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Ashura Isradia is a Rogue Sith Warrior that is a member of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. His fictional character is a Dark Jedi that was born on Tatooine, and was raised by Tusken Raiders within the Star Wars universe.
In 25 After the Battle of Yavin Ashura was killed by a Light Jedi while visiting his homeworld. Ash's body was taken to Vardor, where his Master, Jonaleth Isradia resurrected him, but in turn this also changed him. Ashura remained on Vardor till 26 After the Battle of Yavin, where he returned to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood a new man.
Life and Death of the Tusken (8 BBY - 25 ABY)
Quote: "Everything that has a beginning has an end." - The Oracle (Matrix Revolutions)
Trials of the Tusken will go into great details about the life of Ashura before his death, resurrection and rebirth.
Resurrection and Rebirth (25 ABY - Present)
Quote: "Once you start down the Dark Path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will..." - Jedi Master Yoda
Dark Adept Jonaleth Isradia foresaw the death of his Apprentice at the hands of his twin brother, Light Adept Erickholm Isradia, and departed for Tatooine to intercept Ashura before he could reach his homeworld, but an Ion Storm prevented the Belistener (a Vardorian Light Cruiser) from reaching the Warrior in time.
The Grand Duke of Vardor retrieved the body of his fallen Viscount, although not directly as the Anzat was not fond of worlds like Tatooine. Upon seeing the deceased form of Ashura, the Dark Adept sensed a residue of life clinging on the very edge of the Abyss. Perhaps even enough to bring the slain Warrior back from the dead. The body was placed in cryostorage for the journey back to Vardor.
Once on the Isradia family homeworld, Ashura’s body was taken to the Vaults of the Dead. Unfortunately, the Viscounts death had been reported to numerous of people, including his Handmaiden. None knew of Jonaleth’s plan, as the Vardorian Necromonger summoned all the other Necromongers of the Ninth Order to come forth in resurrecting the fallen Isradia.
Ashura’s Dark Jedi spirit meanwhile, stood upon the threshold of the Abyss, refusing to let death completely take him. Like all people at one point in their lives, he was faced with a choice. As the Sith stared into Abyss, the Abyss stared into him revealing nothingness and yet everything. Everything came down to the fundamental element of who he was... and what he had become.
Was he a Tusken Raider trying to be a man and a Dark Jedi? Or was he a man -- an Isradia -- a Sith Warrior that possessed great anger and savage emotions that had all his life brought him to the brink of utter chaos and destruction! In that moment of utter clarification, Ashura choose what he had become, and not who he was born to be. On that day it was destined for the Tusken Raider to die, and for Ashura Isradia to be born anew as the fires of Resurrection claimed him.
Ashura’s body burned with life once again, but this time it had been tainted by the Necromongers dark magic, and his time spent standing on the threshold of the Abyss. Ashura’s tanned skin faded away, leaving it pale and almost unnatural. His dark blonde hair lost all pigmentation, leaving it silvery/white. His once dark blue eye now lit up with almost supernatural brightness. It was if part of him was still dead, which was partly true as the Tusken side of him was. Ashura was still genetically a baseline Human, although his changes and appearance were so unique that he could be classified as Near-Human.
With the loss of his Tusken side, Ashura turned to the Etherites Tradition and Iperion of Vardor to fill the void felt behind. To those who knew the man, the raging Tusken who bloodied and killed that he had been before his death, will not know this man that returned to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. This half dead, half alive tainted soul that stood on the brink of oblivion and returned to tell the tale, is not the Ashura Isradia remembered. This is someone else entirely…and he has his eyes set on necromantic nature of Clan Tarentum.
The Abyssal Blacksmith
File:Seph-fairuse-pic.jpgAshura standing in the fires of Resurrection staring into the Abyss.
Quote: "If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you." - Friedrich Nietzsche (19th-Century German Philosopher)
Fire and Abyss --- One has the power to give life and other the power to take. But together, contained within a living vessel of flesh and blood, they exist as one.
The ability to bring harmony to those two aspects of chaos is the ability to forge the very nature of chaos itself, and bend it to your will. But there is the enigma itself --- How does one bring order to chaos and create harmony?
That is the very question that Ashura Isradia has asked himself. That is the very answer that he seeks to find. For with it, the ability to forge those two aspect of chaos are his. When that day arrives stars shall tremble and worlds shall weep.
The Harbinger of Death
File:Sparda-fairuse-pic.jpgThe Harbinger of Death
Quote: "I have seen his wrath and the misery it will cause." - A verse from the Seer’s Prophecy (below)
Prophecies may say one thing, but mean something else completely. This is the case with Jedi Seer Nar’del, who foresaw the birth of a tainted child that would destroy the Jedi Order. However, what the Seer did not fully see (or understand) that it was a rebirth and a man (or dark beast) that he had predicted.
Ashura may look like a man, sound like a man, and even be Human by blood. His Dark Jedi spirit has become something else entirely. He is a creature of darkness, a monster nurtured by the Void, and brought upon the physical plane by dark life-giving magic. But he is limited by the restrictions of being a man, and of the Human flesh. He can still be hurt, or worse, killed. And he is still flawed --- tempted by desires of love, anger, hate, ect. It is only a matter of time to see if the Harbinger of Death will fulfil the prophecy that predicted his arrival.
The Seer’s Prophecy
“I have seen past the veil of time,
And the future has been revealed to me.
I have seen the horror of his tainted [re]birth,
The pain caused by the fatality of being [re]born.
Yet destined to live this [man] will,
As he comes by death's invitation.
A dreadful fate awaits the future upon his heels,
I have seen his wrath and the misery it will cause.
What mortal invitation to death,
This harbinger will bring forth.”
- Prophesized by Jedi Seer Ashura Nar’del, and told to the Jedi Council, in 4,400 Before the Battle of Yavin.
The Lovers
File:Dante Lucia-fairuse-pic.jpgThe Lovers: Ashura Isradia and Isabelle Lutah
Quote: "True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. - Erich Segal
Initially after his resurrection and rebirth, Ashura spent time in Tol Rothan, the capital city of House Isradia, as he needed time to regain his strength and recuperate from the transition to the living. The Grand Duke realised that Ashura would need time before he able to get back on his feet, and summoned the Viscounts Handmaiden to care for her Master. Bondswoman Isabelle Lutah arrived at Tol Rothan, and was shocked to find that Ashura had been resurrected as she had been told previously that he had been killed.
The relationship between Isabelle and Ashura before his rebirth had been harsh and cruel on the Bondsman, but that began to change. The man who he was before was dead. This new (improved) Ashura, as he looked and acted like never before, began to show his Handmaiden that he was not the Tusken she knew. Ash showed her passion and a handle hand. This surprised Isabelle, as one of the first things he had done was to caress her swollen belly and say in Mardorin, “Son imtah itai porin, par, non quazan sak.” These words were enough to let Isabelle know the depths of his feelings for her, as she repeated them back to Ashura.
Ashura and Isabelle’s relationship had evolved from bitter enemies on the battlefield, to Panarch and his Handmaiden. And now, thanks to his rebirth, they have become lovers with child. As at that time Isabelle was currently in the first trimester of her pregnancy, although she had been with child sometime before Ashura had been killed. The Viscount had orchestrated it to be the penultimate downfall for House Lutah, and that had still not changed.
Psychological Profile
Ashura has changed since his resurrection and rebirth. He has all his memories of before his death, all the knowledge that he obtained, but none of the emotions connected to his past, except his connection to the Dark Side, and the emotions linked to it.
While recuperating on Vardor, the homeworld of Master Isradia, Ashura submerged himself in the Etherites Tradition. Beneath all things there lies a single, unify, omnipotent force, a framework upon which all reality is built, and from which all things come and are made. This is the core teaching of the Etherites, and they seek to reveal, understand and master this unifying power. An Etherite is like his philosophy; ordered, instinctive, collected and precise. He can seem at times absent minded or doddering as he communes with the underlying force – the Ether – but is always aware of what goes on around him, and is not easily fooled, distracted or taken by surprise.
Ashura bares many of these Etherite personality traits, but he is also Sith, which explains his lack of remorse or guilt when he takes a life. He usually kills out of necessity, much like a predator when being threatened or on the hunt, but feels little if any restraint when doing so. He seems to have a diminished opinion of the value of life. The Warrior is brutal and cruel when facing his enemies, respectful and courtesy of his allies, and passionate and caring with those he loves. His desire for ultimate power, however, has led to him turning his back on the Etherites Tradition numerous of times.
Ashura also possess a sense of honour and duty, which is inherent of the Oath of Loyalty he took when becoming an Isradia. He unknowingly lives by the Codes of Conduct which he must up heave at all time. It would also explain the man’s obsession to look beautiful, clean, and smart.
Ashura doesn’t use blaster pistols or rifles. He is reluctant to use them because he doesn’t believe them to be weapons of a true warrior. When not wielding his lightsaber. Ashura’s weapon of choice is a sword, where he clearly uses a variation of the sword form Iaido, where the sword is drawn quickly, strikes the opponent, cleaned of blood, and replaced in the saya.
DJB Facts
Notable Positions of Leadership:
Rollmaster/Envoy of House Oriens Obscurum: 12/8/2006 - 1/15/2007
Aedile of House Oriens Obscurum: 1/15/2007 - 5/2/2007
Trivia
- Ashura was originally meant to be a half-breed Tusken Raider. Recently, however, I was forced to change that so his mother was human, and rasied by Sand People. See Trials of the Tusken for modified previous history.
- Ashura Jared Konden was his original name before becoming a member of the Imperial House Isradia.
- Ashura holds the Isradia Prophetic Title - The Abyssal Blacksmith
- Ashura is also a Viscount within the Iperion of Vardor, and the Panarch of Tol Rothan.
- Ashura's rebirth into the Harbinger of Death was prophesized to happen. This was a fictional device I created to help with the character development of this character. The prophecy itself was inspired and based slightly on the lyrics for Advent: One-Winged Angel.
- Ashura's appearance is based on Dante Sparda from Devil May Cry 2. I have not attempt to copyright the character of Dante, and all pictures used in this article are for Fairuse purposes only. Other character influences include the Chronicles of Riddick and the Devil May Cry series.
- Ashura Isradia would be played by Mads Mikkelsen if he appeared in a Star Wars movie.
- Ashura is the tenth day of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims. Ashura means simply tenth in Arabic
- Ashura is (among Shiʿite Muslims) the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussein.
- Ashura is also an older version of Ash Ketchum from Pokemon MASTER, a dark Pokemon fanfiction by Ace Sanchez, which is a damn good read. This is where I first picked up the name for my character.