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Sketchy
The start of Ash's history is rather sketchy. Much of this is clouded by amnesia, created and explained later. Even so, there are varoius clear patches which give a hint at his age (Which I do know, by the by). what is put in this first section is what he can remember clearly about his youth, or not in many cases.
Ash remembers little about really early on. The first memories were made in Britian, he is sure of that, and he was still a small pup. His Parents names he knows, and is very sensitive about, and he loved them. His first solid memory he has is the exitment of being part of something bigger then himself, something to help his Country, to be patriotic. He distinctly rememberslieing about his age, and feeling good at doing it, to join the Army. Full of the promise of glory, he was trained haistily and sent out on duty. Trench warfare was like nothing he had ever conceaved. It was the worst thing he ever experenced. Othough he knew he spent most of his time in relative safty away from the front line, those few on duty days scared the hell out of him. Watching frends and comrades die was something that at first hollowed him, then matured him. he hated the enemy like he had never hated anything else. He even remembers once saying that he would live happily if every 'Jerry' was gone. He himself had the occasional brush with death, it was onlyafterwards that it sank in. Most of those memories were repressed, and internally labled 'Hellish'. He did, however, survive this, and when it was all over, went home a different dog. The 'Great' war had shaped him, and he never knew why they called it 'Great'.
After this not a lot can be recalledexcept maintaining fitness, and living life generally normally. Well, almost normally. One memory that does stand out is the relisation of his 'abilities' with using stones. At first this was rather chaotic, and he thought dangerous, but as the years passed, he gained control, never really telling anyone about his gift. The first time he found out about the gift, he had a reaction much similer to you or me: He almost fainted. Mainly, however, he lived a respectble life, using his uncanny understanding to gain frends. After quite a few years, however, he came to make himself a name in an area he once was fearful of.