Queen Astrea, Queen of the Stars, is the cosmic queen of the primaries and lady of the silver void, whose living capital ship — a space manta ray larger than the moon — glides across the inner sky of Antiterra.
| Type | Character (cosmic queen) |
| Realm | The Kingdom of the Star; the silver void |
| Seeker | Auro |
| Spanish entry | La Reina Astrea |
Description
Few have seen her; many have sworn to serve her. She is the force that fights the shadows from the world’s periphery. Her legends diverge into four or five figures the source does not unify: the Lady of Pain, the Lich Queen, a dead god, Elizabeth, and the Fairy Queen, queen of the fairies before the beginning of time. To one who questions with knowledge, the name barely arrives: “Asrea, or something like that.” Her captains come from other worlds — Neptune Ultra, the southern seas near Anastasia — and sign on for gold.
The Kingdom of the Star
Her fleet carries the judges of this world, concerned that this primary is different: here the planes draw near and project, and the Invisible Cities are the teeth of the gear. When her threshold opens, the outer void shows the constellations in which the liberated cities are drawn point by point: “Welcome to the Kingdom of the Star.” Her receiving court is the blue Mercane, planar merchants with blue skin and kimonos who process orders and take their tithe.
Relationships
- Reaching her ship is Auro’s declared obsession — “the true east is up” — and at the end he leaves for her southern seas, after the Golden Pheasant.
- Her captains in the arc of Isidora: Kirios, the Roosters, Cortés (Cortés and Pizarro).
- She exceeds the earthly power of the Great Khan.
- Coyote — the primaries and the silver void touch his cycle.