Ashman Soulborn

Ashman Soulborn (アシュフマン ソルボーン, ashufuman soruboon) is a recurring character in Fairy Tail: Light of Hope. He is a powerful and well known shaman at the lands around Minstrel and the guardian of the Elemental Stones.

Appearance
In his current reincarnation, Ashman has the form of a short kid with blue eyes and long braided hair. He wears white, long puffy pants, a blue open vest, a white turban on his head connected with a red jewel. He usually carries a flute around his neck.

Personality
Ashaman was known in the past to be a man that followed his path with great zeal and fought bravely against darkness of every form, being the one that sealed many demons, including the feared Angrapep. In his third reincarnation, he is very cheerful and carefree while his stance about the retrieval and usage of the stones has become more relaxed and has taken a liking to Roxanne's group.

Magic and abilities
Master hand to hand combatant: Ashman has displayed unrivalled levels of close combat mastery, to the point that he can defeat a dozen of mages with swift and precise movements while not being hit. All this skill comes from two previous lives worth of being possessed by various animal spirits and imprinting their methods of fighting.

Incredible Strength: Despite his thin appearance, Ashman actually possesses incredible physical strength, being able to easily shatter large boulders and throw at quite a distance people heavier and bigger than him.

Immense Magic Intellect: As befitting a shaman who is at his third life, Ashman possesses great knowledge about magic forms. He taught Roxanne and the others how to use Astral Dress in order to become stronger even though he never used said magic and also knew the names of the 18 Yakuma War Gods and how to summon each one. His magic knowledge is so great that he even knew about lost magics and how to train others on them.

Soul Magic
Soul Magic (ソル魔法, Soru Mahō, Lit. Soul Art) is a Magic dealing with the manipulation of souls both human and non-human. Considered to be the basis for all soul based magic.This magic as believed to be the basis for all soul based magic, it has one fundamental aspect that separates it from the others. Unlike Seith Magic which can freely control wandering souls, Soul Magic required freely given consent to manipulate a soul. Consent can’t be given by magical influencing the free will of someone. Once consent is given a mark is placed on the soul. This mark is like an seal of ownership. This seal can’t be removed by any known magic not even the Moon Drip.Souls can be manipulated in many ways. They can inflict physical pain onto their targets, as well as mental pain. The greater application for battle is for mental torture. For that it can cause targets to lose heart, and be confused or even afraid and can’t execute rational thinking. Ashman is a master user of this magic, having befriended both various souls and spiritual beings that are now his eternal allies that assist him in combat, but he isn't limited there. By unleashing his magic power, he can attract wild spirits and souls and with the necessary item, he can summon souls and spirits residing in the afterlife for a limited time. Also, by having a soul possesing someone, he can heal someone in both mind and body due to the belief that the soul can affect the body

Spells

 * Soul Summoning: Naomi: A fox spirit and the first spirit to became Ashman’s follower. It is a yellow nine tailed fox with a white mane and fox fire at her paws and her tail’s tips. She uses strong White Magic in the form of her holy flames and Transformation Magic that allows her to transform into anyone she desires, but she mostly transforms into a shrine maiden.
 * Soul Summoning: Drunken Beggar: A soul of a human that was known as a powerful fighter and user of the Drunk Style. By infusing his soul in a flask of wine and later drinking from it, Ashman can then be possessed by him. The Beggar’s Drunken Style was said to be so great that he once defeated a bar full of punks without a scratch.
 * Soul Summoning: Phlegethon: Ashman’s strongest spirit. It is a powerful elemental spirit of fire that Ashman defeated and made one of his spirits ever since. When manifested, it is a gigantic spirit with a muscular red body with white designs, black claws and black armor like lava on his legs.Phlegethon boasts amazing Fire Magic, being able to unleash intense streams of fire, create fire pillars at the enemy’s location etc. He has the power to consume the essence of souls and other spirits to become stronger. Usually Ashman uses the air as Pyro’s medium.

Trivia

 * His appearance is based on Aladdin from Magi:The Labyrinth of Magic.