Ashake | |
Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
Notability: | Recurring character |
Type: | Sorceress |
Gender: | Female |
Race: | Homo Magi |
Location: | Cairo, Egypt |
Known relatives: | Ororo Munroe [1] |
Status: | Deceased |
First: | New Mutants #32 |
Ashake is a fictional sorceress and a minor recurring character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is part of the mainstream Marvel Universe and first appeared in The New Mutants, Volume 1 #32 in October, 1985 in a story titled "To the Ends of the Earth".
Biography[]
Ashake is an ancient Egyptian sorceress and servant of the goddess Ma'at (Oshtur). She aided Magik and Mirage when they were lost in time. Her striking resemblance to her direct descendant, Ororo Munroe, initially confused the New Mutants. She and Illyana were captured by Heka-Nut and forced to recover the Sword of Bone. After they defeated Heka-Nut, Ashake trapped his power in an urn. [2][3]
She, along with Morgan le Fay and Llyra, aided Ian McNee to free the soul of Heka-Nut and thwart the plans of Chthon to replenish the soul of Heka-Nut. In doing so, Chthon was banished but the Darkhold tainted the soul of Ian and Ashake was brought to the present. Oshtur appeared to tell them that more work would need to be done by them to use the Cornerstones of Creation to repair the structure of magic. [4]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Ashake was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Steve Leialoha.
- Ashake is the ancestor of Ororo Munroe, aka Storm. The two bear a striking resemblance to one another. Danielle Moonstar and Illyana Rasputin were caught off-guard by the resemblance when the two made a quick time-travel stop to Ancient Egypt. [5]
Appearances[]
- New Mutants 32
- Mystic Arcana: Magik 1
- Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm 1
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Descendant. A mutant member of the X-Men known as Storm.
- ↑ Marvel Comics Wiki; Ashake (Egyptian) (Earth-616); Biography.
- ↑ Mystic Arcana: Magik 1
- ↑ Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm 1
- ↑ New Mutants 32