Stern Ashakawa

Stern Ashakawa is military officer, rapidly rising through the ranks in the wake of Thorns' recent humiliating defeats. Living up to her name, this icy woman has cruel features and ﬂinty eyes. She wears her white hair cut short, and she prefers to wear either a formal army uniform or ﬁnely tailored skin-tight reinforced leather bodysuit. She never goes anywhere without her weaponry, and she favors the blade, the shield and the bow.

During her youth, Stern Ashakawa served as a footman during Thorns’ ill-advised attempt to conquer the Scavenger Lands on the behalf of the Realm, and she has felt since that day that the armies of Thorns failed to live up to the legacy and prestige of her grand city. When offered the position of military officer, she gladly accepted, determined to wipe out weakness within the armies of Thorns and right what her ofﬁcers had done wrong. She fully intends to build Thorns into the empire it was meant to be.

Stern Ashakawa despises weakness in all forms. She regularly takes the time to mock Lilia for her pathetic position, and she ruthlessly upbraids anyone she feels doesn’t live up to her standards.