During the events of Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa, Toshiro Umezawa and Kiku, Night's Flower share a night of lovemaking in the jushi cult's manor. The jushi wizards placed a curse on Kiku, based on revenge magic. When the tablet in which Toshi had sealed the curse was broken, it took hold of Kiku. She became a shadowy being, and was sent back to Numai after the siege on Minamo.
Years later, Tetsuo Umezawa rises to power in Madara as Imperial Champion. He has shifted from purely black to UBR, balancing black's lust for power with red's creativity and blue's logic. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that this shadowy being, Ashiok, is the offspring of Toshiro and Kiku. Recall that the events of the Time Spiral block played havoc with the time steams. Thus, providing a method for Ashiok to survive the mending, and emerge as the Neo Walker we will recieve in Theros.
Furthermore, Bolas swore to eliminate the whole of the Umezawa clan. In Future Sight,he makes reference to having visited Kamigawa and exacted revenge on Night's Reach and the Umezawas. However, there's a chance Ashiok would've been out in the Multiverse at that point. Given how Night's Reach was willing to ally with Leshrac to oppose Bolas, it is equally likely that she would reach to to Ashiok during the events of the Time Spiral, bring it through the worst of the temporal disaster.
Thus, Ashiok will represent Bolas' interests in Theros. I expect that Ashiok will use its abilities to turn Bolas' mind-rending magic back upon the Elder Dragon.
Years later, Tetsuo Umezawa rises to power in Madara as Imperial Champion. He has shifted from purely black to UBR, balancing black's lust for power with red's creativity and blue's logic. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that this shadowy being, Ashiok, is the offspring of Toshiro and Kiku. Recall that the events of the Time Spiral block played havoc with the time steams. Thus, providing a method for Ashiok to survive the mending, and emerge as the Neo Walker we will recieve in Theros.
Furthermore, Bolas swore to eliminate the whole of the Umezawa clan. In Future Sight,he makes reference to having visited Kamigawa and exacted revenge on Night's Reach and the Umezawas. However, there's a chance Ashiok would've been out in the Multiverse at that point. Given how Night's Reach was willing to ally with Leshrac to oppose Bolas, it is equally likely that she would reach to to Ashiok during the events of the Time Spiral, bring it through the worst of the temporal disaster.
Thus, Ashiok will represent Bolas' interests in Theros. I expect that Ashiok will use its abilities to turn Bolas' mind-rending magic back upon the Elder Dragon.