Asha the Silent

Asha the Silent was a wolf and later human who became High Moonmistress of Moonshadow Hall in Yhaunn during the 8^th century DR. She was known for never speaking during her time at Moonshadow Hall.^[1]^[2]

History[]

“

All around me, the tales of the Pact are wiped away day by day. My pack is gone, but by Selûne's hand I survive. By her will, I carry its ancient history in my heart. On this day dedicated to the honored dead, I begin my secret record.

”

— The opening of The Book of the New Moon, written by Asha^[1]

Asha was originally the wolf Halftail, the animal companion of Niree Swifthands, the high priestess of the Temple of the Half-Moon in Elmwood. Niree was a lycanthrope and member of the New Moon Pact, and was executed when the Pact was declared heretical by the church of Selûne at the behest of High Moonmistress Brima Chintamn in the Year of Lost Wayfarers, 757 DR.^[3] Halftail avoided capture by the forces led by Bright Lady's Tower and was transformed into a human by the hand of Selûne, taking the name Asha. She was charged by the goddess with protecting the legacy of the New Moon Pact and safeguarding the Selûnite faith against threats from within and without.^[1]

Later in that year, she joined Moonshadow Hall as a priestess, and on the Feast of the Moon she began writing The Book of the New Moon, a tome that described the true nature of the New Moon Pact, as well as the sacred rite that allowed a lycanthrope to join the Pact and become empowered by Selûne. After completing the tome, she hid it in the archives of the temple so that it might be found in the future and be used to redeem the Pact.^[1] She eventually became the High Moonmistress of Moonshadow Hall despite never speaking a word.^[2]

Asha's hopes for the Pact's legacy were ultimately fulfilled in the Year of Rogue Dragons, 1373 DR, when the werewolf High Moonmistress Feena Archwood found the tome and recreated the Pact.^[2]

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Referenced only
Mistress of the Night

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross (December 2004). Mistress of the Night. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 13, pp. 231–232. ISBN 0-7869-3346-1.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross (December 2004). Mistress of the Night. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 18, p. 309. ISBN 0-7869-3346-1.
↑ Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross (December 2004). Mistress of the Night. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 9, pp. 168–169. ISBN 0-7869-3346-1.

[MotN-p231-232-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross (December 2004). Mistress of the Night. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 13, pp. 231–232. ISBN 0-7869-3346-1.

[MotN-p309-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross (December 2004). Mistress of the Night. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 18, p. 309. ISBN 0-7869-3346-1.

[MotN-p168-169-3] Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross (December 2004). Mistress of the Night. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 9, pp. 168–169. ISBN 0-7869-3346-1.

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