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Asher |
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I put my right wrist, encased in white
bandages, in front of his mouth. "Take my blood." (Blue Moon, page 379, paragraph 11) |
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| Race | Vampire | |
| Status | Undead | |
| Title | Second in command in St. Louis - under Jean-Claude | |
| Description | Asher has shoulder length thick-waved golden hair that is nearly metallic in color. His eyes are blue and his face is extremely lovely. However, scars pucker the right side of his face, as well as the right side of his body, from where priests poured holy water in order to "cleanse" him. | |
| Commentary | *
Asher once had a human servant named Julianna. * Asher, Jean-Claude and Julianna were a ménage à trois in the past for longer than Anita has been alive. * Jean-Claude's mother was dying, so he left them to go and visit her. The church then took both Juliana and Asher. Juliana was burned at the stake as a witch, while Asher was subjected to holy water being poured onto half of his body - the right side - resulting in major scarring. At the start of BO, he hasn't forgiven Jean-Claude for not coming back in time. * Asher's scars cover the right side of his face, beginning a little before the midline of his face, allowing his nose to be perfect. There is no scarring on his pale neck, and then it begins again on his shoulder, moving downward. He has admitted to Anita that although his male member is scarred, he is still able to perform. * One of Asher's abilities is flight. * Asher's master is the same as
Jean-Claude's, who is * When Anita went to Myerton to get Richard out of jail, Jean-Claude had Asher come with her. He was the one to initially try to negotiate entrance into Colin's territory. * Because of Anita's marks with Jean-Claude, she has his memories of Asher so the two of them have a bond as well. * Currently, Asher is in consultation with a plastic surgeon to see if his scarring can be fixed or not. * Asher has the ability to use his laughter to touch from a distance, like Jean-Claude. * In the past, Jean-Claude used to call Asher 'mon chardonneret' which means, my goldfinch. * Nikki tricked Asher into thinking she was Anita. Asher had been hoping it was Anita, wanting to be with her. But Nikki almost killed him instead. * When Anita offered her blood to heal him, he was able to roll her with his mind, which both thrilled and frightened her. * Asher's hair is longer in NiC. * Asher admits bitterly that there are three people for whom he would willingly strip and reveal his scarred body, including his sex - Richard, because he enjoys shocking his heterosexual sensibilities, and Anita and Jean-Claude, because he loves them. * Anita's arduer recognizes Asher, possibly because it stems from Belle Morte. * When Asher had been scarred, Belle Morte refused him in hers and Jean-Claude's bed. She was disgusted by his face, and this has scarred him emotionally. * Although Asher is a master vampire, he has no animal to call, and though older than Jean-Claude, Asher is weaker than he is. In addition to that, his bite can bring true sexual release, where Jean-Claude's cannot. When Asher bit Anita in BM, he drew back before giving her an orgasm, because he was being a gentleman. * Although Asher is strong enough to hold a city of his own, he doesn't, and he stays in St. Louis. * Asher was with Belle Morte long before Jean-Claude came into the picture. When Asher found Julianna, Belle Morte was jealous, but she didn't do anything because of the rule never to harm a human servant. * Asher has to protect Julianna from Arturo's attentions. * Asher has a .10 millimeter Browning which he almost had to use on Damian. |
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First Appearance |
BO (tKD - in a portrait) | |
| Subsequent Appearances | BM, NiC |