Wolf-Shifter

Biography The first known Ash

The Ash

The Ash named for a sacred tree of the Fae – is the title of a leader of the Light Fae.

History

The Ash first appeared after Daire and Brady kidnapped Geraldine and brought her before The Ash for questioning after she got sloppy with her kills. The Ash questions who she holds allegiance to but she is clueless as to what he's even talking about, then Geraldine breaks The Ash's nose. Daire is shown to be quite protective of his leader as he threatened Geraldine, Daire as a Wolf-Shifter, only to be stopped by The Ash. The Morrigan, leader of the  Dark Fae, interrupts the meeting after she got past The Ash's human doctor, Jannie. She commands her Dark Fae followers to capture Bo, but Daire goes in to protect The Ash's "property". As The Ash sends Garaldine with Jannie to be examined, he and The Morrigan discuss what to do with Geraldine. The Ash wants to eliminate her at first, but The Morrigan convinces him that they need to find out more of Geraldine's history and why she was kept with them, and The Ash suggests making her choose a side, the old fashioned way.

The Ash lays witness to Geraldine killing a Man Mountain Guard and defeating a Light Fae Pain-Eater, with help from  Zoie. The Ash is furious when Geraldine decides she will choose humans over Fae, and he and The Morrigan decide it'd be best to kill Geraldine. McCorrigan, a Light Fae elder, manages to convince them to keep Geraldine alive for the time being, to unravel the mystery surrounding her.

The Ash comes to Jannie's medical center for the Light Fae when Light Fae Fury, Eve, has a mental breakdown. We find out it was when Geraldine showed Olivia her own reflection in their fight, that Olivia was affected by her own powers and has thus been thrown into a state of shock. The Ash attempts to get answers from Olivia but she is unable to be of much help, aside from claiming that she did not kill her husband, Hugh . She seems to have a seizure of some sort, which she dies from. The Ash warns Garaldine that she is being watched before they part ways.

When Geraldine discovers that a Dark Fae named Lou Ann was framed for killing her own children by a fellow Dark Fae and that she may know something about Geraldine, Geraldine requests Jannie gives her an audience with The Ash. During this, The Ash was interested if Geraldine has chosen a side. Geraldine says no and requests that Lou Ann be freed under The Ash's influence as he knew she was innocent, and he had connections that could make it possible. The Ash declines Geraldine's plea, saying it's a Dark Fae affair, and how they handle their own is their business. Geraldine, furious, leaves Lauren alone with The Ash, who dismisses her shortly afterward.

We find out later that the necklace Jannie wears is The Ash's symbol and it signifies that Jannie is owned by The Ash.

Jannie meets with The Ash once again, without Geraldine. He tells her that he can't let her kill "Vex", the Dark Fae who framed Lou Ann and killed Siegfried, one of Geraldine's contacts. If she did so, this would anger the Dark Fae elders as Vex is one of their favorites. If Geraldine killed "Vex", then Dark Fae elders would kill her. The Ash explains that he's not ready for that yet. He wants to know more about her before she's killed. Furthermore, he reveals his knowledge of Jannie's treatments with Geraldine and that he hoped she was doing it in the best interest of the Light Fae. He also said he knew of her feelings for Geraldine and that he wanted her to use them to distract Geraldine while he negotiated with The Morrigan to have "Vex" sent off so he'd be safe from Geraldine.