Ashley Ashra

Ashley Asura (アシュレイ・アシュラ, Ashurei Ashura) is a former Knight of St. Michael that loves war. A wild, ruthless and arrogant man who believes that only luck dictates one's life, he has shown to have little regard for his own life as he 'possesses' an abundant supply of luck. However, he does seem to care the lives of his comrades. He was also the leader of one of the units within the Knights of St. Michael.

Ashley was eager led the Asura Strike Force under orders of new Grand Master Shin Hyuga Shing who led the Knights of St. Michael against the EU W-0 squadron in the Battle of Sloim. His knights ambushed the European knightmares as Ashley himself engaged the Ghost of Hannibal himself Akito Hyuga. The knights managed to destroy all the drones and began to overwhelm the pilots when Akito's Geass influence spread to the rest of W-0 pilots. Under the new blood lust, the EU turned the tide.

Ashley fought fiercely against various W-0s and managed to hold out against a beserked Akito. Eventually, Akito defeated him but as the European Japanese pilot made the killing blow, Johanne Fabius (one of Ashley's knights he had chastised earlier for being naive) sacrificed his life for Ashley by getting in the way of Akito's attack. In his dying breath, Johanne wished his commander good luck.

Johanne's sacrifice seemed to horrify Akito, who stood dumbstruck as his Geassed mind blacklashed the other pilots. Without the blood lust, the St. Michael knights rallied and disabled the rest of the W-0 knightmares.

Taking advantage of the stunned Akito, Grand Master Shing took field and disabled the Ghost of Hannibal. When Shing ordered Akito to retreat, Ashley demanded to continue fighting (having been angered by Johanne's sacrifice), but reluctantly obeyed to leave while taking his fallen comrade's body and knightmare with him.

Some time after the battle, he is sent to retrieve the Ark in Greenland, and receives a new Knightmare, Ahura Mazda. When Akito and the others attack the airship, he engages the group in battle. After a fierce struggle with Akito, he is defeated when Akito goes berserk. Before he is killed by Akito, the others stop their friend before he crushes Ashley in the Alexander's hands. Akito then exits his Knightmare to give Ashley the chance to avenge his friend; Ashley hesitates, but as he pulls the trigger, the gun is revealed to be out of bullets. After that, the two make peace, but are interrupted when bombs that Shin had placed on the ship go off.

Surviving the explosion, he allies with W-0 and swears revenge on Shin for sacrificing him.