Astra Logue


 * For the similarly-named character, see Astra.

Astra Logue (2005-2014) was a girl who was accidentally killed and damned to Hell after a botched attempt at exorcism by John Constantine.

Biography
After Astra was possessed by a demon, John Constantine, Anne Marie Flynn, Gary Lester, Ritchie Simpson, and Chas Chandler all came to her aid in a attempt to expell the demon from her body. However Renee (Chas’s ex-wife) said that Astra's own father used her as a tool in his black magic rituals. John attempted to summon a greater demon, Nergal, to instruct it to expel the lesser demon. While the plan worked, the demon also killed Astra violently in front of everyone and damned her to Hell for eternity.

Legacy
This violent act lead to the group of magic users to split up, and John to place himself in Ravenscar Psychiatric Facility for the Mentally Deranged, where he continued to be haunted by his actions. Anne Marie became a nun in New Mexico, Gary started to do drugs more often and Ritchie put it behind him.

Eventually, John was offered the opportunity to stop the "Rising Darkness" and chose to do it to honor Astra.

While possessing Sara Lance, the demon Mallus used Astra's voice to offer Constantine Astra's soul in exchange for Sara's, John did not believe him and continued to exorcise him. John later told Sara that had he believed that Mallus was telling the truth about freeing Astra's soul, he would have taken the offer without any hesitation.

Behind the Scenes

 * In the DC comics, Astra Logue (also called Astrid), abused daughter of club-owner, Alex Logue. In 1978, she had summoned up a demon called Norfulthing that had killed Logue and his associates. John Constantine tried to summon another demon to defeat it but failed to name and bind it properly. That demon, Nergal, killed Norfulthing and dragged Astra to Hell. This failure sent John completely insane. He was committed to Ravenscar Secure Facility. The guilt stayed with him for a long time. During the end of Critical Mass arc however, John succeeds in freeing Astra's and every child's soul trapped in Hell and held by the demon Buer. Astra kisses the (demon) John Constantine as thanks and she together with the other children quickly depart to Heaven.