Cassandra (Soul Calibur)

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Cassandra Alexandra
Game series	Soul series
First game	Soul Calibur II
Voice actor(s) (English)	Debra Jean Rogers (Soul Calibur II)
Voice actor(s) (Japanese)	Reiko Takagi
In-Universe Information
Age	21
Birthplace	Athens, Greece (Ottoman Empire at the time)
Birthdate	July 20, 1570
Blood type	B
Weapon	Xiphos and Aspis
Weapon name	Omega Sword & Nemea Shield (Soul Calibur II) Digamma Sword & Nemea Shield (later games)
Fighting style	Athenian Style
Family	Father, Achelous Mother, Nike Older sister, Sophitia Younger brother, Lucius Brother-in-Law, Rothion Nephew, Patroklos Niece, Pyrrha

Cassandra Alexandra (カサンドラ・アレクサンドル, Kasandora Arekusandoru^?) is a fictional character from the Soul series of fighting games. Cassandra made her first appearance in Soul Calibur II and has returned in Soul Calibur III.

1 Biography
2 Weapons
3 Stages
4 Trivia
5 Series' Appearances
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Cassandra, the sister of Sophitia Alexandra, was the only person who believed Sophitia's story of fighting the powerful evil of Soul Edge on behalf of Hephaestus. Afterwards, Cassandra had witnessed a mysterious ninja, Taki, bring her sister back from her journey and draw shards of the evil sword out of her sister's flesh while treating her wounds.

Three years later, Sophitia disappeared, leaving Cassandra certain that her sister had left to contend with Soul Edge once again. Now, four years after this past journey, Cassandra had visited Sophitia's home, only to be greeted by the sight of Sophitia's two children fighting greedily over a familiar metal shard that Sophitia's husband, Rothion, had found. It was a fragment of Soul Edge. Angered by her sister's panicked reaction to the fragment, Cassandra ran to the Eurydice Shrine, screaming at Hephaestus for endangering her sister on behalf of his ego. After briefly passing out from exhaustion, she saw the metal fragment resonating with the holy Omega Sword blessed by Hephaestus. She realized then that Soul Edge was still alive, but she could not allow her sister to exhaust herself once again, especially with a husband and children to care for. Stealing the weapon her sister had used twice before, Cassandra sneaked from her home in Athens to deal with Soul Edge on her sister's behalf, hopefully to succeed in finishing the task that her sister had started--to quell the evil sword once and for all.

At first she travelled out of sheer determination, until she felt a strong evil energy at Greece's east. Walking along a mountain pass she found herself on a town covered with evil energy, and which habitants were also contaminated and their minds lost. Seeing the reaction of the fragment with the evil energy, Cassandra decided to help the people here, thinking, 'If Sophitia can do this, so can I!'

She discovered that the center of the evil appears to be a castle in the mountains. As she attempted to approach the castle, she noticed that the sacred weapons had cracks all over, rendering them useless. Aghast, wondering how divine weapons could break so easily, she fails to notice that she has been surrounded by the city-folk contaminated with evil energy. Lacking weapons to defend herself with, Cassandra had no choice but to flee the city.

Once out of the town, Cassandra starts to feel helpless. She thought she wasn't cut out to be a warrior, and her determination started to fade. But then she thought of her sister, and her sister's children, and forced her hesitation away. Since her holy weapons had been rendered useless, she decided that it must be because of powerful evil energy and returned to Greece. She will ask her brother-in-law, Rothion, to forge new weapons, or go to the shrine if she needs to. But bad news awaits her upon her return.

Rothion informed Cassandra that Sophitia left on a new quest, since she felt it was her responsibility to destroy Soul Edge. Though Rothion said it was Sophitia's own decision, Cassandra still cursed Hephaestus for this. Rothion gave the young woman new weapons while asking her to help Sophitia. Cassandra thought, 'Once Soul Edge is destroyed, we can save the town infected with evil as well.' She'll stand at her sister's side.

Now with a new determination in her heart, Cassandra starts a new journey.

[edit] Weapons

Omega Sword & Nemea Shield (Soul Calibur II)

A sacred sword once used by Sophitia. The sword was made by Rothion using sacred ore received from Hephaestus, the Greek god of the forge. After Sophitia's return from her second journey, they were placed in an ancient shrine. Cassandra took the sword from the shrine to go on her own journey. The Nemea Shield is a shield taken by Cassandra to go on her journey. Both weapons have been cracked due to her encounters in battle.

Digamma Sword & Nemea Shield (Reforged) (Soul Calibur III)

The sacred weapons Cassandra stole from the shrine cracked during her journey, so she went back to see her brother-in-law Rothion. He handed her a new sword, the Digamma Sword, and reforged the Nemea Shield. These weapons, however, don't possess special effects.

[edit] Stages

Eurydice Shrine Gallery (Soul Calibur II)

This shrine is built high up a snow-covered mountain that is as beautiful as it is harsh. The scale of this temple is such that it is easy to believe that Olympian gods once dwelled in this place. Legends say Hephaestus, the God of fire and forge, built the main shrine on top of the summit. This is evidenced by the stairway that leads up to the shrine - the enormous steps are impossible for mortals to climb. Humans built this gallery around the giant stairway for their priests' use. In one corner of this meticulously built gallery is the place where a blacksmith couple gave an offering of a sword and a shield to Hephaestus. The arms have disappeared from the altar, however. Who could have taken them?
(Note: Cassandra shares this stage with Sophitia).

Old Toledo - Burning Gallery (Soul Calibur III)

After the capital was moved to Madrid, Toledo ended its role as capital of Spain, but it still continues to flourish as a center of activity. This mansion, standing in the wealthy district of town, belongs to a wealthy merchant who is on a personal quest to pursue the trail of the massacres caused by Nightmare. Through extensive independent research, he collected records and reports regarding the incidents, and it is said that he hired a famous artist to draw a portrait of Nightmare based on the information he had collected. However, perhaps he had learned too much. The mansion fell victim to a suspicious fire and now burns fiercely. The voracious flames race to consume everything. It will surely not be long before all is reduced to ash... It is probably no surprise that rumors spread that the fire had been caused by arson. However, mixed in with the rumors were accounts of human figures seen within the flames. These rumors of a man with a scythe and a brave swordswoman who jumped into the flames might perhaps be surprisingly close to the truth.

[edit] Trivia

Cassandra has appeared in Sophitia's profile since Soul Edge, although in that game, her name was mistranslated as Kathandra, a merger of the names "Cassandra" and "Katharine".
One of Cassandra's unlockable weapons is the Red Crystal Rod, which comes from Namco's Tower of Druaga and its sequels. Her third costume in Soul Calibur II is modeled after Valkyrie, the heroine from Namco's Valkyrie no Densetsu.
Cassandra's Destined Battle in Soul Calibur II is Sophitia. In Soul Calibur III, her Destined Battle is Raphael.