Ashe

Ross Murdock

Ashe is Ross's mentor and close ally, sharing a deep bond of trust and mutual respect through time-travel missions.

McNeil

Ashe and McNeil are fellow agents who cooperate closely, sharing a professional camaraderie.

Lal

Ashe forms a bond of trust with Lal, a native leader, to secure cooperation for the mission.

Assha

Ashe and Assha share a respectful alliance, working together to navigate tribal politics.

Lurgha

Ashe treats Lurgha with kindness and respect, earning her trust as an outsider.

Ross Murdock

Ashe is Ross's mentor and close ally, sharing a deep bond of trust and mutual respect through time-travel missions.

Lal

Ashe forms a bond of trust with Lal, a native leader, to secure cooperation for the mission.

Assha

Ashe and Assha share a respectful alliance, working together to navigate tribal politics.

Lurgha

Ashe treats Lurgha with kindness and respect, earning her trust as an outsider.

Ross Murdock

Ashe is Ross's mentor and close ally, sharing a deep bond of trust and mutual respect through time-travel missions.

McNeil

Ashe and McNeil are fellow agents who cooperate closely, sharing a professional camaraderie.

McNeil

Ashe and McNeil are fellow agents who cooperate closely, sharing a professional camaraderie.

II

Participates in the war game, introduces Ross to others, and discusses Hardy's fate.

IV

Ashe trains Ross, offers him the trial run, and maintains an impersonal but respected demeanor.

V

Ashe leads Ross through the time transition and the journey to Britain. He identifies the destruction of Outpost Gog as likely caused by Red agents and decides to visit Nodren's village for information.

VI

Wounded and directing Ross; fashions a crutch and remains alert.

VII

Interrogates Lal; meets Cassca in the hidden valley; learns the direction of Lurgha's bird; sends Lal away with a gift.

VIII

Leads the mission, discusses strategy with Millaird and Webb, and parachutes into the target area.

IX

Ashe returns from hunting with news of a destroyed Beaker camp and the ghost mountains; he narrowly avoids an arrow during the attack.

The Prisoner and the Strange Village

Referenced as Assha, a Beaker trader and Ross's supposed companion.

XII

Mentioned as having a double among the Reds who interrogates Ross.

XIII

Injured and delirious, Ashe is carried by Ross and McNeil; later he leads the tunneling rescue and reveals they are inside a glacier.

XIV

Feverish and weak from a shoulder wound, Ashe directs raft construction, speculates about alien spaceships and ancient SOS signals, and insists he can make the trek to the river.

XV

Mentioned as missing and presumed dead after the raft broke up.

XVIII

Debriefs Ross after his rescue, explains the aftermath of the mission, and reveals the project's next steps to claim alien space flight technology.