Astor

is a character and the central antagonist of.

Biography
Very little is known about HWAoC:'s life before the events of. All that is known is that he was born and raised in a certain village in HWAoC: and that he eventually became a powerful sorcerer and a follower of HWAoC: and would later align with the HWAoC:. Shortly after a future HWAoC:, a miniature HWAoC: created by HWAoC: when she was young, travels to the past, the HWAoC: that followed it possesses the dormant past Terrako, forming HWAoC:. Later, a HWAoC:-worshipping cult that Astor belonged to found Harbinger Ganon, who showed them a vision of the ruined HWAoC: of the future via a mysterious orb. During the vision, HWAoC: unleashed its Malice upon the cultists, all of whom were killed except for Astor - who had seemingly been selected by Harbinger Ganon to be its pawn. Astor took the orb and left with Harbinger Ganon, setting his grand plan of destroying HWAoC: into motion.

HWAoC: first appears after the defeat of HWAoC: in HWAoC:, disappointed at the HWAoC: leader's incompetence. He then views a glimpse of the future through HWAoC:, stating that he will not allow anyone to alter the course of the future. The seer makes himself known to the Champions during their visit to the HWAoC:, where he summons HWAoC: clones of the Champions, called NaN Hollows, to attack them. He then appears at the foot of the HWAoC:, commanding the NaN Hollows to kill HWAoC:. However, the HWAoC: awakens for HWAoC:, who retrieves it from its pedestal and quickly defeats Astor. After HWAoC: begins to reactivate the NaN Sheikah Towers, HWAoC: commands the HWAoC: to prevent the final tower from being activated, as it would reveal their location to the Champions. He then explains how HWAoC: is a fusion of HWAoC: and HWAoC:, and that he will use its power to bring the world to its knees, though HWAoC: deems this statement foolish. His orders to the Yiga end up unfulfilled, as the Champions are able to reactivate the final Sheikah Tower and take control of the HWAoC:. Enraged that the seer would allow this to happen, HWAoC: grabs him by the neck. However, Astor calmly explains that their defeat was ordained by fate, and that if the Yiga were to harm him they would make themselves enemies of HWAoC:.

Soon after HWAoC: awakens and HWAoC: is taken over, HWAoC: betrays the HWAoC: and kills large numbers of NaN Yiga Footsoldiers, using their life energy to revive the four NaN Blight Ganons, who failed to kill the Champions before. He tells a horrified HWAoC: and HWAoC: that by becoming a blood sacrifice to HWAoC:, they will finally become useful, summoning a Hollow of HWAoC: to do the deed. HWAoC: begins to run as Sooga advises, but changes his mind and decides to stay and fight alongside HWAoC:. However, as revealed by, their battle ends with both HWAoC: and HWAoC: fleeing while pursued by the NaN Blight Ganons. Eventually, after being cornered, Sooga performs a Yiga technique to keep the NaN Blight Ganons at bay long enough for Master Kohga to escape and ally with HWAoC:. It is implied Sooga is killed by the NaN Blight Ganons.

HWAoC: appears again during the battle at HWAoC:, where he summons the NaN Blight Ganons to attack HWAoC:. HWAoC: attempts to fight them off, but is quickly overwhelmed. HWAoC:, desperate to save HWAoC:, awakens her sealing power and incapacitates the NaN Blight Ganons, allowing HWAoC: to destroy them once more while HWAoC: flees.

At an undetermined point in time (presumably sometime after the events of the Freeing Korok Forest scenario), Astor and Harbinger Ganon hatch a plan to separate Terrako from everyone else, luring Terrako into the Colosseum before crushing the plucky Guardian under rubble. When Purah tries to reactivate Terrako using a Simple Ancient Furnace, Astor then sends in a array of monsters before joining in himself, getting defeated once again.

As the Champions reclaim HWAoC: and begin infiltrating HWAoC:, HWAoC: makes his final stand against them alongside HWAoC: itself, ranting that as HWAoC:'s right hand man, it is his destiny to destroy HWAoC: and his allies. The two are defeated, and as the Champions close in on them, Astor attempts to command Harbinger Ganon to destroy them. However, his efforts are cut short as he becomes consumed by HWAoC:, screaming in agony as Harbinger Ganon absorbs him into itself and uses his power to transform into its true form - Calamity Ganon.

His dark sphere is now in the possession of Sheikah scientist named Robbie.

Trivia

 * HWAoC: was seemingly planned to be a playable character at one point in development, as some Warriors possess a voiced line of dialogue that goes unused, calling out HWAoC:'s name, used when switching Warriors during gameplay. It is currently unknown why he was scrapped.