Princess Ashelia B'Nargin Dalmasca
At nineteen years of age, Ashe is the young and beautiful Princess of Dalmasca. A marriage is arranged for her and Lord Rasler, the young prince of the nearby country, Nabradia. Though theirs is a political match to fasten the bond between their countries, the couple have feelings for one another nonetheless.
But Ashe's newfound happiness proves to be quite ephemeral when the armies of Archadia, a neighboring country, invade. The princess' world comes crashing down around her - almost literally - when the invasion results in the death of her father, eight brothers, and new husband, Rasler Heios Nabradia. When the dust settles, Ashelia has vanished. Many presume her dead by her own hand, and the conquering Archadians encourage the rumor, and hope it to be true that the single remaining heir to the Dalmascan throne is no more. But, as might be expected, the young woman lives on in secret, going under the alias Amalia. Ashe forms a resistance movement in the hopes that one day, Dalmasca and her people will be free again.