Ascot Rift

Ascot Rift was an Akarvian Politician and member of the Cult of Inversion who secretly assisted Adam Akarvon in the plot to colonize Voldrania. He remains one of the last known sacrifices to Inversion, and his identity was used most by the Inversion when investigating the Devourer's presence in New Voldrania.
In the early years of Voldrania Ascot kept relatively quiet. Without public knowledge he was close to Adam Akarvon, acting as an assistant and advisor on the establishment of the new nation. He was one of even fewer to know that Akarvon's death was planned, and that he was the first to sacrifice himself. Ascot would later go on to join the political world in 32 AE as a Senator and member of the new Populous party. In 40 AE the Populous party would ally itself with independent Alan Fruith with the agreement that he would help bring members of their party to a higher office. After Fruith's victory in the election Ascot found himself promoted to Head of International Affairs.
It was later determined that Ascot had accepted the position to be close enough to Fruith to watch him. Jonathan Fruith, Alan Fruith's father, was later revealed as a Cult of Inversion Member, so it was believed that Ascot was attempting to help guide his late friends son. Their proximity to one another reflected poorly on Ascot when in 43 AE Fruith was impeached for his actions leading to the Akarv-Fhia War, and when Fruith was banished the following year many believed that Ascot had been involved as well. Before he could be prosecuted Ascot disappeared, and turned up dead later that year.
Much later, in the late 60s, someone using the name "Ascot Rift" began replacing Akarvian diplomats in nations such as Krolesk gathering information on Midlands expeditions and the impending Nether crisis. Based on descriptions it appeared that this Ascot shared the same face as the original, and while confused the nation of Akarv began a manhunt for Ascot once more. In 69 AE the newly elected President Sarah Nass added him to her "Top ten most wanted criminals" list, furthering the nations efforts to track him down.
When information about the Cult of Inversion started to become known it was revealed that Ascot, along with several other notable Voldranians, were members of it, and had a tradition of sacrificing their own forms so that the Inversion could use it to disguise itself in the Overworld. In 93 AE President Victoria Khan officially cleared Ascot Rifts name, almost fifty years after he had been branded a criminal and enemy of Akarv.
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