Appearance

Physical Description

Perfect health; slender but muscular and attractive.

Body Features

Peach-gold skin, golden wings.

Facial Features

Metallic hair, bright blue eyes, extreme resemblance to Princess Peach.

Identifying Characteristics

Champion tattoo of Sarenrae on her wrists (and onwards up her arms). Generally looks like an angel.

Physical quirks

Likes to twirl finger in hair when day dreaming.

Apparel & Accessories

Full plate armour that looks like a fine dress or whatever outfit she imagines to all that don't have true-sight.

Special abilities

General Paladin/oracle/evangelist abilities. Also possesses the ka-me-ha-me-ha of Sarenrae, due to her Champion abilities.

Mentality

Personal history

The Lost Princess was an Aletheian myth for years. A mythical princess stolen from her family... I suppose we must all just be glad that one day, she found her way home.

— scholar

 

A Long, Long Time Ago

In years long past, Empress Angeline Aletheia and her King Consort, Edward Alarian, were extremely proud to announce the birth of their firstborn daughter. Her name was Ashlyn, and she was perfect to them. Whilst she was never excited to read, she adored her first 'training sessions' where her father would guide her wooden blades, and happily played along with her mother's attempts to teach her how to sing and dance. She was a model princess, obedient yet brave, and stunningly gorgeous even at a young age. As an aasimar, her bloodline hailed back to angels and divine servants, giving her hair a metallic tint and her peachy skin a warm golden shimmer, and her soft voice was enough to melt the heart of any who considered defying her will.
 
She was too young when violence broke out. As she lay in her bed, recovering from a strong bout of flu, assassins struck. The palace was set alight and, in the chaos, her father suffered a blow that left him unconscious and her undefended. She was 11 years old when they took her. A pawn to be used in war, held ransom by the neighbouring nation of Ordan. Her mother was given the choice: her heiress for their surrender.
 
The Empress, with a heavy heart, declined.
 
The princess never would see her home again, but nor would she perish in foreign lands. Time passed, never once touching her. Her cell fell to pieces, taking her memories of home with it, but leaving her free to wander, forever lost, her memories forever fading into oblivion. Or... so it seemed.
 

Ashlyn: Adventurer, Bard, and Heroine

You know, I didn't expect the random bard that the guard had found to actually be a princess. Let alone my great-great-great-etc aunt.

— Cyne

 
After a string of attempted kidnappings and a flight through Serendel Forest, Ashlyn found herself in Port Amarin at the same time a guard known as Vanbrute Ironbeard was charged with proving his worth by defending the town from smugglers. Her lawful nature prevailed, and she insisted on helping. Her bardic magics proved instrumental in defeating them, and preventing the magical beast they'd brought in from causing further chaos. Her claims of royalty - for though she couldn't remember her family, she knew of her title - intrigued the partly-undercover Lord Cyne Undria, who recruited the fledgling party for a simple bandit infiltration mission to follow up on the smugglers.
 
It was here that she began to shine. Whilst she did suffer serious injuries from simple door traps and a monstrous clockwork zombie abomination, she managed to rescue a sorceress named Mery Eventide from the abuse of a mysterious alchemist known as 'E' and the manipulations of a bandit group known as the Crimson Claw. She also assisted in turning Kazric Szithna, one of the leading bandits, to their side - much to the surprise of Cyne - after viciously executing the dhampir squad leader for his brutal crimes and evil nature.
 
Continuing to help in Port Amarin led them to the Church of All-Worship, where a traumatised samsaran woman told them of a brutal massacre that had occurred inside. Ashlyn led the charge, dragging even the still-evil Kazric along with them. They discovered the captain of the guard, Iryani Lilan, had been chained to an altar and her essence channelled into an evil gemstone that projected a dark antipaladin towards them. The horrifying discovery lead them to a brutal fight in which Kazric gave his life. It was only by virtue of luck that they found a scroll of Reincarnate shortly after the fight, bringing back the drow as a half-orc instead.
 
Afterwards, Ashlyn proudly used the rescue of Captain Lilan to plead for Vanbrute to be freed from his service to return home, leading to an incredibly biased dwarven trial that ended with Vanbrute's freedom... and the death of multiple townspeople. As the judgement was given, a member of the jury - a stunningly beautiful woman named Lady Cedrella Marchelle - threw a fireball into the audience in anger and fled the scene. Mery, who Ashlyn had become steadily closer to, was one of those injured, and gravely so. Whilst she didn't die, narrowly surviving by rite of her draconic bloodline, the close call was enough to terrify Ashlyn.
 
She no longer wanted to sing, dance and perform arcane magic. No, she wanted to be able to protect the ones she cared about, and to wreak vengeance on those who spread evil across the world. As the party bid their farewells to Vanbrute and welcomed a wizard named Pin Whisperbreath to the party, Ashlyn began her training. A paladin of Iomedae named Forgall took her under his wing in the Sylvancliffs, putting her through numerous seemingly-pointless training exercises to hone her will and force her to prove her worth as she suffered the vengeful aftereffects of abandoning the arcane in the form of an oracle's curse. Her training was cut short by an earthquake that tore through the land and a panicked letter from Ilendras informing them of a deadly monster that was slowly killing the land... and all its inhabitants.
 

Encountering the Shards

 
The party raced to Ilendras, swiftly meeting with the Mages Guild present there. Ashlyn was highly suspicious of the guild's secretive leader, Elias, particularly when she used her newfound paladin abilities to detect his evil aura - not that she could do much about it then. The party continued to investigate the strange monstrosity, and regrettably, Ashlyn was left behind when they found the need to descend into the Underdark (as she would have likely tried to murder many of the drow there). When they returned, it was with news that her suspicions had been confirmed: they had needed to rescue Liese Celadrion, sister to partymate Azyel Lathronon, from Elias, and she was furious when he later appeared before their fight against the Gemstone of Life.
 
The fight was rough. The Gemstone manifested as a horrific creature that had been draining souls, and she fought against it with great determination to prevent it from continuing. When Sarenrae, her goddess, had blessed her as her Champion, she had been delighted - and also accepting of her duty. When they fought the gemstone, the first glimmers of that duty began to manifest. In the aftermath, when they were transported to the realm of Death herself, Ashlyn was ecstatic to be able to meet a genuine angel. Her inner light was strong enough that he noticed and praised her, even gifting her with a feather of his own for her to draw on in times of need, and her faith pure enough that Pharasma felt it safe to trust them with the truth of the artifacts that had drawn them into her domain - and with a mission to find and destroy them before the forces of evil could utilise them.

Education

Noble education until pre-teen years, then education from old hermit in woods till late 20's, then sought out own education in librarys and forgotten ruins/tombs throughout the world for several hundred years. Earned a Master's Degree in hatred of trapped doors.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Lady Sarenrae's favored Champions, a Hero of the Forests and as one born of celestial blood.

Failures & Embarrassments

Was unable to save Cid from dying to an umbral dragon. Her Vampire foes have escaped her wrath multiple times.

Mental Trauma

Is afraid of loss, whether it be her memory, her freedom, or her comrades.

Intellectual Characteristics

She's not particularly smart.

Morality & Philosophy

Everyone deserves a second chance, but if you squander it what comes is of your own making. All are subject to the laws of Sarenrae.

person.sexuality

Lesbian

Taboos

Betrayal, lying, generally all things that are objectively EVIIIIIIL

Known Languages

Common, Celestial, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, and Gnome

Personality

Motivation

To protect those she loves so they'll never experience the same hardships she has, to remove as much evil from the world as she can.

Quotes & Catchphrases

EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL!

— Ashlyn

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Good at combat, bad at anything that requires initiative.

Likes & Dislikes

Loves honey, hates peas.

Virtues & Personality perks

Quick to act, honest, just.

Vices & Personality flaws

Impatient, loses temper easily when evil is involved.

Personality Quirks

Drinks mead and eats a lot of comfort food when depressed.

Hygiene

Very cleanly.

Social

Birthplace

Aletheia

Current Residence

Pin's Train

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Lost Princess of Aletheia, Champion of Sarenrae

Wealth & Financial state

She is well off and saves most of her money for the time that she passes away and is able to leave her loved ones with enough money to live the rest of their lives in a rather wealthy state.

Family Ties

In a relationship with Mery Eventide

Adopted Midna Alarian

Distant aunt of the current ruling family, including Cyne and Alysia Undria.

Religious Views

Sarenrae is the truth and law.

Social Aptitude

Polite but aloof; views all as equals or lessers - none are higher than her except Sarenrae and her Angelic Hosts.

Hobbies & Pets

Singing and dancing.

Speech

Says EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIL every-time she detects evil and intends to act upon it.