Ashla is a contradiction. Poor people don't become rich, not really. The few it happens to usually only find their lives changed under extraordinary circumstances that threaten to crash down upon their heads at any moment. This is exactly what happened to the girl at 16 when she was taken from her home and lifted up to a scion of a noble house.

She's not found her balance since.

At one minute confident and self-assured, traits she picked up from learning how to survive in harsh circumstances, to the next where she's demure and meek, traits she's found so as to not embarrass herself in her new station.

Truth is, she's a rather energetic and sociable girl who simply doesn't open up until she knows she can trust a person. In groups, she's more likely to lean towards polite timidness but beneath that is a wild child waiting to run.

Only recently having learned how to start controlling her magic, Ashla is still very much a student. Once she has control, she suspects she'll be put to use by the House in a future she can't even begin to imagine. This is perhaps why she hasn't been the most studious.

Born in the Drench, Ashla had a hard life growing up. Though her parents were as perfect as possible considering the circumstances, they struggled to feed themselves and their child.

As the girl aged, she began to show signs of being gifted with magic. At first her parents kept this to themselves, making Ashla promise to not tell anyone, and for years she did as they asked. When someone outside of the family finally did learn of her gift, it wasn't the girl that was responsible, but the parents.

Whether they were trying to give her a better life or because they had gotten a payment for the girl, Ashla was never told. All she was told by her parents was that it was for the best. Then she was picked up by strangers and travelled to the plates.

It's been a few years since she's come to live with the Tsunkif House, adopted as one of theirs. Despite this, she still feels like an outsider trying her best to fit in.