Ashi

Ashi is a character from season 5 of *Samurai Jack* (Genndy Tartakovsky) who returns for Frozarburst's fan-made Toon Wars crossover series. She was one of the seven Daughters of Aku led by the High Priestess who gave birth to them when she drank her master's blood who was sent out to finally kill Jack after 50 years of the series' ending. However, after seeing the good in Jack and realizing Aku's true intentions, she teamed up with Jack to return him to the past and slay her master once and for all. Although it did result in her and everything in Aku's future to no longer exist, she returned once again in the Samurai Jack Saga after the Syndicate had warned Aku of his eventual demise and sent everyone to a future of their own. Since then, she had been reunited with Jack and allied with the Toon Force as part of Team Samurai. When the Toon God arrived with the Virus Entity to corrupt reality, Ashi was one of the few survivors of the invasion, wandering with the remnants of the Toon Force to the Forgotten Society where they battled through the hordes of corrupted cartoons and faced off against the Toon Goddess and the Toon God himself. After the war, she and Jack settled down and are usually around for special occasions in the Toon Republic.

## Appearance

Ashi is a young woman a slight tan who originally wore a pitch black body suit made of dark magic before transitioning to a mix between her natural leaf dress and her blue-green uniform. This is what she wears throughout Toon Wars and Toon Wars: Legacy following the middle of the Samurai Jack Saga; also having a Toon Force insignia pinned to it.

## Personality

At first, Ashi was, like her siblings, drone-like in personality, practically programmed to hunt for Jack with the belief that Aku was their master. However, even in her youth, she shared doubts from such teachings, as evident by her mother being very critical to her at a young age. Though she came close to killing the samurai, she was defeated and began spouting the lessons of the cult of Aku before slowly realizing Jack was trying to help her when she was stuck with him. After a while, even though she was stalwart at first, she finally saw the horrors that Aku brought to the world and chose to help Jack defeat him and return to the past, even if it meant sacrificing her existence for him. This was the case for the Jack that succeeded in the proper timeline of events for the show. However, following this, she was inadvertently saved when the Syndicate intervened, changing the timeline to their liking. Ashi admits to Jack that she knew she would cease to exist the way he knows her if she brought him back, but Jack's affection for her was enough to give him hope that they and the Nicktoons could succeed without the need of sacrificing each other. This feeling would remain in her for the rest of her life, leading to her developing the same samurai vibes as Jack.

## Biography

### Samurai Jack and Toon Wars

Ashi was born and initiated by the High Priestess after she drank Aku's blood to give birth to seven assassins sent to finally kill Samurai Jack after 50 years of him wandering the world and foiling much of Aku's schemes. Although the daughters proved their allegiance to Aku and tried to kill Jack without question, they all failed and Ashi was able to survive the attack. Jack spared her and brought her along on his journey throughout the land of the oppressed Earth, causing Ashi to see the good in him and realize her master was truly evil. After protecting Jack from invaders, her mother, and Jack himself, they were confronted by Aku who tried to fully corrupt Ashi and kill Jack, only for her to resist thanks to help from he and all of Jack's friends and warp Jack back the past to kill Aku and undo the future. This, however, caused her to initially disappear now that the one who made her the way she was had perished. It was until the Samurai Jack Saga that the Syndicate had unknowingly prevented this by going back in time and warning Aku about his eventual demise. Before Jack and Ashi could strike him down like before, Aku stole his blood back from his daughter, making her fully human and incapable of time traveling again. This led to her and Jack working alongside the four Nicktoons accompanying them to journey to the Syndicate base where the four villains prepare to utilize the full power of their Time Drive. On the way, they reunite with many of Jack's allies from the original series and turn those like Scaramouche and Anais on the path of good. However, when trekking through the syndicate base, they encounter Mad Jack and the Daughters of Aku with their own fully corrupted version of Ashi. Despite the equal odds, they manage to defeat them and continue to battle their enemies for the final time; Ashi announcing to Aku that she'll never turn to evil again and later returning to the past with everyone to kill him and capture the Syndicate once more. Before departing to the Toon Force H.Q, Ashi tells the Jack who already slain Aku that she will always be with him and both she and present Jack go with their friends and the Nicktoons back to their dimension.

### Magiswords: Echoes

In the five years before The Final Days, Ashi was one of the many members of the Toon Force, second in command of Team Samurai next to Jack. One of the organization's most famous battles, the Siege of Rhybloflaven, involved Ashi coming in during the second wave of the event when the Echo Commandos, created by Debizz, were brought into the fold to even the odds. Once the battle was won by the heroes, she encountered the Mysterious Hooded Woman, who uncovered her face revealing she is in fact a peaceful version of her mother; possibly implying Magiswords is Samurai Jack's future.

### Toon Wars: The Final Days

Ashi returned once again in Toon Wars the Final Days five years since the Samurai Jack Saga, going along with the Toon Force when the Virus Entity first arrived in the multiverse. Each were separated from Jimmy Neutron, Jack, Scotsman, Goddard, and Wulf when they traveled to Bikini Bottom to rescue Spongebob Squarepants from the corrupted Sugilite. When the virus heightened its power with the absorption of the Void, barely half of the Toon Force survived the crash of Elmore and Amity, leaving Ashi as one of the few survivors. Together, they learned that the source of the virus itself was somewhere in the remains of Dimsdale, forcing them to have to travel through the corrupted Ghost Zone to try and get there. Once in the desolate wastelands, they were once again forced to fight back against even more manipulated cartoons; Ashi and Sam in particular having to deal with Enid and Radicles on their path to the Forgotten Society. Later, they fought the Teen Titans aboard the restored Dogstar Patrol Ship to reach the virus source before reuniting with Jack and company. Ashi explains everything to her husband and allies with him after almost a week away. They then battle against the corrupted Shadowpuff Girls and encounter the Crystal Gems, battling their way up to the Toon Goddess, who easily cripples the heroes' numbers and the Forgotten Society. Ashi was one of the ones who attempted to get close to the villain before being drained of energy by one quick wave. However, she was not killed, allowing her the chance to reset when the Toon goddess activated her failsafe. She relived her life up to the point where Jack first encountered her and the Daughters of Aku, now with Momotaro and Scaramouche on his side. They determine which of the girls is Ashi and fight her to a standstill, successfully bringing her back to the light and regaining her memories.

After being rescued by Bimm and Witchy Simone from the reset warp, Ashi and the remainder of the survivors made their way to the closing events of Attack of the Toybots where they learned that Doug Funnie, leader of the Forgotten Society, was secretly the Toon God. While Bimm forges the Final Magisword to defeat him, Ashi and company travel to the remnants of Rhybloflaven to fight the Toon God as a diversion, almost getting killed a few times in the process until they are aided by reinforcements and the new Magisword. Together, they each pummel through the virus spawns and attacks of the villain, eventually leading to the destruction of the Virus Entity and erasure of the Toon God once they regained control of reality. Ashi and Jack both agreed that Jimmy Neutron should be the one to make the final decision to restore reality, which he succeeds in.

### Crossover Forces

Ashi was one of the many Toon Force veterans who cameoed in Crossover Forces during Black Hat's speech at Toon City. Though unseen in the rest of the story, she is said to be an instructor next to Jack at the new headquarters stationed when the villains were defeated.

## Abilities

* Peak Human Strength and Agility
* Enhanced Arching
* Advanced Melee Combat
* Great Intellect
* Peak Pain Tolerance

## Trivia

* Ashi is said to be the strongest of the seven Daughters of Aku
* Ashi's fate in Samurai Jack was often criticized as a depressing one by fans, prompting many to make their own interpretations of it. However, in the making of the Samurai Jack Saga, Frozarburst opted not to change the ending and instead expand on it with the Syndicate's interference in the timestream. This allowed for Ashi and just about everyone from the series to still be present without altering the show's canon.
* Originally in the Final Days, Jack was going to die and Ashi would be one of the remaining survivors before reality could be restored
* Ashi's hair before changing her outfit the first time in Samurai Jack resembles Elana's from Symbiotic Titan.