# Ashe — The Time Traders character guide > Ashe in The Time Traders by Andre Norton. **Role:** major **Also known as:** the old Ashe **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Snapshot A veteran time agent with cold blue eyes and a trader's patience, Ashe mentors Ross while hunting whoever destroyed an outpost four thousand years before either was born. ## Who they are Ashe moves through the past as Assha of the traders, a man known and trusted in villages where a wrong word could unravel centuries. Standing over the crater that was Outpost Gog, he reads the dead with grim precision and decides to walk into Nodren's town grieving and asking questions. His steady competence and willingness to shoulder danger—even staging a quarrel with a god—give the mission its spine and Ross a standard to measure himself against. ## Relationships ### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ross_murdock) _friendship_ Ashe is Ross's mentor and close ally, sharing a deep bond of trust and mutual respect through time-travel missions. ### [McNeil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/mcneil) _friendship_ Ashe and McNeil are fellow agents who cooperate closely, sharing a professional camaraderie. ### [Lal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/lal) _friendship_ Ashe forms a bond of trust with Lal, a native leader, to secure cooperation for the mission. ### [Assha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/assha) _friendship_ Ashe and Assha share a respectful alliance, working together to navigate tribal politics. ### [Lurgha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/lurgha) _friendship_ Ashe treats Lurgha with kindness and respect, earning her trust as an outsider. ### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ross_murdock) _friendship_ Ashe is Ross's mentor and close ally, sharing a deep bond of trust and mutual respect through time-travel missions. ### [Lal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/lal) _friendship_ Ashe forms a bond of trust with Lal, a native leader, to secure cooperation for the mission. ### [Assha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/assha) _friendship_ Ashe and Assha share a respectful alliance, working together to navigate tribal politics. ### [Lurgha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/lurgha) _friendship_ Ashe treats Lurgha with kindness and respect, earning her trust as an outsider. ### [Ross Murdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ross_murdock) _friendship_ Ashe is Ross's mentor and close ally, sharing a deep bond of trust and mutual respect through time-travel missions. ### [McNeil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/mcneil) _friendship_ Ashe and McNeil are fellow agents who cooperate closely, sharing a professional camaraderie. ### [McNeil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/mcneil) _friendship_ Ashe and McNeil are fellow agents who cooperate closely, sharing a professional camaraderie. ## In the story ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/ii) Participates in the war game, introduces Ross to others, and discusses Hardy's fate. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/iv) Ashe trains Ross, offers him the trial run, and maintains an impersonal but respected demeanor. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/vi) Wounded and directing Ross; fashions a crutch and remains alert. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/vii) Interrogates Lal; meets Cassca in the hidden valley; learns the direction of Lurgha's bird; sends Lal away with a gift. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/viii) Leads the mission, discusses strategy with Millaird and Webb, and parachutes into the target area. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/x) Referenced as Assha, a Beaker trader and Ross's supposed companion. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/xii) Mentioned as having a double among the Reds who interrogates Ross. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/xv) Mentioned as missing and presumed dead after the raft broke up. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/chapters/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. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters/ashe - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_time_traders_se/characters