Appearance: Ash is 5'11 and has a slender build. He has blond hair, green eyes, pale skin. He wears reading glasses when reading because he is far-sighted.

Age: 19

Legal name: Aslan J. Callenreese Preferred name: Ash Lynx

Personality: Charismatic and skilled at gaining loyalty. Excellent in combat and an incredible marksman. Highly intelligent, with an IQ of 180-200. He is well-read, and loves to read, the New York library is his favourite place. Ash's good looks and charisma allow him to win people over, and he's well aware of it, weaponising his good looks at times. He is mistrustful and holds most people at arms-length. He is not afraid of death because of his disillusionment with his own life. Ash's life has been a constant struggle for freedom against his oppressors, his fight to overcome his trauma over sexual abuse, and most importantly, to find his real place in the world. He is snarky and cocky, and makes light of his enemies, mocking them even. He is afraid of Blanca- his old teacher -and harboured a strong disdain and hate for Dino Golzine. Ash hates being touched with very few exceptions. He has PTSD and is incredibly traumatised, expressing it with cold harshness. Even though he is capable of violence, he dislikes being seen as a monster or devil, even though he accepts that view is fitting. He's hot headed, closed off and can be aggressive, preferring to be aggressive rather than vulnerable.

Background: After enduring abuse from his little league coach as a child, Ash killed him at the age of 8, running away from home shortly after. Destitute, Ash was captured by men working for Mafia Boss Dino Golzine, and forced to work for men who continued his abuse. Under Golzine Ash was "cultured" and trained as a member of the upper class. This education included instruction in hand and fire combat from the world's most recognized teachers, one of whom was Blanca. In the years that followed, Ash went on to run his own street gang in New York and made friends with the leader of a Chinatown gang, Shorter Wong. By the age of 17, Ash united many of the street gangs and found his big brother Griffin in a veterans hospital, his mind broken by a drug called 'Banana Fish'. By age 18, he had learnt that Dino Golzine was behind Banana Fish and killed Golzine to avenge his brother and Shorter Wong, who was also killed, as well as to free himself from Golzine's grasp after enduring years of abuse at his hands. Ash feels haunted by the life he has lived and the violent acts he has been forced to commit. Now he is 19 and preparing to tackle the turbulence that Golzine's death has left rippling through New York.

Relationships:

Eiji Okumura, a photography student from Japan, went to New York to help his mentor on an article about street gangs. He and Ash became close, falling in love, but Eiji ultimately returned to Japan, asking Ash to go with him.

Shorter Wong(deceased), Ash's best friend Shorter Wong was killed by Ash after Golzine had given Shorter the drug Banana Fish, leaving him violent and unable to control himself. In a drug induced frenzy, Shorter tried to kill Eiji and Ash killed Shorter to free him from life as Golzine's pawn and to protect Eiji.

Yut-Lung, while close in age to Ash, Yut-Lung is the head of the Lee family and one of the biggest players in New York's underbelly. Yut-Lung has the Chinatown Gang and their leader, Sing, in his pocket and hates Ash with a passion. In the past he has tried to kill Ash, using Eiji against Ash to try and take him out.

After taking down Golzine, Ash still needs to restore order to New York. Yut-Lung and his allies remain a threat lurking on the horizon and as much as Ash wishes he could go to Japan and look for Eiji, he knows that it's better to let him go.