Ashton "Ace" Spades

""People always say you must continue no matter what life throws at you. Obviously, they have no idea what the hell I've been through.""

- Ashton

Appearance
Ashton is a young man, with a medium build and above average height. His hair is white, and spiky, with black highlights. He wears a black T-shirt with a white colored logo that contains a hybrid of a skull, and the letter A. He wears black colored jeans, with a belt that has a solid metal buckle. In addition, he has a pair of gloves on his hands that expose his fingers, and his shoes are a combination of hiking boots and running shoes, both of which are colored black and red. In addition, he wears a simple black longcoat/trenchcoat with his personal insignia colored in white, along with a strap for carrying weapons and a red interior trim. His personal insignia contains spades and typographic versions of the letter A. His eye color is black, but in times of extreme stress, his pupils turn red, forming into a three spades shaped like a shuriken, that rotate and eventually surround his irises.

Personality
Ashton, generally speaking, has a heart of gold. On the outside, he appears to be kind, yet somewhat quiet and aloof. Deep inside, however, he carries with him the sorrow that he has suffered for years. He sometimes lashes out when he is angry, or under extreme stress. He's very dedicated to fixing his past mistakes and seek closure for past events that determined his tragic background, as he feels partially responsible for failing to prevent such incidences. He only opens up to a select few, as he is secretly scared and mistrusting. And he wishes to seek friendship, as he was very, very lonely. In combat, he is quite flexible, and willing to learn new styles or use new weapons. And he always holds an eternal grudge against the person/s who have wronged him.

Background
Before the monopoly of the Schnee Dust Company over the mining and refining of Dust, Ashton's parents ran a rival company, Spades Corporation. The company was quite successful, leaving Ashton's parents wealthy, and respected. Above all, the company believed in a code of success in hard work and ethics. When the company discovered 'Schnee Dust Company's 'dirty secrets of questionable labor practices and their questionable business partners, the latter decided to eliminate them to ensure their secrets would stay safe.

While all this was happening, Ashton was the happiest kid in all his life. He had two loving parents and a fun older brother who was aspiring to become a Hunter at Beacon Academy, along with a wealthy lifestyle. One night, at the age of nine, while there was a company gala at his mansion, he was briefly given a family photo, and a spade shaped locket by his parents.