Asha

By Agustian Noor.

Asha was born blind into the midst of the nation-wide chaos that followed the destruction of Petropolis. Her mother was affected by Q.R.P. while pregnant with Asha. Miraculously, Asha survived. Alas, her mother did not.

Her father raised her to rely on her enhanced hearing and sense of touch to navigate the world around her. Though he was a classically trained martial artist, he was first and foremost a pragmatist. He focused Asha's training on using every day items to defend herself, knowing that swords and other martial arts weapons would rarely be readily available.

In Asha’s hands, brooms, trashcans, guitars, and even spatulas become deadly weapons! As her skills developed, Asha realized she could sense the unique vibration of weapon objects near her, a sensation she described as hearing each object's "song."

Though her father taught her to fight with over twenty household objects, there is one that sings out to her louder than the others: the steel folding chair! The sound of metal clashing on metal produces a clear mental image of her surroundings and immediate threats via echolocation.

Asha became an accomplished fighter in later years of the fights. If one focuses hard enough on the dusty, windblown emptiness which used to be Scottsdale Stadium, you might catch an echo of a crashing steel folding chair which reverberates through the ring to this day.

## Fight History

GOLDEN AGE: SEASON 1

RIGHTEOUS FOLDING CHAIR: ASHA V. KAUSTISCH

In Asha's debut, she raised the eyebrows of fight fans everywhere. She appeared with folding-chair in hand on a mission of justice, enraged over what Kaustisch did to her friend Mr. Ferris. The cold blooded-scientist had shown her friend no mercy and Asha was going to dish out some karmic retribution.

Asha beat a cacauphonous symphony of crashing steel directly into Kaustich's super-conductive cyber-dome. His muted groan of concession was music to her ears; however, things got out of control when an unkown newcomer stepped out the smokey shadows. With one powerful kick, Belladonna knocked Kaustisch's jaw off.

This total gross-out moment solidified the destruction of the entity Kaustisch once was and gave Asha pause: had this gone too far?

AMBUSH: ASHA V. SWEAT PANTS NINJA

Asha is troubled, replaying the events of the previous evening. Had Kaustisch deserved the complete face-mangling he'd received, partially at her hand? Asha's pondering is cut short when she's attacked by a plucky young upstart looking to improve her skills. She senses something in this mysterious attacker...something unhinged.

BLIND VISIONS: ASHA V. FISTFOOT

Asha's dreams were being invaded by a sweet song and a mysterious vision. She felt out there...somewhere in the desert...a soul in need of her guidance. She leaves the Presevation to find the young grandson of Ban Chan Chou and answer the question her dreams will not stop asking: why does the fistfoot sing to her so?

CHAOS IS KING: ASHA V. THE BUTCHER

From her desert "stronghold" (a house), she continues to look after Mr. Ferris. His recovery is nearly complete when her internal guidance triggers her sense that it's time to take a walk.

Before long, she finds herself on the rooftop in an encounter with the Butcher. She's taken aback by the emptiness inside him. She tries to offer spiritual assistance but he belittles her worldview, pushing her past her calm place. In a rare moment of uncontrolled fury, Asha tells him "I'm sorry the world has turned you up into a shriveled up little testicle" before deciding to teach him a lesson the hardway. It is a close match, but the Butcher has in him a sadness that overwhelms Asha and she eventually flees "from the discomfort of his aura."

CHAOS IS KING #2: MR. FERRIS / ASHA V. SHISO / THE BUTCHER

Mr. Ferris has recuperated and wants to "get back on the saddle" immediately. He tells the organizers to give him his next fight and they scoff, assigning him to fight Shiso, a ten-year old who recently came asking for a match. Asha goes to support him and is shocked to see the Butcher in Shiso's corner. An all-out brawl ensues between both parties, much to the crowd's delight.

The energy is at it's max when the most mysterious event of the century happens before the very eyes of hundreds of spectators. In a flash, Shiso and the Butcher disappear into thin air. Before the shock can set in, they reappear, looking much older and gruffer and with a third, extremely huge caveman person with them.

While Asha and Mr. Ferris struggle to deal with what they've just witnessed, Bedrock lays waste to Asha and Mr. Ferris and the trio depart, leaving Asha, Mr. Ferris and a stadium full of spectators to wonder what on Earth just happened.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? : ASHA V. WILLIE BROWN

Asha and Mr. Ferris have hit a roadblock in their friendship. He cannot stop dwelling on the strange incident during their last fight and it's aggravating Asha. She leaves the desert stronghold and her intuition picks up on a trail of injustice.

Before long, she finds herself at the fights. It's opening night at the creepy new venue. She senses immediately that some terrible shit has gone down and it's emenating from the DJ booth. She infiltrates to confront Reverend Willie Brown. The atmosphere is thick with dread. "What have you done?" Willie offers no answer, but instead trounces her and some guys drag her to the arena to be given over to the cannibals.

CARNAGE AT CANNIBAL COURT

As a family of hungry cannibals attack the ring, Asha is woken by the little-bit-crazy woman who ambushed her before, Sweat Pants Ninja. She tells her to fight for her life. The two fight side by side. Though Asha is dazed, the two of them manage to rescue a handful of spectators from the clutches of the cannibals. They are on their way out of the ring when an awe-inspiring woman appears from the smokey shadows and kicks them both in the head.

GOLDEN AGE: SEASON 2

PEE DRINKERS 2: ASHA V. XIAO LONG BAO

Asha awakes in a strange place for the second time in two days. She's a prisoner, forced to drink an awful tasting, extremely alcoholic beverage. She struggles to maintain her hyper awareness. She rarely drinks and is really not used to be boozed up. When she's thrown into the ring with Xiao Long Bao, she does her best but is just too darn wasted. Xiao gets the better of her and Asha gets a mouthful of dirt.

PEE DRINKERS 3: ASHA/SWEAT PANTS NINJA V. CHISEL/GRISTLE

Asha's sobering up and getting a firm grasp on what's happening down here in Carcass Caverns. Having lost her last match, she's being sent to the executioners. With her is Sweat Pants Ninja, unconscious and on the verge of death. It's up to Asha to save them. Asha reaches out to sense her opponents and their intention. When she realizes the smell in the air is burning flesh, fear and residual alcohol compell her to unloose her her inhibitions. After being tossed around for a bit by Gristle, she lashes out with some taboo empath techniques. Her training should not be used like this, but this is life or death. Chisel turns on her brother Gristle and murders him, thinking him to be Asha.

SONG OF PAIN: ASHA V. SHISO

Against her better judgement, Asha accompanies Mr. Ferris to confront the Butcher and Shiso about what happened that night in the ring. While Mr. Ferris and the Butcher are "discussing things," Shiso singles out Asha for "tamatua." Asha reads glimpses of what happened to Shiso in the Squidfight and once again falls below "the massive psychic burden of her opponent." Asha is changed, realizing how Shiso has no issues with doing what she does. She's done these things to survive. Asha is able to find some relief about what she did to Chisel from the this insight.

STAINED: ASHA V. MINNO

The trend of Asha seeking out broken souls in need of guidance continues. This time, Asha finds herself face to face with Minno, who is disappearing into a black hole of rage and self-pity at what happened to Goldfish. Asha is unable to affect Minno's mood and takes a beating because of her attempts to help. Realizing she is outclassed, Asha leaves in distress. She senses in Minno an untapped power that she received only a fraction of. She decides not to go far, taking up residence near the cove to keep an eye on the situation.

BAD NEWS: ASHA V. NOMAD

While patrolling the area, Asha comes across Nomad, a young man who brings disturbing news from the outside. He has suffered great loss at the hands of a horrifying man who stalks the streets of the American Territories. Asha attacks him to break his "loop of despair." After, Nomad can think more clearly and Asha convinces him to stay a while. They become training partners for a time. Asha teaches him some things about nolo technique and he shows her how to operate of many kinds of guns.

GOLDEN AGE: SEASON 4

SUFFERING: ASHA V. KUMA AND LOVETRAILS

 Asha has seen into the abyss and it broke her. She is mindlessly following her internal compass and winds up in the buffalo plains. Before long, the defenses of the region intercept her. She battles with Kuma and Lovetrails, managing to defeat both of them but not before getting laser balled and sustaining some major head trauma.

## Trivia

The razor-sharp precision that Asha is known for also serves as her primary weakness. She is often paralyzed by indecision.

Asha was created in December 2016 by Haley Springer. “Rosario Dawson with black persia pants and a folding chair.”

Folding Chair Fu named by Brady Allen.