# Gordon Ashe — Key Out of Time character guide > Gordon Ashe in Key Out of Time by Andre Norton. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Gordon, Ashe, Time Agents, yourselves, himself, him **First appearance:** 0000-i-lotus-world ## Snapshot Ashe commands the Terran team with the caution of a man who has already lost people to careless time work. ## Who they are Ashe commands the Terran team with the caution of a man who has already lost people to careless time work. He mentors Ross even as he withholds pieces of the operation, and his restraint strains against the urgency of what they find on Hawaika. His judgment holds the expedition together when the line between observer and participant begins to blur. ## Relationships ### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters/ross_murdock) _professional_ Gordon Ashe is Ross's senior colleague and mentor, guiding him through missions with a professional yet caring demeanor. ### [Karara Trehern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters/karara_trehern) _professional_ Gordon Ashe and Karara Trehern have a professional relationship as colleagues on the same mission, with mutual respect. ### [Karara Trehern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters/karara_trehern) _professional_ Gordon Ashe and Karara Trehern have a professional relationship as colleagues on the same mission, with mutual respect. ### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters/ross_murdock) _professional_ Gordon Ashe is Ross's senior colleague and mentor, guiding him through missions with a professional yet caring demeanor. ### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters/ross_murdock) _professional_ Gordon Ashe is Ross's senior colleague and mentor, guiding him through missions with a professional yet caring demeanor. ## In the story ### [I: Lotus World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/i-lotus-world) Shows signs of strain from the mission's lack of progress, but is revitalized by Ross's proposal for a systematic search. ### [II: Lair of Mano-Nui](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/ii-lair-of-mano-nui) Decides to set up the peep-probe at the site but insists on caution to avoid triggering a chain reaction through time. ### [III: The Ancient Mariners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/iii-the-ancient-mariners) Leads the installation of the peep-probe and decides to start the time search at 10,000 years ago. ### [IV: Storm Menace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/iv-storm-menace) Leads the decision to complete the gate despite the storm; activates the gate and is presumably also transported to the past, but his fate is unknown. ### [V: Time Wrecked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/v-time-wrecked) Missing after the time passage; Ross sets his sonic to Ashe's call frequency to locate him. ### [VII: Witches’ Meat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/vii-witches-meat) Ashe is seen as a prisoner of the Wreckers, bruised and stripped, then handed over to the Foanna as a sacrifice. ### [VIII: The Free Rovers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/viii-the-free-rovers) Mentioned indirectly as part of the Time Agents; Ross thinks of the Time Travel service and Ashe's role. ### [XIII: The Sea Gate of the Foanna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xiii-the-sea-gate-of-the-foanna) Ross's sword-lord, imprisoned in the Foanna citadel; Ross hopes to rescue him. ### [XIV: The Foanna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xiv-the-foanna) Reunites with Ross; explains the Foanna's powers and his own standing with them; confirms the destruction of the time gate. ### [XV: Return to the Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xv-return-to-the-battle) Ashe is contemplative and analytical, discussing the Baldies' accelerated timeline and the risks of trying to change the future. He supports Ross's trap idea and consults the Foanna. ### [XVI: The Opening of the Great Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xvi-the-opening-of-the-great-door) Calmly volunteers to aid the Foanna, matching steps in the ritual and accepting the risk of change. ### [Shades Against Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xvii-shades-against-shadow) Strategizes with Torgul and Ross; suggests using Foanna robes as a disguise; found supporting the Foanna Ynvalda after the battle. ### [XVIII: World in Doubt?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xviii-world-in-doubt) Mentioned as someone Ross does not intend to share his plan with. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters/gordon_ashe - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/characters