#AwesomeCharacters They aren't finding anything on Ashrah because no one is searching her unless they want to lose their hands! She does show them her sword, which is the only thing she carries with her. Unless she's carrying some harvested organ or (1/5)
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For Ashrah, the only music she knows by the time of Eternal Flame is the one used in rituals and war. The first time she sees another facet of it is when Sareena draws her flute.
In Hymn of Freedom, she'll become a lot more familiar with music, including with the erhu, which (1/2)
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#WIPSnips 17. “Duration”
Very surprisingly, I have only one instance of the word, right at the beginning, as Ashrah contemplates how the Astral Plane must be her way to freedom. (She might be more right than she knows…)
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Ashrah wouldn't. She doesn't need all that money. Indeed, she deals very little with money.
Nitara has more than that, thanks to her House's fortune. And she's a light spender. She doesn't need a million more.
Sareena would. Just for the fun of it🤷🏽♀️
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#QueerPrompts 15. Ashrah has two favourite art forms: martial arts (hey, that's an art form, too!) and music. She becomes acquainted with both during her time with Master Shujinko, when she trains Baguazhang and discovers the erhu, which becomes her instrument.
And for the art share:
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#WIPSnips 15. “Topic”
Ashrah’s scholar facet makes an appearance, and Datusha makes a… curious remark 👀
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Ashrah's evil doppelganger is someone who utterly and irrevocably believes in purifying her soul, a belief that Ashrah herself has thankfully freed herself of. And "purification," of course, means killing and killing until her soul is pure (spoilers: never).
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Nitara.
That's the only (type of) person Ashrah is physically attracted to. And yeah, it's toxic at first, but it becomes sweet later.
And I mean... I can't blame her, look at this:
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#WIPSnips 14. “Heat”
Ashrah prepares for her first battle in Eternal Flame.
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For her, *not* surviving isn't a thought that even crosses her mind. No, it's "once she completed her incursion"!
And a bunch of other small words that have such an important weight in keeping her voice consistent and strong. It's complex... but I do love every bit of it 💜
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A digital illustration of Ashrah by Orlando B (https://bsky.app/profile/sarkastiklover.bsky.social). It shows her in her "Duality Form," half-human and half-demon, the latter represented by her ringed horns and the left hand in her purple demonic skin and claws, closer to the viewer. Her other, human hand, is behind her and grips Datusha. We see Ashrah from a high-angle view, her face set into a deep frown as she readies herself for battle.
Because purification is a lie and self-love is the truth!
Vice and Virtue. Darkness and Light. Demon and Mortal. Embrace the duality, for only then can life flourish. Embrace balance, for existence is impossible without it. Embrace yourself: become better, become a fucking badass 💜
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#SundaySnips 12. "Storm"
Ashrah and Sareena seek shelter from a blizzard.
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Such an Ashrah song... and Barbara's performance gets me every time :')
youtu.be/Unj9WbeLzRU
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#AwesomeCharacters For Ashrah, an adventure is a journey that challenges her both physically (usually through combat) and intellectually (puzzles!), and that rewards her with some kind of treasure at the end. So, it's exciting, dangerous, and rewarding!
Her (1/6)
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Editing CH19, and the meet-cute is happening! 😍🔥
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Digital drawing of Ashrah, from Chronicles of the Realms, by me. It's a medium close-up pose with her in profile performing the move Hide Flowers Beneath the Leaf from Baguazhang.
Ashrah practices Baguazhang, Part 1: Hide Flowers Beneath the Leaf.
A fundamental move in Bagua that I wanted to try and reproduce in this first drawing of Ashrah learning the martial art. Very tricky outfit to draw, too...
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#AwesomeCharacters Interestingly enough, Ashrah ends up making good friends: Tomas, Hanzo, Kurtis, Mileena... A lot of it thanks to those other parties, who usually have to put up with her temperament that sometimes borders on the insufferable.
But she also (1/4)
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#QueerPrompts 9. Ashrah has the scar Nitara gave her, which she (purposefully) never healed. And kind of a mark, but bones press against her skin in certain areas of her body, such as the spine and sides of the stomach. That's from her original, demonic form.
Sareena has the (1/2)
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#WIPSnips 9. “Stuff”
It’s funny to realise how prophetic literally all of Nitara’s suggestions were…
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#AwesomeCharacters This would create some wild AUs.
Ashrah would go back in time to after her younger self made the pact with Datusha and become her own mentor so she wouldn't need to go through ~everything~ she did, particularly with Datusha, before she (1/4)
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#QueerPrompts 8. Nitara is a professional dancer, having participated in groups and solo performances now and then in her city. That was before she became a captain and used her new duties as an excuse to not indulge in what she enjoys.
Ashrah wove her second skin (1/2)
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#WIPSnips 8. "Need"
Ashrah is orchestrating a dangerous plan...
(That "that holds true" warms my heart so much 🥺)
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Ashrah has been a nomad for most of her life. At the beginning of Eternal Flame, she "lives" in Ultarzzy as a slave to Archdevil Ulorzz. In the future, she ends up building a home in the mountains of Orasan, Vaeternus, with her family (wife, sister, daughter, and daughter-in-law).
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#WIPSnips 7. “Shortcut”
Yes, I intentionally left whatever Ashrah said out of the snippet because I’m evil 😈
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#QueerPrompts 7. Ashrah does. She's too honest, too socially inept to understand why she probably shouldn't barge into a crowded room during a meeting to tell Nitara she came to the conclusion that she's in love with her 🤣
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Ashrah loves Nitara's heart. How welcoming and compassionate and fiercely protective of those she loves she is, which includes saying truths that this emotional wisdom brings her. Ashrah learnt a lot about herself thanks to this.
Nitara loves Ashrah's (1/2)
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#QueerPrompts 6. Dormammu, I have come to yap as promised!
Let me tell you about Ashrah, my asexual trans demon warrior who, funny enough, I never planned to make asexual. That was totally her. One day, she tapped my shoulder and told me she was asexual, and I accepted it! (1/6)
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Ashrah bust, commissioned from Saphnoctis (Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/saphnoctis/). The drawing is a three-quarter view of Ashrah wearing her Balance is a Journey outfit (the golden, Barong-shaped pauldrons, the purple selendang, the white collar of the white kebaya, and the Garuda-shaped pendants tying the kebaya together), her purple eyes looking to the right, and her hair done in her usual, warrior-like topknot.
Happy Ace Day to my beloved asexual trans demon warrior, to my demi heart, and to all ace people out there! 🥰💜🙌🏽✨
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Ashrah has come to learn that she's not the best at expressing her emotions, and having Nitara showing her love by having the patience to understand her is something that means a lot to her 💜
For Nitara, waking up to a breakfast prepared so sweetly by her (1/2)
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#AprilAdventure 5. Well, I've already shared the Ashtusha meet-cute yesterday, so here's when Ashrah decides to go after Ulorzz.
And when Datusha realises it has no idea what it has got itself into x)
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