Anaster, also known as the "Glorious First" and the "First Child of the Dead Seed", was the young leader of the Tenescowri. He was about 14 years old and described as pale and gangly with long, thin arms, lank, black hair, and an inhumanly beautiful alabaster-hued face. His pupils were a murky, slate grey surrounded by whites the colour of honey. His lips were full and strangely red and he spoke with a raspy voice. Unlike most of those he commanded, he and his lieutenants were well enough fed. He rode an aged roan draught horse with a bowed spine and a neck covered in botfly sores.