Cassian Packard

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### Enemies

Locaster Helios, Ashton Khanh, Shay Hanamura, Yuna Hanamura, Damion Halloreen, Fēng Xu, Hideko Inazuma, Hikage Ishuko, Veena Lu, Nabi Haluška, Shizuka Ikami, Cherry Amana, Windflower Amana

## Portrayal

### Voice Claim

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Ray Chase)

**Thank you so much KettKatt for the drawing!**

**Cassian Adylet Packard** is one of the central antagonists in *Challenge of The Shadows*. He is the commander of the National Army of Lyakon, often being portrayed as a strict ruler with soldiers that serve directly under his name. He is often referred to as being one of the youngest commanders in his fleet and one of the most enhanced in his division. Because of his enhanced skills and his term of being in the army, he is considered to be Caius Astrada's main advisor who he sends on missions, managing to secure victory after victory with him by his throne.

Cassian was later revealed to be the trainer of Akuji Hasegawa, who he abused in order to "harden" him to become a soldier that would fulfill his duties. It is also revealed that Cassian was permitted to give Akuji a punishment for attempting to escape, resulting in him making three vertical slashes on his eye and giving him the derogatory nickname "Scar face."

## History

Cassian was the oldest of six siblings and lived in a more sustainable area of Lyakon. He was the son of Aslan Adylet, a Kazakh general, and Lenore Packard, a Greek conductor. Cassian had a close relationship with his father and often trained with him when he was off duty, giving him a passion for combat and fighting. At some point in his life, Cassian's father had died because of a landmine explosion when he was overseas, being alerted via a telegram. He was also gifted his opal earrings that were recovered from his body after the accident. This event had changed his personality from a kind, yet tough individual to being quick-to-anger and incredibly violent to those around him.

After multiple expulsions from school due to getting into a handful of physical conflicts, Cassian was sent to juvenile camp for two years because of his behavior, but was eventually released early due to cleaning up his act. To avoid getting into more conflict and to follow his father's footsteps, he joined the army when he was thirteen in order to discipline himself and quickly rose above the ranks before becoming a commander at fourteen.

Cassian is listed as being the youngest commander by both the king and many of the royal soldiers, being not only the youngest but the most enhanced because of his past training with his father. He is often sent out on missions on the kings behalf and exhibited charisma, leadership and also showing to be an incredibly intelligent man who was able to lead their army into victory, defeating many high ranking militaries that were sent to fight them and defeated them all due to his excellent coordination skills.

Cassian has also trained Akuji Hasegawa, but has implied to have abused him when he was a soldier in training, being rather harsh with him and degraded him for not giving a well than exemplar performance and caused their relationship with one another to sour. Though, after four years, the both of them were on an even playing field, despite their flaws and problems with one another. When he attempted to escape, he was ordered to create a scar on his face to signify his betrayal, and as a result gave him his scar. This further soured their relationship and made them an incompatible pair to work together. Later on, he would use the nickname "Scar-face" as a derogatory term to refer to him as whenever Akuji mentions his deceased father.

### Escape from Lyakon arc

Cassian first appears after Akuji and the Lyakonian soldiers tracked down Team Strelitzia in order to turn Ashton in. He was the odd signal that Yuna had detected during the groups heinous battle with the soldiers. He quickly fired his gun at Locaster before he had ducked and evaded the attack. The both of them had engaged in a fight before getting kicked off and fought by Damion, nearly overpowering him because of Damion existing long before he did, but quickly punched him down and pursued after Locaster.

While he pursued Locaster, many other soldiers followed and he ordered them to tire out all the demons and shard users as much as possible in order to put them in a vulnerable position. As the soldiers were following his orders, Cassian spots Locaster and slams him down to the ground, holding him by the neck. After he blasts Cassian off, the two have a one-on-one. Locaster was confused because of how he appeared and was rather intimidated by his aura, but was unaware of who he was. When attempting to ask for his name, Cassian snaps back at him and questions why: When Locaster tries to think of a reason, Cassian shot an array of bullets at him, causing him to run away and dodge all his attacks, using several spells to aid in ducking the bullets. Fascinated and impressed, Cassian compliments him, praising him for evading his attacks.

## Appearance

Cassian is a tall, pale man of Kazakh and Greek descent with raven black hair that extends to his mid thigh and tied in a braid. He has white eyes with black, star-like patterns in them, resembling his late father. According to Ashton, on the side of his neck is a supposed bite mark.

Cassian is often seen wearing a black trench-coat with a dark gray bodysuit-like shirt underneath and light gray sweat pants; Around his waist is a lighter gray belt, and sports opal, ovular earrings with silver lining on the outside with black gloves and hunting boots. On the side of his waist is a gun holder that has a double barrel gun on the inside.

## Personality

Being the commander for one of the largest armies, Cassian is a strict and disciplined individual, though is seen as a reasonable figure of authority by the soldiers that work under his name. He often has a stoic nature and expresses little to no remorse or emotions when on or off duty and is often seen with a straight, monotone face while speaking a slightly expressive tone. A ruthless man, Cassian has demonstrated to be merciless and often kills people in cold blood with little to no regret, perceiving the people he murders as as nothing but targets for him, including people he has to capture. he is described by his trainees as both dead calm, yet incredibly intimidating; his presence alone is able to stir up fear in even the bravest individuals because of how high his position is and how intense his strength and abilities are.

Though, despite his stoic and intimidating deposition, Cassian has shown to be quick to anger and often resorts to physical or verbal violence when a soldier cocks up during battle or training, leading to rather strained relationships with the people he works with, as seen when he had punched Akuji in the gut for befriending a hybrid. However, Cassian has shown devoted loyalty towards the king and Lyakon, being his right-hand man and speaking in a considerably softer tone while being rather intimidated but fascinated by his presence. Because of his devoted loyalty, he is sometimes perceived as an extremist in a political sense, thinking that only one individual should hold the power from the people and is often in extreme support for any of his kingdoms actions, even if they stir up controversy in Azuren, Lyakon's nemesis.

Opposed to his cruel demeanor, Cassian shows some aspects of courtesy, hand-kissing Yuna to symbolize his respect for her during their plotting escape at an event Caius had hosted. Whenever at functions or events, his demeanor mainly switches in order to seem ordinary to the public eye, appearing polite and rather charming to those around. It is noted by Ashton that Cassian was surrounded by many women because of his facade and his appearance, being described as deathly beautiful and could catch anyone's eye without difficulty.

Cassian has demonstrated to have a warped view of justice. He perceives justice depending on what side he sets on, thus explaining his implied abuse towards Akuji. With Lyakon's justice system being corrupt, he often follows what his kingdom thinks ideologically. He is mainly described as not having a mind of his own and is constantly believing what the kingdom believes and not having his own set of beliefs, as Ashton describes Cassian as "nothing but a brainless commander" because he believes what the others believe and works as the kings commander, further fueling his point about him not having a mind of his own.

Being the youngest in his fleet, Cassian has demonstrated to be mature and does not talk much unless he is engaging in combat. He is usually cautious with his words and his choice of words are described as meticulous, yet intimidating when speaking. He has been shown to be fluent in many languages, mainly Kazakh, Russian, and English, but has a difficult time pronouncing some english words with "r" as he has a difficult time pronouncing "information" or any other word that is similar. Cassian has a disdain for people teasing him, such as when Akuji calls him by "Cassi," a nickname his father called him as a child, but does not retaliate due to Akuji being the right-hand man and frequently faces threats if he attempts to get physical with Akuji.

However, he is also cautious when doing ground work, and is sometimes described as overly paranoid when even setting foot on dirt. Due to his father dying from a land-mine accident, Cassian has a fear of stepping on one and ending up in the same condition his father had by dying. His fear of land-mines causes him to become extremely vulnerable because he did not want to end up like his father and have his mother and siblings grieving over him. Akuji often taunts him for this fear, making him visibly more vulnerable and shaken up when a land-mine is ever mentioned.

Losing his father at a young age, he has demonstrated to miss having a father figure in his life, clinging to any figure of authority around him to feel a sense of love inside of his heart. He's protective if the paternal figures he has in his life and would often go as far in saying he would die for any of them because of his immense thought of his father dying after he stepped on a land mine. He is often teased for his paranoia by Akuji to an extent where he nearly punched him into a tree, demonstrating that his paranoia is great enough to extend into physical violence.

Cassian is protective of both his soldiers and the earrings that he wears. Because of the earrings being the only item he has left of his father, he chooses to protect them more than himself, one time taking a bullet to the arm to solely protect his earrings. Though he sees people as only living targets, he still does everything he could to protect his soldiers in order to not get in quarrels with the king; Cassian strives for perfection from his soldiers because of how he would get into an argument if any of the soldiers had died under his wing. His obsession with perfection is shown with his moments when he trained Akuji, where he becomes arbitrarily more harsh and abusive since he could not reach the pinnacle the soldiers were expected to achieve.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilites:** Being trained by his father and enlisting in the National Army at a young age, Cassian has shown to possess extreme strength and power at his age. Being the youngest commander in his fleet, he has demonstrated to be a danger to both Locaster's group and any other army. As he is the youngest commander, he is mostly underestimated due to his age. Even though Cassian is one of the youngest commanders in his fleet, he demonstrates to possess an extreme amount of strength that surpasses the older commanders in the other fleets, often being referred to as one of the king's best commander.

**Enhanced Speed & Reflexes :** Cassian has proved to be an incredibly fast individual. He was able to quickly ambush and slam down Locaster into the ground without difficulty. It is noted by Ashton that Cassian's reaction times match the caliber of speed and reaction to that of a demon. With his fast reactions, he manages to both run at a fast ace while using his explosives and his gun. With his speed, his reflexes are equally as fast and was able to evade incoming attacks from both Ashton and Damion, despite the both of them being highly advanced in military combat, with Ashton being a soldier and Damion previously being a lieutenant colonel.

**Enhanced Strength:** Being the youngest commander in his fleet and previously being trained by his father, Cassian possesses strength that nearly matches the caliber of a demons, quickly knocking down Locaster after ambushing him and kicking down Ashton without any difficulty. Even with the efforts of both Damion and Shay combined, Cassian managed to quickly overpower them with a simple punch.

**Enhanced Durability:** Cassian possesses enhanced durability and has an exceptionally durable body, being able to withstand many of Yuna's poisons that she assimilated into his body. His durability is also shown when Locaster used his shadow vines in order to try and pierce him and had difficulty doing so, as he had to get Ashton to assist him shortly after.

**Enhanced Agility:** Cassian has shown to be very quick and agile, being able to pass through a lush forest effortlessly and evading both Locaster and Yuna's attacks. When fighting, Cassian often relies on his speed and sometimes his acrobatic movements in order to deliver an attack or ambush another individual. His agility had surprised Nabi and the rest of the group members due to having trouble with keeping up with his moves.

**Enhanced Stamina & Endurance:** As a commander, Cassian has shown to have both high stamina and endurance, mainly due to being under harsh training for around thirteen years. He was able to stay up once after being attacked by multiple sword stabs and lightning strikes, only coming back with minor injuries. This is shown in his small encounter with Locaster when the two of them had went head on, which despite all of his injuries, manages to stay up without having to rest or be healed.

**Tacticial Intellect:** Cassian possesses an incredible amount of knowledge on both combat and warfare. He has been described by the other commanders as extremely erudite and clever, utilizing his weapons and planning out the next attack in a matter of seconds without having to lose his composure. Being educated by many tutors from the kingdom and his father, he is able to sense if people are in an area minutes after stepping onto the ground, being able to locate Locaster within a matter of seconds.

**Bilingual:** Coming from Kazakh and Greek origin, Cassian has demonstrated to be bilingual, speaking all Russian, Kazakh, and English effortlessly. Though, he has a difficult time pronouncing some english words with the letter "r." Cassian has also been seen speaking Greek, but he cannot speak it well due to his Kazakh accent. He mainly speaks a combination of Russian and Kazakh but speaks English when engaging in battle or in normal conversations between him and his soldiers.

## Equipment

**Double Barreled Shotgun:** Cassian harbors a double barreled shotgun, which he uses in order to shoot down targets from afar. Because he was never fond of using a sword, he opted for a gun because of his experience with handling firearms better than he can with melee weapons.

**Miniature Grenades:** Cassian possesses miniature grenades that have the capability of creating massive explosions that can cause immense damage. He carries them mainly in his coat pockets and uses them when having to chase down Locaster by throwing them in potential areas where he would have been able to escape.

## Weaknesses

**Landmines:** Though Cassian is suited to be in more dangerous missions, he has shown to have a severe fear and paranoia of landmines. This is shown when having to adjust onto the forest grounds and taking careful steps whenever running because of his fear of ending up like his father had due to him stepping on a landmine overseas and dying. Because of his fear of landmines, some of his abilities get hindered greatly all due to a fear he has.

## Relationships

### Akuji Hasegawa

Akuji was one of Cassian's many trainees and was ordered to train him under his wing when he was fourteen. Cassian proves to have a seething hatred towards Akuji, abusing him for not giving an exemplar performance and often demanded beyond perfection from him. When he proved to be a capable soldier, Cassian allowed Akuji to work with him under his wing when he grew older, but Akuji exemplifies insensitive behavior towards Cassian, calling him by the nickname "Cassi," despite him not wanting to be called by that nickname and also teasing him for his fear of landmines and his fathers death. Due to Akuji being the king's right hand man, he cannot retaliate with physical violence towards him out of fear of being penalized.

Akuji shows a remote liking towards Cassian, but only does so to see his reaction whenever taunting him, ripping off his earring once and making him fight for him to give it back before Cassian nearly smothered him. He demonstrates his dislike by punching him in the gut in private or using physical violence to warp fear into him when they are not on kingdom grounds. He often yearns for Akuji to someday die due to his cruel and lecherous behavior towards him, but often keeps his thoughts in private out of fear of Akuji ever knowing them.

Cassian also harbors an immense amount of hatred for Akuji solely due to him making remarks about his dead father in a more crude manner, often causing him to lash out to an extent where he will get physical with Akuji.

### Ashton Khanh

Most of Cassian's interactions with Ashton are limited, as the two never interacted with one another. Though, Ashton did work in Cassian's fleet and demonstrated to have a somewhat decent relationship with him, despite Cassian's cruel nature. He was often praised by Cassian more than he had praised Akuji, something Akuji later points out during their fight to get Ashton back to Lyakon. Yet, despite his praise for him, he holds an immense grudge against Ashton for betraying Lyakon and leaving the kingdom.

Cassian perceives Ashton in a neutral light, not seeing him as an entirely terrible person, but not seeing him as a good one either. His neutrality on him is further proven when he would not take his side of the story and only does what the kingdom ever so thinks.

### Locaster Helios

Locaster and Cassian's interactions are limited. However, when the both of them meet during the battle against the Lyakonian soldiers, he has shown to be impressed with Locaster's magical abilities and combats, being genuinely delighted when going up against him but still maintaining his harsh, cold disposition. Locaster has shown to be fearful of him because of his menacing aura and how he was able to send a fear strong enough to let his guard down.

### Damion Halloreen

The interactions between Damion and Cassian are also limited. However, when Damion came to protect Locaster in a hugging embrace position, Cassian lowered his guard due to how he was protecting his son made him reminisce about him and his father. Their relationship gave a sense of envy inside of Cassian because of how his father was still alive and his was not. He perceived Damion and his son as him and his father when he was younger. Because of seeing this scene, he attempted to kill Damion and his son for a moment of bonding.

However, it is soon revealed that Damion and Cassian knew each other during a military mission, as he was sent as a transferred commander for Elveria's military at the time. The two would often joke around with one another and pranked their general before he became more hardened and serious about his job as a commander. Damion truly misses Cassian, with him not expressing the same feelings that Damion has about him. Because of his rapid change, Damion could not accept that his close friend had turned into someone evil and truly missed him regardless of his actions.

### Caius Astrada

Cassian and Caius' relationship is noted to be seen as "oddly good" by Akuji. Cassian shows and proves extreme devotion for Caius, speaking in a more plausible and softer tone whenever speaking to him and always follows his orders; Because of this, he is seen as Caius' dog, someone who always obeys him and his orders regardless of his atrocities he committed. Ashton compares him to a dog on a leash, always following Caius. However, Caius merely views Cassian in the same light, except he only sees him as a killing machine that would do as he asks without any resistance.

However, Cassian proves to also be scared of him after he punched Akuji in the gut and nearly got suffocated to death because of his actions. Though, Caius' mostly spares him because of how Cassian is the most advanced commander that lead many of his soldiers to victory without any problems, but threatened him to be demoted if he ever did something similar to that again.

As Cassian knew Caius for the longest time, he is permitted to call him by his name instead of "your majesty," similar to his relationship with Akuji, and is able to accompany him when needed. However, it is noted by Akuji that Cassian is, at times, uncomfortable around him and his presence because of the thought of being overpowered by him in any given scenario and often keeps him close.

## Trivia

* Cassian is also one of the many characters who does not like British people, alongside Ashton. Though, Ashton displays a hatred for them, Cassian seems to tolerate them, unlike Akuji, who has an immense hostility for them.
* Cassian is also one of the many characters who's hair is tied into a braid, the others being Akuji Hasegawa, Misaya Myat, and the Founding Demon, Shizuko.
* Despite having a mother who is a conductor, he never learned how to play an instrument and does not excel at playing any for that matter.
* Cassian's favorite foods are Shelpek, curry rice and manti, but dislikes anything that contains fish, with the exceptions being salmon and tuna.
* Despite Akuji mostly working with him, Cassian shows to have a sense of hostility around him.
* Cassian was conceptualized after three *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* characters: Helga Sinclair was used as inspiration for Cassian's braid, Lyle Tiberius Rourke for his backstory, and Wilhelmina Packard for his last name.