Ash Savea ([MHU] Weaver)

ash tl;dr

Hero Name: Weaver

Quirk: String of fate

Ash produces a series of sticky strings from her fingers, and is capable of extending and trapping whoever she ties the strings around in a mental illusion she’s created until the strings are cut and the connection is severed.

Limitations:

• The strings are not very durable, and can be destroyed fairly easily, as their composition and strength is most similar to simple cotton embroidery thread.
• The maximum amount of people Ash can tie up and connect to, is 1, at the moment. While Ash can produce a string from each of her fingers respectively, she cannot trap 10 people at once. Ash needs at least one string to be tied to her target for her illusions to make it through.
• Ash’s illusions are mostly auditory and visual. She hasn’t quite mastered how to convey senses or smells or tastes quite yet. Her biggest liability and concern at the moment is her inability to mask the feeling of her strings sticking onto other people.
• Trapping someone with her in an illusion leaves Ash at a disadvantage. Ash not only has to juggle being able to trap and distract her target, she also has to dodge incoming attacks from other opponents. If Ash is distracted enough, her illusions could weaken enough for the person she’s trapped to find a way to break free. Her quirk works best in tandem with someone else to have her back, or out of battle situations.
• Ash’s victims still have full body autonomy, meaning they can still move their bodies and have full control of themselves. Ash’s illusions are a visual impairment nearly exclusively.
• The range for her strings is about 15 feet!

Primary Course Focus: Recon

Ash is brave, extroverted, and bubbly! … If not eccentric. She’s a very confident and friendly individual and loves meeting and talking to new people. Spite and cruelty are hard for Ash to pull off, and are not mindsets she often slips into- anger is rare for her, as she’s a rather carefree individual who lets problems roll off her back instead of wallowing in them. Like a duck!

She’s a very creative individual, with a very strong imagination- an overactive imagination actually… Ash often runs away with it, lost in her own daydreams and fantasies. Especially when it comes to romance! Ash is a flirt and isn’t shy to show it. Unfortunately this, her strong imagination, coupled with how Ash doesn’t have an… ‘off’ button, means that she's 99% sure to ramble her silly ideas without prompt and without worry, much to the annoyance of the other people around her.

And make no mistake- Ash is a very irritating individual, and only vaguely aware of it. She’s loud, abrasive, and impatient, with a shaky sense of boundaries that she often disregards anyway, cheerfully. She gets attached to her daydreams easily, and even more so to the people around her, and takes rejection badly.

History: Ash grew up as the baby of her family; and was definitely much more of a reckless child than her only sibling, her older sister! Her family was tightly knit, and often spent as much time as possible together when Ash’s parents weren’t working. It was Ash’s mother who had a rougher time of it, when it came to work- Karuna was a pro-hero, popular amongst the middle and lower class folks for portraying herself as a mother, friend and protector all at once.

They lived comfortably, and happily, with Ash often monkeying around outside whenever she could. She looks back on those days fondly! Ash had always admired and looked up to her mother, and took her dying in battle against a particularly nasty villain badly, as one does when tragedy strikes.

The reality is that all members of the Savea family took Karuna’s death badly- Liam withdrew in on himself in aftermath with his grief, leaving Hazel and Ash to fend for themselves until their aunt (Karuna’s sister) stepped in to take care of them until he sorted himself out.

Which he did eventually. In that time though, Hazel and Ash learned to maneuver life without him- Hazel made sure Ash pulled through and excelled in school, and Ash made sure her sister didn’t grow too bitter or jaded. Ash knows she’d be nowhere without her sister or her aunt to support her, and she’s very grateful to them.

But Ash had never been able to stop thinking about becoming a ‘Hero’ like her mother, despite everyone in her life trying to shake her of these ideas. Ash took a variety of courses to help her hone her quirk, and polished up her sword fighting skills as best as she could…

And then completely baulked at the idea of debuting as a hero in England. The idea of being compared and connected to her deceased mother constantly freaked Ash out, as did the idea of being torn apart in the small media circuit there… Ash figured it would be easier to stay out of the spotlight in a bigger ring, and turned her eyes to the US.

… Her sister heard all of Ash’s worries and then completely lost her mind when Ash set her eyes on Schyuler to further her education. After all, Schyuler’s often at the center of a media storm… and often the heart of many a life threatening situation. Ash has made peace with her life being put at risk because of her chosen profession though, and is coming to terms with the idea that while she might never sever the connection between herself and her dead idol, she can at least work towards trying to achieve accomplishments worth being proud of… She just figures the distance might help with that, is all! And Schyuler could provide all the support and resources to outweigh the negative reputation hanging around it!

Likes

• pickles
• acai bowls
• hiking/going for walks/being outdoors
• movies (her favorite genre is romcoms)
• bugs/insects (her favorites are actually honeybees)
• honey

Dislikes

• silence
• dark places
• stuffy/stale air
• humidity
• thunderstorms
• wet fur

Extras

• Ash loves to collect little things- if something shiny or cute catches her eye, she’s prone to pocketing it if it’s free, or shelling out the cash necessary to own it without thinking twice about it.
• If you see her trying to trap a cool looking bug to take home, no you don’t 🧡
• Her inventory/possesions are in fact mostly bug cages or little mason jars full of knick knacks. The occasional frog.
• Ash loves to dance and record herself doing silly stuff for videos! She isn’t scared to drag friends in for the fun too.
• Her wardrobe… is something! Ash likes fashion but like fashion that’s of the neon, rainbow colored variety. The busier and more colorful an outfit, the better for her!
• Is a major foodie.
• She chose to major in reconnaissance because she figures her quirk is very well suited for it! Her memory is very good, after all- Ash figures she’ll be good at infiltrating and bringing information back from the field to share with the metaphorical team…