Cassandra Pentaghast
Cassandra Pentaghast is a female video game character who features in Dragon Age.
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Biography
Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast was a female human born in born 9:03-9:04 Dragon in the nation of Nevarra in Thedas as a member of the royal Pentaghast family. The daughter of Matthias Pentaghast and Tigana Pentaghast, Cassandra had an older brother named Anthony Pentaghast with herself being the seventy-eighth in line to the Nevarran throne. Lord Matthias and Lady Tigana, took the wrong side in the second attempt to overthrow King Markus Pentaghast and were executed by the king. At the suggestion of his court, King Markus ordered the execution of most of the conspirators' immediate families, fearing reprisals from vengeful relatives down the line. Cassandra and her brother were spared because they were only children at the time and family to the king; most importantly, they had an influential relative to vouch for their behavior. Their father's brother, Vestalus, was a senior member of the Mortalitasi and as such beyond the reprisal of the king, and he took them in as his wards. Cassandra and her brother moved to the Grand Necropolis of Nevarra. Vestalus became prelate of the Mortalitasi in 9:12 Dragon and spent less and less time with Cassandra and Anthony. They grew up isolated, with only each other for company and support. Anthony embraced swordsmanship, dreaming of becoming a dragon hunter, and Cassandra did the same. Cassandra resented her family for keeping her in a gilded cage and became estranged to Nevarra much later on.
She began her Seeker training at the fortress of Montsimmard, apprenticed to a senior member named Seeker Byron, where the majority of the focus was on her religious rather than martial education. Though this frustrated her at first, she eventually embraced her studies and excelled. She underwent her vigil at the age of fifteen in a remote castle in the Blasted Hills of northern Orlais, the youngest Seeker to do so since the Storm Age. Though of noble birth, Cassandra turned her back on a life of wealth and privilege to join the Seekers of Truth. The ancient order serves as a watchful eye over corruption and magical threats, granted ultimate authority in its investigations by the Chantry.
In preparation, Cassandra and Leliana first sought out The Warden-Commander to lead the nascent order as the new Inquisitor. Their search was in vain as the Warden had mysteriously disappeared and so they sought out their next candidate: Hawke, The Champion of Kirkwall.
Following the explosion of the Breach, Cassandra interrogates the Inquisitor, the sole survivor of the conclave explosion that killed Divine Justinia V. She accuses them of causing the Breach, as the mark on their hand is of the same magic as the Breach. However, she gives the Inquisitor a chance to prove their innocence by closing it. Upon arriving at the ruins of the Temple of Sacred Ashes, an echo reveals that the Inquisitor accidentally interrupted an unknown shadowy figure's ritual sacrifice of the Divine. However, they claim to have no memory of this event. The Inquisitor succeeds in closing the first rift, stabilizing the Breach but not closing it.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Her position meant that she was referred to as the Right Hand of the Divine.
She came to believe that the Circle of Magi had a place in the world but that the organisation needed reform though this had to be done so by the mages themselves. Cassandra's view was that the mages should govern themselves but that the templars had a role in helping them. As such, she was more lenient to mages compared to some templars as she saw themselves as protectors of the innocent rather than as jailers of the Circle. Pentaghast believed that she and her comrades had to be vigilante yet compassionate to all people of Thedas with this being her biggest desire for change in the Chantry.
Powers and abilities
Cassandra came to train herself into being one of the Templars thus giving her the ability to nullify magical effects. Her talents also made her ideal for fighting demons with her able to also provide support to her comrades in a fight.
Notes
- Cassandra Pentaghast was created by BioWare where she featured in the setting of Dragon Age.
- In Dragon Age: Inquisition, Cassandra can be romanced by a male Inquisitor of any race.
In other media
Films
Appearances
- Dragon Age II:
- Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker:
- Dragon Age: Inquisition:
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