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[h2]Ashton Andrews[/h2]

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[i]Artwork Originally of Jason Levasseur from Moonlight Apparition, a webcomic made by one [url=https://www.deviantart.com/darkhalo4321]Darkhalo4321[/url]; all credit given to her.[/i][/center]

[b]16 | Male |  148  | 5'6
Yang[sub]Jiwald[/sub] | Non-Native | Human[/b]

[u][b]  Description  [/b][/u]

Ashton Andrews is a young man whose deceptively mild and bright appearance conceals optimistic ambitions that might lead to success or disaster, the latter if not tempered with patience. He is your typical Anime fan who nevertheless has other priorities than the shows he watches, and has a plan for his life and his future. He also has a pet pigeon and a family that he loves dearly.

[u][b] Appearance Description (optional) [/b][/u]

Ashton Andrews is a brown-haired boy who prefers clothes that match his hair; browns, blues, and dark greens. When it is no longer winter on his end, he prefers an ordinary T-Shirt, jeans, and sneakers when going out. His eyes are bright green and his build is lean, but athletic and reasonably muscled, although it is mostly hidden by his clothes.

[u][b]  Personality [/b][/u]

Ashton is kind and tries to project an image of mildness. For the most part, this image is true, as on Earth, Ashton is genuinely content with what he has, with only the briefest of musings as to what could be. But at the same time, this image hides a facet of himself who tries to think and plan for every known occasion, a facet that emerges only when in genuine danger (which was rare where he lived). Due to this, he is driven, but can be tempted to ignore the interests of the group, especially when the other members have different goals. He recognizes this as a flaw in himself and tries to fix it before it grows into an inability to accept things that don't go his way.

He also has a boyfriend; he's bisexual.

[u][b]  Class [/b][/u]

Ashton wants to be the diplomatic 'Face' of the party, and he thinks he is good at being both adorable and unobtrusive. He can also administer first aid, which is a skill that can be made redundant by merely having a Water Magic user around. If given time to plan out his further specializations, he plans to be a Rogue with buffing spells and a melee focus; he's not interested in sneaking around or stealing like a regular thief, but rather in agility and speed and being able to avoid hits.

[u][b]  Bio  [/b][/u]

Ashton was born in a medium-sized city in New England, to an ordinary, loving family. He was smart, prenaturally so for his age, and the praise he was given by his parents and teachers would have sowed seeds of pride in him, if not for an incident that made him think deeper - he found a wounded pigeon in his backyard. 

Carrying it inside, crying, he asked his parents if they can help it; make it better. And although his parents were not veterinarians, they did their best to clean the bird's wounds and bandage its broken wing. The pigeon survived the night, and Ashton made it his pet. He was six then.

He had found his goal in life - to be a veterinarian one day. And he had his pigeon to thank for that.

As Ashton grew up, he had a moderate interest in Anime, mostly ones involving 'Mons and Giant Robots. In time, however, he would encounter the 'Isekai' genre, in which protagonists were transported to another world to live out their power fantasies. Cringing at each Light Novel he read, yet not able to stop, Ashton thought to himself; what if [i]he[/i] were transported to another world? Would he panic, or would he do better? Would he die a horrible death, or would he proceed to introduce a technological revolution? Either way, most Iskeai stories were a waste of potential.

Best to continue on with his studies in animal (and just in case he wanted to branch out, human) medicine, especially when his pigeon was reaching the end of its lifespan.

When Ashton's pigeon died, the boy, then twelve years old, was sorrowful and sullen but quickly recovered. He was not going to dishonor his pet's memory by giving up! And so the young man threw himself to his studies more, but couldn't quite escape the urge to watch Anime (all genres) from time to time. He also began reading books of science and technology, economics and history, in order to compose, in his leisure time, an essay titled, 'Why Isekai Stories Don't Work'. Just something to amuse himself with while waiting for formal studies with animal medicine.

(Basically, said essay criticized Isekai stories for wish fulfillment and overpowered characters who were given everything and paid no cost for it. The text also posited that an [i]actual[/i] 'transported to another world' story would have the protagonist either dying alone or be stuck in the lowest rung of the social ladder. Ashton also wrote that even with powerful magic and a helpful mentor, one would still have to pay a cost for success, even if it is the inability to function without help from other people in that world.)

And at present, he was happy, his essay had been written, and to cap it all, he had a new pet pigeon, Pidgey II. Life was good and he was not going to exchange it for the world.

As for his boyfriend, well, he has his own biography.

[u][b]Magic[/b][/u]

Life energy: C (Now raised to A)

Flow: C

Regular Magic

[u][b]Abstract Magic[/b][/u]

Divine Protection of Ideal Self: Ashton can transform into his "ideal self," which looks and sounds different enough from his true self that people will not recognize him unless he transforms in front of them. He also gains a boost to his physical prowess, and he is always in perfect condition. If his ideal self is wounded, he immediately reverts to his real self, and takes the blow.

Return by Death

[u][b]  Extra [/b][/u]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRqlduTrCus

Ashton carries his essay on his person, as well as a smartphone.
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