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The Ashari are an ancient tribe of humans, who worship the earth. Ashari means 'blessed by the earth' in Asha, the tribal language. The tribe lived an ascetic, minimalist lifestyle, drawing everything they needed to survive from nature. Most of the tribe lives in TheAshariVillage.
Ashari Beliefs: Man's efforts to tame nature are futile. Everything good that has been accomplished by man (medicines, agriculture, machines) have already existed in nature, and all the evils that man has wrought are children of his struggle against nature (destruction of the environment, health crises, flooded cities, etc). The Ashari try to shun manmade things, instead hunting/gathering for their food, using plants for medicine, constructing their homes from natural materials. Their appearance to outsiders is partly primitive (still hunting for their food), and partly very advanced (their medicine keeps them really healthy, they cultivate plants which are stronger than steel, etc). They constantly try to live perfectly within nature.
Additionally, the Ashari have a disproportionately high number of metahumans among the priesthood. All Ashari children are screened by the priests for metahuman powers (called 'Earth's touch', or 'Naharo' in Asha) at age 6. Those found to have earth-affirming abilities are segregated into the priesthood's keeping. Priests in the tribe all give up their original names when they enter into the priesthood, and live without a name, and under a vow of silence for a year. Then, they are given an "earth name" by the elders, and accepted into the rank of novice.
The Ashari were very reclusive. Hidden well within the jungle, most locals only ever heard rumors of their existence. Those that did come in contact with them came back with very strange tales of their way of life. Some rumors that were circulating as of 1998:
- "Even when we were starving during the droughts last year, they still had plenty of food..."
- "My cousin saw one of them get badly mauled by a lion, and was sure he'd die... but then 3 weeks later he saw the same man, running around as if nothing ever happened!"
- "My uncle took some rich white men hunting in the forest, but we strayed into their territory... one of them threatened us if we didn't leave, but one of the men we were guiding shot him... the shot knocked him over, but then he got up and ran away like it did not hurt at all."
- ShesuAshari, an Ashari priest, slayer of Zaizen
- DavuAshari Devu Ashari,
- TiombeAshari Tiombe Ashari,
- Matu, Greatest of the Ashari warriors,
- NduluAshari, Ashari warrior, slayer of Bokula, a.k.a. Pestilence and co-founder of TheChosen The Chosen
- NDore N'Dore, ancient prophetess of the tribe
- AshamAshari Asham Ashari, Ashari warrior, fought in the battles leading to the FoundationoftheNine Foundation of the Nine
Ashari History
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NDore N'Dore is born in the Ashari village
N’Dore is made a holy woman of her Ashari tribe
Ndulu N’dulu is born
N’dulu takes his first trial
N’dulu takes his second trial.
Having heard of the legend of N’dore, ZaizenTamari Zaizen sends the TheLeftHand Left Hand to capture her.
Left Hand is thwarted in capturing N’dore by the Ashari villagers
N’Dulu takes his third trial, which ends up being a quest to rescue N'dore
Bokula a holy man of a neighboring tribe, betrays N’dore to the Left Hand, enabling her capture. Bokula travels back with the Left Hand to Zaizen and joins the TheLost Lost.
The Left Hand arrives with N’dore who refuses to fortell for Zaizen.
While traveling though the deserts of Arabia Ndulu Ashari helps Thalia fight Luyu and as payment to that debt, she joins him on his quest. They meet JaidenKnight Jaiden Knight and AylinKazi Aylin Kazi and travel with them to the Kazi stronghold in India.
Zaizen begins experimenting with Runes on N’dore to try to get her to foretell for him.
Zaizen begins experimenting with Runes on N’dore to try to get her to foretell for him.
Ndulu and Thalia arrive at the Kazi stronghold and are welcomed by RafikKazi Rafik Kazi. Ndulu and Aylin Kazi are married and Ndulu receives the MedallionofAugustus Medallion of Augustus from Rafik Kazi as a wedding present.
Along with Thalia, Jaiden and Aylin, travels to the Ashari Village in order to establish a trade route and protect others from attacks from The Lost
N'dulu, Aylin, Thalia and Jaiden arrive at the Ashari Village. Jaiden and Thalia are married.
Ndulu and Aylin have a son, Tiombe.
Zaizen successfully places runes on N’dore, using a combination of the Runic Language Code Book and Deathblade. She has to be tortured into this foretelling, and the close proximity with Zaizen drives her permanently insane while Deathblade flays the flesh from her bones, but Zaizen keeps her alive and etches ColdSteel runes on her bones, keeping her immortal and under Zaizen’s control. He is told by N’dore that the TheBrotherhood Brotherhood will be his downfall.
Ndulu, Thalia, Aylin Kazi and Jaiden Knight head back to India, with the plan to help people being attacked by the Lost again along the way. Tiombe stays in the Ashari village with Ndulu’s family.
Tiombe takes the first trial in his village.
Along the way back to the Kazi stronghold, Ndulu, Thalia, Aylin and Jaiden meet TarifMohammed Tarif Mohammed who is responding to a request for help from Ra. Ndulu, Jaiden, Thalia and Aylin agree to help fight The Lost in Egypt
Tiombe takes the second trials in his village.
Aylin is killed by Bokula
During the fighting against The Lost, Jaiden is blinded by Bokula but Ndulu kills him. Led by Tarif Mohammed and Moses, Ndulu, Jaiden, Thalia and Aylin as well as Miriam and Binish leave Egypt in order to try and save people from the wrath of Zaizen
Tarif Mohammed provides a distraction during a fight with The Lost, enabling Jaiden, Thalia, Ndulu to escape through a portal that Thalia makes in Mt. Sinai and using the MedallionofAugustus Medallion of Augustus they create ParadiseLost Paradise Lost and the ArkoftheCovenant Ark of the Covenant. They provide Moses with a key to gain access to Paradise Lost but leave the Ark in Paradise Lost.
Tarif Mohammed, Miriam, Yadid, Baruch, Ahava and Esam join Ndulu, Jaiden and Thalia, and head towards Siberia in order to take on Zaizen directly. They declare themselves TheChosen The Chosen
During their travels to Siberia, Tarif Mohammed, Ndulu, Jaiden and Thalia stop in the Kazi stronghold and tell Rafik Kazi about their new group, The Chosen. The tenants for The Chosen are established and at their core is that they are metahumans that are banding together due to the attacks of Zaizen. They let Rafik Kazi into their plans, and encourage him to have his caravans spread the word to any located metahumans of safe refuge in Paradise Lost. The Kazi caravans then start funneling any willing metahumans into Paradise Lost.
Tarif Mohammed, Ndulu, Jaiden and Thalia attack Zaizen directly, they fail in defeating him but steal his Cold Steel meteorite and hide it in Paradise Lost. N’dore is able to give them a message. Ndulu is captured by Zaizen in the process and is eventually killed.
N’dore is able to give Jaiden Knight, Thalia and Tarif Mohammed a message during their failed attempt to both rescue her and kill Zaizen.
N’dore is able to give Jaiden Knight, Thalia and Tarif Mohammed a message during their failed attempt to both rescue her and kill Zaizen.
Tarif Mohammed gives the message from N’dore to Tiombe. Tarif Mohammed, Jaiden and Thalia defeat the Lost through the use of the two deposits of Cold Steel, one at the Ashari Village and the one in Paradise Lost. The main battle takes place at the Ashari Village, where Tarif Mohammed, Jaiden and Thalia have gone since that is the point of focus for Zaizen’s wrath. Zaizen’s lieutenants destroy the village but fail to regain the meteroite.
Thalia has creates a doorway to ParadiseLost Paradise Lost in the TheAshariVillage Ashari Village and they evacuate the remaining villagers into ParadiseLost Paradise Lost where they are met by some of the metahumans gathered there by the Kazi caravans.
- 1245 BCE - TarifMohammed Tarif Mohammed, JaidenKnight Jaiden and Thalia go and rescue NduluAshari Ndulu but unknown to them he is already dead and the rescue TheLeftHand The Left Hand who is impersonating him.
After the rescue TarifMohammed Tarif Mohammed, TheLeftHand The Left Hand, JaidenKnight Jaiden and Thalia leave together but, Jaiden JaidenKnight Jaiden and Thalia divert to the Kazi stronghold while TarifMohammed Tarif Mohammed, TheLeftHand The Left Hand head back to the TheAshariVillage Ashari Village.
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Tiombe has a son Davu.
Davu takes the first trial.
Davu takes the second trial.
Tiombe passes on the message from N’dore to Davu. Davu starts on his quest, the third trial.
Matu is born in a village near the Ashari Village.
Matu becomes an orphan after the Right Hand kills his parents and tribe.
Davu finds Matu and brings Matu back to the Ashari Village.
Matu takes the first trial.
Davu finds Matu and brings Matu back to the Ashari Village.
Matu takes the first trial.
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Matu takes the second trial.
Davu tells Matu the message from N’dore.
Matu begins his quest, the third trial.
Matu begins his quest, the third trial.
Matu saves VictorKnight Victor Knight who is being attacked by Soren and kills Soren. Matu convinces Victor Knight to join him in his quest which brings them into Egypt and talking with the TheAllianceofHumanity Alliance of Humanity.
Matu and Victor Knight enter Egypt and save the leader of the Alliance of Humanity, Menefer who is being attacked by Luyu. This enables collaboration to begin between the Chosen and Alliance of Humanity against Zaizen.
A meeting between Matu, Victor Knight representing the Chosen and the Alliance of Humanity represented by Menefer occurs where they discuss how to defeat Zaizen.
Matu then leaves with members of the Chosen including NamirMohammed Namir Mohammed to rescue N’dore from Siberia.
Matu then leaves with members of the Chosen including NamirMohammed Namir Mohammed to rescue N’dore from Siberia.
Matu rescues N’dore and Golem from Zaizen’s fortress but during the fight Namir Mohammed is killed by Deathblade. Matu returns to Paradise Lost with Golem and N’dore goes back to the Ashari Village
N’dore makes the Book by studying the runes on herself. She provides the Book with her power to foretell the future and the ability to keep the Ashari Village safe from Zaizen while the Book is in the Village.
After the fight to divide Zaizen, Matu leaves for the Ashari Village.
Matu dies a peaceful death in the Ashari Village.
Asham is born in the Ashari Village
Asham takes his first trial
Asham takes his second trial
Asham takes his third trial, receiving a quest from N’Dore
Asham arrives at the Scholars Guild
Asham dies in Tibet
VirgilBelmont Virgil Belmont is in the Ashari Village
Alaistar is again in the Ashari Village and meets N’Dore
Virgil arrives in the Ashari Village
Hugh is in the Ashari Village for about 30 seconds
A break out at the partial seal near the Ashari Village and the TheNine Nine return to the Village to deal with it.
Alaistar arrives to help with the breakout of the Hollows
TuraloOso Turalo Oso is born
Oso takes his first trial
Oso takes his second trial
N’Dore foresees the great destruction to be wrought by Deathblade, and sends Oso out into the world, to stop the "Blade of Darkness", and find the key to stopping the Corruptor once and for all as his third trial.
Oso, AbdulOmarMohammed Abdul Omar Mohammed and Alaistar meet, sharing the same quest, and Oso’s riddle telling him to seek the Desert Storm, become fast friends. They team up together to stop Deathblade.
MichaelZolvolovitch Michael Zolvolovitch, Alaistar, Oso, and Abdul clash in Rome, Michael Zolvolovitch touches the sword during the struggle and becomes the new Deathblade, he is blasted by Abdul and disappears into the Mediterranean Sea.
Alaistar, Oso, and Abdul track and fight Michael/Deathblade across the various theaters of Europe, as the new Deathblade works his way North and East. The blade is fueled by the death around it, making it nearly unstoppable in the war zones. Along the way the trio must also defeat hollows created in the horrors of war. They become close friends. Michael Zolvolovitch, retaining enough humanity to control the sword, follows VladimirTopesky Vlad’s orders, Oso and Abdul, unaware that Vlad is pulling the strings, continue to fight Michael Zolvolovitch through the various battles of Europe. BenjaminGates Benjamin Reginald Gates assists Oso and Abdul during this time because he wants to see Vlad fail and uses them as pawns in their Brotherhood conflict.
The trio track Deatblade to Okinawa. In the killing fields there, something appears to change within Michael, he totally succumbs to the blades evil. The Black armor forming completely around his face and head. He talks in a different voice and acts differently, as if listening to voices only he can hear. He abandons the field in Okinawa and heads north and west.
Michael Zolvolovitch, having completely lost his war with Deathblade, follows Deathblade's' instructions and goes to Siberia having been thwarted in continuing to feast off of the death in Okinawa by Oso, Abdul Omar Mohammed. Alaistar, Oso and Abdul chase Michael Zolvolovitch and Deathblade to Siberia
The trio have a final titanic battle with Deathblade in the ice flows of Siberia. During the fighting Michaels personality is able to assert itself one last time. Not wanting to lose himself entirely to the blade he stabs the blade though his chest. There is a huge explosion and the runes on the blade seem to go out and the whole blade goes black and he tumbles into the icy depths.
Oso believes his quest is done and wants to go back to his village. Abdul wants to fight Vlad. Alaistar supports Abdul, and Oso leaves, ignoring the other two because he believes his quest is complete. Abdul is headstrong and doesn’t listen to Alaistar and heads off alone to attack Vlad, leaving Alaistar alone in Siberia.
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Oso returns to the Ashari Village but discovers that his quest is not completed and so goes back into the world to finish his duties.
Deathblade attacks the lab in Siberia established by Vlad to acquire the Puzzle Box but Vlad is not there. Deathblade locates the Puzzle box and feels drawn towards a nearby volcano. There he activates it flooding him with some of Zaizen’s knowledge, but before he can complete the transfer Oso charges in, having heard rumors of Deathblade's return and wrests the box free. In a life and death struggle Oso looks to be lost, but Abdul shows up at the last moment to help him because he was tracking Vlad and saw the attack on the lab and followed Deathblade. The two together manage to defeat Deathblade, snapping the blade in two and knocking it into the lava. Thinking that the end, the two reunited friends leave, with Abdul taking the Puzzle Box for safe keeping.
A child who will be later known as Shesu is born near N'Djamena, Chad. Birth name unknown.
Both parents of the boy later to known as Shesu are killed by landmines. He is moved to an orphanage in Nigeria, where TuraloOso finds and adopts him. They travel to TheAshariVillage, and Shesu begins his year of silence. Oso Finds Shesu Ashari in a Nigerian Orphanage, and brings him to the village, and helps him into the priesthood. Oso's spirit quest is completed. He becomes a father figure to Shesu, helping him learn about his power, and guiding him and advising him as he grows.
The year of silence ends, and Shesu is given his current name, and becomes a full-fledged member of the tribe, and an earth priest initiate.
Shesu experiences his first spirit quest, experience ColdSteel
Shesu has his second spirit quest, trans-African trek to test his powers
Shesu decides to try to attain the highest rank of the priesthood. Oso warns him against the attempt, as he knows how painful and lonely exile can be. Shesu goes ahead with the rite, however.
Shesu starts the third spirit quest, receives cold steel riddle book from N'Dore, and is banished
Shesu starts the third spirit quest, receives cold steel riddle book from N'Dore, and is banished
Shesu arrives at BC, begins work in the greenhouse. He meets Jacob Sparrow, Zack Graves, LilyBarnes, AlexCabler and Lara Cooper.
Shesu succeeds in his quest to destroy Zaizen with the help of his friends, JacobSparrow Jacob Sparrow, Abdul Omar Mohammed, Eve, AlexCabler Alex Cabler, JosephCooper Joseph Cooper, LaraCooper Lara Cooper, SamWyld Samantha Wyld, and ZackGraves Zack Graves
The Ashari Village is seiged by the Lost led by Sever
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