Ashura

## Ashura the Untempered

Visual representation of Ashura.

> *"400 years I have been gone, and nothing has changed!" - Ashura to Rhyser Pentaghast*
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Ashura is a demigod who is a master in all forms of close-quarters combat, having founded the basis of all Kung-Fu and Wushu fighting styles in heartland Asia. Ashura is the founder of the Path of the GodHand, a monastic practice established by the legendary Kagayaku Shinsei.

## Personality

Ashura is a stubborn individual by nature and was known for charging head-on at the enemy without a second thought. A remarkably powerful combatant, Ashura displays both a strong will and an absence of fear in less-than-positive situations and will fight his adversaries relentlessly until he is victorious. Due to his innate stubborn nature, Ashura rarely accepts the aid of others and prefers to get out of messes on his own. However, despite all this Ashura is a good-hearted warrior with a strong moral code and gets angered when he sees an act that goes against his ideology.

## Appearance

Ashura is a towering(6’8, 705+ lbs) muscular humanoid in appearance, aside from the markings on his body as well as his eyes and arms. His hair resembles that of unkempt flame and his flesh is of permanently black, as if scorched by his internal rage. His eyes glow white and although he has irises, they are not visible due to how bright his eyes are glowing. He has somewhat elongated canine teeth, when angered he grits his teeth, giving him a savage appearance. When injured, Ashura bleeds a neon orange/red liquid, being a Demigod he is capable of being physically harmed or killed.

Ashura is powered by an energy source designated as Aura.

## Items

* Weighted Monks Garb
* Brass Mala - Metal Monks beads, worn around the neck.

## Innate Abilities

**Superhuman Strength:** Able to achieve inhuman levels of physical power and strength and deal immense damage to opposing threats. Superhuman Strength is a power possessed by Ashura and his kind. This power allow Ashura to lift heavy objects with apparent ease and destroy colossal beings with his bare hands alone.

**Superhuman Speed:** The ability to achieve inhuman levels speed to the point of being completely untraceable by the human eye. Those who possess inhuman speed, can run great distances in a short period of time.

**Superhuman Reflexes:** The ability to move at rates which surpass the speed of regular moving objects and gain inhumanly skilled acrobatic prowess. With superhuman reflexes, Ashura can react in less than a second and avoid being hit by an attack by a slower opponent.

**Superhuman Agility:** The ability to move fast, acrobatically move with fluid precision, and strike with great force. Using this power allows the user to fight and move like an expert martial artist without exhausting the user's body.

**Superhuman Dexterity:** This ability grants the user to become fast and precisely coordinated in battle. Beings with this power can stand their ground with relative ease and have full control over their own body.

**Superhuman Endurance:** The ability to achieve inhuman levels of stamina and energy to avoid any unnecessary fatigue or fatal injuries. The deities could survive a long and arduous battle without great injury. This power also granted Ashura near limitless stamina and vitality which proves to be invaluable in battle.

**Superhuman Durability:** The ability to achieve inhuman levels of bodily fortitude and defense against external injury.

## Trivia

* Ashura was both Mugetsu Shinsei's and Chance Ramirez's discipline and training master during the Alliance-Iron Talon War. Trying to prepare them as best he could for the nearing grimdark future.