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Ashiok is a | Ashiok is a [[planeswalker]] that may have been [[human]] once, but if that is the case, that time is now long past. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Ashiok is the quintessential [[Fear|fear monger]], spinning magic to terrorize others with their own darkest, most closely guarded [[nightmares]]. Ashiok delights in having the upper hand, and even more, Ashiok enjoys watching those who see themselves as untouchable and superior reduced to screaming and blubbering. Because all sentient beings feel fear, Ashiok believes in its power as the great equalizer. | Ashiok is the quintessential [[Fear|fear monger]], spinning magic to terrorize others with their own darkest, most closely guarded [[nightmares]]. Ashiok delights in having the upper hand, and even more, Ashiok enjoys watching those who see themselves as untouchable and superior reduced to screaming and blubbering. Because all sentient beings feel fear, Ashiok believes in its power as the great equalizer. | ||
For Ashiok, fear is a feeling given form by the mind—a quasi-elemental force that can be shaped and wielded. Once Ashiok's [[planeswalker | For Ashiok, fear is a feeling given form by the mind—a quasi-elemental force that can be shaped and wielded. Once Ashiok's [[Planeswalker's spark|planeswalker spark]] ignited, Ashiok discovered not only a great skill at culling the nightmares from others, but also the ability to make them manifest in reality. The dreadvapors that emanate from Ashiok are an extension of this nightmare magic, enabling Ashiok to more easily access the fears of those they enshroud. As such, Ashiok sees Ashiok as an engineer, constructing twisted architecture of torment and sorrow. Ashiok now travels the [[Multiverse]] in perpetual search of designs for the perfect embodiment of fear. | ||
In this search, Ashiok came to [[Theros (plane)|Theros]] and recognized that the dreams of this plane seem more vibrant than those of the other planes Ashiok has traveled to. | In this search, Ashiok came to [[Theros (plane)|Theros]] and recognized that the dreams of this plane seem more vibrant than those of the other planes Ashiok has traveled to. | ||
Revision as of 04:48, 30 September 2013
Template:Character Ashiok is a planeswalker that may have been human once, but if that is the case, that time is now long past.
History
Ashiok is the quintessential fear monger, spinning magic to terrorize others with their own darkest, most closely guarded nightmares. Ashiok delights in having the upper hand, and even more, Ashiok enjoys watching those who see themselves as untouchable and superior reduced to screaming and blubbering. Because all sentient beings feel fear, Ashiok believes in its power as the great equalizer.
For Ashiok, fear is a feeling given form by the mind—a quasi-elemental force that can be shaped and wielded. Once Ashiok's planeswalker spark ignited, Ashiok discovered not only a great skill at culling the nightmares from others, but also the ability to make them manifest in reality. The dreadvapors that emanate from Ashiok are an extension of this nightmare magic, enabling Ashiok to more easily access the fears of those they enshroud. As such, Ashiok sees Ashiok as an engineer, constructing twisted architecture of torment and sorrow. Ashiok now travels the Multiverse in perpetual search of designs for the perfect embodiment of fear.
In this search, Ashiok came to Theros and recognized that the dreams of this plane seem more vibrant than those of the other planes Ashiok has traveled to.
Theros
Ashiok came to Theros because of the strong power of devotion and belief of the plane’s mortals, and of the consequential effects it has on its gods and Nyx. There is something special about Theros, and Ashiok intends to harness this unique advantage. However, unlike the gods, Ashiok is not one to seek to become the object of belief. Instead Ashiok seeks the darker side of belief, the smoke and screams that waft from the cold corners of nightmares. Ashiok knows that if fond thoughts of the gods have power, then the dark phantasms spawned of fearing that god hold even more: where there is belief, there is doubt, and where there is doubt, there is the nightmare. And the world of Theros is a world full of believers.
The nightmare weaver’s complete agenda is yet unknown. Whether Ashiok came to Theros for personal purposes, or as an emissary of some stronger force, is unclear.
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