Asha (アーシャ, Āsha?) is a inhabitant of the Indian Lostbelt in Fate/Grand Order.
Profile
Background
Asha is a resident of Bichu. She is the child of Ajay. She owns a dog, Vihan. As a result of God Arjuna's distorted Yuga cycle, Asha has lost and forgotten her mother and siblings.
Appearance
Personality
Role
Fate/Grand Order
Yuga Kshetra: Samsara of Genesis and Terminus
Following her routine prayers, Asha leaves her house with Vihan to see the commotion Ritsuka’s party is making outside. She speaks with them until her father, Ajay, brings her and Vihan into their home when the Kali come to attack the town. During the attack however, a cabinet falls on and breaks Vihan’s leg. Asha is the only resident who feels sorry for Ritsuka’s party when the mayor, Prakash, banishes them from Bichu for slaying the Kali and holy beasts.[1]
Wanting to thank them for saving her town, Asha tries to follow Ritsuka’s party in secret. Once spotted though, she gives the group bananas as thanks. Rama comparing the bananas to those regularly given to him by Hanuman confuses Asha, since she doesn’t know who Hanuman even is. She also doesn’t know Rama and Karna’s names when the two ask her if she heard of them. Then, hearing they need a place to camp, Asha suggests the group use the cave she plays in and offers to guide them. Along the way, she refers to the cube Chaldea observed as God's Skyboulder, believing God created it. The townsfolk dare not approach its location due to the Kali. Asha reveals the Kali appear more frequently when the Kali Yuga approaches, which is tomorrow. After the Kali Yuga, everyone will be killed by God, but those loved by him will be resurrected for the new Yuga.[1]
Later, after camp is set up, she explains the Lostbelt’s Yuga cycle. She knows the yugas used to be longer than a week, but the concept of “years“ and “months“ has been lost. Because of that, her father has trouble keeping track of her birthday. Asha wonders if he remembers if she’ll be 4000 days old soon. She then explains the Kali increase in number depending on the current Yuga, and those killed by them lose God’s blessing. She also recalls a self-proclaimed god came to Bichu a few days ago before heading to the mountains. Afterwards, she heads back home; Karna assures she returns safely.[1]
Asha's house is destroyed, along with most of Bichu, when the Kali Yuga comes. Fortunately, her family is allowed inside her aunt and uncle's house. Asha carries Vihan with her inside their house.[2] However, Vihan is erased by God Arjuna's Mahāpralaya because his broken leg made him unnecessary.[3]
Asha is glad to see that Ritsuka's party survived to the next yuga. Mash asks her about Vihan, but Asha has forgotten him. Later, Scandinavia Peperoncino asks her if she heard of any rumors about heretics. Asha direct the group to Prakash as someone who would know.[3]
The day after Ritsuka’s party brings Dewar’s survivors to Bichu, Asha is confused why the people of Dewar and Bichu are arguing. When the Kali attack the town, she is nearly killed by one, but fortunately, Ajay kills it with his axe. She then accompanies her father as he helps to drive off the Kali. She also joins him in getting a horse carriage for Lakshmibai so the group can confront William Tell outside town. After Ritsuka’s party return from driving William off, Asha brings them bandages and medicine meant for Lakshmibai. But seeing Lakshmibai uninjured confuses her and questions if she really saw Lakshmibai getting by William's arrows.[4]
Ajay tries to escape and hide with Asha when the Kali Yuga comes again after helping to fend off the Kali. But Asha notices ,Prakash, whose leg is stuck in rubble, about to be killed by a Kali. Ajay frees the mayor, but his leg is injured. Asha supports him as they search for a place to hide. Ajay realizes how his daughter has grown and decides they should celebrate when she turns 4000 days old tomorrow. Asha is surprised that he remembered. She then takes her father to a healer, where he fell asleep afterwards. She then asks the people of Dewar and Bichu on how she can help. The people of Dewar tell her they don’t have any weapons safe enough for a child to use. Her fellow townsfolk merely tell her to pray. Eventually, while searching for Ritsuka’s party in hopes they can heal her father’s injury, Asha finds them struggling against William. Wanting to help, she picks up a crossbow and aims it at William. William aims his crossbow at her but notices himself unable to fire.[5]
Because her father was erased by Mahāpralaya at the end of the Kali Yuga, Asha comes to live with her aunt and uncle. She celebrates her birthday with them but feels someone important is missing. She then vaguely recalls Ajay’s promise to celebrate with her and cries, not understanding why she is.[6]
After Ritsuka’s party destroys Fantasy Tree Spiral, Asha notices nothing is happening even though the Kali Yuga is over. She also notices Spiral and God’s Skyboulder are gone. She then meets Ritsuka and Mash, who came to say their goodbyes and to tell her the truth. They tell her about God Arjuna’s distorted yuga cycle and how she made to forget her father. Asha accepts it, as she had been feeling like someone was missing in her life. She then asks if there are proper reincarnations since Ritsuka and Mash said the reincarnations initiated by God Arjuna were wrong. Ritsuka believes there must be proper reincarnations. Asha agrees and hopes she can see her father again when a proper reincarnation comes. She then thanks Ritsuka and Mash for telling all this and returns home.[7]
There Asha wonders if she would've been happier on her birthday if Ajay was there. Though she can longer remember him, she decides she'll pray for her father to eventually be reincarnated and starts to cry. Her tears come faster as she wonders if her prayers will be answered now that God Arjuna is gone. She cries in her sleep, calling out for the father she can no longer remember.[7]
Development
Creation and Conception
Asha was designed by Kotori Kirihara in Fate/Grand Order.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 2: Meeting Hope in a Lonely World
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 4: Kali Yuga/The Demon of the End
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 7: Return of Paradise/The Shape of Evil to be Cut Off
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 12: Advancing Impulses/The People and Her
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 13: Prince of Loss/Divine Judgement Looming
- ↑ Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 15: Paradise Recursion/The Rani's True Form
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fate/Grand Order: Cosmos in the Lostbelt - Yuga Kshetra: Genesis Destruction Cycle, Section 20: A World Where Samsara Is ⬜⬜
- ↑ Kotori Kirihara Twitter
