Ashe

Shinyo Ashe (アシュ・シニョ) was born in the Cross Islands, nineteen years before the original Black Clover series, to a Hinto Country mage and the previous Vice-Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings.

Following the death of his parents, when he was five, Ashe was gifted his mother's old robe and Grimoire, before being left under the care of the Hage Village Church.

For the past four years, Ashe has been working as a double agent in the Diamond Kingdom. However, he left shortly after the initial invasion by the Spade Kingdom.

Appearance
Ashe is a somewhat muscular nineteen-year-old of average height. He has medium-length black hair with a sandstone tint that sticks up towards the middle. He has dark purple sanpaku eyes that add to his menacing aura.

Ashe's typical wear is made of a long-sleeved, dark-green button-up shirt with a popped collar and matching trousers. Along with this, he wears a pair of black shoes.

During his time as a Diamond Kingdom Hunter, Ashe wore his usual attire beneath a thick, white robe with dark-blue fur lining the edges.

As a Black Bull, Ashe's dress is exactly the same as his Hunter uniform, except he wears his black robe over it. He wears the hood up, pushing his hair over his left eye and casting a shadow over his face.

Personality
On the surface, Ashe is prideful, disrespectful and vulgar. He has little compassion for others, insulting and manipulating them without a second thought. He shows no respect to those above him, blatantly bad mouthing and at times belittling even members of the royal family. On several occasions, he has stated his desire to one day surpass the Magic Emperor and become an entity known as the Devil King.

While some of the above is vaguely accurate, Ashe is more complex than he first appears. Ashe possesses a strong urge to help people, though he rarely shows it, and has no qualms with risking or even sacrificing himself to save others. One of the main reasons he became a magic knight was so he could help as many people as possible.

Ashe cares deeply for those around him and though his sharp tongue can get in the way of this, he genuinely wishes to be someone people can look up to and rely on. Some of his more cocky behaviours are actually the result of him trying to keep the ones he cares about out of danger.

Some of Ashe's actions can also be traced back to his own insecurities. Due to the unique nature of his magic he sometimes finds it hard to view himself as equal to other members of his squad. Additionally, he feels pressured to live up to his mother's reputation and become someone like her.

Magic

 * Devil Magic: Ashe can draw Negative Mana from the portal in his Grimoire, allowing him to use spells typically reserved for Devils.

Abilities

 * No Magic Affinity: A trait inherited from his mother, Ashe possesses no magic affinity, meaning that he was able to bind to and use spells from any grimoire prior to receiving the five leaf. Additionally, this makes it harder for him to be detected by other magic users.


 * Ki: Ashe learned to read Ki at a young age, gifting him reflexes/agility far surpassing those of a normal human. His Ki-reading capabilities are further enhanced through the use of magic.


 * Pain Tolerance: During his time as a Hunter, Ashe was forced to endure several types of excruciating physical, psychological and emotional torture. It has gotten to the point that he is barely phased by life-threatening injuries.
 * Spying Ability: Being an undercover agent, Ashe has variety of skills fitting a spy. These skills include information gathering, camouflage, acting and magic imitation. It's because of these skills barely anyone knows Ashe's first name.


 * Devil-Possessed: Being the wielder of a five-leaf grimoire, Ashe is connected to the devil Velzev. This connection allows him to utilise the devil's power and do things such as use Devil Magic, read and comprehend demonic language and make deals with other devils.

Equipment

 * Grimoire: Ashe possesses a five-leaf grimoire, which he attained during his journey to the Clover Kingdom as a child. This grimoire resembles an old leather book that is held closed by two leather straps and buckles. In place of a clover insignia there is tear in the book's cover. The grimoire originally belonged to his mother and allowed the wielder to use four-leaf Extra-Spatial Magic. Following the demise of his mother turning it into a five leaf and being possessed by the Devil Velzev, the grimoire lost all ability to cast spells, instead containing a portal to the Underworld in the form of writing. An individual can use this portal to extract Negative Mana from the Underworld and cast Devil Magic. The amount of Mana that can be extracted at any given time depends on how tightly sealed the book is. If the grimoire were to be fully opened, devils would be free to pass through the portal and enter the Overworld.
 * Red Robe: An old Crimson Lion robe that used to belong to his mother. Ashe takes this with him everywhere and believes it grants him good luck.

Quotes
Bow before me as I sit atop my Throne of Lords,

Trivia

 * Ashe's favourite things are Pangan (a type of fried meat cooked in Cross), his mother and tormenting Yuno.
 * During his time in the Diamond Kingdom, Ashe went by the alias "Eustus Ashe" and claimed to wield "Spirit Flesh Magic".
 * Question Brigade Rankings:
 * Ashe is tied with Gordon Agrippa for 2nd smartest Black Bull.
 * Ashe is the fourth most disliked by animals.
 * Ashe is the sixth most attractive male.
 * Ashe is interested in women that are "Cheerful, intelligent and a good comrade during my inevitable global conquest!".
 * Ashe is apparently capable of using "Curse Cleansing Magic", however chooses not to as he finds it "boring".
 * Ashe is prone to nightmares.
 * Ashe is strongly against killing, and doesn't harm his opponents too badly if he doesn't know if they'll be healed.
 * After looking through Asta's grimoire, Ashe described it as "Mostly gibberish with a few knock knock jokes,", the accuracy of this statement is as-of-yet unknown.