"Were you looking forward to winning? Oh, I'm sorry!"
— Cassandra
Cassandra Alexandra (カサンドラ・アレクサンドル, Kasandora Arekusandoru; Greek: Κασσάνδρα Αλεξάνδρα) is a character in theSoul series of fighting games. Cassandra made her debut in Soulcalibur II, and has returned in Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV andSoulcalibur: Broken Destiny as a standard character for all four games. 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 stated as "Kathandra". She's also briefly mentioned on Sophitia's Soulcaliburprofile as well, as she witnessed Taki bringing her unconscious sister home, and goes in a shopping trip when Sophitia meets her future husband, Rothion.
Seven yearsago, Cassandra 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 her and 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 travelled towards the east, where she found a town covered in evil energy. Trying to help the inhabitants, much like Sophitia did in her last trip, Cassandra tracked the core of the evil in a castle atop the mountains. However, she discovered the sacred weapons she carried to have cracks all over. Forced to flee the city after being surrounded by the corrupted city-folks, she travelled 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 went out to search and join her sister in this quest.
She went back to the town that she visited from her previous journey. There, she encountered Raphael, who sensed the fragment of Soul Edge that she carried. The two fought, and in the end, Cassandra managed to deliver a blow on him. As he retreated, Raphael commented that she had the power to dispel evil, although she was not as powerful as the Holy Stone. Cassandra called him a coward, but he told 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.
Eventually, she infiltrated the home of the cursed sword, Osthreinsburg Castle. But who stood in her path was none other than Sophitia, who surrendered to the evil sword after her daughter was taken hostage. Cassandra was so shocked, that she was knocked out unconscious from a single strike from her sister. By the time Cassandra woke up, her surroundings were warped into a strange place. With the destruction of Soul Edge, the Astral Chaos that corrupted the castle began to contract quickly. Dragging her injured body along as she looked for Sophitia, she finally found her sister's collapsed body in one of the castle's rooms. Cassandra rushed over there instantly. Just at that moment, a rift to another dimension opened in front of her eyes. ----Several moments later, the castle's surroundings returned to normal, but there was no sign of Cassandra's figure.
In the Gauntlet mode, Cassandra helps Hilde in her search for the six items that will help in Professor Ivy's cure for Hilde's father, who has grown ill.
Cassandra has short blond hair, pale skin, and green eyes, and she has a physically fit body, allowing her to perform moves, like somersaults and kicks, with ease. In Soul Calibur III, in her 2p costume, she has silver eyes.
Cassandra is a free-spirited and determined young woman. She will not hold back on her words nor her faith in herself in order to protect the family name and honor. Cassandra's true strength lies in her belief in herself, as opposed to otherwordly deities, in which to secure her choices and destiny. This gives her a unique toughness and single-minded perspective that doesn't lack in compassion. Her brash and confrontational manner are at odds with her apologetic and quieter sister, but she is a warm-hearted girl that cares very much for her family, especially Sophitia.
Cassandra has a determined and confident personality, as does her nephew Patroklos, although he seems to be more cocky and aggressive than her.
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 overjoyed with her safe return.
Cassandra leaps into the air, sword in hand, towards Soul Edge. She destroys the cursed sword, but is thrown back by the force released by the cursed sword. Cassandra groans and looks at 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. She crawls up to her broken sword, wondering what to do.
Later, Cassandra returns to the Temple of Hephaestus with her sword, apparently in one piece, sneaking towards its shrine to put it back.
Input Ending: Sophitia calls out to Cassandra from behind. Cassandra is unable to place the sword back when she turns around, startled, to Sophitia, hiding the sword behind her back. As, Sophitia expresses how relieved that she's okay,Cassandra leaps from the shrine and cautiously approaches Sophitia, telling her that she's 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.
Later Cassandra works in a forge (possibly Rothion's), sobbing and hitting the broken sword with a hammer. She holds up the sword, with the broken piece seemingly fixed but then it falls back off. She slumps back and cries, "I don't know how to fix it..."
No Input Ending: Cassandra lets out a sigh of relief as she places the sword back when her sister Sophitia calls out to her, startling her. After Sophitia expresses how relieved that she's okay, Cassandra replies that she's fine, but the sword isn't in the best shape. As Sophitia starts to show concern for the sword, Cassandra quickly says that there's no use for them hanging around. Cassandra leaps from the shrine and hastily leads Sophitia away, telling her they should go home,
As they leave, the sword falls down in two pieces behind them.
Algol stumbles back and collapses, defeated, and Soul Edge and Soul Calibur fall to the ground. Cassandra charges towards Soul Calibur, picks it up and runs over to Soul Edge, holding the spirit sword over it. 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, saying, "With this, the evil presence will cease to exist. The perfect world will now be born." Cassandra replies, "The evil presence? Well, there's still one left...right here!" Cassandra grabs Soul Calibur by the hilt and attempts to break it with her bare hands, while everything around them begins to shake. Soul Calibur exclaims, "Foolish girl! Wh-what do you think you are doing? You dare to extinguish the light of humanity just to suit yourself?!" Cassandra answers, "After what you've done to Sophitia, you call yourself the light of humanity? Get serious!" Cassandra inexplicably snaps Soul Calibur in half with her bare hands, and the screen fades to white. Cassandra's voice can be heard, saying "Let's go home, Sophitia."
A line of text appears which reads: "She carried out her conviction and protected the bonds of family. There will be peace, as long as that belief remains."
Cassandra is known for her aggressive fighting style. She can attack when the opponent leaves an opening and place a lot of pressure onto 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 aren't familiar with her style. In the tournaments, she is usually regarded as a high to top-tier character.
Final Crush: In Cassandra's Critical Finish, she slashes her opponent then playfully knocks them over with her rear. She ridicules her opponent by asking, "You like this kind of stuff?" and then she sits on the opponent's face with clouds of pink hearts appearing. For the fatal hit, she places her shield over her rear before smashing down once more with a pink heart covering part of the screen. She then stands up and exclaims "Ow!".
Cassandra appears in Tower of Lost Souls Ascend mode as boss under the floor "Uber Airhead" and also appears in "Unfailing Tower" & "Envoy Of Destruction"
When Cassandra first made her appearance in Soulcalibur II her weapon was Omega Sword and Nemea Shield but in Soulcalibur III, Rothion forges her a new sword and her weapons are currently known as Digamma Sword and Nemea Shield.
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.)
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.
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.
When Cassandra first appeared in Soulcalibur II, she originally replaced Sophitia, using a movestyle similar to that of her older sister. However, Sophitia was later added to the home version of Soulcalibur II, making both sisters available.
In Soulcalibur II, Cassandra carries three homages to past Namco games: One of weapons is the Red Crystal Rod & Red Line Shield, which comes from The Tower of Druaga and its sequels. Also, her third costume is modeled after Valkyrie, the heroine from Namco's Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu. Also, her ultimate weapon of both Soulcalibur II and Soulcalibur III, Valkyrie, is Valkyrie's weapon. It was originally given to Sophitia in Soul Edge. This weapon is available in Soulcalibur IV, though her ultimate weapon is now Soul Calibur.
The Soul of Cassandra discipline is available to created characters of the Sage class in Soulcalibur III.
Her Destined Battle in Soulcalibur II is Charade, and her Destined Battle in Soulcalibur III is Raphael. Her final boss in Soulcalibur IV is Algol.
In her Story Mode in Soulcalibur IV, Cassandra encounters Rock after she defeats Raphael, Auguste, Marienbard, and Jacqueline in the first stage. The two of them work together on defeating Astaroth in her second stage, but then Rock leaves Cassandra after the third stage for personal goals. In Rock's Story Mode, Cassandra does the same thing with the encounter and the departure in the exact same stages. Cassandra fights Sophitia in the fourth stage, who is apparently a new host for the evil sword. It's unknown if Sophitia did this to herself on her own, or if Tira manipulated her into this.
Cassandra and Sophitia are different is some ways. Since Sophitia is, or at least used to be, very loyal to Hephaestus, she can hear him and she relies on his power. Cassandra, however, is not humble and blames Hephaestus for what has happened to Sophitia. So she relies on her own strength, and Raphael even comments that she has the power to dispel evil. Also, Cassandra seems to not be hesitant like Sophitia, as seen in their Soulcalibur IV endings.
Although Cassandra does defeat Algol in her Soulcalibur IV ending, she does not kill him. So, it is unknown what has happened to him. Also, the way she pierces Soul Edge in the eye with Soul Calibur is almost the exact the same way Siegfried did in the opening movie of Soulcalibur III.
Cassandra is nicknamed "The Valiant Princess". "Valiant" means boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted.
Cassandra also appears in Sophitia's Edge Master ending in Soul Edge.
One of the announcer's quotes in Soulcalibur II says that she chooses her path like a "Free Bird". This was a reference to a song by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
To explain the new features of Soulcalibur IV, Namco released an omake manga, in which Cassandra "taught" new character Hilde about the game's new features. And ironically, the duo return in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny'sThe Gauntlet mode as two of the main characters that are trying to find a cure for Hilde's father, whereas Dampierre would later on join them. Also, all three of them give advice to the Player along the road as well as they provide humor for the story.
Like her older sister, Sophitia, Cassandra is a baker.
Cassandra has the greatest number of joke weapons of any character to date.
Cassandra's name means "Shining upon men". Her last name, Alexandra, means "Protector of Mankind". She is most likely inspired by Cassandra, the prophetess from Homer's The Illiad who was cursed by Apollo for defying him and not returning his love for her.
In Soulcalibur II, Cassandra wears a white and blue dress with no sleeves and a very short skirt . She also has long, white gloves, pauldrons, tights, white panties,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 pauldron 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, lacking the brown tights she wore in the previous two games. She's wearing what appears to be the top of a blue, with straps on the top part and a tied pink ribbon. She also has pauldrons, long white gloves, long white boots, maroon panties and a maroon ribbon that's holding her hair in a ponytail.
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