History Characters / AzurLaneAshes

* ArcherArchetype: Like Enterprise, G carries a large metallic bow which she seems to use as an aircraft launcher. She also fits the archetype straighter, being much colder, detached, and generally DarkerAndEdgier.

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Their timeline hopping is all towards locating an alternate version of the Creator and the Magister so that they can stop Observer Zero.]]

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[[Characters/AzurLaneNorthUnion North Union]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneIrisLibre Iris Libre]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneVichyaDominion Vichya Dominion]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneSardegnaEmpire Sardegna Empire]] \\
[[Characters/AzurLaneMETA META]] | '''Ashes''' | [[Characters/AzurLaneOthers Others]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneSirens Sirens]]]]-]

* PatientZero: "Abyssal Refrain" shows that she was one of the first ships to undergo [=METAmorphosis=], if not the very first, though what caused her particular event is unknown.

* OddNameOut: She's the only "META" shipgirl without the META label, which fits in two senses: she's unrelated to both the playable META and the non-playable Ashes factions, and as the basis for the [=METAmorphosis=] failsafe her Wisdom Cubes never had a safety lock.

* OddNameOut: She's the only "META" shipgirl without the META label, which fits with her being separate from both the playable META and the non-playable Ashes factions.

* CorruptedData: According to Renown META, Bon Homme Richard was the only person in existence that Observer Zero could not write into her mainframe. It's heavily implied that even recreating the past that would normally create her namesake ship would not be enough to recreate Richard the shipgirl.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: She has an entire hidden scene in ''Parallel Superimposition'' where she's AddressingThePlayer. No, not the Commander. '''You''', the player. [[spoiler:She spins a riddle comparing the Arbiters to a hermit crab, strongly hinting at their true nature]], before sporting her typical SlasherSmile and proming the player that [[WeWillMeetAgain she'll see them again]], soon.

* PeekABangs: Ember's hair is considerably longer than Takao's and her bangs cover her right eye from view, even in her chibi art sprite.

* ArtisticLicenseShips: Her real-life counterpart wasn't launched until near the end of WW2, primarily serving from the 50's into the early 70's. The mentions of the Federation and the Revolutionary Army in the Operation Siren Record Files would align with NATO and the USSR in real-life history, but she mentions never having served in Bermuda.

* LastOfHerKind: According to [[spoiler:Scharnhorst META]], each META is the last survivor of their individual timeline. The known exceptions are [[spoiler:Enterprise, Bon Homme Richard, Renown, and Repulse: the first two appear to have come from the exact same timeline as the Sirens, and the last two survived a shared timeline together]].

* BrokenAce: According to Scharnhorst META, ''every'' META girl is the last survivor of their individual timeline. The known exceptions are [[spoiler:Enterprise, Bon Homme Richard, Renown, and Repulse: the first two appear to have come from the exact same timeline as the Sirens, and the last two survived a shared timeline together]].

* LastOfHerKind: According to [[spoiler:Scharnhorst META]], each META is the last survivor of their individual timeline, though Repulse META and Renown META show this is at least somewhat flexible as they both come from the same timeline.

* BrokenAce: According to [[spoiler:Scharnhorst META]], ''every'' META girl is the last survivor of their individual timeline. [[spoiler:Except for Enterprise (and later Bon Homme Richard), who appear to have come from the exact same timeline as the Sirens, as well as Renown and Repulse, who come from the same timeline as each other.]]

%%* AmbiguousSituation: The scenario that led to Richard's METAmorphosis is tough to speculate on. Her real-life counterpart wasn't launched until near the end of WW2, primarily serving from the 50's into the early 70's. Assuming that the Federation and Revolutionary Army are analogues to NATO and the USSR this would track, but she never served in Bermuda. Kronshtadt's dream sequences also make it seem like Richard's transformation happened in the past, when Wisdom Cubes were still being developed.
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: In at least one of the synchronization loops, Kronshtadt perceives her META appearance while her comrades perceive her "normal" one. She also attempts to appear to Monarch as her non-META self in ''Pledge of the Radiant Court'', but Monarch sees right through it. %%Furthermore, it seems her actual true form is a black tornado, she just chooses to appear in her Kan-sen form.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: In comparison to both the other META ships and her fellow ''Essex''-class sisters, even chronologically 'younger' ones such as Shangri-La, Richard is quite petite and young-looking. This is PlayedForDrama, since her [[https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Bon_Homme_Richard_META#/media/File:Bon_Homme_Richard_META.png full appearance]] shows she is... dressed ''inappropriately'' for her appearance, but in a way that is right in line with her ''attitude''.

* TheCorrupter: In "Abyssal Refrain" she attempts to corrupt Kronshtadt, to the point of pressing her own head against one of Kronshtadt's guns and daring her to shoot her. She also tries corrupting Monarch during the events of "Pledge of the Radiant Court". Generally, Bon Homme Richard seems to delight in pushing other shipgirls towards their own [=METAmorphosis=].

%%* UnreliableNarrator: The initial encounter, in which she's pretty affable, cheery and playful with the Northern Parliament girls -- was this really how she used to be prior to her transformation as META, or is that just play-acting, given that Kronshtadt and the others disagree on how she looks in a subsequent loop. The game is not clear in this regard.

[[folder: The First Known [=METAmorphosis=] '''(Spoiler Warning)''']]
!! Bon Homme Richard META

The first META shipgirl to appear in-story without a "normal" shipgirl counterpart. Appearing in the ''Abyssal Refrain'' event, she was the very first shipgirl to undergo the Origination / [=METAmorphosis=] process, where a shipgirl's Wisdom Cubes degenerate into Origin Cubes, accompanied by the shipgirl [[DeathOfPersonality losing all emotional attachments and sense of her former self.]]

%%* AmbiguousSituation: The scenario that lead up to Richard's METAmorphosis is tough to speculate on. Her real-life counterpart wasn't launched until near the end of WW2, primarily serving from the 50's into the early 70's. Assuming that the Federation and Revolutionary Army are analogues to NATO and the USSR this would track, but she never served in Bermuda. Kronshtadt's dream sequences also make it seem like Richard's transformation happened in the past, when Wisdom Cubes were still being developed.

* AxCrazy: Bon Homme Richard META is violently unstable and uses her power and violence to goad other shipgirls into undergoing [=METAmorphosis=] and through this induced [=METAmorphosis=], become as much instruments of violence as she is.

* BloodKnight: Once the charade is over, it's shown that she since all that matters to her is power, well... what better way to use it than to fight!

* TheBusCameBack: She returns in ''Pledge of the Radiant Court''.
* TheCorrupter: What she seems to be trying to do to Kronshtadt, to the point of pressing her own head against one of Kronshtadt's guns and daring her to shoot her. She also tries corrupting Monarch during the events of ''Pledge of the Radiant Court''. Generally, Bon Homme Richard seems to delight in pushing other shipgirls towards their own [=METAmorphosis=].
* DespairEventHorizon: It's implied by Operation Siren data files that she accidentally caused loss of life at a tense joint Federation / Revolutionary Front[[note]]NATO / Warsaw Pact equivalents[[/note]] training exercise, causing her [=METAmorphosis=].
* GoingCommando: If her artwork is remotely accurate, she's not wearing any underwear.
* HannibalLecture: Attempts to do this to the Royal Navy shipgirls near the end of the ''Pledge of the Radiant Court'' storyline, stating that resisting their (in her eyes) inevitable [=METAmorphosis=] is futile and that they should stop doing anything other than fight. Unfortunately for her, Purifier shows up, [[ShutUpHannibal shoots her]] InTheBack, and attacks her as payback for destroying her test site.

* LivingWeapon: Bon Homme Richard sees not just herself but ''all'' shipgirls as little more than weapons, and she tries to get other shipgirls to embrace the same view.
* PatientZero: ''Abyssal Refrain'' shows she was one of the first ships to undergo Metamorphosis, if not the very first, though what caused her particular event is unknown.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: While she was a cheerful blue-eyed kid before [=METAmorphosis=], afterwards she's a terrifying red-eyed threat that [[TheCorruptor spreads METAmorphosis and METAstasis]] to other shipgirls, nearly reducing Kronshtadt to a killing machine herself.
* SlasherSmile: Her default expression once she drops the charade really drives home what a murderous psychopath she is.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: She was pretty affable, cheery and playful with the NP girls during their initial encounter. This is borne out by the Operation Siren files pertaining to her: she was chosen to be the public face of the Union's shipgirl programme, and got along very well with everybody from the common people up to those in charge.
* WalkingSpoiler: She's the main antagonist of the ''Abyssal Refrain'' event, and her appearance gives context to substantial portions of new lore in Operation Siren.

* WhereItAllBegan: In the wake of her turning META, all subsequently-manufactured Wisdom Cubes have had [[PowerLimiter safety locks]] installed as a failsafe, to give shipgirls on the brink of Origination one last chance and the courage to reject it. It also prompted the development of the Sirens, who unlike shipgirls, are immune to [=METAmorphosis=].
* WildCard: Richard is the only META ship to date not allied with the Ashes or Azur Lane, and the Sirens consider her such a dangerous, unpredictable anomaly that Observer (via Purifier) was willing make a temporary alliance with the Royal Navy to deal with her.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Her first (offscreen) appearance has her doing this, and when Musashi questions here it's implied this has been the result of experiments with Origin Cubes.

[[Spoiler:Jintsuu META]]

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: In comparison to both the other META ships and her fellow ''Essex''-class sisters, even chronologically 'younger' ones such as Shangri-La, Richard is quite petite and young-looking.

* GoingCommando: Judging by her [=META=] outfit, she's not wearing any underwear.

[[folder: The First Known META '''(Spoiler Warning)''']]

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* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: In at least one of the synchronization loops Kronshtadt perceives her META appearance, while her comrades perceive her "normal" one. She also attempts to appear to Monarch as her non-META self in ''Pledge of the Radiant Court'', but Monarch sees right through it. %%Furthermore, it seems her actual true form is a black tornado, she just chooses to appear in her Kan-sen form.

* BreakTheCutie: Judging from the initial interaction she had with Northern Parliament shipgirls, she was very friendly, approachable and the youngest looking of the Essex-class girls; until the training exercise that caused her transformation... %%[[UnreliableNarrator However]]...
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in ''Pledge of the Radiant Court''.
* TheCorrupter: What she seems to be trying to do to Kronshtadt, to the point of pressing her head against one of her guns and daring her to shoot her. Also tries corrupting Monarch during the events of ''Pledge of the Radiant Court''. Generally, Bon Homme Richard seems to delight in pushing other shipgirls towards their own [=METAmorphosis=].
* DespairEventHorizon: Implied by Operation Siren data files to have accidentally caused loss of life at a tense joint Federation / Revolutionary Front[[note]]NATO / Warsaw Pact equivalents[[/note]] training exercise, causing her [=METAmorphosis=].

* LivingWeapon: Bon Homme Richard sees not just herself, but all shipgirls as little more than weapons and tries to get other shipgirls to embrace the same view.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her color scheme as her META self is primarily red and black, unlike her Essex-class sisters, and her normal self, who primarily wear blue.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Compared to her original self's blue eyes, Richard's META self has red eyes and while she was a cheerful kid before [=METAmorphosis=], afterwards she's a terrifying threat and [[TheCorruptor spreads METAmorphosis and METAstasis]] to other shipgirls, nearly reducing Kronshdadt to a killing machine herself.

* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: In her confrontation with Monarch in ''Pledge of the Radiant Court'', she goads Monarch into attacking her in all-out rage to try to get her to begin [=METAmorphosis=]

* TheUnfettered: To her, power is all that's left which matters. Shipgirls are just weapons anyway, so why should bonds, duty and allegiance matter?

* WalkingSpoiler: The main antagonist of the ''Abyssal Refrain'' event, her appearance is associated with the reveal of substantial portions of new lore information.
* WildCard: Richard is the only META ship to date not allied with the Ashes or Azur Lane, and the Sirens consider her such a dangerous, unpredictable anomaly that Observer (via Purifier) was willing make a temporary alliance with the Royal Navy to deal with her.

* AxCrazy: Upon revealed as META.

* WhereItAllBegan: In the wake of her turning META, all subsequently-manufactured Wisdom Cubes have had [[PowerLimiter safety locks]] installed as a failsafe, to give shipgirls on the brink of Origination one last chance and the courage to reject it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Taking [[spoiler:Scharnhorst META]]'s words about the [=METAs'=] pasts and Ember's own feelings towards the Watatsumi into account, Ember is most likely [[spoiler:a version of Takao who saw the Watatsumi of her timeline summon a Leviathan simulacrum that wiped out her comrades with a tidal wave and ultimately left her the SoleSurvivor of her timeline]].

[[Characters/AzurLaneNorthUnion North Union]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneIrisLibre Iris Libre]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneVichyaDominion Vichya Dominion]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneSardegnaEmpire Sardegna Empire]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneMETA META]] | '''Ashes''' \\
[[Characters/AzurLaneOthers Others]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneSirens Sirens]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneOperationSiren Operation Siren]]]]-]

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Even in comparison to other [=META=] ships, Richard's power seems to be on a whole other level. She's able to hold her own in a fight with whole squads of shipgirls with almost casual ease. Even powerful ships and research vessels like Kronshdadt and Monarch can't do much more than hold their ground while trying to escape.

* BrokenAce: According to [[spoiler:Scharnhorst META]], ''every'' META girl is the last survivor of their individual timeline. [[spoiler:Except for Enterprise (and later Bon Homme Richard), who appear to have come from the exact same timeline as the Sirens.]]