And Sinners - Several large yellow cresents appear around the Starfarers, damaging the player.
- Apostasy - During the attacks "charge", many red stars appear. When the attack is "charged", the begin exploding
- Severance of Fate (1-2) - Two beacons appear near the player, one of which the player is tethered to, inflicting the debuff 'Terror Tether' to the player. This does ???.
- Bury The Light (1) - Similar to Burnished Bladework, indicators will appear near the player, before blue beams will streak across.
- Absolute Summoning (2) - Several phantoms shaped like players appear. Some will have a Kroniic Principality spin around them, while others shoot orbs horizontally and vertically out of themselves.
- Carian Dark Moon (1) - The namesake weapon, Carian Dark Moon, appears above the Starfarers. After a moment, several cresents begin flying out of the sword towards the player.
- Takonomicon (1) - Portals appear along the ground near the player. After a moment, large purple tentacles appear from them, damaging the player.
Note: Shares the same abilities as Eridani, the Umbral Starfarer, due to both fighting the Terrarian simultaneously.