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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo
@sayaashrah.bsky.social
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- Narrative Designer & Book Writer 📝
- She/Her 🏳️‍🌈
- Author of World Without Love (https://linktr.ee/NicoleHidalgoAuthor) & Chronicles of the Realms (https://archiveofourown.org/works/63099754/chapters/161589157)
- Studying Indonesian
- ⚠️Lesbian/Demonic NSFW
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Also, one thing I hadn't consciously noted, but I do appreciate how Ashrah carries her sword on her back like this rather than on her waist, as this is how she carries Datusha after she acquired her Balance is a Journey outfit 😊

#SayaAshrah
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, showing her from the back to show the sword strapped diagonally to her back, near her waist.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Look at my baby demon, so happy with her new big hat 🥺🥰💜

#SayaAshrah #Blutoid #WhereWindsMeet #VirtualPhotography 🎮
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, posing with one dainty hand close to her face and smiling as she shows off her new, sandogasa-style hat, black with red threads draping from it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Right? They're so cool! Here's a snippet of the first time they appear (and I, of course, got the name wrong: all those accents keep tricking me XD)

@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social might like to read this one, too.
The two guards and the coach bowed when she approached, and one opened the door for her. The tòtái wiggled its three tails made of càn lán, a flower with urn-shaped petals and serrated margins. Mileena giggled—to the discomfort of the guard waiting at door—and petted the animal’s grassy, triangular face. She could swear it grinned at her, but then tòtái always looked to be smiling—either in genuine amusement or quiet scorn, she was not sure.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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How about an Infernal layer made of ice? Not the safest place to be, especially not during a blizzard.

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #NetherTouchedSareena
She then saw where the Nether-Touched was leading them: a discreet opening at the base of a mountain—one of solid rock and not of ice like the one they had just escaped from. Half of the entrance was already barred by ice, and two razzyg were crushed under a single boulder of snow. There might be more inside; vermin for her to crush, nothing more. They hurried inside, the wind howling at their back like a predator frustrated at having failed to devour two more souls. Ashrah poised Datusha in front of her so its light would reveal any foes. Darkness extended deep into the mountain; if razzyg or other demons took shelter there, they had run away from the entrance. Keeping her sword at the ready, she turned to the devastation outside. A cyclone had formed in the distance, thousands upon thousands of sharp crystals captured in the raging storm. With some luck, it would not come their way, or they might need to venture deeper into the mountain, a prospect that brought Ashrah little enthusiasm. She trusted it would withstand the elements, but she would much rather stay close to the exit all the same. More ice accumulated in the mouth of the cavern; not long after, it completely blocked it. Better this way. Once the storm passed, Ashrah could carve their way out; for now, the barrier would act as a shield.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I don't really have a cool line to go with this screenshot, but I do like it a lot 💜✨️

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet #VirtualPhotography 🎮
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet slowly walking in the middle of statues of soldiers... whether they're statues or actual warriors turned into statues, no one knows. Behind her, there's a ruined house and the sky is in shades of pink and purple.
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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So graceful 💜

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet 🎮
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet thrusting with her sword to the side while practising. Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet with one arm and leg raised, and the other arm holding the sword to the side. Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet with her arms opened to the side and her legs bent at the knees, almost in the horse position.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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#WIPSnips 29. "Dedicate"

Mileena and Shang Tsung discuss the upcoming Crimson Scales tournament.
(Funny having Mileena say LK cultivates "well enough" after the recent snippet telling he cultivated for six months straight once...)

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #MileenaSuêòng #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
“Do you believe he can win?” “Maybe? He’s young but cultivates well enough. If he keeps his calm, he has… not terrible chances,” she conceded. “I still put my gold on Bi-Han, though.” Shang Tsung hummed. “What would throw such a disciplined monk like Liu Kang off balance, I wonder?” “Oh, I know just the thing. Make Kitana tell him our mother arranged a marriage for her, and he’ll forget his own name!” She laughed as she pictured the scene. Shang Tsung’s control over souls allowed him to shapeshift, though he rarely used his magic anymore, and certainly not those more mischievous applications, preferring to dedicate himself to chemistry. A prank would be the perfect time to dust off his abilities—or maybe Mileena could try doing it herself. Heh. She could already imagine Shang’s lecture if she even suggested that.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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My favourite Ashrah drawings this year (crazy to think that first one was this year, it feels so long ago, back when I posted CH4 of EF), with the last definitely being my favourite.

I'd like to have one last good drawing of her before 2026, but we'll see. I'm surprised I have 4 I like! #SayaAshrah
A drawing of Ashrah roaring in raw rage. She's in a fight, as the wounds and black blood splatters around her body show. Drawing of Ashrah wearing a white shirt with a purple jacket draped over her shoulders, purple trousers, and a golden belt with golden buttons on the shirt and jacket. On her head, she wears a white bonnet. Inspired by Hunter Schafer's outfit at the Met Gala 2025. Digital drawing of Ashrah by me. She's wearing her Balance is a Journey outfit, plus the sandogasa-style hat decorated with the Parang Rusak batik, and her usual angry expression. Digital illustration of Ashrah, from Chronicles of the Realms, by me. She's on the far right of the canvas, only half her face seen in an angry, fierce expression. Black blood (demonic blood, alarun) splatters on her forehead and shoulder. Behind her, it's a maelstrom of black and orange, ashes floating around her, hinting at a devastation in the Infernal layer of Ultarvy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Mileena & Tanya getting some love 🥰✨

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #MileenaSuêòng
Comment on Ao3 by GarmStoylen: Oh, this is such an interesting setting! I do love how the singular person in the entire fic that cares about Milena's demon-mouth is... herself. Oh, I am sure she has had a massive amount of terrible experiences with it - something like her feelings here doesn't grow from no-where - but when you are the princess and your maid freely jokes about your humor in the morning, you are probably doing something right. It would not surprise me at all if a story revealed that Mileena was very popular among the people. Of course, it would also be entirely in keeping that if they ever *saw* her mouth, a lot of people, even those who knew it was there, would panic and react very badly. Her first meeting with the ambassador is really very cute - and then that travel to the temple. That temple is *immensely* cool. I love gods of spiritual purity presented as *good* rather than harsh, and this is clearly an in-universe different directio for Mileena - and I note that despite all her protests, Mileena *can* produce a flower as good as any other. Poor Mileena, I felt her panic at being invited to dinner. She'd have to remove the veil to eat, after all. Oh, Mileena is down bad. That flight is fun, but just "yeah, I can't deliver this thing that reminds me of her *now*"... Sure, Mileena, you're not protesting too hard at all. And that scene where she was told she could keep it was *super* cute! And then, of course, we run into the problem. I wonder if the Ambassador genuinely did not know, or just underestimated how much her demon-blood bothered Mileena? That is so sad... and then she has to actually get trapped up on a floating island for the ambassador to talk to her. Again, that is super cute, though. Her *accidentally licking* Tanya is hysterical... and Tanya *liking it* was even better. Fine work :)
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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... the eagle, and thus connected to freedom and fierceness. And the purple, of course, connects to her natural form, which she grows to accept and embrace more and more as part of herself.

Sareena's outfit is a lot more practical, aiding her stealth while also providing some protection. (2/3)
Full-body drawing of Sareena by Aowna (@aowna.bsky.social‬). It depicts Sareena mid-walk, one foot in front of the other, gripping Alalil (her chained scythes) in each hand, the weapon's chains seeming to dance around her. Her short hair, black with a streak of white, flares with the movement, her horns curling above her head, and she has one of her mischievous smirks on her pale blue face.
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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#AwesomeCharacters #ChroniclesOfTheRealms Originally, Ashrah chose the colour of her clothes based, just like her second skin (and hair), on the Indonesian women she saw dancing.

For her second outfit, the white comes as a symbol of purity and grace, the gold in association with the lion and (1/3)
Full-body digital illustration of Ashrah by Sasha (@sashthesloth.bsky.social). She wears her Bound By Flame outfit, composed of a grey selendang-like garment draped over her left shoulder and arm, pinned in place by a shoulder armour with a Minotaur-like horn melded into it, an orange chest piece, same colour of a sarong-like skirt and gladiator sandals, and golden arm bracers with Infernal symbols representing strength, power, and will engraved onto them. On her right hand, she wields Datusha, her keris-shaped sapient sword, while on her left palm hovers a sphere of the Eternal Flame. She looks straight ahead with a serious expression. Illustration of Ashrah wearing her Balance is a Journey outfit, made by Drafru (https://bsky.app/profile/drafru.bsky.social). In it, Ashrah wears a white, long-sleeved kebaya with golden bracelets on her wrists and upper arm, pauldrons shaped like Barong's face, and eagle-shaped pendants across her torso to tie the kebaya together. A purple selendang is draped over her left shoulder and tucked into the belt. She also wears a white belt, on which we can also see a pendant with Barong's face, white skirt, and trousers. Golden anklets finish the ensemble alongside golden slippers. She's in a graceful but warrior-like position, one foot slightly above the ground, her arms crossing her chest, and holding Datusha, her keris-shaped sword, in her right hand.
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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A storm is coming... and it's called Ashrah 😈🔥

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet 🎮
Black-and-white screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, in profile, holding her sword. Behind her, two lightning bolts break through the sky.
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A fantastic opportunity to get your hands on This Is How Immortals Die and Garden of Rotten Roses, the first two books in my dark fantasy, lesbian romance series set in a post-apocalyptic world caused by none other than Aphrodite, Goddess of Love! 👀😈🔥

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#WorldWithoutLove #BookSky
A graphic with the cover for This Is How Immortals Die by Nicole Hidalgo at the centre and some key aspects related to the book: - A drunk, reclusive Priestess of Aphrodite - Love kills! - A princess fascinated by blood - Lesbians with swords (and pistols!) - Grim & Gory - Heart Magic - Aphrodite's Apocalypse - Kobo Plus A graphic with the cover for Garden of Rotten Roses by Nicole Hidalgo at the centre and some key aspects related to the book: - Aphrodite's Apocalypse - Friends-to-Lovers - A Heretic pissed off with the world - A trans Guardian of Hera - A mystery of divine proportions - A farm in Wales - Magic that defies immortality - Gryphons! - Available on Kobo Plus
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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This is one beautiful game (and yes, I spent a while in the company of this tree) 💜

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet #Blutoid 🎮
Slightly low-angle screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet playing the lute in front of a Japanese maple, the black part of her robe swaying in the wind. Four lit lanterns hang from the branches of the trees. Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet meditating before a Japanese maple tree, her hands thrust forward. Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet meditating before a Japanese maple tree, her hands before her chest. Low-angle, black-and-white screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet as she looks up at a Japanese maple tree.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Speaking of the multiplayer, this musical game you can play with others is pretty fun. I suck at it, but practice makes perfect (hopefully).

I don't know if we can unlock and play with the erhu, but that would so cool, too 👀

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet 🎮
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet as she plays a Guitar Hero-esque minigame with another player.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Cultivating in group can be pretty fun, Ashrah realises! :D

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Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet where she joins three other young masters in a similar pose (arms stretched to the sides, one leg raised) to cultivate in group.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Demon

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet 🎮
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, striking a kung fu pose mid-air, the sky glowing purple and pink behind her.
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#LesficFri "Thank"

Melting the cryomancer's heart 💕

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #BattlemageAskaly #Lesfic #WriteSky #QueerWriters
“Do you… not like it?” she asked when the silence stretched on. “I do. I just never…” Xiuying sighed. Shook her head. “Do you… want to talk about it?” She stood. Walked to the curtained window. “I’m tired.” “Right.” Getting the message, Askaly absorbed the blood back into her veins, put on her gloves, and slipped her feet into her sandals without bothering to lace them. “Askaly?” Already outside the door, she looked back. Xiuying still had her back to her and her arms crossed, but she half-turned her head to the door. “Thank you. For the tattoo.” Askaly couldn’t avoid a smile, no matter how inappropriate it felt. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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#WIPSnips 28. "Zigzag"

From Eternal Flame, the moments before an encounter that will change not only the lives of these two beings, but also of all the realms.

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
A grimy form, like a misshapen cocoon, floated in the back of the cave. Frayed strings sprouted from it in a zigzag pattern, weaving an impenetrable mesh. But these filaments were not webs. It was darkness. Solid, decaying darkness. Black splotches sullied the ground, and though it was faint, Ashrah detected residues of spiritual energy in them. Of those who had attempted to break through this forest of shadows and failed. She stretched out a hand, and before she even touched the dark matter, her skin sizzled. She removed it, inspecting the wisps of smoke exhaling off her palm. Not demonic shadows, either, but one coated in Tarhmun. “Trapped here for so long, I nearly lost hope. No one had the mettle required to release me. No one proved worthy of my blessing. But we do not surrender, do we, Ashrah?”
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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"They believe me a common mortal chasing after crumbs of glory left by self-proclaimed heroes. But I know the truth. And they shall as well, once I write my name in their chronicles with my blade."

(I can see a lot of black-and-white shots coming out of this game!)

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet
Low-angle, black-and-white screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, her sword foreshortened as she points it down towards the left corner of the camera. Rain falls arond her, and can see some treetops behind her.
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#AwesomeCharacters #SayaAshrah A sword. Because they're like, bound by mind and soul.

"What is a weapon without its warrior, and what is a warrior without her weapon?" and all that.
Illustration of Ashrah wearing her Balance is a Journey outfit, made by Drafru (https://bsky.app/profile/drafru.bsky.social). In it, Ashrah wears a white, long-sleeved kebaya with golden bracelets on her wrists and upper arm, pauldrons shaped like Barong's face, and eagle-shaped pendants across her torso to tie the kebaya together. A purple selendang is draped over her left shoulder. The rest of the drawing has been clipped out to focus on the upper portion of her body and Datusha, her keris-shaped sword, which she grips in her right hand.
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Ashrah found her first hat! 🙌🏽

(I do know there's one that's much cooler aka much larger than this, but we gotta reach level 10 first xD)

#SayaAshrah #WhereWindsMeet
Screenshot of Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, striking a pose with her arm raised close to her chest, showcasing her new hat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Now that I can actually appreciate this game... damn, it's so beautiful.

(Lots of photo mode shots incoming, I'm afraid.)

#SayaAshrah #Blutoid #WhereWindsMeet
Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, seen from the back in a slightly low-angle shot, her sword drawn, and a building ahead of her, enveloped by an almost divine blue light.
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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ASHRAH IS FINALLY BROWN!!! 🙌🏽

Did they fix their game? Nope. But I discovered a workaround, and so now I can finally play it!

#SayaAshrah #Blutoid #WhereMindsMeet
Ashrah in Where Winds Meet, with her skin finally brown, and doing a martial arts greeting.
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I actually didn't go to Act 3 yet but got the Cursed ending! 🙌🏽

CW for potential spoilers.

#Blutoid #HollowKnightSilksong
Screenshot of the Cursed ending in Hollow Knight Silksong, with tentacles coming out of Hornet and clinging to Grand Mother Silk. Game completion: 39 hours, 48 minutes and 42 seconds.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM