Ashiok

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Every nightmare is a caged bird that yearns to be set free.

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Summary

Ashiok uses fear to terrorize foes with their own darkest, most closely guarded nightmares. Ashiok delights in having the upper hand and watching enemies reduced to quaking cowards. Because all sentient beings feel fear, Ashiok believes this power is the great equalizer. For Ashiok, fear is a feeling given form by the mind—a quasi-elemental force that can be shaped and wielded to Ashiok's benefit. Once Ashiok's Planeswalker spark ignited, it was discovered that in addition to culling the nightmares of others, Ashiok could also make their fears manifest in reality. As such, Ashiok embodies the role of a dark engineer, constructing twisted architectures of torment and sorrow. The dread vapors that emanate from Ashiok are an extension of this magic, enabling easy access and manipulation of the fears of those they enshroud. Ashiok now travels the Multiverse in search of designs for the perfect embodiment of fear. In this search, Ashiok came to Theros, where dreams seem more vibrant than the other planes Ashiok has visited.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Unknown, 6-C with Magic, higher with Preparation

Name: Ashiok, Nightmare Muse, Sculptor of Fears, Dream Render, Nightmare Weaver

Origin: Magic: The Gathering

Gender: Unknown, potentially Genderless

Age: Unknown

Classification: Nightmare, Planeswalker

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Dimensional Travel (Can planeswalk to other planes/universes within the MTG multiverse), Magic (Proficient Blue and Black mana user), Flight, Smoke Manipulation, Telepathy, Enhanced Senses (Able to use dread vapors to extend their senses, and is able to read despite not having eyes), Illusion Creation (Able to conceal his appearance with illusion magic), Sleep Manipulation (Able to place people in a state of indefinite sleep), Mind Manipulation (Able to manipulate the minds of his opponent in various manners, including reading their mind, controlling their mind, robbing, absorbing, or destroying their thoughts and knowledge, and causing enough mental turmoil to cause their brain to physically collapse. His mind manipulation is potent enough to affect people such as Elspeth Tirel and was able to manipulate the entirety of a city on Theros with the potential to manipulate the entire plane), Fear Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Dream Manipulation (Able to read and manipulate the dreams of others and cause nightmares, as well as kill them in their dreams, killing them in real life in the process), Possession (Able to possess people by locking them in a sleepwalking state, leaving them semi-conscious under Ashiok's control but not aware of or in control of their actions), Memory Manipulation (Able to steal and erase memories, as well as force his target to experience painful memories even if it should be impossible), Subjective Reality (Able to make his opponent's greatest fears manifest as physical entities. Elspeth was able to create the Shadowspear from one of Ashiok's projected nightmare afflictions), Blessed (Received a boon from Phenax), Resistance to Existence Erasure (Like all Planeswalkers, they can survive brief exposure to the Blind Eternities, the merest touch of which can annihilate other living beings), Clairvoyance and Enhanced Senses (Due to his boon from Phenax he is invisible to the senses of the Gods)

Attack Potency: Unknown Physically, Island level with Magic (Casually overpowered and nearly killed Elspeth Tirel, with her only surviving due to reigniting her Spark to escape. His magic is powerful enough that Dack Fayden had to seek out Ravos, an Oracle of Athreos, in order to dispel one of his sleep curses), higher with Preparation (With significant prep time Ashiok was able to manipulate the dreams and fears of the people of Theros to the point that he was able to cause the creation of an infant God), Many of his abilities ignore conventional durability

Speed: Unknown

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Unknown

Durability: Unknown

Stamina: High

Range: Low Multiversal with magic (Able to affect the Underworld from Theros)

Standard Equipment: None notable

Intelligence: Gifted (Ashiok is noted as being a master of manipulation, with even Phenax, the Theros god of lies and deceit, remarking that Ashiok is skilled in deception. Ashiok is able to use its powers to the fullest capabilities in order to play people against each other, such as creating nightmare armies of a nation's enemies to destroy peace treaties, manipulating the mages of a city into attacking people while sleepwalking to spread distrust of magic users, and manipulating the nightmares of the people of Theros to create a god. He regularly utilizes psychological manipulation in conjunction with abilities such as his illusions to drive people mad and destroy them from the inside)

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Ashiok's Erasure
• Duress
• Mind Rot
• Nightmarish End
• Thoughtsieze
• Tormented Thoughts
• Nightmare
• Ashiok's Skulker
• Swimmer in Nightmares

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• Associated Spells:
  • Ashiok's Erasure: An Instant Spell centered in blue mana and a Spell commonly used by Ashiok. The user attacks the target's mind, targeting a single spell or ability known by the opponent and stealing all knowledge and memory of it and, as a result, preventing them from using it.
  • Duress: A Sorcery centered in black mana. The user attacks the target's mind, allowing them to steal and destroy a thought or memory they possess. This Spell is stated to be more painful the more the target attempts to resist it.
  • Mind Rot: A Sorcery centered in black mana. The user attacks the target's mind, destroying thoughts and memories to such an extent that their brain physically collapses.
  • Nightmarish End: An Instant Spell centered in black mana. The user attacks the target's mind by forcing them to experience nightmares, killing them in reality by killing them within their dreams.
  • Thoughtsieze: A Sorcery centered in black mana. The user attacks the target's mind, absorbing their thoughts and dreams.
  • Tormented Thoughts: A Sorcery centered in black mana. The user attacks the target's mind, manipulating their thoughts and dreams to force them to experience nightmares even while awake.
  • Nightmares: Ashiok is capable of creating nightmares from the fears of his opponents. He is able to create a wide variety of these creatures.
    • Nightmare: A creature centered in blue and black mana commonly summoned by Ashiok. Classified as a Nightmare these creatures, due to being formed from the thoughts and fears of those targeted by Ashiok, are incorporeal monsters made of smoke capable of attacking their opponents in both body and mind.
    • Ashiok's Skulker: A creature centered in blue mana commonly summoned by Ashiok. Classified as a Nightmare, it possesses the ability to generate dread vapors in the same manner as Ashiok, allowing it to read its opponents fears and change shape depending on its target.
    • Swimmer in Nightmares: A creature centered in blue mana commonly summoned by Ashiok. Classified as a Nightmare Merfolk, it is designed specially for use against aquatic targets and possesses the ability to generate dread vapors in the same manner as Ashiok, allowing it to read its opponents fears.
    • An unnamed, human figure encased completely in metal covered in spikes and sharp edges.
    • An unnamed, human figure that breathes and produces a thick, sweet, poisonous mist.
    • An unnamed, two-headed cat monster with four arms.
    • An unnamed, amorphous cloud of darkness which can envelop and consume a human whole.

Others

Notable Victories:

Mami Tomoe (Puella Magi Verse) Mami's Profile (Holy Mami was used. Speed was equalized)

Notable Losses:

Inconclusive Matches: