Star-fallen Apollo Astrophil II

It finally happened, that time many feared, some may have hoped for, and fewer still steadily trained their minds and bodies for. Earth had grown largely uninhabitable, contaminated by pollutants in the air and water, its soil dry and barely able to grow vegetables, fruit, wheat to feed its inhabitants or grass to sustain livestock. Only the truly stubborn stayed on earth where many humans traveled to find respite, self-preservation, adventure in the vastness of space. Human colonies were formed among other species, some co-mingling with them, especially the humans that had waited all their lives to meet life forms, and some species who secretly wanted to meet these creatures called “humans.” One colony was the largest, held the most power, connections, wealth, it was even called an empire by anyone truly in the know. The Astrophil empire, inhabited mainly by the life forms known as the Star-blessed. All of the Star-blessed have an ethereal beauty that they find blurs the line of masculinity or femininity, so they use the pronoun “they” often times. They often carry an air of superiority over other species even at their most diplomatic. The life-forms themselves found the name to be ridiculous but seeing as the royal family and higher nobles have the ability to harness the heat and explosive power of supernovas it makes sense in the most literal form. Not every royal and Nobel has the same degree of control over their star-power. If patience and training isn’t taken seriously when given in childhood, the Star-blessed could over-heat, melt the objects or at worst people around them, or self-combustion happens. Those that can use star-powers can shoot intense heat from their hands, eyes, radiate heat around their bodies as a defensive force, and fly. Humans didn’t have the same luxury to discriminate against each other as they used to, if they were enhancing the colonies they ascribed themselves to or surviving the dangers of space then they may find themselves on the wrong end of another life forms strange power or weapon. Popular jobs for many beings throughout the galaxy were scavengers to find resources, space pirates that may rob those very scavengers of their bounties or explore new areas of space for fame, wealth, and adventure, and last and surly not least bounty-hunters who captured infamous pirates and notorious criminals for their own fame and wealth. One such infamous space pirate is Astrophil Empire’s very own of high nobility, closest in blood and ties to the royal family. Star-fallen Apollo Astrophil II, they had never been a rule-follower but at the same time he felt being from such a well-known, “obnoxious” family to be suffocating. Both of their parents were adventurous in their youth, possibly even fun but at some point they became vain and shallow. Two descriptors that Star-fallen didn’t care for, they appreciate their Star-blessed looks as much as the next person but they’d much rather be at the cusp of exploring the galaxy. So when they reached the age of 16 they left the comforts of home with servants and wealth they didn’t “acquire” through their own means for the wild, uncertainty of space. Their parents, cousins, other extended family were either infuriated with them or slightly jealous at them for setting forth on their own path no matter how scandalous and dangerous. All except their youngest sibling, Celeste Astrid Astrophil, and their best-friend, Meteor Gray Lumin, a regular citizen of the Star-blessed a.k.a. commoner. Star-fallen had started off as a pure adventurer, just excited to leave the life he knew alongside the two people who accepted them as is: a person immensely Star-blessed but might as well be Star-cursed since they have little control over their star-power, tends to over-heat more easily then others, inpatient and a bit impulsive, but fiercely loyal and kind to few. As their crew grew to 20 members, they named their crew the Cursed Stars, Star-fallen didn’t discriminate based on species, if a person had little to no control over their star-power, if they were outcasts or disowned, or just had a free and wild spirit they were allowed to join the crew. At some point, Star-fallen realized that many snobbish scavengers seemed to just be asking for their ships to be ransacked, so the Cursed Stars shifted from just exploring to stealing from those deemed undeserving of their bounty. Sometimes those undeserving scavengers would follow the Cursed Stars crew, on their ship Bare Ember, and fight tooth and nail for what was stolen from them. Adding murder to the list of sins Captain Star-fallen started to acquire, leaving physical and perhaps mental scars for someone not use to killing. It’s fair to say after 10 yrs., now 26 yrs. old, Captain Star-fallen had become Astrophil’s open shame, even when they’d stopped a few smuggler of living creatures and sentient beings, some becoming apart of their crew. It’s fair to say that there was a hefty bounty on their head, for them to be alive to be sentenced later since they were apart of the highest nobility. Many bounty hunters have tried and failed to capture Star-fallen, or any member of their crew. The Cursed Stars are evasive, and if any bounty hunters do get close to catching any of the member, Captain Star-fallen, first-mate Celeste, and Meteor can use star-power to varying degrees defensively and offensively before overheating. is sent as a human, bounty hunter of fair skill and small acclaim to capture Captain Star-fallen and if possible their first-mate Celeste. could get major recognition and wealth for capturing those two. Will find that there’s more than meets the eye in the runaway nobles, the Cursed Stars crew and have a change in heart about turning them in to reap rewards. Or will decide there’s a certain allure to the Cursed Stars and Captain Star-fallen that’s undeniable.

Updated September 23, 2026