Ashley (Hometown)

**Ashley** is a survivor of the outbreak in *The Walking Dead by EDStudios*. She is a guard and later a lieutenant at Hometown.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Nothing is known about Ashley's life before the outbreak. She may have been visiting an unnamed department store on the day of the outbreak.

## Post-Apocalypse

Following the outbreak, Ashley became a member of a community called Hometown, led by Stoffman. How she joined the group is unknown, but it is possible that she was visiting the store on the day of the outbreak.

### Season 2

#### 'An Iron Fist'

Ashley first appears accompanying Declan as they put the Wall Workers to work. Like Declan, Ashley appears cruel and bullyish. However, when personaly escorting Edwards to Justin's armoury, she reveals herself to be much more timid and shy, apologising to Edwards. She says she acts cruel so as to impress Declan, who she has a crush on. Edwards forgives her, much to her appreciation, before he makes sure that she knows that he is not to be messed with, showing his bruised knucles from when he punched Declan in the face.

Edwards later sees Ashely on her patrol and the two of them exchange smiles.

Three months after Edwards' arrival at Hometown, Ashley has done something to impress Stoffman enough that he made her one of his lieutenants, with her jurisdiction being the eastern side of the building and the new extension of the main building. In this time, Ashley and Edwards have become more friendly, and it is even hinted that Ashley has a crush on him. They stand next to one another as they give in their daily reports to Stoffman and wish each other goodnight.

During the walker attack on Hometown, Edwards leads the community's forces in holding them back. After killing most of the walkers, Ashley spots a reanimated Ashley amongst the dead. Regrettfully, Edwards shoots her in the head and ends her misery. He would later discover that Stoffman was responsible for her death as part of his plan to get rid of Reginald due to Stoffman's ableism.

## Death

### Killed by:

* Stoffman *(caused)*
* Zombies *(alive)*

When Stoffman sabotages the extension wall to frame Reginald, zombies are released into the community, one of their victims being Ashley, who possibly led the initial counterattack due her role as lieutenant of the wall extension. Her reanimated, bitten corpse is later seen as the zombies move into the community.

* Harry Edwards *(zombified)*

After he rallies the guards, Edwards leads the community's counterattack. He spots a reanimated Ashley in the herd; he gives a sad look before shooting her in the head.

## Killed Victims

* 2 unnamed people *(Reanimated)*
* Numerous counts of zombies

## Relationships

### Stoffman

Not much is known about the relationship between Ashley and Stoffman. Ashley adopts a more brutal persona to impress him. Three months after Edwards' arrival, Stoffman makes her one of his lieutenants. Stoffman obviously cared little for her or the other residents of the community as he purposely sabotaged the wall extension, allowing a herd of walkers to enter the community, leading to Ashley's death. When he talks about those the community lost, Stoffman does not even mention Ashley by name.

### Declan

Not much is known about the relationship between Ashley and Declan. Ashley has a crush on Declan, but judging by how he treats her it is very unlikely that Declan shares her feelings. Nonetheless, when Ashley becomes a lieutenant Declan appears to treat her with some more respect and appears somewhat saddened upon seeing her corpse among those who died in the walker attack.

### Harry Edwards

Ashley and Edwards became friends during the brief time they knew each other. Ashley was attracted to Edwards and overtly flirted with him before giving up during the three-month time-skip, after which they often patrolled together and talked about their experiences. Edwards was visibly saddened when he saw Ashley's reanimated body.

Edwards appears to have kept a fondness for Ashley, as her body is one of many he hallucinates after being stabbed by Victor Valkyrie, thirty years after he last saw her alive. He also began keeping a journal upon her recommending that he do so.

## Trivia

* Ashley is one of the few characters who keeps a journal and is notable for inspiring Edwards to do the same.
	+ This means that Ashley is indirectly responsible for The Pilgrim becoming a scribe in the Extended Universe, as she was inspired to do so after reading Edwards' private diary entries.
* She is the third lieutenant of Hometown to die in the community, the first being an unnamed roof lieutenant, the second being an unseen lieutenant who she replaced and the fourth being Declan.
* Ashley is the only minor character from Hometown who appears in Edwards' "field of corpses" hallucination in "*Take What's Mine*", after being stabbed by Victor Valkyrie. At that point, Ashley had been dead for thirty years.

## References

1. ↑ Timeline - "*Take What's Mine*" takes place in 2042