Cassius Oba

Cassius Oba, frequently referred to only as Cassius, is a character in QIA. He is one of the secondary antagonists of the series.
== Biography ==
Cassius is a high-ranking member of the Reclaimers in the twenty-first century ("Milcha") and Minister, the second-in-command, of Novus Ordo Seclorum in the twenty-third ("Resistance"). He had a son, Akinyemi, until the boy was murdered in 2017.
=== The Revolution ===
According to Jacob Dorody, Cassius was one of the masterminds behind the Revolution, and referred to himself as a General at the time. Shortly afterwards, supposedly driven by greed for power, he betrayed Novus and was later captured and imprisoned in Blackgrace, and then executed three weeks later. Dorody gave this information to the London Field Team so that they might break him out of Blackgrace and take him into custody before his execution ("Dorody"). However, much or all of this could have been lies by Dorody ("Resistance").
Cassius refutes the claim that the Reclaimers have only selfish motives, suggesting some other ulterior motive ("Jack").
=== Will Bradley ===
Cassius first met Will Bradley in an unknown time frame in Tokyo. Following this meeting, and Will's decision to defect to the Reclaimers, he assigned Eryn Gray as Will's handler. He later met with Will again, the night after Will's betrayal and murder of two of his colleagues; shortly after this meeting he ordered Eryn to kill Will, having decided he could no longer be trusted. ("Hafiz", "The Rise and Fall of Will Bradley")
=== Idunu ===
According to Eryn Gray, Cassius divides his time between New Philadelphia and the village of Idunu, in Nigeria.
On July 19th, 2017, a video was uploaded onto YouTube featuring footage of the village's inhabitants - men, women and children - having all been murdered and burnt on a huge bonfire, save for Cassius (who was away at the time) and his son Akinyemi, who was instead beheaded, his head placed on a sharpened pole next to the message GBARARE (Yoruba for "revenge"). Cassius sent out a video message to his followers proclaiming that this atrocity had been committed by his former ally Jacob Dorody, and that he wanted him dead - which was a problem, since Dorody had already been killed in the explosion at Blackgrace, in 2263. In response to this, Brent Hall brought in Reclaimer turncoat Eryn Gray to help plan a strategy to fool Cassius into thinking that Tom Burt had killed Dorody, as a result of Cassius' video message, in order to place Burt as a mole within the Reclaimers' organisation. After initially meeting with Burt, however, Cassius proclaimed that in order to win his trust, he would have to betray the QIA for real. ("Hafiz") 
Later, following Burt's return after a mission to obtain an object for Cassius, resulting in the death of his accomplice Eryn, Cassius had him captured despite Burt's claims to have killed Dorody as required, apparently knowing that he was lying about it. ("Jack") 
However, just minutes after he sent Alan Burns to torture and kill Burt, the London Field Team of 2022 arrested him and brought him to 2022, where he was put into the Void; this had been accomplished using information that Hall, himself arrested, had given the team in exchange for not being put into the Void. ("Resurrection") 
=== Potential Future (2033) ===
In a potential future, in which Novus have taken control of most of the world in 2033, Cassius is the public face of the NOS and liaison to the White House, effectively making him the ruler of North America. He also took a liking to rising star Gaby Marshall before she betrayed the organisation. ("And All That Could Have Been")
== Appearances ==
=== Season One ===
"Milcha" (mentioned), "Dorody", "Hafiz", "Jack", "The Rise and Fall of Will Bradley"
=== Season Two ===
"And All That Could Have Been" (mentioned)
=== Season Three ===
"Resurrection" (uncredited)
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