Cassandra Lee

## Synopsis

Cassandra is an 11th Generation Kindred, embraced by a College professor at Griffith College after an unfortunate traffic accident. Being a recluse for over a year after her disappearance from society, she formally joined the Kindred Society after Baron Victor Temple asked her and a few others to go on a job for him.

In her time in the Valley, she has grown to now be Co-Head Priestess of the Haus of the Bahari in the Valley, now demoted to Priestess after Lilith's Return, as well Victor's Secretary. However, she has been seen attending various parties lead by Prince Batta of the Camarilla.

## Character Information

* Graduated with a Masters in Social and Psychological Science in 2020.
* Won the Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Dissertation Award in 2017 for her writing on "Addictive Behavior and Bonding: How Toxic Relationships Form with Bonds, Battling Impulse and Desire"
* Was born a natural blonde.
* Believes that even if there are monsters in the world, doesn't mean the world is all monsters.
* FAME 1: This shy figure is often seen at social events on behalf of Baron Victor Temple. She often is carrying a bookbag and can be seen reading. The media doesn't quite know who she is.

## Important Relationships

* Secretary to Victor Temple (and Ambassador)
* Previous Head Priestess of the Haus of Lilith (Shared with Adrian)
* Unknown One-Sided Crush to Lilith (Confirmed)
* Recipient of a Crush from Klaus and Mitnick
* Friend of Kyoko

## Blood Palette

Warm dark tea with a fair amount of sugar, the smell of old books and the calmness of an ancient library, fresh herbs and the smell of a wild garden, underneath which is something darker--a licorice or hint of strong rum, something rich and heady that portrays there is something more than meets the eye, a shocking surprise, like picking up someone's morning coffee and realizing that they had spiked it without anyone knowing

## Backstory

Cassandra Lee was born February 14th, 1993 in Lowell General Hospital in Massachusettes, however, her residency would flip from Massachusettes to California regularly due to her parent's custody agreement.

Cassandra's childhood wasn't anything remarkable, typical for a child of divorce, until one day in California her mother took her to a fortune parlor. Here many tellers were granting people their futures, for a price. Cassandra's wide eyes looked at booth after booth, realizing the different falsehoods and trickeries uses by these tellers, especially with the pre-registration process of filling out forms.

Having nowhere to really go and her mother not watching her, Cassandra found herself wandering into a closet, where she didn't expect to see someone else. There Cassandra saw what she believed to be REAL magic, as the mysterious person there showed her. With that, she set herself on a quest to find the true paranormal in the world, dabbling in occult, mysteries and disappearances (earning herself little friends growing up) all the way into her college years.

One day, she found true magic again...

## After Victor

Cassandra one day got a call from Kyoko asking her to do Victor a favor for her in exchange for learning more about Tremere magic. This mission involved hunting down a kindred name Tara, and her associates. During this mission Cassandra was almost fatally killed at the hand of one of Tara's Malkavian workers, who she killed in a fit of rage with her beast.

During the next few months, Cassandra proved her loyalty and trust to both Baron Victor Temple, and Queen Lilith, enough to earn her, an originally refused spot, on the Council of the Valley as Communicator (or Troi as Victor enjoyed calling her). During this time she learned some of Victor's secrets in his dealing in the Valley, and even investigated the Giovanni in Long Beach after one of them cast a ritual on another Kindred.

She also became acclimated to the Library of the Haus of Lilith, given unlimited access to both the public and restricted sections after a major boon was paid. Cassandra continued to do work for the Valley and Lilith.

## Taken by the Second Inquisition

After Klaus gave Cassandra over to Strauss as a Major Boon, Cassandra was asked to take part in a ritual and was unable to refuse. This ritual ended up splitting Cassandra into two separate parts, which during the Magic Castle Raid, one of these parts was taken. Her beast side was taken and used as part of project S.A.B.E.R (Sabalizing Alter Beasts and Exercising Restrictions) to create a weapon with all the strength of a Kindred, but the powers of a Faith Hunter. This entity named Cassaber originally formed due to Cassandra\ bottling up her negative feelings about the Valley, and how she wished people would listen to her more often.

This weapon (Called Agent Saber, or Cassaber) was one used to massacre Kindred in L.A and adjacent areas.

Meanwhile while Cassaber was running rampant, the other Cassandra, created of all her positive emotions, lead some of the people trapped in the Castle out, and was then bound to places that were close to her. She was eventually found in both her dorm room at Griffith College, as well as the Haus of Lilith.

## Putting the Pieces Back

Cassandra's positive half was eventually summoned by Lula Castiel, a Malkavian Fortune Teller working a job for Queen Lilith, and was put to a trial in the Bahari fashion. This trial would not only put Cassandra back together, but also initiate her as a proper acolyte in the Bahari on the Path of Knowledge. However, this changed Cassandra deeply as her beast was no longer the same, but Cassaber had taken over that position. It became known later that both beasts rest inside her mind, with her prior beast showing up to help bridge the gap of her missing memories.

## Hypatia of Alexandria

Eventually Cassandra after taking a drug trip that would show moments of non-closure. She was transported to a church like building in the middle of Pyramid Peak. She eventually found her Sire, staked in a dungeon, and was faced with Hypatia. Having informed Cassandra that she was banished from the Pyramid for a reason, and that she shouldn't be here. Cassandra decided that honesty was the best policy and told Hypatia the truth, that she didn't know why she was here, who she was, and who the staked person was. It was revealed that the staked person was Cassandra's sire, who was punished for embracing Cassandra without permission. She was told that she would be welcomed back as long as she can complete her mission, one that was unknown to her.

Later, when she met Caine, she was given a map with the coordinates to the Chantry, so she could return at some point.