Ash

Characteristics

Origin:

Ash is an S-Mart employee who's well known for sweet talking the ladies. Ash and his girlfriend Linda took a trip to what was thought to be abandoned cabin in the woods. But when Ash played the recorded incantation from the recorder he unleashed an ancient evil. The Evil possessed his girlfriend forcing him to decapitate her then finish her off with a chainsaw. Then the evil went after him. It got in to his hand which forced him to cut off his hand with the chainsaw. Well-equipped with a sawed off double barrel shotgun he calls his " Boom stick,", a chainsaw that he can attach to the stump where his hand used to be, and his new mechanical hand strong enough to crush a steel cup.

Equipment:

• Chainsaw (specifics on what type are not known, but it's a big, old-fashioned chainsaw.)

• 12 gauge double-barrel Remington shotgun, which Ash affectionately nicknames his "boomstick"

• metal gauntlet

Personality

In the beginning he is a laid-back everyman who is cowardly and inexperienced, but later he has grown into a much braver, becoming more of an arrogant person, and the voice of encouragement and confidence in Arthur's castle.

Abilities

He knows some degree of hand-to-hand combat techniques, and prowess with a variety of weapons in various situations. Ingenuity is his main strength as he creates a range of weapons devices such as the chainsaw bracket and shotgun harness to a functional metal arm and hand. Ash is also very smart being equipped with a book of science he was able to create an explosive compound in 1300 A.D.

The Films:

THE EVIL DEAD

Ashley (Ash) J. Williams' adventure began when he and 4 other friends went up to an abandoned cabin deep into the woods of Dearborn, MI. It was there Ash and his friend Scott found the Necronomicon Ex Mortis, roughly translated as the "Book of the Dead". That night the teens played a tape recorder where Professor Knowby spoke the words of the book which brings the evil to life. That night Ash was forced to kill his friends, whom were transformed into deadites, and burn the book to destroy the evil.

EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN

Evil Dead II is remake of The Evil Dead with a few changes (Sam Raimi had lost the rights to the previous movie and decided to remake it). That night the daughter of Professor Knowby comes to the cabin with her boyfriend and two locals. They must read from the last pages of the Necronomicon Ex Mortis in order to dispel the evil and send it back in time. Unfortunately, Professor Knowby's daughter died before finishing the passage and never shut the time stream off, which then sends Ash back into the Medieval age.

ARMY OF DARKNESS (THE MID-EVIL DEAD, EVIL DEAD III)

Ash, now back in time, must find a way to get himself back to his time. The Wise One tells Ash he must retrieve the Necronomicon so they may read the passages that can send him back. Upon finding the Necronomicon, he recites the incorrect incantation and the army of the dead rise led by an Evil Dead. It is then that Ash too, must rise and train King Arthur's army to defend the castle and the book. Finally, Ash's trials are over and he is rid of the Necronomicon and the Deadites, or so it seems...

The Comics:

ARMY OF DARKNESS: ASH 2 ASHES

This 4-part comic series follows immediately after Army of Darkness. The audience finds out that Ash once more spoke the words wrong and was this time sent back in time just a few hours early which may grant him the ability to stop everything from happening. When he gets to the cabin it's already too late, but he must battle the current time Ash in order to go back in time. It is then that he once more finds the Necronomicon and learns that he must bring it back to where it was built and destroy it in a ring of fire. At the temple, Ash has an epic battle against Evil Ash and the mummies inside the temple. King Arthur and his men come to help Ash destroy the army of the dead. After the battle, Ash forgets to throw the book into the ring of fire.

Army Of Darkness Vs. Darkman

Notes:

• Winner of the "Scream Awards" award for best movie to comic adaptation.

• Played by actor Bruce Campbell in the films "Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II" and "Army of Darkness."

  

  Ash portrayed by actor Bruce Campbell

Crossovers:

• The Re-Animator

• Dracula

• Darkman

• Marvel Zombies*

• Freddy Krueger

• Jason Voorhees

• Xena