Ashen One

==Summary==
The Ashen One is the playable character and the protagonist of Dark Souls III.
The title of Ashen One is given to the player by the Fire Keeper of Firelink Shrine.
By the events of Dark Souls III, the Ashen One rose from their grave and started a journey to defeat all other Lords of Cinder and return them to their thrones, thus putting an end to the cycle of the First Flame and the curse of the undead once and for all.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | | At least , likely | At least , likely 
Key: Beginning of Game | Mid of Game | End of Game | The Lord of Hollows Ending
Name: Ashen One
Origin: Dark Souls
Gender: Unknown (Can be either male or female depending on the player's preference)
Age: Unknown
Classification: Unkindled, Undead, Dark Lord
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8), Regeneration (Mid-Low), Healing, Resurrection (Via Darksign), Acrobatics (Can survive long distance falls and is expert at rolling in battle), Dimensional Travel (via the Whitesign Soapstone and Red Eye Orb), Weapon Mastery, Magic, Fire Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation (With pyromancies like Great Chaos Fire Orb), Lightning Manipulation, Ice Manipulation (Can cause frostbite via spells like Snap Freeze or weapons like Irithyll Straight Sword), Earth Manipulation (Can cause literal earthquakes via Earth Seeker and spew earth boulders via Boulder Heave), Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Acid Manipulation (Via Acid Surge), Mind Control (With Rapport), Invisibility (With Hidden Body and Obscuring Ring), Shapeshifting (Via Chameleon), Energy Blasts, Telekinesis (Can create omnidirectional shockwaves with Wrath of the Gods), Lifesteal (With the Lifehunt Scythe, and other weapons), Aura (Can create healing or buffing auras through the Warmth spell or Lothric War Banner respectively), Limited Time Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Can absorb the souls of defeated enemies and also use them to attack like Great Heavy Soul Arrow), Sound Manipulation (Can become completely silent), Darkness Manipulation (Can create abyssal fire via spells like Black Serpent, or use Dark power via weapons like the Frayed Blade), Summoning (Can summon ethereal blades, a Lion's Spirit, with Valorheart, or an abyssal insect swarm, with Gnaw and Dorhys' Gnawing), Homing Attack, Paralysis Inducement (With Pestilent Mist), Limited Law Manipulation (With Twisted Wall of Light they can create a barrier that denies magic its claim to physicality), Statistics Amplification (Through various sorceries, pyromancies, miracles, items and consumables he can amplify both his physical and magical offense and defense), Damage Reduction (Both magical and physical, through various equipment and miracles), Power Nullification (Can restrict the enemy's use of magic with Vow of Silence, and Healing and Status Effect Nullification via Hunter's Charm and Hunter's Duel Charm), Gravity Manipulation (with Cat Ring and Spook, which greatly reduces fall damage), Teleportation (Via Homeward Bone and Homeward miracle), Air Manipulation (Can cause air fluctuations via weapons like Storm Curved Sword or Tailbone Spear), Explosion Manipulation, Limited Curse Manipulation (Via Crucifix of the Mad King), Extremely Limited Luck Manipulation (With weapons such as the Mendicant's Staff or other pieces of equipment such as the Shield of Want), Durability Negation (Against shields via Darkdrift), and Limited Supernatural Luck, Resistance to Magic, Fire, Frost, Lightning, Dark, Mind, Soul, Toxin, Curse Manipulation, Petrification and Bleeding effects, Resistance to Statistics Reduction and Power Nullification via resisting Hollowing (Hollowing reduces even the mightiest warriors to desiccated corpses and the Darksign failed to completely suppress the Dark Soul)
Attack Potency: At least City Block level (Defeats Fire Demons who should be similar if not stronger than the Asylum Demon. Fought and defeated the Curse-Rotted Greatwood who could do this) | Small Country level (Fought with The Nameless King) | At least Star level, likely Large Star level (Able to harm the Soul of Cinder) | At least Star level, likely Large Star level (Absorbed the First Flame, the ultimate power source of the Dark Souls series)
Speed: Supersonic (Can dodge and react to Greatbow arrows and bolt traps)
Lifting Strength: At least Class K | Class M | At least Class M, likely far higher | At least Class M, likely far higher
Striking Strength: At least City Block level | Small Country level | At least Star level, likely Large Star level (Able to harm the Soul of Cinder) | At least Star level, likely Large Star level
Durability: At least City Block level | Small Country level | At least Star level, likely Large Star level (Able to survive attacks from the Soul of Cinder) | At least Star level, likely Large Star level
Stamina: Very High (Even when faced with constant punishment, the Ashen One is capable of carving his way through hundreds of enemies without much rest in-between each encounter)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with most weapons; Tens of Meters with magic and arrows | Low Multiversal (The First Flame causes worlds to come in contact with each other, with different worlds being different universes)
Standard Equipment:
*Weapons: Battle Axe, Spear, Bandit's Knife, Short Bow and Arrows, Long Sword, Estoc, Mail Breaker, Hand Axe, Mace, Sellsword Twinblade and a Club
*Catalysts: Talisman, Sorcerer's Staff, Pyromancy Flame, Cleric's Sacred Chime
*Rings: Great Swamp Ring, Young Dragon Ring, and the Life Ring
*Shields: Knight's Shield, Wooden Shield, Round Shield, Kite Shield, Iron Round Shield, Target Shield, Leather Shield, Caduceus Round Shield, Blue Wooden Shield and a Plank Shield
*An Estus Flask, Ashen Estus Flask, the Knight Set, Divine Blessings, Hidden Blessing, Black Firebombs, and a Young White Branch
Optional Equipment:
*List of all Weapons
*List of all Shields
*List of all Rings
*List of all Armor
*List of all Items
Intelligence: Extremely skilled combatant with skill with several different kinds of weapons and experience fighting several different types of foes despite being at a disadvantage against them.
Weaknesses: Fairly limited to what types of magic he/she can cast depending on what they're equipped with at the time, Power Within slowly drains his/her vitality until they're on the edge of death, teleportation isn't particularly useful in combat as it can only bring him/her to one location.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*List of miracles.
*List of pyromancies.
*List of sorceries.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
The Beheaded (Dead Cells) The Beheaded's Profile (BoG Ashen One was used, speed was equalized)
Isaac (Golden Sun (Verse)) Isaac's Profile (Both at High 4-C with Speed equalized)
Ashen (A House of Many Doors) Ashen's Profile (Both at 8-B, Golden Bullets weren't allowed, and speed was equalized)
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