Ash Goode

**Ashbik "Ash" Goode**is the main character of Season 5 of A Shade of Vampire along with Hazel Achilles, Ruby Lazaroff, Julian Vaughn, Benedict Achilles and Tejus Hellswan.

Ash appears for the first time when he rescues Ruby, Julian and Benedict from the pit Jenus had thrown at them. To rescue them and for no one to notice, Ash poisons the Emperor of Nevertide, however, Ruby the others cannot leave Nevertide because of the barriers and hide them in the kitchen.

Ash introduces himself as a competitor to Queen Hellswan's crown, where Ruby decides to help him, since she believes that if he wins, he will return them to his world.

Although the first test was sabotaged, Ash gets first place and together with Ruby's help they reach the final test, a fight between him and Tejus, in which he loses. Ruby apologizes for not helping him as he should and he assures her that without her, he would never have come so far and kisses her for the first time.

As Ash and Ruby's relationship grows and they talk about him, he will return with Ruby to his world, Queen Trina Seraq, who gave everything to support Ash during the competition, asks him to be his royal advisor.

Although he knows that Ruby doesn't trust her, Ash decides to take the position, since she is watching over his future. After taking refuge from the rain of blood in the queen's castle, Ash sees Ruby leave. It is during the competition for title of emperor, that Ash learns from Tejus that Ruby has not returned to the castle.

Ash realizes that he should never have accepted Trina's offer and finds her in one of the dungeons along with Julian and the three return to Hellswan Castle.

When Tejus abdicates the crown of the Hellswan kingdom, Ash proposed as a future king, however, the ministers, make him face Jenus as a possible candidate for the crown, however Ash wins and becomes king of the Hellswan kingdom.

Ash felt somewhat jealous of the rapid closeness Ruby had with Varga before he died, however they knew how to solve it.

Ash managed to pass the tests for the title of emperor. When Nevertide was shaken by the tremor and the sky opened in half, it was he who found Tejus, Hazel, Ruby the rest under the rubble of Hellswan Castle.

Tejus tells Ash that he knows that he was the one who poisoned his father, but that he doesn't blame him for doing so, moreover, he knows that he died from the Entity.

They moved to the castle that belonged to Tejus's mother. Together with Ruby, Hazel and Tejus go in search of the Impartial Ministers and make them see that Queen Trina isn't an option to govern and Ash is named Emperor of Nevertide.

After that, Ash and Ruby climb to the top of a tower, from which Ruby falls and is saved by Ash's bird and he proposes marriage to which she accepts.

After meeting Ruby's family, her parents are not very happy with the situation, especially Claudia, who doesn't like the idea that her daughter is his fiancee and that she will leave her whole life for him, however , Ash asks them to allow them to solve that and gradually manages to convince them that he truly loves his daughter.

During the fight with the army of shadows, he's seriously injured and Ruby takes him to the Immortalitatem waters, which heal her and the Impartial Ministers welcome him to his brotherhood, telling him that he will now be like them and will live for a long time.

Together with Ruby, Claudia, Yuri, Bastien and Arwen go to London to face the ghouls who escaped to Earth and after controlling them, they go to the Fire Star. When Jenus is defeated, a black liquid jumps from his body and enters Ash. The Entity tries to possess it, however, Ash chooses the love he has for Ruby and then burns in white flames, destroying the Entity forever.

Ash and Ruby along with Tejus and Hazel marry in The Shade. Ruby decides to rebuild Nevertide along with him and become a Sentry.