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Despite having the
appearance of an elegant and humble woman, Ashrah is actually a demon from
the Netherealm. She was once a member of Quan
Chi's Brotherhood of Shadow, which worshipped the fallen Elder God
Shinnok.
Ashrah dresses completely in white and appears as a tall, mysterious woman.
Her appearance is a blend between aristocracy and innocence. She made her
first appearance in Mortal Kombat: Deception. Her occupation is that of
a demon hunter. Ashrah's weapon of choice is her Kriss, which is believed
to have been "blessed" or is of a "heavenly origin." The Kriss is blessed
in such a way that every demon she kills with it causes her to become more
human and less demon like. Through this, she can leave the Netherrealm.
One day, Ashrah refused
to carry out one of Quan Chi's orders. In response, he sent her sister
(a fellow member of the Brotherhood of Shadow) to kill her. While escaping
her would-be assassin in the Netherealm, she found a holy sword known as
a Kriss. As she learned how to wield the blade, slaying Netherealm demons
with it, Ashrah began to recognize that the sword progressively cleansed
her spirit of evil with each one she killed. She then resolved to liberate
herself from her inherent malevolent nature by using the Kriss to eliminate
the evil within her. Each demon that she slayed brought her closer to her
goal of purification and her eventual expulsion from the Netherrealm, as
that dimension cannot sustain anyone with a soul containing such purity.
What she didn't know, was that the blade was actually the "Datusha", a
mystical vampire-slaying weapon that corrupts its wielder with the false
belief that they are using it for a greater purpose in order to continue
its genocide against the vampires and (apparently) other demons. She has
allied herself with Shujinko
and taught him demon slaying techniques in the past. At one time, she came
into conflict with Ermac. Mistakenly considering him to be a demon, she
attempted to kill him and lost. During the events of Mortal Kombat: Deception,
she searched for Noob Saibot, whom she considers to be a powerful demon,
as doing so would enable her to complete her ascension.
Ashrah's bio in Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon explains that, after slaying a multitude of demons in
the Netherealm, she transcended that plane of hell and emerged in an unfamiliar
realm, surrounded by celestial beings of light. The celestial beings made
her into their chosen warrior-the wielder of the Kriss who could purify
the world, and would ascend into becoming "an angel of light", once she
used the weapon to "consume the darkness". After submitting to their will,
Ashrah was transported to Vaeternus to start slaying the vampire race,
whom she saw as vile beings for their feeding the blood of their prey and
spreading their corruption throughout the realms. Ashrah began her quest,
slaying numerous vampires. However, she soon was encountered by Nitara,
who was warned by her elders of this threat to her realm. Ashrah defeated
Nitara but she managed to escape to Edenia, and Ashrah followed her to
gain the power of Blaze in order to destroy Nitara
and gain ascension.
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