Cassia Tuccianus

==Stats==
===Mark Tracker===
Marks: 3
Afflictions:
* Excruciating migraines (from Trissa the Miserable) (Taint)
===Advances===
* Personal Library (Story, +1 Knowledgeable)
* Republican Army Science Officer (Voting, +1 Defence)
* Prototype Rifle (Voting, +1 Defence)
* Dreams of an Imperial Future (Voting, +1 Academia)
* Mind Magic (+Loyalty, -Purity)
* "The Lady of Science" (Voting, +1 Academia)
* Aedius Surgical Bot (+Military, -Purity)
== Scientific contributions ==
* Development of the Steam Engine
* Participation in construction of {new Broken Lands city}
* Founder of The Collegium of Athesia
* Co-founder of The University of Athesia
* Advocate of universal primary education in Athesia
* Co-founder of the Military Academy of Novus Eterna
* Founder of the Republican Army Engineer Core
Notable equipment:
* Mind Magic Compass (Misc)
==Background==
Coming from a village that grew around a library constructed by an unidentified Mad Scientist. Her parents, both graduates of history, were asked by the village council to maintain the library, and provide basic education to the villagers. However, their daughter, Cassia, had a strong drive for education, ending up studying most of the library's collection, as well as taking courses with her parents. Her thirst for education somewhat alienated her towards some of the villagers, causing her to spend most of her time alone, and making her socially awkward. When she was 16, their library was visited by Arianna Thistledown, a dwarf archaeologist, searching for a new dig-site in the Broken Lands region. Seeing her educational train, Arianna offered Cassia to accompany her. Refusing at first, Cassia finally accepted the over driven by her curiosity of the world outside of her village.
After leaving her home village with Arianna Thistledown, Cassia was a vivid researcher, appreciated by Arianna, who quickly became her mentor. Seeing how fast her student was learning, Arianna recommended Cassia to the Council of Athesia.
=== 1st mission: Dragons Hatchery (GM: Declan) ===
As her first mission, Cassia was assigned to the expedition lead by Jak'kar Au'Brai and her mentor Arianna Thistledown to interrupt a ritual to bring back a Grey dragon. After exploring one of the Dragon Zigurats and finding a dragon egg, as well as a god in possession of a human. After an escape, the expedition managed to banish the god out of the possessed body, and killing the possessed human. Following that, they explored the rumors about a Dragonborn presence in a village in the Dark Plains. It turned out that some Dragonborn managed to construct an underground dragon hatchery, using artificially grown plants and dinosaurs, as well as enslaved the minds of some of the villagers with mind crowns. The mission resulted in major fire damage to the hatchery, as well as liberating the villagers from mind control and retrieving some dragon eggs. However, Jak'kar desired to hatch some of the eggs, believing it could benefit the realm. He ended up hatching the dragons Bastion and (someone else that I don't remember :/ ).
=== Island Fall crisis and events preceding ===
Prior to the Island Fall crisis, Cassia assisted the council in a couple of matters, such as negotiating with the protesters of the Dead Wastes, foiling an assassination attempt of Hazuz and thus helping towards removing the curse from the God-curse Mountains, helping disperse civil unrest in Unity City caused by the arrival of The Punisher and dealing with The Guild, and helping the Io break the curse weighing down on them. However, during these missions it has been noted that the gap between the worlds has been weakening, causing more and more spills from other dimensions, ultimately resulting with the Dragonborn homeworld being knocked into our dimension, and falling down directly onto Athesia. As a part of the team analyzing the Astral diamonds that have been retrieved by another Council expedition, Cassia and her team acquired blueprints from the Empire for an engine fueled by the energy dissipating from Astral diamonds subjected to pressure. However, the team decided to modify the present fail-safe the council had at the moment, which would result in the destruction in the Dragonborn Island, and with the use of an Astral diamond changed it so it would perform a plane-shift to the Elemental fields. However, with the titanic effort of the council, the course of the falling island was altered towards the Drow territory, and landed safely without the need to use the fail-safe device. However, the said device was then stolen.
=== "The Fey Wild Convergence" ===
When approached by Namarië Ildereth, an ex-councilor from the Fey Woods, Cassia and few of other new councilors went to conduct research at the ruins of Old Camari and the libraries of the Fey Wilds. While there, it was discovered that a very rare phenomenon of plenary convergence was coming. The convergence greatly facilitates the flow of energy between the plains, making jumps between them considerably easier. However, it was discovered that this year's convergence could lead to a collision between the physical plane of Athesia and the Fey Wild. In order to learn more about the convergence and how to avoid it's consequences, Cassia set out to study recently found artifacts, and different leads found across Athesia as to the nature of the events that will happen during the convergence. Upon learning that the Empire is willing to use the power created during the convergence to reinforce the Rainbow Shell, thus blocking out most of the powers incoming from outside the shell, and as a consequence making many types of magic and extra-planar creatures to disappear. Conscious of the fact that this engine, if to be completed and used, would cripple the Athesian society, effectively sending it hundreds of years back. In an effort to possibly learn about this new engine and dissuade the Empire from going through with this plan, Cassia and the Collegium of Athesia went to the Empire to discuss with the Empire's academics, The only thing that they managed to take back are the plans of Empire's engine, which are non-disclosable until the engine has been used. Upon their return, Cassia engaged herself to solve the unrest in the Broken Lands caused by the Mad Scholar Aedius. However, she was unable to bring the matter to a close, as Santiago has attacked one of the Empire's cities on the Athesian continent, and the Council has set it's eyes on fully preparing for the convergence that would decide the fate of the Fey Woods. The Council has chosen to forgo a plan to create a miniature Rainbow Shell over the Fey Woods, thus limiting the contact with the Fay Wild, and decided to re-create links with the Shadowfel plain, a plan that Cassia was strongly opposing. Exasperated at the Council's decision, Cassia had no choice but help with the plan, otherwise it could fail. Alongside Arianna and some of the most powerful mages in Athesia, they have created a stable portal to the Shadowfel domain, making it the biggest and most successful ritual in the history of Athesia. With the help of other councilors, the worst-case scenario of a multi-planar collision was avoided, however Athesia was back-stabbed by the Empire, which has captured Unity City while the councilors were preoccupied with the Fey Woods.
=== Empire's invasion and Ragnarok ===
During the occupation of the Athesian republic by the Empire, Cassia was delegated to stabilizing the unrest in the Dead Wasted, caused by the Children of Khalfani and the Empire troops movements, which resulted in the capture of the remaining Khalfani. Shortly after the invasion, Cassia participated in the events which lead up to Aedius, one of the Mad Scholars, being killed at the hands of Venyrax Gallentes.
=== Lich Invasion of Athesia ===
During the undead incursions of the Dead Wastes, Cassia was often seen at dispatches in Unity City, the recovery of 2 stolen orbs of magic being attributed to her name. Cassia also held a noticeable contribution in the Council's investigation and consequent arrests of the members of the Dragonborn Triad and the Thieves Guild
==Significant Relationships==
Arianna Thistledown
Cassia's mentor, encouraged her to leave her home and explore what the world has to offer. Arianna initially supervised the digs done by Cassia, but she quickly eased up seeing how careful and efficient Cassia was while maintaining the dig-site.
A.I.M.S.
Since her arrival to the Athesian council, Cassia has encouraged and lead multiple collaborations with A.I.M.S., leading to multiple scientific discoveries and the creation of a basis for standardized primary education throughout Athesia