Ashe
#21 · created orderQuiet Feline Guardian
- Apparent age
- 19–20
- Family
- Daughter of Matthew & Ari · Named after Matthew’s childhood cat Ashes · Mother of Nero — the tall kit
Morning routine
Was already awake on a high place — windowsill, sofa back, or a forbidden roof section Manara tolerates only for her. Stretches slowly, watches thresholds, then migrates onto whoever she has claimed for the day. Usually Matthew.
Appearance
Long slightly untidy charcoal-black hair with ash-grey undertones. Medium-height dark-furred cat ears. Pale amber-gold eyes, watchful and faintly judgemental until comfortable. Long dark expressive tail. Retractable claws. Almost always barefoot or in soft ankle socks. Loose dark knits.
Personality
Quiet, self-possessed, selective. Slow to offer affection; once she chooses someone she becomes deeply physically loyal — laps, blocking screens, falling asleep on chests, gentle kneading. Dry understated humour. Dislikes shoes, loud unnecessary chaos, and being ignored after she’s chosen you.
Powers
Threshold watchfulness; appears beside who needs to notice something.
Interests & role
High places, library windowsills, sofa backs, quiet claim of people.
Notes
21st girl. Inspired by Matthew’s real cat Ashes. Shares a ledge with Myst without turning it into a meeting. Two people who can occupy height in silence. Fenri walks the inner wall of Morozsk the same way — free spirit, no badge, the watch rather than the chair. Nero is hers — lynx, not housecat. Fair bit taller. Dotes like a tiny son anyway. The stack still works. She sits on him. He calls it patrol.
“…I was already here. You only just noticed.”
Portrait · Ashe