Ashura

Scavengers in The Dragon Wastelands will tell you that Ashura is a ghost, the sole survivor of an imperial vanguard swallowed by the fog and the rocks. They say Ashura was branded a coward, left for dead by their own commander. But that’s not the story you hear from the outcasts who follow Takeo. They speak of a chimp who clawed their way out of a mass grave, arctic fur stained with mud, eyes burning with a purpose that had nothing to do with reclaiming honor. Ashura tied on a bright yellow bandana that day, a defiant beacon against the gray sky. They fight for the forgotten now, not for an empire that erases its mistakes. The scars on their face are not a mark of shame, but the price of a lesson learned in blood.