#i just feel like ash woudl struggle a lot

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Immortals Fenyx Rising Headcanons (The Lost Gods edition)

Like Fenyx on the Golden Isles, Ash got absolutely scarred while on the Pyrite Isles.

Due to Fenyx’s divinity, I feel like her pain tolerance is Way Higher, whereas Ash’s most definitely is not.

Ash was constantly having to just push through the pain, since it’s not like pain remedies are actively available.

She got most pain relief from different plants that Athena told her were safe to consume or use to clean her wounds.

Fenyx wasn’t able to stay with Ash 24/7, since it would be strange for her to just be standing near the scrying pool for however long it takes for Ash to complete her journey (realistically, i feel like it takes a few weeks). So, sometimes Fenyx can’t talk to Ash for several hours at a time.

And as I stated in my other headcanon post, Ash has MAJOR separation anxiety.

She HATES being alone.

So, usually, Athena will be around in her owl form. Not always talking to her, but she’ll be in eyeshot, watching over Ash and letting her know that she isn’t alone.

But when Athena and Fenyx aren’t there? Those are the worst times.

It’s so quiet. Uncomfortably so.

No playful banter, no idle chitchat, no random conversations.

It’s just her, the sound of her footsteps, and the distant din of monsters prowling the Isle.

Ash hates it.

But she knows that she can’t be clingy. Athena and Fenyx have other things to do than babysit her, especially Athena.

Still. The silence is so loud, and after awhile her hands begin to shake, and she worries that they’ll never come back. What if they leave her all alone on this island? What if she dies here? She gets in her head so easily.

Anyway! Enough of that!

Ash didn’t know how to hunt, so Athena would have to catch her small animals so she wouldn’t starve.

Sleeping is hard sometimes. Mainly because there isn’t any available beds.

One of the worst parts of being an adventurer: no beds.

Ash has had to sleep on the hard stone ground of a cave, the dirt of a secluded grove, the branches of a tree (which she ended up falling out of).

Her favorite places to sleep are in those destroyed houses you can find around the Isle. Sometimes they have beds. And even if they don’t, they’re better than the ground.

Nights are scary for her. It’s so dark. And the sound of monsters keep her awake, worrying that they’ll find her and kill her while she’s sleeping.

Because of her paranoia, Ash didn’t sleep for the first few nights she was on the Isles. This obviously caused issues—can’t have the Champion being so sleep deprived that she can’t swing her sword without nearly stabbing herself—so Athena usually roosts near where Ash sleeps to keep her safe and comfortable.

If Ash is having a nightmare, Athena will sometimes swoop down and nuzzle her a bit until she calms down. She’ll deny this ever happening, though.

Whenever Ash bathes (because god knows she has to, what with her sweating all the time. and bleeding), Athena keeps watch around the perimeter to make sure she doesn’t get jumped by any monsters.

She sweated fucking BUCKETS in the Hearthland.

She’d be talking to Hades down near the first Vault of Tartarus, and she’s just fucking DRIPPING.

Because HELLO, they’re surrounded by LAVA.

Her absolute LEAST FAVORITE place is the Frostwind Highlands.

Because her connection was cut with Fenyx due to the wind, and Athena couldn’t fly in the harsh wind, she was left all alone. And she had Several panic attacks because of this.

It got a little better after she got Phosphor.

Ash had to cauterize a lot of her wounds. It wasn’t the best thing to do, but a lot of those monsters cut deep, and she starts bleeding too much, and she has no choice.

She got used to the white-hot agony after awhile.

(Not really.)

The grief of losing her parents still weighs heavily on her heart. It’s constantly looming over her shoulders. She just tries really hard to ignore it.

Getting on Dusty the first time was not as easy as it’s shown in the game. Mounting horses is HARD, even with a saddle and stuff, and Ash struggled quite a bit. Fenyx and Athena just watched in silence.

Ash pushes herself way too hard, and she once blacked out from exhaustion, her body having reached its limit after so much combat. She awoke in the shelter of an old temple, having been carried there by Athena in her true form while she was still unconscious.