Kilina/New Timeline

**Kilina Cassaventes** (キリナ カッサベンテス, Kirina Kassabentesu) is a character in the Astral Lineage series of fighting games. She first appeared in Soulcalibur VI, which marked her debut in the new, rebooted *Astral Lineage* timeline.

## Biography

### Early Life

*Kilina* was born in 1573 in Greece. She lived alongside her older siblings, Kristos and Kisandra. Her parents, *Kaarina* and *Erríkos*, raised all three children. *Kilina's* father was a skilled fighter and had close connections to the Kingdom of Grandall. Growing up, *Kilina* was always fascinated by her fathers skills and wanted to fight just like him. In 1583, during the release of The Evil Seed, *Kilina's* father was recruited by *Grandall* to fight against the horde of Malfested that were plaguing the kingdom. Sadly, *Kilina's* father died in battle and the family were left with nothing. This fueled a rage inside *Kilina* against all *malfested*. Although, she was extremely interested in the strength of the sword that makes people *malfested*, Soul Edge. Soon after, when the *malfested* were mostly gone from the kingdom, the King moved the entire Cassaventes family to *Grandall* to repay them for Erríkos' service, under the condition that all the Cassaventes children would learn to fight and join the *Grandall* army in the future. Although saddened by the loss of her father, *Kilina* was overjoyed by this prospect.

At the age of 14, *Kilina's* training officially began and she was trained by a woman named Abelia. *Abelia* was strict with her training but *Kilina* couldn't be happier, she loved to win and wanted to make her father and brother proud. *Kristos*, her older brother, had recently left *Grandall*, with permission from the King, to join the mysterious Aval Organization to rid the world of *malfested*. *Kilina* was an excellent fighter and became very skilled over the years, becoming one of the best students that *Abelia* had ever trained.

By the time *Kilina* was 16 she was almost the perfect fighter, or in her eyes, she was the perfect fighter. Not all was perfect however, one night a mysterious silver haired assailant attacked the castle and seemingly killed *Kilina's* mother, *Kaarina*, as she disappeared that same night. This attack motivated *Kilina* further to train harder and get even better at fighting. Soon after, *Kilina* met a young man named Talon, although he was slightly younger than her, he was already a general of the *Grandall* army. *Kilina* instantly felt an attraction to him, not only did she find him handsome, but she recognised his skill in battle. *Kilina* sheepishly introduced herself to him and was in awe of his striking red hair. *Talon* said no words to *Kilina*, but stretched out his hand to greet hair and wrote down his name. *Kilina* was taken aback by his lack of words, she herself is very outspoken and spunky, whereas *Talon* was a lot more reserved. This didn't bother *Kilina* however, and her and *Talon* quickly became close, spending most days together and sparring when they could.

Unrest once again began to shake the *Kingdom of Grandall* however, as rumours of an attack from the *Kingdom of Dalkia* began to spread. Although *Kilina's* training wasn't fully finished, she was immediately officially recruited into the *Grandall* army and had to prepare to go to war with *Dalkia*. Knowing there was a chance herself or *Talon* wouldn't survive the war, *Kilina* wanted to spend the night with him and finally tell him of her growing feelings for him, in hopes that he would feel the same way.

### Soulcalibur VI

*Main Article: Kilina's Soul Chronicle*

Coming soon...

## Relationships

* Is the second daughter and final child to *Kaarina* and *Erríkos Casaventes* (Both deceased).
	+ Was trained in combat by her father up until his death.
* Is the younger sister to Kristos and Kisandra.
* Is the mother to Millicent.
* Is the aunt to Klymene and Cyril (Does not know the latter).
* Is good friends with Abelia and was raised by her parents after her own died.
	+ Got further training from *Abelia's* father.
* Met Talon after joining the Grandall Empire, falling for him and conceiving a child, *Millicent*.
	+ Received even more training from him and *Abelia*.
* Went searching for Cervantes.
	+ Fought against him and lost.
* Was saved from being killed by *Cervantes* by Sophitia.
	+ Was then saved by Taki after a shard of Soul Edge pierced her eye after *Sophitia* shattered the cursed blade.