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Ashake (Egyptian) (Earth-616)

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There is always hope. Death is not the barrier many believe. By your reckoning, I died thousands of years ago. Yet here I am.

—Ashake[source]

History

Ashake was a sorceress from the Ancient Egypt, part of the ancient lineage of white-haired, blue-eyed witch-priestess.[1][8] Ashake traced her lineage down to Ayesha of Balobedu, who in 10,000 BC became the first human Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.[9]

It is unknown when exactly Ashake was born, but in the 26th century BC she and her friend Heka-Nut became the disciples of the Elder Goddess Oshtur (known to her as Ma'at) and several other gods. From them they learned magic beyond the knowledge of mortals. She was more skilled, so Heka-Nut started to resent her. Influenced by another Elder God, Chthon, he eventually started to use the forbidden path of the magic, the necromancy. In result Ashake and Heka-Nut became bitter enemies for more than a thousand years.[10][3]

At some point Ashake fought with Shadow King.[4]

In the 11th century BC she divinated the arrival of Magik and Mirage, who accidently time-travelled into the past from the modern days. Ypon arrival, they were discovered and chased by the guards. Ashake saved them by casting illusions for guards to chase, while real Magik and Mirage were brought by her elsewhere. They initially mistaken Ashake for Ororo Munroe from their time, but she corrected them and introduced herself. She was happy to learn that her lineage continued for thousands of years all the way to the 21st century AD.[1][2]

Ashake and Magik were soon captured by Heka-Nut and forced to recover the Sword of Bone. After they defeated Heka-Nut, Ashake trapped his power in an urn.[2]

Ashake (Egyptian) (Earth-616) from Mystic Arcana Sister Grimm Vol 1 1 0001

Ashake, along with Morgan Le Fay and Llyra, aided Ian McNee to free the soul of Heka-Nut and thwart the plans of Chthon to replenish the soul of Heka-Nut. In doing so, Chthon was banished but the Darkhold tainted the soul of Ian and Ashake was brought to the present. Oshtur appeared to tell them that more work would need to be done by them to use the Cornerstones of Creation to repair the structure of magic.[10]

Apparently she had later returned to her time and eventually died,[11] but even so her spirit assisted Ororo Munroe on several occasions. When adult Ororo was deaged and became child again, Ashake came into her dreams. She helped Ororo to gain confidence to confront Shadow King and trained her to control her powers.[4][5][6] Years later, when Ororo went into the afterlife to find Magneto, Ashake appeared to her again and helped Ororo to find the right path.[11]

Attributes

Power Grid[14]
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Powers

Magic: Ashake was a powerful sorceress,[1] part of the ancient lineage of witch-priestess[8] descending from Ayesha of Balobedu the first human Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.[9] Ashake was taught personally by the Elder Goddess Oshtur (known to her as Ma'at) and several other gods and was praised for her skills.[10][3] Her magical skills were highly renowned, and her name was well known to mages even thousands of years later.[12] She called her magic the "Shadow Path".[1][2] As she normally cast spells by invoking various gods, her magic was Exocentric, also known as the Golden Way.

  • Illusions: By casting the Illusions of Iah spell[2] she was able to create moving illusions of Magik and Mirage to fool the guards, who then chased after the illusions, while Ashake hide real people.[1]
  • Telepathy: Ashake was able to read memories of other people.[1][2]
  • Omnilingual: By invoking Ma'at, she was able to understand languages of other people and let them understand her, for example, she was able to speak English so that Magik and Mirage could understand her.[1][2]
  • Invisibility: By invoking Shu, Ashake was able to make others (and presumably herself) invisible.[2]
  • Force Field: By casting the Shai's Shield spell, she was able to shield herself from enemy attacks.[2]
  • Light Generation: By invoking Ra, she was able to create small sources of light.[2]
  • Advanced Longevity: She had lived for at least 1500 years, from 26th to 11th century BC.[2][3]

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Equipment

Urns with spirits of Ashake's ancestors

Urns with spirits of Ashake's ancestors

  • First Tarot: Ashake wasn't skilled in divination and precognition, so to aid herself she created a set of bone cards with images painted on them.[2]
  • Urns: Ashake had five urns with spirits of her ancestors sealed in them. These spirits watched and protected her, during life they had different strengths and provided them to Ashake, making her more versatile in magic.[2]

Notes

  • Ashake worshipped the Elder Goddess Oshtur (known to her as Ma'at) and, just like her descendant Ororo Munroe, sometimes called her "Bright Lady".[2]
  • When describing the First Tarot, Ashake mentioned four gods, Nu, Amun, Hauhet and Keku. Later, when she talked about Heka-Nut, she mentioned that he was chosen to serve the four primal gods and then that he was tempted and broken by Keku.[2] It was also said that Heka-Nut and Ashake were chosen by Ma'at and other gods to study magic.[10][3] It is unclear if the "four primal gods" are meant to be Nu, Amun, Hauhet and Keku and if they were the "other gods" under whom Ashake and Heka-Nut studied.

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