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Personality [ ]

You see, to rule a people, you must first sow chaos. Asav
Asav put on a suave and civilized facade when meeting Chloe and Nadine

Outwardly polite and soft-spoken, Asav declares himself a passionate freedom fighter for his homeland - at least as an excuse for many of his actions. In truth, Asav was a ruthless insurgent leader obsessed with the toppling of the Indian government, which he declared as weak and corrupt. Well-read in Hoysala culture, Asav loathes the bloodline of the new king which is rampant in India due to the mercy of the young king virtually ending the rituals of the old kings, the bloodline of Asav which he considers superior. Among his many facades, a man who fought for the Indian people was perhaps Asav’s most delusional due to his brutal and self-obsessed nature, he is very religious, and seems to be willing to turn the country into an absolute theocracy, his philosophy is based on a religious fascism that sees all the citizens of india as his sheep and he the shepherd who will guide them.
Asav’s hypocritical mindset is further evident via his actions whilst desecrating the Hoysala ruins and even the lost city of Belur - surprising even Chloe Frazer who believed Asav would hold respect for the forgotten capital due to being key in his own culture’s history and his own proclaimed respect for Indian heritage and history. Ultimately, as a war profiteer, Asav has robbed artifacts from their sacred places - including the Tusk of Ganesh - to finance his war against the Indian government. A weakness in that regard is how Asav’s enemies underestimate his complete ruthlessness in accomplishing his goals, Chloe and Nadine Ross believed Asav would use the Tusk of Ganesh to waver more sympathizers to his cause yet his decision to sell it for a bomb highlights his claims of preserving his culture’s heritage was ultimately false and he was a warlord to his core. Despite Asav's having a wife, Asav was not entirely faithful. Since he demoted, feelings for Nadine, although he was able to almost kill her when she intervened his goals.

Asav's lockbox, containing his driving license according to which he stands at 6'1" with 210 pounds.

As a strong believer in Hindu mythology, Asav did not fear death due to the idea that everything was replenished and reborn anew. This viewpoint seemed to encourage his actions as by destroying the current Indian government it would allow it to return from the ashes stronger with the blood of the old king. Asav also used this as an excuse for his victims to reflect on the past mistakes on their lives that brought them to their death so they would fare well to avoid it in their next life, something which he claims to Chloe, Nadine and Sam in a sadistic fashion before leaving them to drown. This could explain his lack of concern over his impending death whilst fighting Chloe and Nadine on his train which was headed towards a destroyed bridge - though Asav’s insanity at this point could be a factor in this regard. He often mocked to Chloe “see you in the next life” in his game over sequences.

Asav’s truly sadistic and bloodthirsty nature

Despite trying to project himself as polite and civilized, Asav was an arrogant opponent who reveled in violence though his difficulty in finding the perfect balance made him, as Nadine claimed “as unpredictable as they come”. Though he claimed to consider himself a patient man, Asav continuously degraded and insulted Chloe and Nadine whilst attacking them on board his train as his well-mannered facade dissipates over frustration whilst dealing with the two. Even his final words were an insult to those who had bested him, highlighting his truly sadistic nature hidden behind a polite facade that ultimately cracked.
Matching his supposed passion for his Indian brothers, Asav holds a great deal of disdain for foreigners such as Sam Drake and Chloe - the latter especially for being “half-blood” and a thief (despite being similar to his own line of work). Nevertheless, he comes to have a begrudging respect for her knowledge of Hoysala and Indian culture, locating the lost city of Belur and ultimately admits “there may be a drop of Indian blood in [her] after all”. To serve his own goals, though Asav would think nothing of destroying an entire “city of peasants” (in his perspective) if it was rampant with the supposed weak bloodline of the young king.

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History [ ]

A former doctor turned insurgent leader, Asav and his ragtag band of rebels stir up trouble across his homeland of India. Obsessed with toppling the Indian government, he directs his men to loot ancient sites to fund his war effort, all while keeping one step ahead of the Indian army. Intelligent and pragmatic, his quiet demeanor belies a sadistic streak he keeps tucked away for special occasions. Official Uncharted: The Lost Legacy bio.


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Background [ ]

Little is known about Asav's background other than that he was a doctor before he became a rebel. His driving license kept in his private box at his headquarters states he was born on March 31st 1975. He is well read in Hoysala culture and the old kings of India. One of his soldiers says Asav is married, but he wears no rings (Though it's a western concept and he is a 'devoted Indian' who even dislikes foreigners) and doesn't mention a wife at all. In order to build his army, he used his charisma to convince social outcasts and weak-willed people in India to join his insurgent army to overthrow the ''tyrannical'' Indian government like any terrorist leader would do. Also stated on his driving license is his real name, Arman Khurana, however he isn't referred to this by anyone. Presumably, he chose the name Asav as a code name.
Asav had a brief partnership with Nadine Ross , and though it is never specified, based on his interactions with her in The Lost Legacy it was presumably a romantic one, though it ended badly.
After months of unsuccessfully fighting the Indian government, Asav began hunting for the Tusk of Ganesh so he could use it to rally people to his cause but in fact, he intended to spark civil war by trading the Tusk with Shoreline for a military-graded bomb to destroy an Indian city, which would cause mass chaos. During the chaos, he could rally up people by promising order and prosperity under his rule in which he will amass enough desperate people to build a large army strong enough to topple Indian government.
Samuel Drake was intentionally put into his rank by Chloe as expert to solve the way to get the Tusk but in fact he tried to slow Asav down by making him go on a wild goose chase. At the same time, Sam's partner, Chloe Frazer , called Nadine to help locate the Tusk.