Ashton

## Ashton Arael

Seismic Sense (Through Plants)

Fire

Lightning

Radiation

Hand-to-hand combat

His hair

Gardening

Being Admired

Receiving genuine affection

Having company

Being successful

People messing with his hair without consent

Getting humiliated or up-staged

Cold Weather

Fire

**Ashton** is a character that appears in Car-Mah's artwork. He is planned to be a character in Car-Mah's upcoming comic series, Arcane Boulevard.

## Appearance

Ashton is often described to be very charming in looks and is arguably the most beautiful out of the other angel characters in Arcane Boulevard.

One of his defining features is his incredibly long, flowing brown wavy hair that reaches to around his hips. He often styles it in a low ponytail for convenience purposes but there are a few times where he would wear his hair in other styles as well. Just like most angels, Ashton parts his bangs so that his forehead is shown. There are also times where he may have flowers or leaves in his hair as well. Another notable feature is his height of 6'2 ft. He is a lot taller than most of the other characters, excluding Larry, who is only an inch taller than him. Thus, makes Ashton currently holding the title of being the 2nd tallest character in Arcane Boulevard.

Ashton has a light skin tone and a lanky stature. He has three bright green diamonds on his forehead, called chakras. Ashton's eyes and the diamond on his necklace also match his chakra color which represents his status as a Nature Archangel. His pupils are white and are shaped like a sideways crescent which is also a given factor that he's an angel.

For clothing, Ashton is usually portrayed wearing a tan button-up shirt with brown thin vertical stripes and rolled up sleeves, green jeans than are rolled up below the knee, and some sandals. Otherwise, his fashion sense mostly consists of "hipster-like" attire.

Being an "Earth-bound" archangel, it's incredibly rare for Ashton to be in his "Angelic-form" where his wings and other hidden angel features would be present. But whenever he does get in this form, his wings would resemble a brown thrasher's feathers.

## Personality & Interests

Ashton presents himself to have a sort of "charming presence" whenever he's around most people. He usually speaks in a calm and collected tone. Although, he can also come off as arrogant and stuck up sometimes, which is probably due to his high confidence. Ashton is actually pretty cunning, and he often uses his wits and charm to achieve what he wants.

Despite his seemingly serene nature, Ashton does have a slight temper and can get a bit irritated when things don't go his way. He really strives to be better than the other archangels at most things and likes to be recognized for it. He despises being outdone and humiliated by others.

However, if someone were to become closer to him, he’d be more open about his true demeanor and show a more understanding side. Ashton’s more vulnerable side to himself is that he’s actually a perfectionist who constantly worries about being a disappointment to others and wants to be valued. The reason why he thinks like that is that he was instilled with a harmful, common angel belief by his adoptive family where *"your worth in this world is only valuated by how successful you are"*.

Ash often seeks solace in nature because that’s where he feels like he can be his true self, without having to worry about having to live up to expectations, and he deeply admires all plants and animals. His love for nature is what probably makes him, notably, the most motivated in terms of doing his duties out of the other archangel characters. Ash's admiration of nature also makes him even more protective of it, not wanting to lose his own personal place of sanctuary.

## Powers

As Ashton is an archangel, his powers are a lot stronger than a normal angel's. His most well-known ability is the ability to manipulate plants. Ashton can grow, mutate, shape, and control all sorts of plants on a whim just as long as he is in contact with an area or object where it's possible to grow plants from. Ashton can use this ability during battle to deflect attacks, trap enemies, and attack enemies with torn-based plants or poison. Ashton would usually rely on controlling plants when he is pursuing multiple enemies or an enemy coming from a long distance. But if Ashton was upfront with an enemy, he would instead use a thorn-covered vine whip, to deter or subdue enemies.

## Trivia

* Ashton is a "rebranded" version of Alton, who was an abandoned OC that Car made around 2016-2017.
* Ashton's last name is a reference to the Archangel Ariel.
* His personality was originally going to be a lot less likable, very narcissistic, and incredibly unstable. But Car changed it to make him more a lot more sympathetic.
* Ashton used to be able to communicate with and turn into animals. However, Car removed this ability so he won't be too overpowered.
* It's hinted that Ashton may either be a closeted bisexual or that he just has more of a preference towards women. There's a possibility that it could also be both, as well.