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Cassandra Alexandra
Cassandra Alexandra
Cassandra, as she appears in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny.
Birthplace Ottoman Empire Athens, Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece)
Birthdate July 20, 1570
Age 21 (Soulcalibur II-Soulcalibur IV)
Height 164 cm(5'5)
Weight Unknown
Blood type B
Weapon Sword and Shield
Weapon name Omega Sword and Nemea Shield (Soulcalibur II)
Digamma Sword and Nemea Shield (later games)
Fighting style Athenian Style
Family Father, Achelous
Mother, Nike
Older sister, Sophitia
Brother, Lucius
Brother-in-Law, Rothion
Nephew, Patroklos
Niece, Pyrrha
Appears in Soulcalibur II
Soulcalibur III
Soulcalibur IV
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
First game Soulcalibur II
English voice actor Debra Jean Rogers
Japanese voice actor Reiko Takagi

Cassandra Alexandra (カサンドラ・アレクサンドル, Kasandora Arekusandoru) Greek (Κασσάνδρα Αλεξάνδρα) is a character in the Soul series of fighting games. Cassandra makes her debut in Soulcalibur II, and has returned in Soulcalibur III and Soulcalibur IV as a standard character for all three games. She has appeared in the recent PSP video game Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. The younger sister of Soul Edge character Sophitia, Cassandra's main goal is to relieve her sister from the burden of the Soul Edge and the oracles of the blacksmith god Hephaestus.

Cassandra has been mentioned as early as Sophitia's Soul Edge profile, though her name was mistranslated as "Kathandra". She's also briefly mentioned on Sophitia's Soulcalibur profile as well, both witnessing Taki bringing her unconscious sister home, which is when Sophitia meets her future husband, Rothion.

What lies in her soul is Courage.

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[edit] Biography

In Cassandra's Soulcalibur II profile, as stated earlier, she witnessed Taki bringing back an unconscious Sophitia and pulling a fragment of Soul Edge out of her sister's body. So when Sophitia left again for a second time, Cassandra knew that she had gone out to destroy Soul Edge. Then, four years after the events of Soulcalibur, Cassandra visits Sophitia's home, only to be greeted by the sight of Sophitia's two children fighting over a metal shard of Soul Edge that Sophitia's husband, Rothion, had found. Angered by her sister's panicked reaction, 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", the sword her sister used on her past journey. Not wanting to see her sister take on another dangerous quest, especially now that she has a family, Cassandra stole the sacred sword and, sneaking out of her home, she took the task of destroying Soul Edge.

Cassandra returned in the fourth installment of the saga, Soulcalibur III, as a starting character. She remained largely the same, with slight upgrades on her fighting style that sets her apart from Sophitia, and new costumes.

Her profile follows her travels towards the east, where she finds a town covered in evil energy. Trying to help the inhabitants, much like Sophitia did in her last trip, Cassandra tracks the core of the evil in a castle atop the mountains. However, she discovers the sacred weapons she carried to have cracks all over. Forced to flee the city after being surrounded by the corrupted city-folks, she travels back to Greece to ask her brother-in-law, Rothion, to forge her new weapons. Once there, she was informed by Rothion that Sophitia left to destroy Soul Edge on her own. After receiving a new pair of weapons from Rothion, Cassandra sets out to search and join her sister in this quest.

In Soulcalibur IV, she went back to the town that she visited from her previous journey. There, she encounters Raphael, who sensed the fragment of Soul Edge that she carried. The two fight, and in the end, Cassandra managed to deliver a blow on him. As he retreats, Raphael comments that she has the power to dispel evil, although she is not as powerful as the Holy Stone. Cassandra calls him a coward, but he tells her that he already had what he wanted. She then realized that he had taken her fragment of Soul Edge. She was unnerved at first, but she managed to get over it.

Cassandra then found some townspeople that had regained their sanity thanks to a shining blue crystal. She wondered if they were referring to the Holy Stone that Raphael told her about. As she continued investigating, she heard rumors of a man with a mass of crystal that was on his way to Ostrheinsburg. Cassandra wondered if the crystal he carried was the Holy Stone. And if it was, there was probably something evil in Ostrheinsburg. Believing that the evil was Soul Edge, she decides to follow the man to the ruined castle, thinking that he's going to use to the crystal to dispel the evil sword.

Cassandra does not know that she's following Soul Calibur, the spirit sword that was made to destroy Soul Edge.

In the Gauntlet mode of Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, she helps Hilde in her search for the 6 items that will help in Professor Ivy's cure for Hilde's father who has grown ill.

[edit] Endings

[edit] Soulcalibur II

Wielding weapons once dedicated to Hephaestus, Cassandra vanquished the evil. Her sister's precious sword and shield bore the scars from countless battles. So great was Cassandra's concern about the weapon, she forgot that she destroyed the demonic blade. She need not worry, for surely her sister would be over joyed with her safe return.

[edit] Soulcalibur III

[Cassandra leaps into the air, sword in hand, towards Soul Edge.]
Cassandra: Take this!
[Cassandra's sword connects with Soul Edge, shattering it into several pieces. Cassandra is thrown back by the force released by the cursed sword. Cassandra groans and looks the spot where Soul Edge was, seeing a rather large, long piece of pointed metal spinning in one place before falling down. Cassandra looks at her sword and gasps, seeing that its blade has broken in half.]
Cassandra: Wh...what am I gonna do?...Ummm...
[The screen fades to black. When it fades back, it shows Cassandra with her sword, apparently in one piece, sneaking towards its shrine to put it back.]

[edit] No Input

[Cassandra lets out a sigh of relief as she places the sword back when her sister Sophitia calls out to her, startling her.]
Sophitia: Cassandra! I'm so glad...you're okay. You had me worried.
Cassandra: He he he...um...uh...sure, yeah, I'm fine, just fine! But the sword isn't in the best shape... Oh well, there's...no use in hanging around.
[Cassandra hastily leads Sophitia away from the shrine.]
Cassandra: Come on, l...let's hurry home, Sophitia.
Sophitia: Oh...Yes...
[As they leave, the sword falls down in two pieces behind them.]

[edit] Input

Sophitia: Cassandra!
[Cassandra is unable to place the sword back when she turns around, startled, to Sophitia, hiding the sword behind her back.]
Cassandra: Oh...Sophi...Sophitia.
Sophitia: I'm so glad...you're okay. You had me worried.
[Cassandra cautiously approaches Sophitia.]
Cassandra: He he he...um...uh...sure, yeah, I'm fine, just fine!
[A clank is heard on the ground. Cassandra and Sophitia look down to see the broken piece of the sword, which Cassandra had dropped. Sophitia faces Cassandra, looking most displeased.]
Sophitia: Oh...Yes...
[The screen fades to black. When it fades back, it shows Cassandra working in a forgery, sobbing and hitting the broken sword with a hammer. She holds up the sword, with the broken piece on, though it falls back off. She slumps back and cries.]
Cassandra: I don't know how to fix it...

[edit] Soulcalibur IV

[Algol stumbles back and collapses defeated and Soul Edge and Soul Calibur fall to the ground. Cassandra charges towards Soul Calibur, picks her up and runs over to Soul Edge, holding the spirit sword over him. As Algol looks on, Cassandra thrusts Soul Calibur into Soul Edge's eye; a burst of evil energy emanates from the demonic sword, then dies away. Soul Calibur begins to speak to Cassandra.]
Soul Calibur: With this, the evil presence will cease to exist. The perfect world will now be born.
Cassandra: The evil presence? Well, there's still one left...right here!
[Cassandra grabs Soul Calibur by the hilt and attempts to break her with her bare hands.]
Soul Calibur: Foolish girl! Wh-what do you think you are doing? You dare to extinguish the light of humanity just to suit yourself?
Cassandra: After what you've done to Sophitia, you call yourself the light of humanity? Get serious!
[Cassandra snaps Soul Calibur in half, and the screen fades to white. Cassandra's voice can be heard.]
Cassandra: Let's go home, Sophitia.
[A text appears that reads:]
"She carried out her conviction and protected the bonds of family. There will be peace, as long as that belief remains".

[edit] Fighting Style

Cassandra is known for her aggressive fighting style. She can attack when the opponent leaves an opening and give a lot of pressure to them through her aggressive combos, stuns and throws. She combines speed with strength and both of these attributes are considered the best among other characters. However, her short range may put off some new players who are new to using her. In the tournaments, however, she is commonly used and regarded as a high to top-tier character.

[edit] Critical Finish

In Cassandra's Critical Finish, she slashes her opponent, and playfully knocks them over. She ridicules her opponent by asking, "You like this kind of stuff?" and then her butt slams onto her opponent's face with clouds of pink hearts. For the fatal hit, she places her shield over her butt before smashing down once more. She finally gets up and says, "Ow!"

[edit] Weapons

When Cassandra first made her appearance in Soulcalibur II her weapon was Omega Sword and Nemea Shield but in Soulcalibur III, Rothion (Sophitia's husband) forges her a new sword and her weapons are currently known as Digamma Sword and Nemea Shield

[edit] Stages

[edit] Eurydice Shrine Gallery (SC2)

This shrine is built high up a snow-covered that is as beautiful as it is harsh. The scale of this temple is such that it is easy to believe that the Olympian gods once dwelt in this place. Legend says that Hephaestus, the God of fire and forge, built the main shrine on top of the summit. This is evident 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 shield to Hephaestus. The arms have disappeared from the altar, however. Who could have taken them?

(Note: Cassandra shares this stage with Sophitia.)

[edit] Old Toledo - Burning Gallery (SC3)

After the capital was move to Madrid, Toledo ended its role as the 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 created 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 collected. However, perhaps he had learned too much. The mansion fell 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 (possibly Zasalamel) and a brave swordswoman (possibly Cassandra) who jumped into the flames might perhaps be surprisingly close to the truth.

[edit] Thesmophoros Imperial Garden (SC4/SCBD)

Cassandra's Soulcalibur IV stage, in which she shares with Sophitia. This stage is a shrine. It shows some similarities with the Eurydice Shrine (Sophitia's stage in the Soul series), except this one is surrounded with a tropical setting, and the statue of Hephaestus is missing. Also, what appears to be either a mountain or a volcano can be seen at a distance. In Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Cassandra's variation of the stage is day, while Sophitia's is sunset, and are both set in autumn.

[edit] Quotes

[edit] Soulcalibur II

  • "I'm going all out!"
  • "It's time for your punishment!"
  • "Well, let's begin."
  • "You might die!"
  • "What a waste of time."
  • "Come and get me!"
  • "Sophitia..."
  • "I'll do the best I can!"
  • "EEECK! You're definitely not my type."
  • "Here I come!"
  • "If you want to go home, this is your last chance."
  • "Don't come crying to me afterwards."
  • "Looks like there's no place to run."
  • "Hey, what are you doing?!"
  • "Okay, come and get me!"
  • "Sister..."
  • "You might get killed, you know?"
  • "I'll do the best I can!"
  • "You look weak."
  • "Are you doing this on purpose?"
  • "You want to do this that badly?"
  • "Ahh! What!!"
  • "What are you?!"
  • "Ahh! This thing!"
  • "What is this thing?! Is it alive?"
  • "I don't understand this at all!"
  • "I'm sorry Sis, but I have to see things through to the end."
  • "There's no such thing... there never was!"
  • "What!!"
  • "Fine, let's go!"
  • "What!!"
  • "What is this? Okay, fine. I'll fight you, okay?"
  • "Huh! You look weak."
  • "Over already? Oh well."
  • "That was all too easy. You make me laugh!"
  • "This is your fault. Remember that!"
  • "Over already?"
  • "All style, no substance."
  • "Hm, hm, hmmm! Can't you get up?"
  • "Too bad!"
  • "Winning is all that matters."
  • "See? All that for nothing."
  • "That was great!"
  • "It's all about skill."
  • "How boring."
  • "That's the lesson for today."
  • "That's it? That was boring."
  • "You tried your best, I guess."
  • "Ha, ha, ha, hah!"
  • "That's it? Oh well."
  • "That was too easy. All style, no substance."
  • "Did I bully you too much?"
  • "That's it? So what do you want?"
  • "I can do this too!"
  • "Heh, heh! Sorry!"
  • "Too bad for you!"
  • "That was a good work out!"
  • "That's it? How boring."
  • "Aren't you embarrassed?"
  • "Maybe you lack talent?"
  • "Forgive... me!"
  • "It's over!"
  • "Smart!"
  • "Watch out!"
  • "Come on!"
  • "Hey!"
  • "Gotcha!"
  • "Now!"
  • "Payback!"
  • "Oh? Uh-oh!"
  • "Did that hurt?"
  • "That's it?"
  • "Ok! Hah, ha, ha!"
  • "This way!"
  • "Don't... take me lightly!"
  • "This is... the end!"
  • "There!"
  • "You're mine!"
  • "Here I come!"
  • "Hit!"
  • "Go!"
  • "Mine!"
  • "Now!"
  • "Whoops!"
  • "Does that hurt?"
  • "Is that it?"
  • "Okay!"
  • "How?!"
  • "Why?"
  • "Damn!"
  • "This must be some kind of mistake!"
  • "No..."
  • "What is that?"
  • "It has to be some sort of mistake!"

[edit] Soulcalibur III

  • "Let's take it easy, all right?"
  • "Hurry up, let's go!"
  • "I'm gonna pound you into the ground..."
  • "You're going to regret this."
  • "So you really want to do this, huh?"
  • "You're going to use force on me?"
  • "All right, let's get this over with."
  • "Don't die right away, okay?"
  • "Oh my, how stupid are you?"
  • "Have you looked in the mirror recently?"
  • "Finally, this is going to be fun!"
  • "What do you want?"
  • "What a waste of time."
  • "I'm gonna give it my all."
  • "Come and get me!"
  • "I'm gonna go all out!"
  • "Don't cry... when you lose!"
  • "All right, time for your punishment!"
  • "You really want to do this?"
  • "Okay, let's go!"
  • "All right, here I come!"
  • "Last chance to call it quits."
  • "I wonder if you'll live through this?"
  • "You're definitely... not my type."
  • "You look so weak."
  • "Hmm... looks like I'm not gonna be able to run."
  • "Wow, not bad at all! I'm so impressed!"
  • "Thanks for taking it easy on me!"
  • "I don't like it when people are forceful."
  • "What, do you have a problem?"
  • "Losing isn't in my vocabulary."
  • "Were you looking forward to winning? Oh, I'm sorry!"
  • "You have no talent... you should really give this up."
  • "You're done already?"
  • "Why don't you try using your head a little?"
  • "Don't make excuses. A loss is a loss."
  • "Wait for me, Sophitia."
  • "That was a total waste of time."
  • "I have to keep this up!"
  • "There's no way that I can lose!"
  • "That was a bit of a workout."
  • "So, what did you want?"
  • "Hehe... too bad for you!"
  • "I'm so sorry!"
  • "And that's the lesson for today!"
  • "That felt great!"
  • "Sister..."
  • "Sophitia..."
  • "Okay, maybe that wasn't a fair fight."
  • "Yep, it's all about skill."
  • "All bark, no bite."
  • "That was too easy."
  • "How boring was that?!"
  • "Winning is all that matters. Winning."
  • "Are you done already?"
  • "You can't get up?"
  • "Phew... that was a great workout!"
  • "Over already? Oh well."
  • "You know, I don't think this is your thing."
  • "What do you know, I'm pretty good at this!"
  • "You guys should be ashamed of yourselves."
  • "Don't get up!"
  • "Come on!"
  • "Grrrr! What the?"
  • "I got ya!"
  • "You can't beat me!"
  • "I've had enough!"
  • "Gotcha"
  • "You're mine!"
  • "Payback!"
  • "Ura-ra!"
  • "This is... over!"
  • "I'm getting bored."
  • "No!"
  • "Why?!"
  • "What?!"
  • "This has got to be some kind of mistake!"

[edit] Soulcalibur IV

  • "I really hate this kind of thing."
  • "What do you want?"
  • "Don't cry when you lose!"
  • "I'm gonna go all out!"
  • "Stay out of my way!"
  • "You better keep your guard up!"
  • "You again? Ugh! I've had enough of you!"
  • "It's just one thing after another! I'm getting tired of this."
  • "Sophitia, open your eyes!"
  • "Sophitia, don't you realize what you're doing?"
  • "Please stand by me, Sophitia!"
  • "Winning is all that matters."
  • "Over already? Oh well."
  • "There's no way that I can lose!"
  • "I guess this means I'm the best!"
  • "That felt great!"
  • "Now that's what I call a critical hit!"
  • "Now who doesn't belong?"
  • "Sophitia, where are you?"
  • "Soul Edge, get out of my sister's body!"
  • "Get out of my way! I'm in a hurry."
  • "The evil presence? Well, there's still one left...right here!"
  • "After what you've done to Sophitia, you call yourself the light of humanity? Get serious!"
  • "Let's go home, Sophitia."
  • "Payback!"
  • "You're mine!"
  • "Down!"
  • "Don't get up!"
  • "Come on!"
  • "I've had enough!"
  • "This is gonna hurt!"
  • "Oh dear!"
  • "Oh!"
  • "Gotcha!"
  • "Right on!"
  • "I missed."
  • "Here!"
  • "You can't beat me!"
  • "There!"
  • "It's over!"
  • "Go!"
  • "Over here!"
  • "Heh, heh!"
  • "I'm getting bored."
  • "Take this!"
  • "Come on!"
  • "Here we go!"
  • "You like this kind of stuff?"
  • "Ow!"
  • "What?! This can't be!"

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Costumes

In Soulcalibur II, Cassandra wears a white dress with no sleeves and a very short skirt. She also has long, white gloves, shoulder pads, tights and short, white boots. In Soulcalibur III, Cassandra still has her tights and white boots, but she now wears an indigo jacket with a white shirt underneath, a pink ribbon held down by a silver pendant loosely around her neck, and a shoulder pad on her right shoulder. She also wears a short white skirt with blue linings. In Soulcalibur IV, Cassandra's 1P costume is based off of her 2P costume design from the previous games. She's wearing what appears to be the top of a blue suit, with straps on the top part and a tied pink ribbon. She also has shoulder pads, long white gloves, long white boots and a black ribbon that's holding her hair in a ponytail.

[edit] Series' Appearances

[edit] Gallery

Cassandra from Soulcalibur II

Cassandra again from Soulcalibur II

Cassandra render from Soulcalibur II

Cassandra render from Soulcalibur II

Cassandra portrait from Soulcalibur II

Cassandra from Soulcalibur III

Cassandra art from Soulcalibur III

Cassandra art from Soulcalibur III

Cassandra wallpaper from Soulcalibur III

Cassandra portrait from Soulcalibur III

Cassandra from Soulcalibur IV

Cassandra's alternate costume in Soulcalibur IV

Cassandra art from Soulcalibur IV

Cassandra's Critical Finish

Cassandra screenshot from Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

Another Cassandra screenshot from Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

Yet another Cassandra screenshot from Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

Cassandra wallpaper from Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

[edit] External Links


Main characters in the Soul series
Algol | Amy | Astaroth | Cassandra | Cervantes | Charade | Dampierre | Edge Master | Hilde | Hwang | Ivy | Kilik | Li Long | Lizardman | Maxi | Mitsurugi | Necrid | Nightmare | Olcadan | Raphael | Rock | Seong Han Myeong | Seong Mi-na | Setsuka | Siegfried | Sophitia | Taki | Talim | Tira | Voldo | Xianghua | Yoshimitsu | Yun-seong | Zasalamel

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