Ashura Sōhei

### Early Life

In Ashura's early days he would help his mother and father around town doing various chores and tasks for them. He was a only child and as so would need to do a lot of the work around the house. One day his mother sent him to fetch water away from town. When he came back he saw his mother and father talking to a strange man. After some time his father went towards him and bent down and said "Son, you are going to have to go with this man"

And that is how Ashura started his life of wandering and monastic teachings.

After 5 years of staying in the Monastery and going on trips with his mentors it was attacked. As many of the monks could not fight back the Monastery was burned to the ground and any valuables were stolen. He was one of the only survivors. After all the raiders left he packed his bags and deiced to find a new place to live. Teaching himself how to hunt and fight. After living by himself for many years, on his travels he would sell his fighting skills and help townsfolk with tasks they needed help with.

On one of these commissions he teamed up with a strange man. He was a worshiper of some snake god. While they were working together he would tell him stories of strange magics and other things of that sort. Over the years they would keep in touch and help each other out when on of them needed help. One day while he was out and about he ran into the man again. The man would desperately ask him for help. In the land where he was from which was named Kakurishiro, there was a great injustice. The worshipers of the Snake god would not be allowed into the temple of the sacred tree, or even allowed anywhere near the inner sanctum. Ashura agreed to help him and they went on there way back to Kakurishiro.

When they got there they had a few days to prepare, but to Ashura, it didn't seem like the snake worshippers had it that bad. None of the other sects were given any more privilege then any other. It just seemed like they wanted more power then the rest, but he couldn't back out now.

He was sent to be part of the squad that would keep the exit safe and make sure everyone gets out alright. He was also to steal as many texts and anything that looked important on the way out. The more time that was passing the more he felt like he was doing the wrong thing. **Bang,** he heard the door right beside him break open and 3 men rushed out. "Lets go" one of them would shout, motioning Ashura to join them. Ashura would join up behind them, but then he remembered that 5 men had gone into the inner sanctum, not 3. As soon as that thought crossed his mind he heard a ear shattering scream coming from behind him. He only spared a split second to look behind him and see what it was, and what he saw shook him to his core. It looked like the whole corridor was covered with blood, and two dead bodies were just lying there. Standing over them was a man that indescribable anger on his face. When Ashura saw that he quickened his pace. Him and his comrades followed the route they had planed that would lead them to safety.

Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, Ashura had never been on such terrain before and he lost his grip, falling, hitting his head, and being knocked out. When he came to he could feel that his hands and legs were bound, and he could not move at all, he was like a potato sack dropped on the floor. The room he was in was pitch black, so dark that you could feel the darkness. After attempting to move around a little to no avail he heard some footsteps. They were inside the room with him. Then suddenly, a candle was lit. The footsteps were getting closer, then, **bam,** he was kicked in the stomach.

After some more kicks and stomps, the person would ask him some question, but Ashura could not answer, his ears were ringing, and he could barley hear anything. His aggressor, angered even more by Ashura not speaking would kick him even more. Ashura could not take it anymore and he passed out yet again. When he came to he saw he was in another room again. Still fully tied up. Above him he would see the man he saw in the corridor, and he was sure that he was the same as the one that had kicked him in the dark room. The man would introduce himself as Kenzō Imada. He would explain the whole situation of how the snake god was always two faced and stirring the pot, and what had happened all those nights ago was that a sacred being known as the **Incarnation**, was murdered. When everything was explained to Ashura he instantly knew he was in the wrong. He begged and begged for forgiveness, and that forgiveness was granted. On the condition that he stayed at the Monastery in Kakurishiro, and become a monk.

Month after month he would do everything he could in the Monastery, but he knew it was not enough. He asked Kenzō to help him get stronger. Together they would train, and after some time Ashura was ready. He was going to hunt down the people that had tricked him, and that he had help kill the Incarnation.