Main Character


Name: Cassandra Ripley

Birth-given name: Cassandra Elizabeth Smith

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Pansexual

Height: 5'11 (180.34 cm)

Weight: 158.3 lbs (71.8 kg}

Nicknames: Cassie, Case, Stray (only by most of her fellow assassins)

Alias: The Golden Eagle

Affiliation: London Brotherhood of Assassins

Rank: 3rd rank assassin

Day job: Freelance Photographer

Face-claim + Voice Actress: Camilla Luddington [Lara Croft (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)]

Physical Traits: Cassandra has long, dark brown hair that she primarily ties into a high ponytail but occasionally ties it into a messy bun or on rare occasions let's it hang loose as her hangs down just shy of her hips. Her bangs are parted to the side, primarily the left, with most of it rising up only to fall in a sweeping motion towards the right side of her face as the remaining portion gets tucked behind her left ear as a few loose strands hang in front of her eyes. Hanging down from behind her ears are two clumps of hair that frame her face and hang down her shoulders.

Running from the bottom of her right chin up towards the middle of her right cheek is a rather prominent scar, as well as another smaller one that cuts her left eyebrow into two even halves. Her skin is rather fair, with olive green upturned eyes set in a heart shaped face with freckles dotting across her cheeks. Her body is fairly fit, with her form having an hourglass figure. She also has freckles that dance across her shoulder and faint scars from previous fights littering her body. Upon her back is a massive tattoo of a stylized eagle that covers up a good portion of scars that vary from stabs to gun shot wounds.

Civilian Wear: Cassandra's civilian clothes are rather simple; usually consisting of a simple black tank top with a pair of ripped blue skinny jeans and a pare of high tops. Over top of her shoulders she usually wears a dark green military jacket and usually has a camera hanging from a strap around her neck. She also usually carries around an old, beat up messenger bag that has snacks, water, and a laptop in it.

Assassin Robes: Whenever she's on a mission, she trades in her high tops for a pair of black calf-high boots and switches her civilian jacket for a dark green coat made of a similar material with the hood coming to the iconic point of the assassin's hood. She wears black fingerless gloves as well and on her face she dons a gold-colored mask that is in the shape of a bird's face, earning her the nickname of "Golden Eagle". She also adds knee and elbow pads along with a bullet-proof vest underneath her shirt. On her right arm, she wears a modernized version of the gauntlet used by twin assassins, Jacob and Evie Frye. The gauntlet itself contains the hidden blade, an improved rope launcher, and an improved dart launcher. On her left thigh is a holster that holds a kukri blade and on the back of her leather belt is another holster that has the broken Spear of Leonidas, as well one more on her right thigh that contains a pistol. On one side of her belt is three pouches that carry three types of miniature bombs; voltaic, smoke, and explosive. On the other side is another pouch that holds some throwing knives that is beside another that houses some hallucinagetic and sleep darts, one one more containing some pistol ammo.

Weapons: Assassin's Gauntlet, Broken Spear of Leonidas, pistol, Kukri Knife, Small Bombs (voltaic, smoke, explosive), Throwing Knives, Darts (hallucinagetic and sleep)

Notable Ancestors: King Leonidas of Sparta, Alexios/Kassandra

Acquiring the Spear: During a meeting in London with the newly recruited assassin/researcher, Layla Hassan, who had recently recovered the Spear of Leonidas, Cassandra had asked her a few questions about the Spear. Even asking if she could take a closer look at the inactive artifact. After coming within contact with it, however, the spear had suddenly come to life, prompting Layla to look into her and the spear together. Upon finding out that it was because Cassandra was a descendant of not only King Leonidas but also the mercenary Alexios. After a brief discussion, the two figured it was best if Cassandra took the spear with her on her mission in Sam Francisco to recruit local members of the hacker group know as DedSec so she could learn how to harness the artifact as well as help them stop the Templar's plans within the area, thus hopefully speeding up the research process while the other remained in London to focus her efforts on discovering more about the Isu race.

Personality: Despite having a rather rough childhood, Cassandra is usually seen as confident, sarcastic, relaxed, and even flirtatious at times. However, it's all just an act so she doesn't appear as weak. In actuality, she uses it to hide her insecurities; she's afraid of getting close to others as she feels they'll just abandon her as so many others have done before, causing her to develop serious trust issues. She's also self conscious of her scars, going so far as to try to hide most of them underneath a large tattoo on her back. And although she flirts and sleeps with multiple people, she's afraid to commit and has a hard time with relationships as she has a bad habit of becoming distant towards anyone who even tries to get close to her, often accidentally pushing them away when they don't stop.

Backstory: Growing up in a small town located in Greater Manchester, England, Cassandra's family didn't have much in terms of money; they constantly struggled to keep up with the bills and even opted to not by any Christmas or birthday gifts a couple of times. But despite their financial struggles, they were still happy. One year, when Cassandra was about six, her parents, Marry and George Smith, had made up for not buying her any gifts the previous year by saving up enough money to buy her a cheap camera for Christmas after they discovered she wanted to learn photography someday. Only for her mother to be killed the very next merely a few months after her seventh birthday. And despite the police's efforts, they could never find the person responsible for her death and as time went on. With his wife's death left unsolved, resulting in no closure for anyone, Cassandra's father had taken up drinking to cope with his loss. As his habit continued, the anger caused by it grew worse and worse, resulting in him and Cassandra constantly yelling and arguing until, one day, he kicked her out when she was only eleven years old. Now on the streets, she had abandoned her former name and quickly learned to survive; master the art of free-running and even basic self-defense techniques. It also didn't take her long to enjoy the freedom of being out on her own despite the fact she lived on the streets. There, the only rules she had to follow were her own as she learned to steal what she needed to survive and even how to out-run the cops. She had even discovered a strange new ability she previously didn't know about; a sort of sixth sense that could allow her to see things other people normally couldn't. As she continued her new way of life happily until she was about fifteen, she had met a man in a strange black hood who went by the name Michael Ripley. He had been impressed by her skills, which at the time consisted of free-running, basic hand-to-hand combat, and pick-pocketing. There, he had offered to take her in and help her to further develop her skills. And after accepting his offer, she had soon learned of the Assassins and Templars. Wanting to stop the Knight's Templars from taking away the freedom of everyone else, Cassandra had decided to stay and join the Brotherhood, taking on the new name of Ripley as she continued training under Michael's tutelage.

Extra: Owns a two-year-old male long-haired dachshund named Gizmo who has mostly black fur but with brown on his muzzle, chest, and stomach; rides a black 2019 Kawasaki Ninja

Theme Song: The Resistance - Skillet
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