[Spirit Class 2 | Hazard Rank A | Arc] Asher

○› Name: Asher the Empty Hearted____ ○ Alias': Lord of Beasts ○ Age: ~1500 ○ Gender: Male. ○ Race: Hollow ○ Affiliation: Warlord of Alhireth. ○ Alignment: Chaotic Neutral. ○ Marital Status: No. ○ Nationality: Alhireth. ○ Sexual Orientation: No. ○ Height: 276 cm. ○ Weight: 205kg. ○ Hair Colour: Black. ○ Eye Colour: Red

Asher the Empty Hearted is a man who can be best described through the moniker he wears. There is no sense of empathy or compassion within him, no care for any others beyond himself. He rules over the tribes of Alhireth not out of a desire to help them, but simply because he carries in the very depths of his soul a need to rule. He will not be satisfied until all that exists does so under his authority, or simply dies.


Little can be gleaned regarding Asher’s history simply by speaking with him. After all, he is the Warlord, and his existence in itself need not be explained or justified to outsiders. If, however, one were to look into the past, they would find that he had once been a man of quite modest means. Asher had from his youngest days a burning passion to be the strongest. For the good of his family’s legacy, he would be the greatest warrior in the land. But his body was weak, his spirit lacking. No matter how he pushed himself, it seemed that his desperate efforts to grow strong were for nothing.

But, the monsters that roamed his world were strong. Stronger than anyone he had ever met, anyone he had ever known. To become like them would surely give him what he needed, wouldn’t it?

Young Asher fared poorly in his efforts. A weak young man with no particularly strong spirit never could have hoped to have much chance in the jungles of Alhireth. But his burning drive still pushed him on even so. He studied the monsters, poked at their corpses and even fought the weakest of them. He learned little, but he grew confident over time. Found weaknesses in some of them. He grew overconfident from the learning, and eventually, picked a fight that he could not win. He died in battle, and his soul was dragged into the horned beast that had slain him.

But Asher’s spirit still burned. As the monster grew more powerful, as more souls began to fill it, Asher asserted his presence through sheer force of will. Souls bent to him, and in time, the beast that had consumed him was simply an extension of his own being–even if Asher himself had lost all memory of himself. Whatever his purpose had been, whatever his existence may have been like before he had become so powerful, it was inconsequential to him now. He remembered the only thing that mattered, and that was his desire to grow strong. The beast now known as Asher continued to fight, but now, with souls and spirit at his disposal that he had never had, it was far easier. Even if he didn’t remember his time studying the beasts of Alhireth, he remembered the knowledge that he had gained, and he crushed other beasts through guile where he could not crush them through sheer strength.

He grew immense. There was no doubt that he had become one of the strongest monsters in all Alhireth, and his rampage had cut a swath across the land for centuries by now. Whatever life might have been present before was gone now, and all that remained was the rampaging beasts, which killed and consumed each other, or decomposed and in time spawned weaker monsters again. But Asher still needed to grow strong. So he gorged himself on his foes, consuming those weak monsters which could never have hoped to survive against him.

In time, all that remained was Asher, and those few other beasts at the heights of power. Asher’s form had grown smaller, but his mind had grown sharp. The spiritual power at his command, in comparison to the other beasts, was unquestionable. And even the mightiest of beasts, when he stepped into their presence, collapsed at a single word:

“Kneel.”

There was nothing left for him here. But the dark sky above, made of only more stone, called to Asher. He could sense power above, could feel the bursts of power that came with conflict coming from the other side of the sky. And so he called upon his subjects, those few mighty beasts that remained in Alhireth, and broke through it now. A new world awaited them, and untold strength was there to be earned through conquest.


Law: A combination of Hollow ability and sheer force of personality, Asher is capable of directly commanding the Hollow beasts of Alhireth with unquestioned authority. They are nearly extensions of his own being, and he can order them to do as he wishes with little more than a gesture of his hand. In theory, this power could likely extend to more typical Hollows found on the surface, but this would require he consume a significant amount of normal Hollows, and at present is not possible.

Blackstar: In the event that a powerful Hollow perishes in Asher’s presence, he may consume it and incorporate its soul into himself as a final act of conquest. This differs from the typical nature of Hollow consumption, where the soul is simply assimilated and made into greater strength, for Asher is capable of gaining the unique powers of the Hollow alongside its strength. This act is one which forgoes much of the spiritual mass that he could normally consume from another Hollow, and so it creates an intense amount of spiritual detritus that will presumably either move through the cycle or form into other, smaller Hollows. Such a thing matters little to Asher, however. This is the source of nearly all of his other powers, and the reason he is intensely versatile on top of his immense strength.

Kingdom Come: Asher is capable of cutting a path directly from his current location to another point within his immediate sight. This moves at a speed equal to his Hollow Power, rather than his General Speed, and creates a blood-red wake that cuts at anyone within 20 feet of the line. He may only use this technique once per post.

Red Money: By slashing open his own veins, Asher may spray his blood upward into the air, which then coalesces into several dozen large globules which fire toward an opponent similarly to a shotgun blast. Courtesy of his regenerative abilities as a Hollow, this is not likely to hinder him unless he utilizes it more than 10 times in one thread. However, he is only capable of using it up to one time per post, otherwise he lacks the blood and blood pressure to meaningfully spray it out.

Miracle Goodnight: By letting out an intense shout, Asher can release an inky black mist from his body, which quickly flows outward at a rate of approximately 20 feet per post, and can reach up to a maximum distance from him equal to his Spirit Class’ scope of influence. Within this mist, visibility is intensely cut down, allowing natural sight to only see approximately 5 feet in front of oneself. Spiritual sight is similarly hindered within the mist due to the intense spiritual pressure Asher has, and so those who are below his Spirit Class have spiritual forms of sight such as Reikaku or Pesquisa similarly handicapped. Asher is not influenced by this, but this mist is also not under his direct control. As such, it can be moved away through outside powers, and those of significant Spirit Class can dispel it from the area around them using their own spiritual pressure.



General Skills

• Durability: Elite
  
• General Speed: Adept
  
• Strength: Elite
  
• Martial Skill: Beginner
  

Racial Skill Sheet

• Cero: Untrained
  
• Mask Protection: Elite
  
• Hollow Power: Elite
  
• Evolution Stage: Master
  

Will Skills

• Willpower/Determination: Elite
  
• Mental Deduction: Beginner
  
• Focus: Adept