Post by Cassandra Amell on Jun 6, 2020 19:25:23 GMT -6
cassandra dorea amell
"Tell me. Is all of this worth it?"
I. BASICS
FULL NAME:: Cassandra Dorea Amell
NICKNAMES:: Cassie, Cass, Warrior of Light/Darkness
GENDER:: Female
AGE:: Twenty-five
ORIENTATION:: Bisexual
ALIGNMENT:: Neutral
HOMEWORLD:: Hydaelyn, The Source
NICKNAMES:: Cassie, Cass, Warrior of Light/Darkness
GENDER:: Female
AGE:: Twenty-five
ORIENTATION:: Bisexual
ALIGNMENT:: Neutral
HOMEWORLD:: Hydaelyn, The Source
HEIGHT:: 5ft 7in
HAIR/EYES/SKIN:: Blonde/Blue/Fair
DISTINGUISHING MARKS:: She has delicately pointed ears that speak of her half-Elezen nature.
II. PERSONA
Cassie is not the same person she was when she set about as a wide-eyed, young adventurer at seventeen. No, she has experienced so much between then and now that she knows she is not the same. At her core, she has not changed too much, though. A kind, caring young woman who often goes out of her way to help those around her even at the cost of her own health or mental wellness. It is not as if she disregards herself on purpose, but she places so much of herself into the role she was chosen for that she can forget to be selfish with herself. Darker places in her mind have been plaguing her as of late about not caring so much for others when she has done so much time and again for her world. A melancholic, temperamental side of her that she often hides away and tries not to show her friends and loved ones.
There is a deep stubborn streak within her that is hard to break once she sets her mind on something. It can be an advantageous thing in regards to her determination to see her goals through, or it can leave her somewhat close-minded towards her own actions and behaviors in getting there. Sometimes she needs a voice of reason to pull her back into rational thinking. She is a clever, intelligent young woman that falls easily into witty banter with her friends and even those she first meets. It gives her a rather charismatic aura where she smiles easily and gives an open hand to those that need aid or simply someone to converse with. She is not quite as open with her own personal life details, but she is more than willing to speak with those that are troubled.
She was once a very optimistic young woman with the stars in her eyes and faith that everything in the world was good. No, that was not true in the least. Countless battles with the Garlean Empire, with Primals, against those that had once been her allies, has left her somewhat jaded and tired of it all. Cassie continues to help and give and she feels a sort of emptiness with it. How much more of herself can she give until there is little left of her? She falls into that melancholic state and retreats into herself and from her friends as she tries to shake herself out of such thoughts. It leaves her feeling guilty for thinking such a way and angry at the world. A fit of anger that can be easily triggered at times towards those deserving and undeserving. Sometimes she wishes she had never been chosen by the Mothercrystal and others she would not change it for the world because of those she has met and the ties that bind her to them.
There is a deep stubborn streak within her that is hard to break once she sets her mind on something. It can be an advantageous thing in regards to her determination to see her goals through, or it can leave her somewhat close-minded towards her own actions and behaviors in getting there. Sometimes she needs a voice of reason to pull her back into rational thinking. She is a clever, intelligent young woman that falls easily into witty banter with her friends and even those she first meets. It gives her a rather charismatic aura where she smiles easily and gives an open hand to those that need aid or simply someone to converse with. She is not quite as open with her own personal life details, but she is more than willing to speak with those that are troubled.
She was once a very optimistic young woman with the stars in her eyes and faith that everything in the world was good. No, that was not true in the least. Countless battles with the Garlean Empire, with Primals, against those that had once been her allies, has left her somewhat jaded and tired of it all. Cassie continues to help and give and she feels a sort of emptiness with it. How much more of herself can she give until there is little left of her? She falls into that melancholic state and retreats into herself and from her friends as she tries to shake herself out of such thoughts. It leaves her feeling guilty for thinking such a way and angry at the world. A fit of anger that can be easily triggered at times towards those deserving and undeserving. Sometimes she wishes she had never been chosen by the Mothercrystal and others she would not change it for the world because of those she has met and the ties that bind her to them.
III. BACKGROUND
During her journey, she stayed within Ul'dah for a time and became a Thaumaturge under the study of Alexander Sorel. Eventually, he gave her the soul stone of the Black Mage. Cassie took to the ancient teachings quite well and added the arsenal of these dangerous spells to her repertoire. It is a class that can be difficult with the time it can take to cast a spell, but she has avoided this somewhat with her Red Mage training and the aetherial manipulation that allows her to rush to her ally's side.
Cassie has always been magically inclined with sensitivity to the aether around her and how to manipulate it as she wills. As a young girl, she was trained by her father in the art of Red Magic and eventually given his soul stone before he passed. Upon Zephon, it is merely a keepsake as she has kept to the arts of her mentor. She has an elegant style to her that relies on speed and balance to evade her foes from afar before drawing in close to release her physical attacks to catch her target off guard. As her rapier also acts as her focus, it allows her to cast the forbidden spells taught to her as a Black Mage and Thaumaturge.
Cassie has always been magically inclined with sensitivity to the aether around her and how to manipulate it as she wills. As a young girl, she was trained by her father in the art of Red Magic and eventually given his soul stone before he passed. Upon Zephon, it is merely a keepsake as she has kept to the arts of her mentor. She has an elegant style to her that relies on speed and balance to evade her foes from afar before drawing in close to release her physical attacks to catch her target off guard. As her rapier also acts as her focus, it allows her to cast the forbidden spells taught to her as a Black Mage and Thaumaturge.
IV. HISTORY
Chosen. Blessed. Warrior of Light.
These were titles that have followed Cassie for so many years now. Sometimes she even forgets who she had been before Hydaelyn had chosen her to carry out her tasks in order to save the Source time again. She recalls being a young girl eager to help those in need and so she took the teachings of her father and became an adventurer for Gridania. Oh, she fell into so many adventures and met so many people on her long and arduous path. The most influential one would be from her friend and mentor: Alexander Sorel. Both of them had been chosen by Hydaelyn and had been blessed with the Echo.
She learned from him and met those allied with him as well. Various people became important to her as she fought by their sides. At least until the culmination of the Fall of Dalamud and all of the tragedy that came with it. Cassie was on the frontlines with Alex as she fought endless waves of Garlean soldiers and watched with awe and horror as Bahamut broke free from his prison. She would have fought to her last breath if not for Louisoux and the spell he cast to fling herself and her fellows into the future by five years. Cassie awoke to find herself in a verdant forest with no one beside her as she awoke.
Once more she found herself within the familiar woods and glades of Gridania. So many things had changed, and when she managed to get back to her home she found that all of Eorzea was recovering from the Fall of Dalamud. Louisoux had sacrificed himself to prevent Bahamut from bringing about the destruction of Eorzea and she realized that everyone could no longer recall the Warriors of Light that had fought beside them. Cassie did not proclaim herself one of those missing, because who would believe her? Eventually, her blessing of the Echo brought her to the path of those familiar to her as she made a name for herself once more in Gridania.
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn were familiar companions to her and it lead to her reunion with her friend Alex. To know he had also survived was a great relief to her as they journeyed to repair this realm reborn. Cassie aided in pushing back the Garlean remnants that wished to take Eorzea and the Allagan superweapon they had been utilizing known as Ultima. Saving the realm once more and ushering in the Seventh Astral Era. Sadly, such peace will never last for long when the Ascians are ever plotting and the Garleans wish for world domination.
There were so many other journeys and tales to be created. Betrayal by those that wished to decry the Scions and the Warriors of Light. An adventure that lead her to Ishgard and the bitter war between dragon and man. She fought to end the thousand-year war and to bring about a new peace to Ishgard and dragon-kind both. And even afterward, there was more violence from the Garlean Empire, which lead her to aid in the freedom of both Ala Mhigo and Doma from their tyranny. Sadly, there was no pause even after defeating Shinryu and seeing the Crown Prince of Garlemald end his own life.
The Ascians plotted and an old friend began to call for the Warriors of Light to prevent the Eighth Umbral Calamity. Instead, she watched as one-by-one her friends were called away in her place until only she and Alexander remained. Eventually, the spell did work and she found herself called to the First where that world hung on by only a thread. Light threatened to swallow the world whole and the machinations of Emet-Selch were to be played upon Norvrandt. Felling the Light Wardens eventually brought about victory and a colossal battle against Emet-Selch and his wishes to bring about the rejoining to right the Sundering of his people.
It was a hard-fought victory and one that was bittersweet to her. Cassie would remember them as Emet-Selch had asked of them. With Norvrandt safe, for the time being, she journeyed with Alex and aided in trying to find a way to bring the Scions safely back to the Source. When that could not happen, she would journey back to Eorzea and aid in making sure the Empire kept to their stalemate for the time being. At least until she attempted to venture back to Norvrandt and found herself within an entirely new world.
Cassie found herself once more alone in a land unfamiliar to her and with none of her companions by her side. Her Blessing was also gone from her, which worried her more than anything. How had she gotten here? Why could she no longer feel her connection to Hydaelyn? What was to become of her? She does not know and attempts to get her footing in this unknown land where no one knows who she is and she knows nothing of them.
These were titles that have followed Cassie for so many years now. Sometimes she even forgets who she had been before Hydaelyn had chosen her to carry out her tasks in order to save the Source time again. She recalls being a young girl eager to help those in need and so she took the teachings of her father and became an adventurer for Gridania. Oh, she fell into so many adventures and met so many people on her long and arduous path. The most influential one would be from her friend and mentor: Alexander Sorel. Both of them had been chosen by Hydaelyn and had been blessed with the Echo.
She learned from him and met those allied with him as well. Various people became important to her as she fought by their sides. At least until the culmination of the Fall of Dalamud and all of the tragedy that came with it. Cassie was on the frontlines with Alex as she fought endless waves of Garlean soldiers and watched with awe and horror as Bahamut broke free from his prison. She would have fought to her last breath if not for Louisoux and the spell he cast to fling herself and her fellows into the future by five years. Cassie awoke to find herself in a verdant forest with no one beside her as she awoke.
Once more she found herself within the familiar woods and glades of Gridania. So many things had changed, and when she managed to get back to her home she found that all of Eorzea was recovering from the Fall of Dalamud. Louisoux had sacrificed himself to prevent Bahamut from bringing about the destruction of Eorzea and she realized that everyone could no longer recall the Warriors of Light that had fought beside them. Cassie did not proclaim herself one of those missing, because who would believe her? Eventually, her blessing of the Echo brought her to the path of those familiar to her as she made a name for herself once more in Gridania.
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn were familiar companions to her and it lead to her reunion with her friend Alex. To know he had also survived was a great relief to her as they journeyed to repair this realm reborn. Cassie aided in pushing back the Garlean remnants that wished to take Eorzea and the Allagan superweapon they had been utilizing known as Ultima. Saving the realm once more and ushering in the Seventh Astral Era. Sadly, such peace will never last for long when the Ascians are ever plotting and the Garleans wish for world domination.
There were so many other journeys and tales to be created. Betrayal by those that wished to decry the Scions and the Warriors of Light. An adventure that lead her to Ishgard and the bitter war between dragon and man. She fought to end the thousand-year war and to bring about a new peace to Ishgard and dragon-kind both. And even afterward, there was more violence from the Garlean Empire, which lead her to aid in the freedom of both Ala Mhigo and Doma from their tyranny. Sadly, there was no pause even after defeating Shinryu and seeing the Crown Prince of Garlemald end his own life.
The Ascians plotted and an old friend began to call for the Warriors of Light to prevent the Eighth Umbral Calamity. Instead, she watched as one-by-one her friends were called away in her place until only she and Alexander remained. Eventually, the spell did work and she found herself called to the First where that world hung on by only a thread. Light threatened to swallow the world whole and the machinations of Emet-Selch were to be played upon Norvrandt. Felling the Light Wardens eventually brought about victory and a colossal battle against Emet-Selch and his wishes to bring about the rejoining to right the Sundering of his people.
It was a hard-fought victory and one that was bittersweet to her. Cassie would remember them as Emet-Selch had asked of them. With Norvrandt safe, for the time being, she journeyed with Alex and aided in trying to find a way to bring the Scions safely back to the Source. When that could not happen, she would journey back to Eorzea and aid in making sure the Empire kept to their stalemate for the time being. At least until she attempted to venture back to Norvrandt and found herself within an entirely new world.
Cassie found herself once more alone in a land unfamiliar to her and with none of her companions by her side. Her Blessing was also gone from her, which worried her more than anything. How had she gotten here? Why could she no longer feel her connection to Hydaelyn? What was to become of her? She does not know and attempts to get her footing in this unknown land where no one knows who she is and she knows nothing of them.
V. AUTHOR
PLAYER ALIAS:: Mjrn
OTHER CHARACTERS:: None
ROLE-PLAYING EXPERIENCE:: Thirteen years
HOW YOU FOUND US:: Referred by Waga
NOTES FOR CONSIDERATION:: N/A
ROLE-PLAY SAMPLE:: She chases wisps of smoke that curl and slip through her fingertips--ephemeral and fleeting like stardust and moonlight.
What is she chasing? Memories? A dream? Cassie can no longer quite recall, because she has been chasing after something for as long as she can remember. Whether it be silly, childish longings or the desires of a young woman. And then over the length of her journeys she finds herself chasing after the light of crystals and blessings and companionship with people she has only known for the length of months.
There is no time for her to simply stop and revel in what she has found. Because she is the most comfortable when she is running that she does not know how to stop. How can she? Her father had asked her mother and herself to flee to the relative safety of Eorzea nearly two decades ago, and perhaps that was when she had first started. Her home was a distant, bittersweet memory that slipped through her fingers like the sands of that beloved desert.
Her home, her dreams, and her very being seemed lost until she could no longer quite discern who she was. Who was she? Who had she ever been? A runaway vagrant with no true place she could call her own? Eorzea was almost everything she had ever known, but her heart sang for the tales her mother had spoken of to her of glittering sands and an even greater city before it had been taken from them.
And now--now she was hailed as the Warrior of Light to all across the whole of Eorzea. So many people that looked to her, idolized her, and placed her atop such a high pedestal there was no way she could run from it. How could she? Cassie never asked for this burden and role but she bore it as much as she could even though it left her screaming and clawing within the shadows of her heart. Where would she run to now? Perhaps to where she was next directed to stop Garlemald and the Ascians and everything that threatened the very fabric of this star.
Was one person meant to stand between Hydaelyn and oblivion? Perhaps she has not realized that she has stopped running only to find herself drowning instead. Cassie weeps where no one sees or questions. For herself, for the people she has not been able to save, and for what she was beginning to long for with all of her heart.
Ephemeral wisps of smoke and dust that may never be hers. So what does she do? Cassandra Amell runs as she always has and prays that perhaps someday, someone will be able to stop her and tell her that she can cease in her running. That she need not run from herself or what she has gained any longer. Someone that lets her drown in them and love them and find in them the home she has wanted to run towards for her entire life.
Someone...someone.
Perhaps they shall love her as well.
OTHER CHARACTERS:: None
ROLE-PLAYING EXPERIENCE:: Thirteen years
HOW YOU FOUND US:: Referred by Waga
NOTES FOR CONSIDERATION:: N/A
ROLE-PLAY SAMPLE:: She chases wisps of smoke that curl and slip through her fingertips--ephemeral and fleeting like stardust and moonlight.
What is she chasing? Memories? A dream? Cassie can no longer quite recall, because she has been chasing after something for as long as she can remember. Whether it be silly, childish longings or the desires of a young woman. And then over the length of her journeys she finds herself chasing after the light of crystals and blessings and companionship with people she has only known for the length of months.
There is no time for her to simply stop and revel in what she has found. Because she is the most comfortable when she is running that she does not know how to stop. How can she? Her father had asked her mother and herself to flee to the relative safety of Eorzea nearly two decades ago, and perhaps that was when she had first started. Her home was a distant, bittersweet memory that slipped through her fingers like the sands of that beloved desert.
Her home, her dreams, and her very being seemed lost until she could no longer quite discern who she was. Who was she? Who had she ever been? A runaway vagrant with no true place she could call her own? Eorzea was almost everything she had ever known, but her heart sang for the tales her mother had spoken of to her of glittering sands and an even greater city before it had been taken from them.
And now--now she was hailed as the Warrior of Light to all across the whole of Eorzea. So many people that looked to her, idolized her, and placed her atop such a high pedestal there was no way she could run from it. How could she? Cassie never asked for this burden and role but she bore it as much as she could even though it left her screaming and clawing within the shadows of her heart. Where would she run to now? Perhaps to where she was next directed to stop Garlemald and the Ascians and everything that threatened the very fabric of this star.
Was one person meant to stand between Hydaelyn and oblivion? Perhaps she has not realized that she has stopped running only to find herself drowning instead. Cassie weeps where no one sees or questions. For herself, for the people she has not been able to save, and for what she was beginning to long for with all of her heart.
Ephemeral wisps of smoke and dust that may never be hers. So what does she do? Cassandra Amell runs as she always has and prays that perhaps someday, someone will be able to stop her and tell her that she can cease in her running. That she need not run from herself or what she has gained any longer. Someone that lets her drown in them and love them and find in them the home she has wanted to run towards for her entire life.
Someone...someone.
Perhaps they shall love her as well.
