Ash (Dr. Ashleigh Reid) was born on an unforgiving frontier on an unknown world. She is seen to be very much a human being, and learned early in her life that the only person who was going to look out for her was herself. One day, she was hired by a mercenary group for a delicate job: steal an experimental fuel source being researched in the Outlands city of Olympus. It was the perfect job for Reid, who as an 'Incisive Instigator' for mercenary jos had infiltrated and psychologically manipulated military researchers for years. When the Olympus lab self-destructed, she was killed.

Ash now at age 122 is a member of the assault workclass, has arc snare tactical ability, has 'marked for death' passive ability, and is overall said to have 'Phase Breach' ultimate job skills. In Apex Legends, she reappears first as a non-playable character whose head must be rebuilt in a story event, later she's serving as the announcer for Arenas mode, and finally she is then released as a playable Legend.

Reid's brain was put in a simulacrum shell, but in the process, she lost years of memories, and the trauma of her “death” caused her personality to fracture. Ash is the embodiment of the cold, perfectionistic, power-hungry side of Dr. Reid.

After an encounter with Horizon that overrides Ash’s simulacrum programming, the vulnerable--yet intelligent--Leigh personality starts to show. Ash joins the games to prove she has transcended all humanity; Leigh’s determined to prove her wrong.

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