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At an unknown point in time, Asher discovered an access point to the portion of the Nexus connected to [[Neomuna]]. He would later use this to monitor the Guardian as they led [[Partition|excursions]] into the network to stop the [[Shadow Legion]] from damaging its integrity, with [[Quinn Laghari]] finding cryptic messages whose signatures matched his name. | At an unknown point in time, Asher discovered an access point to the portion of the Nexus connected to [[Neomuna]]. He would later use this to monitor the Guardian as they led [[Partition|excursions]] into the network to stop the [[Shadow Legion]] from damaging its integrity, with [[Quinn Laghari]] finding cryptic messages whose signatures matched his name. | ||
===Sacrifice=== | |||
{{Quote|It is as I said all along. No one can stop [[Final Shape|it]].<br>There is no sense in even trying.|Asher's final words before completely fading from existence}} | |||
A week after [[The Witness]] communed with [[The Veil]] and vanished into the resulting portal made on the Traveler, Asher would use the Nexus to contact Mithrax and the Guardian from the [[European Dead Zone]], using a Harpy like he had previously done during Lakshmi's coup. Following his guidance, the two discovered a rebuilt Brakion pursuing him for tampering with the Nexus's data. After Brakion was stopped, Asher rewarded them with [[Vexcalibur|a specialized glaive]] designed to break the Vex's security protocol and weaponize the barrier technology that Brakion had previously employed to fight him and the Vanguard. Repeated excursions would later reveal that to manually perform the simulations and downloads required to obtain the data he needed, Asher was forced to resume his integration into the Vex network. This ultimately culminated in a full simulation of the Veil, much to Mithrax's shock, but at the cost of Asher's transformation becoming completely unstoppable. | |||
Following the full extraction of the Vex's data on the Witness and the Veil, Asher pushed further into the center of the Vex Network, discovering billions of simulations that all end in the [[Final Shape]] being invoked. This ultimately cost him his life, ceasing to exist as an individual and disappearing from the Nexus entirely. His final thoughts were spent cursing the outside world, lamenting that he had been right all along about the nature of the universe's end. | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
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His surliness may be in part be driven by a deep-seated anxiety regarding his gradual assimilation by the Vex, and his frustration that all his efforts to halt it have failed.<ref name=GS/> Similarly, Asher possesses a great deal of guilt for what happened to his Ghost during his original mission in the Pyramidion. He attempted to cure its condition, but failed. He also considered ending his Ghost to spare it from the Vex modifications it received, though he couldn't bring himself to do it. Asher therefore considers himself a coward for that. | His surliness may be in part be driven by a deep-seated anxiety regarding his gradual assimilation by the Vex, and his frustration that all his efforts to halt it have failed.<ref name=GS/> Similarly, Asher possesses a great deal of guilt for what happened to his Ghost during his original mission in the Pyramidion. He attempted to cure its condition, but failed. He also considered ending his Ghost to spare it from the Vex modifications it received, though he couldn't bring himself to do it. Asher therefore considers himself a coward for that. | ||
With his presence returning in [[Season of Defiance]], Asher has revealed an affinity for Arthurian legends. Despite being in a dire situation, possibly permanently disembodied in the Vex Network, he still relishes in his ability to interfere with Vex operations, extracting as much fun as he can by likening his and the Guardians activities to legends of the old world. | With his presence returning in ''[[Season of Defiance]]'', Asher has revealed an affinity for Arthurian legends. Despite being in a dire situation, possibly permanently disembodied in the Vex Network, he still relishes in his ability to interfere with Vex operations, extracting as much fun as he can by likening his and the Guardians activities to legends of the old world. Further, despite the experience of being digitized into the Vex's world, Asher's main characteristics remained largely unchanged as he sent messages through a Harpy calling for the Guardian's "assistance" and Mithrax noted in similar messages to stop bothering him. He also kept his grudge against Brakion and took great satisfaction in seeing him destroyed by the Guardian within the Vex Network. However, his bitter, spiteful nature also remained underneath his bravado, worsened by his findings on the totality of the Final Shape. Despite his outward glee at watching the Guardian extract his resources, Asher's dying thoughts were of resignation and anger towards the universe for allowing his apocalyptic foresight to come to pass. | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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* "...Ever-spiraling complexity... Yes, their simulations are potentially limitless!" | * "...Ever-spiraling complexity... Yes, their simulations are potentially limitless!" | ||
* " I have not been reborn since the accident. In truth, I do not know what would happen. Is my Ghost even capable of such a thing anymore?" | * " I have not been reborn since the accident. In truth, I do not know what would happen. Is my Ghost even capable of such a thing anymore?" | ||
* " | * "Cabal Again!? With their blasted rock shaking concentration shattering Machinery!" | ||
* "These calculations would astonish even the most hardened of Cryptarchs!" | * "These calculations would astonish even the most hardened of Cryptarchs!" | ||
* "Every iteration of the Collective nets me more data; I need more information!" | * "Every iteration of the Collective nets me more data; I need more information!" | ||
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***''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' | ***''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' | ||
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
***''[[Season of the Undying]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
***''[[Season of Dawn]]'' | ***''[[Season of Dawn]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | ***''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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**''[[Lightfall]]'' | **''[[Lightfall]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of Defiance]]'' | ***''[[Season of Defiance]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||