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The Traveler: Jun Aslan
May 17, 2026 at 06:17 AM
Initial version (2026-05-17)
Jun Aslan is the player character of EXODUS. The marketing materials introduce Jun as a salvager on Lidon who is inducted into the Traveler caste of the Aslan Dynasty, and the game's promotional trailer titled "The Rise of Jun Aslan" frames the campaign as Jun's journey from local salvager to a figure who matters to the entire Omega Centauri cluster.
Jun is the scion of the Aslan Dynasty, the late-arriving human community based on the moon Lidon. Officially, Jun is the child of Orion Aslan, a legendary Traveler from the dynasty's founding generation, and Ava, a consort with Celestial-blooded heritage. The mixed lineage means Jun straddles two worlds: baseline humanity, with its hard scarcity and salvage culture, and the posthuman Celestials, who claim Omega Centauri as their birthright.
Jun's name is canonical, but appearance is customizable in the player's hands. EXODUS uses a fixed-protagonist model: the name Jun Aslan and the backbone of the family history are constant across playthroughs, similar to how some BioWare-school RPGs gave their lead character a default first name while letting the player redraw the face. Appearance customization covers face, hair, body and gear loadout. Personality and alignment are expressed through dialogue choices and the moral weight of decisions taken during and between missions.
A Traveler is the Aslan Dynasty's emissary, recovery specialist, and field decision-maker. The job description in EXODUS combines:
Relic recovery. Finding and reclaiming Celestial Remnants, alien artefacts, and lost arkship cargo from across the cluster.
Diplomacy. Brokering deals with rival Traveler Dynasties, Celestial enclaves, and Awakened communities.
Tactical command. Leading a small crew of companions through combat, stealth, and traversal challenges.
Long-horizon judgement. Making decisions whose consequences will not be visible to anyone at home for decades, due to Time Dilation.
Every Traveler is equipped with a Recycler, a shapeshifting firearm that can switch configurations on the fly, and a gauntlet that combines a Railclaw grappling tool with a slot for an active ability such as the Lance javelin attack. Together these define Jun's combat and traversal silhouette. The details, including Recycler configurations, are covered in The Recycler and Railclaw.
Jun's specific voice actor has not been officially confirmed as of this article's writing. The wider EXODUS cast includes Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey in his first-ever video game role, playing the supporting character C.C. Orlev. Additional cast names are likely to be confirmed closer to launch.
Jun does not work alone. A permanent crew, recruited across the campaign, accompanies the Traveler from world to world. Confirmed members include Tom Vargas, Elise Charroux, and Salt, an Awakened octopus piloting a mech suit. Romance options exist for human and humanoid companions; Salt is explicitly not on the romance list for in-fiction reasons. See Companions and Crew for the roster.
EXODUS is described by its developers as morally ambiguous. Jun is not framed as a chosen-one savior. The character begins as a salvager, becomes a Traveler, and is gradually pulled into questions about whether the Aslan Dynasty can survive in a cluster where humanity's own descendants outnumber, outclass, and often despise it. Each mission contributes another piece of evidence to that argument, and the consequences play out across the deep-time scale that Time Dilation introduces.
