Asha Campana

Asha Campana
Title	Gana of Ayesleigh (formerly) Queen of Antiva
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Family	Dario Campana (husband)
Appearances	Historical

Asha Campana was born in 4:30 Black in Rivain as the daughter of wealthy merchants. Her birth name was Asha Subira Bahadur.

Background

Asha Campana was a minor princess of Rivain who grew to become one of the most important women in the history of Thedas by dint of her skillful politics.

Asha rose within society and eventually assumed the role of Gana of Ayesleigh. Given the matriarchal nature of much of Rivaini culture, this suggests that the role of Gana is one of authority within the community. Later on, she wed the king of neighboring Antiva, Dario Campana, who was reckoned a weak monarch. Her marriage was arranged by the matriarchs of Rivain and went largely unnoticed, but would prove to be a powerful match. Their marriage might have been the most

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Location of Codex entry for Queen Asha.

important event in Thedas's history since the blackening of the Golden City.

Possessed of strong ambition, Asha desired that her adopted home of Antiva hold a greater position within Thedosian politics. She proved to be a skilled tactician. To that end, over decades she wed her children and grandchildren into many of the royal and noble families on the continent in the ancient Rivaini way. In thirty years Antiva was so well connected that any hostile act would force half of Thedas into warfare. Her bloodline is said to flow through the royals of Orlais, Nevarra, Starkhaven and the Anderfels, as well as within some Magisters of the Tevinter Imperium. As a result, Queen Asha is sometimes referred to by historians as the "Queen Mother of Thedas."

Asha is remembered in Antiva through a colossal statue over the entrance of the Palace of the Kings in Antiva City. It portrays Asha dressed in Rivaini royal garb.

Trivia

• Some elements of Asha Campana's story are probably inspired by Victoria of the United Kingdom. In particular, the nickname "Queen Mother of Thedas" is strikingly similar to Victoria's nickname, "the grandmother of Europe", which she likewise obtained by marrying her children and grandchildren into influential royal families.