As Ash lamented over the loss of his last possibility of escape, he noticed that the sun was quickly setting and the Kandarian Demon was on the hunt again. This escape attempt would not be successful, and Ash was quickly reminded that the bridge had been destroyed the previous night. Getting on his feet, Ash quickly ran to his car, attempting to make an escape during daylight. However, this transformation did not last long due to the morning sun driving the evil spirit out from his body. When Ash arose from the puddle, he discovered that he had been turned into a Deadite himself. The demon sent Ash flying across the woods, eventually smacking him up against a tree, causing him to land face first into a muddy puddle of water. For a moment, it appeared that the demonic spirit was driven back, however, as the morning sun rose, Ash was attacked by the demon. It wasn't until he was the last survivor that he finally destroyed the Necronomicon by throwing it into the fireplace, and in doing so, the possessed bodies of Scotty and Cheryl rapidly decayed and 'died'. Because of this demon, Ash's friends and sister were consequently possessed and killed one by one.
By playing the tape, Ash and friends had awoken the Kandarian Demon, the same one that Professor Knowby had previously unleashed earlier in the week. On the tape was a recording of the owner of the cabin, Professor Raymond Knowby, who was translating a passage of the book. At this cabin, they find the " Necronomicon Ex-Mortis", AKA The Book of The Dead, along with a tape recorder. One story says that Scotty rented the cabin, while another says that they heard that the cabin was abandoned by its previous owner, but either way, the five decided to venture out to this cabin to spend the weekend there. There are two conflicting stories on how Ash, his girlfriend Linda, sister Cheryl, and friends Scotty and Shelly found the cabin in the woods. The First Night At The Cabin (October, 1982) Also at an unknown point, Ash and Linda began working at the superstore, S-Mart (where he worked in the housewares department while Linda was worked a check-out counter). At some point, Brock gave Ash a 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88, a car he bought used from the Elk Grove Destruction Derby. It was also during his high school years that he began dating a girl named Linda Bates, but he broke up with her for another girl named Linda. During their high school career, Ash and Chet would frequently host parties in Elk Grove, indulge in drug-usage, and torment the school hall monitor: Thomas Emery. Apparently Ash did not get along with his family during his childhood, frequently arguing with his father after his mother had left the family and his sister when they would play together.Įarly in his teenage years, the young Ash met Chet Kaminski, who would later become a lifelong friend to him. He was the first child of Brock Williams and his only son (later having a daughter named Cheryl several years later).