Ashiyashe

Ashiyashe (ah-she-YA-shay)

The eldest daughter of Tarhutesa and mother of Mersise. Ashiyashe killed herself before she could serve as one of the Five Sisters.

Life Before the Series
After King Hatturigus IV died is 2842, Queen Kessara I marched her army on Hattute, breaking the peace in Matawe that had existed since she was crowned. Horrified by her aunt's actions, in protest Ahiyashe went to the Moon Temple and burned herself alive. However, this did nothing to sway the Queen, who laid siege to Hattute for two years, eventually taking the city and killing nearly all of King Hatturigus IV's family.

Pekari
Princess Kessara remembers Ashiyashe burning herself alive as one of the key moments when peace ended in Matawe.