Ashling is the daughter of Treyman Maichen, Eridon's brother and Jane's uncle. She is also a ruthless, merciless warrior bearing a crippling morningstar. She learned from her father. All the Maichen men were trained well in the fighting arts by their father, who was a renowned Knight. It is a fact that Ashling was one of the anonymous soldiers that attacked the day of Jane's wedding.
Ashling is the only child her father had, and so he molded her into what he would've liked a son to be. She was taught to obey him without question. He was her only loyalty besides herself. She had it pressed into her from childhood that her father was the only one she could trust. All others were the enemy. To get by in the world she had to fight for herself. Damn all the rest. She was the only person she needed, her father her ally, and he soon became her tool..
Ashling never really met her cousin, Jane, until years later, when Jane was fifteen. Ashling is four years her elder. Ashling was intrigued to meet the girl, who was so obviously family. They shared similar appearances, though Ashling was taller in height and more heavily muscled, as well as having features that weren't so angular. Ashling reveled in the sick pleasure of discussing the day of the massacre without ever revealing that she had been one of the attackers. She was sure that if she became close to Jane, she could discover the whereabouts of the diamonds they never found that day. However, Jane soon discovered her cousin's true self. Ashling fled and has not been seen since. |
