Sharie Ashaler

Sharie Ashaler, or sometimes known as Lady Ashaler to those who did not know her well, was the daughter of Lord Ashaler of Sidonia.

Born and raised by her parents in Sidonia, she lived a sheltered life and was showered by love and affection from both her parents. When she was very young, her parents introduced her to a young boy who her father had chosen to raise as his own and treat just like a son. Though he was meant to be a brother to her, she never really saw him in that way and treated him instead like a friend - and he, being a mysterious boy by nature, remained a source of intrigue to her.

As the two grew older, they became inseparable. She was being groomed to become a Lady and he was being trained as a knight who would then be known as Sir Winter. Though some took issue with the fact that the two had been raised like siblings - including her parents - the fact remained that the boy had come from another Lord’s estate and was of different blood than hers so they soon gave up altogether.

When the First Darkness came, Sharie knew the safest place to go would be to her father in the throne room - but when she arrived she saw her father’s crumpled body on the floor and a dark figure standing over him. Sir Winter was standing just in front of her in the throne room, apparently arriving just moments before her and locked in dialogue with the foul creature who had entered their town. Out of instinct, she ran to her father with no thought to her personal safety - but Sir Winter immediately sprung into action and charged the creature allowing her to see her father one last time.

The creature, taken off-guard by Sir Winter’s resilience in combat, fled the town allowing his forces to finish the work he had started and Sharie and Sir Winter escaped through a secret passage in the throne room. She would remain by his side through many more battles, never leaving his side as the Men of the realm lost more and more ground in the war that would follow Apollyon’s attack.

One day while the remaining leaders of the Realm were plotting a final plan to break Apollyon’s grip on their world, a massive force fell upon the city and overran them - killing most and capturing those who were suspected of having any knowledge of Apollyon’s weaknesses. She was kept in a dark tower that had been built upon the bones of one of the Realm’s great cities where she would await whatever fate was meant for her. To the shock and surprise of all, Sir Winter and his best knights had managed to break through Apollyon’s forces and enter the tower in a rescue attempt. Even when all eyes were on him, Sir Winter’s piercing gaze never left hers as she and all of the Realm’s greatest minds were tortured and twisted into terrifying creatures right before his eyes.

She loved Sir Winter even as his rage overtook him and he was forced to kill every single prisoner who had been changed by Apollyon’s power. Dark power took control of her body, forcing her to attack and inflict several wounds on the man she had spent most of her life with and had come to cherish. As his blade pierced her gut and she felt whatever remained of her life begin to leave her, she felt warm as his arms surrounded her and they wept. Her mind drifted and her thoughts rested on a time when they were both children sitting in front of a roaring fireplace listening to her father telling them a story before bed. The fire faded and all she could see was the face of the boy that she had grown up with and loved with all her heart even as her own slowly stopped beating.