Ashe/Trivia

General

• Ashe is the one who teaches new players the basics of the game in the tutorial, which takes place in the Howling Abyss.
  • She also features in the Summoner's Rift Battle Training tutorial, together with  Garen and  Ryze.
• Ashe was the first champion to have her whole artwork updated.
• One of Ashe's arrows can be seen being shot through an apple in the game's Mac Version trailer (her bow is seen later in)
• Ashe's dance references J'en Ai Marre! by Alizée.
  • A side by side comparison can be seen here.
• Ashe shares similarities with Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca from Final Fantasy XII. Their names are similar and both became queens, use ranged weapons (Ashelia uses hand bombs in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings) and were once hunted down to prevent them from leading their respective peoples.
• Ashe is the first (and so far the only) champion to possess both a global-ranged basic ability ( Hawkshot) as well as two global-ranged abilities in total.
  •  Timewinder and  Chronobreak's ranges can be global, albeit situationally.
• Ashe is currently the only champion to be recognized as both a Marksman and a Support.
• Her name references the ash tree, from Old English Æsc.
  • Her ancestor Avarosa's name coincidentally contains Latin etyma ava "grandmother" and rosa.

Development

• Ashe is likely based on Guinsoo's DotA character, Traxex the Drow Ranger.
  • Both share very similar visual and gameplay designs, such as being played as marksmen in their respective games and the ability to shoot ice arrows to slow down opponents.

Lore

• Ashe's True Ice bow belonged to her ancestor Avarosa, the ancient Iceborn queen of unified Freljord.
• If Ashe,  Sejuani, and/or  Lissandra find themselves in the same match and in opposing teams, Battle for Freljord will trigger. This in-game quest consists in one killing the other to earn the title of 'Queen of Freljord' (complete with a floating ice crown floating above their heads) referencing the civil war taking place there, between the three tribes each lead.

Quotes

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  "No, really, put that apple on your head... ugh! Ah... ohh... hmm... " references William Tell's apple-shot.
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  "So,  which  one is the pig?" references More Rammus Taunts.
• Ashe shares a quote with  Freljord Taliyah [S|L]: "For the Freljord" |  
  

  
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Skins

 Classic Ashe [S|L]

• Ashe appears to be ambidextrous. She holds her bow in her left hand in her Classic, Freljord, Sherwood Forest, and Woad artworks. She holds it with her right one in Queen, Amethyst, and Heartseeker.

 Freljord Ashe [S|L]

• This is her younger self wearing the 'traditional Freljord white garments of victory'.
• She shares this theme with  Freljord Rammus [S|L] and  Freljord Taliyah [S|L].

 Sherwood Forest Ashe [S|L]

• She references Robin Hood.
• It's the only skin where Ashe's eyes are green.

 Woad Ashe [S|L]

• She references the Picts, a tribal people from the early Middle Ages originating in what is now Scotland.
  • She also strongly resembles Guinevere from the 2004 King Arthur movie.
• She shares theme with  Woad King Darius [S|L], and  Woad Scout Quinn [S|L].

 Queen Ashe [S|L]

• She represents the aftermath of the Freljord Civil War in which the Avarosan win and unite the tribes, with Ashe becoming the queen and  Tryndamere the king.
• Rakelstake (the Freljordian capital) can be seen in the background.
• She shares this theme with  King Tryndamere [S|L].

 Amethyst Ashe [S|L]

• Amethyst is a violet variety of Quartz, often used in jewelry. It is known as a meditative and calming stone which works in the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to provide calm, balance, patience, and peace.
  • This fits perfectly Ashe's goals of peace, unification, and prosperity for the Freljord.

 Heartseeker Ashe [S|L]

• This skin was released for the 2014 Valentines Day.
• The background resembles the maze in the 1951 Alice in Wonderland movie.
• A charmed  Tryndamere can be seen in the background.
• When skins are filtered by champion in the store, this one is classified as 'Miscellaneous'.
• She shares this theme with  Heartseeker Lucian [S|L],  Heartseeker Orianna [S|L],  Heartseeker Quinn [S|L],  Heartseeker Varus [S|L], and  Heartseeker Vayne [S|L].

 Marauder Ashe [S|L]

• Her armor resembles the Daedric one from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• She might be referencing the Magelord side of Summoner's Rift.
• She shares this theme with  Marauder Alistar [S|L],  Marauder Olaf [S|L], and  Marauder Warwick [S|L].

 PROJECT: Ashe [S|L]

• She is from an alternate future in which she was cybernetically augmented as part of the PROJECT Initiative, but is leading the resistance against it in the name of humanity.
• If one tells her they fight for 'unity' she'll say the following:
  • "In unity we find humanity."
  • " I will lead us back to what we've lost."
  • "We still have a choice!"
  • DE3FRE Plasma Bow
• She shares this theme with  PROJECT: Ekko [S|L],  PROJECT: Fiora [S|L],  PROJECT: Katarina [S|L],  PROJECT: Leona [S|L],  PROJECT: Lucian [S|L],  PROJECT: Yi [S|L],  PROJECT: Yasuo [S|L], and  PROJECT: Zed [S|L].

 Championship Ashe [S|L]

• She celebrates the Season 7 World Championship.
• She shares this theme with  Championship Kalista [S|L],  Championship Riven [S|L],  Championship Shyvana [S|L],  Championship Thresh [S|L], and  Championship Zed [S|L].

Relations

• The Avarosan (led by Ashe) are allied with the Frostguard (led by  Lissandra) and engaged in a civil war with the Winter's Claw (led by  Sejuani) over sovereignty of the Freljord.
  • Unbeknownst to all,  Lissandra is the Ice Witch of Freljordian legend, who is actually waiting for the right moment to betray Ashe and destroy both hers and Sejuani's tribes in order to take over the Freljord and prepare for the Frozen Watchers' return.
    • As revealed by  Lissandra, she herself is one of the Three Sisters who led the Iceborn uprising against the Watchers. Whether or not she knows Ashe and  Sejuani are direct descendants of her sisters (Avarosa and Serylda, respectively) making her their great-aunt-many-times-removed is unknown.
      • Evidence to support Ashe's heritage stems from  Ezreal's uncle Lyte stating her 'striking resemblance' to Avarosa herself, as well as the fact Ashe was coincidentally led to Avarosa's grave by a great hawk and recovered her ancestor's True Ice bow she carries with her to this day.
• Ashe is close friends with  Anivia and  Nunu (and by extension  Willump) All of them support her and the Avarosan's goal of peace and unification.  Gragas is another supporter.
  • If the Avarosan win the war and both Ashe and  Tryndamere become the new royal family, the boy and his Yeti partner will be appointed the Freljord's emissaries, and the Rabblerouser will struck a business partnership with them by being sold ownership rights of Freljord's Avarosa Iceflow Glacier (possibly in thanks for him helping the Avarosan settle matters with a smaller tribe by getting everyone drunk and drowning their troubles away)
    • Whether the new regents will marry strictly for political reasons or not is uncertain. All references to their relationship were removed in V3.6 due to the Freljord event also rewriting many champions' main lore.^[1]
      • Curiously enough,  Blitzcrank's Fleshling Compatibility Services' test revealed they are a perfect match.
        • All of this is, in turn, an inside reference at Riot. The name of Riot's CEO and co-founder Marc 'Tryndamere' Merrill's wife is Ashley
• Ashe met with  Quinn and  Valor when they journeyed to the Freljord on a scouting mission at  Jarvan IV's behest.
  • Valor has come to like Ashe, a rare display towards anyone other than Quinn herself.
•  Braum is an ally of Ashe and the Avarosan's, yet little is known of their personal relationship.

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