Cassandra Frynn/Evaluation

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

Thanks in part to her biology and training as an Archfiend Knight, Cassie demonstrates incredible agility and speed matched only by a handful of other members. For comparison, even Fiona was unable to land a single punch in their first encounter. On top of her raw agility, Cassie can chain several blink teleports in succession to cover significant distance.

Along with her speed, Cassie also demonstrates the ability to wield a scythe with relative ease, often opting to deflect incoming attacks.

Also, Cassie possesses a healing factor quicker than that of the average human. While not substantial enough to be beneficial in combat, it enables a quicker recovery post-battle.

### Weaknesses

Cassandra's combat style is highly tuned in favor of dexterity, so her body isn't built to take direct hits. Against an opponent that can overcome her speed, damage built up over time will slow her movement and eventually cause her combat style to crumble.

While utilized, the black flames of Cassie's Archdemon state incurs considerable physcial and spiritual strain upon her body. Considering that it consumes considerable amounts of stamina, the incomplete Archdemon state isn't built for long, drawn-out fights. Also, due to the nature of the black flames fused with her soul, Cassie's Archdemon state burns through her soul at proportionally higher intensities. If left unchecked and not periodically healed, the black flames will eventually burn through her soul, killing her. Fortunately, the damage inflicted by the black flames is relatively mediated by the soul stone embedded in the breastplate of her armor. However, if this soul stone is shattered or damaged in any way, subsequent use of any abilities pertaining to the black flames will pose greater risks to her soul.

## Equipment

### Weapon: Ruptionis

A scythe that Cassandra inherited from her father. Ruptionis possesses the ability to tear rifts in the fabric of reality that effectively allow it and the user to teleport. Thanks to this ability, Cassandra can summon Ruptionis from any location.

The size of these rifts can increase depending on how much power is charged in Ruptionis' blade before tearing one open, which can be utilized to allow for group teleportation. At even higher levels of charge, Cassandra can also tear open rifts into other dimensions.

### Armor: Archfiend Knight Armor

Originally a set of armor bestowed to warriors who successfully survive the Archdemon ritual, Cassie’s Archfiend Knight armor has been customized by Logokas to better suit her combat style. Not only is it enhanced for greater protection, but is also linked to Ruptionis' teleportation ability via the matching, purple crystals inserted in the armor pieces, which allows Cassie to summon her armor directly onto herself should combat arise without prior warning.

When worn, the armor's teleportation link with Ruptionis allows Cassie to blink teleport.

### Soul Stones

A development in thanks to Logokas, Cassie is able to utilize soul stones slotted in the chestpiece of her armor to mediate damage done by the black flames on her soul. At lower levels of Archdemon state usage, the soul stone can absorb potential damage from the black flames with relative ease.

## Abilities

### Archdemon State

Achieved by demons who successfully survive its ritual, the Archdemon state draws upon incredible power of the black flames fused with one's soul to significantly boost their abilities. Due to the ritual's incredibly strenuous process in which the rageful soul of an ancient dragon is fused with the demon's soul, few actually survive the black flame's overwhelming power and burn up in the process, killing them. Those who *do* survive however are granted the title of Archfiend Knight, and legends have spoken of their abilities to take on entire armies by their lonesome. Cassie is one of those few who succeeded.

#### **Active State**

Drawing upon the black flame’s power, Cassandra’s Archdemon state substantially increases her base level of power, and she can additionally wreath parts of her body in black flame to amplify their proficiency via propulsion. Due to this grade’s relatively high power output and quick activation time, Cassandra utilizes this form quite often in combat. However, this incomplete state comes at an increased rate of stamina consumption, which often necessitates frequent toggling for extended periods of combat.

#### **Resonance State**

Requiring a perfect balance between one’s soul and rage of the black flames, the Resonance state is effectively the peak power and true form of the Archdemon state. Traditionally, an Archfiend Knight trains for hundreds of years to perfect this balance, but thanks to the efforts of Logokas, the soul stone installed in Cassie’s chestplate helps shortcut and mediate her control of the black flames to achieve this true power. Combined with her still-developing self-soul manipulation, she can maintain a very fine balance that allows her to use a portion of the black flames’ full power without directly damaging her soul.

When utilizing the Resonance state, Cassandra's appearance bears a resemblance to the Rage state, albeit with an overall calmer aura complemented by wisps of purple. Her eyes also turn completely purple, representing her complete control. Interestingly, the Resonance state also seems to provide a slight, numbing resistance to Cassie's drained stamina, effectively granting her a “second wind” during combat.

However, the soul stone can only mediate so much power before shattering from oversaturation, which causes the harmful energies of the black flame stored within to explode all at once, violently tearing her body apart. Currently, Cassie can only use the Resonance state for a combined total of five minutes per week, but further soul manipulation training can extend this limit.

#### **Rage Form**

A form that unwillingly surfaces when Cassandra loses complete control over her emotions (typically from the harming of a close ally), the black flames flaring out of control grant a godly savage power in exchange for quickly burning through what remains of the user’s soul. With her emotions out of control, it's impossible to reason with Cassandra, and the only way for her to calm down (without outside interference) is if she kills her target before the flames can manage to kill her first.

Resulting from her loss of control, pure black flames almost completely cover her body; not only spreading outwards from the oversaturated soul stone, her eyes, and hair, but also along her arms and legs.

The destructive extent of the rage form is currently unknown, but current approximations suggest that Cassie can last for, at peak soul health, a maximum of 5 minutes before the flames completely consume her soul, killing her.

### Minor Shapeshifting

Primarily used to aid in the balance of agility, Cassandra possesses a minor shapeshifting ability that she commonly uses to change the size of her wings between their true size for flying and a smaller, more compact size for more agile, close-quarters combat. Thanks to her training, Cassandra can easily and quickly change their size on the fly.

Though not as commonly used, Cassie can also apply her shapeshifting ability towards obscuring her demonic features, such as hiding her horns, tail, and wings. Usually, she opts not to hide her demonic features unless operating undercover.

### Blink Teleportation

While wearing her Archfiend Knight armor, Cassandra can utilize its link with Ruptionis to effectively blink teleport. This range is limited to roughly 100 meters, but can be rapidly chained in succession to compensate.

### Combat Transformation

In preparation for combat, Cassandra summons her weapon and armor in two stages. First, she summons Ruptionis to her hands. Then, using their link to Ruptionis, she teleports her Archfiend Knight armor directly onto her body.

## Special Attacks

### Ice Magic

An ability that she's possessed long before obtaining the Archdemon state, Cassie also demonstrates proficiency with ice magic. Demonstrated in her combat encounters, Cassie has proven to be quite versatile and creative in its applications, of which common applications are listed below.

#### **Ice Missile**

An icicle erupts from the palm of her hand towards her target.

#### **Frost Wall**

By stomping on the ground in front of her, Cassie can form a wall of ice approximately 3 feet thick.

#### Glacial Burst

After forming a great deal of ice magic into a condensed, swirling ball in her hand, releasing the stored energy causes ice to explode outwards from the center point. In combat, Cassie often releases these bursts at point-blank range against her opponent.

The Glacial Burstconsumes a great deal of magic however, so Cassie uses it sparingly.

#### Sub-Zero Prison

By utilizing residual ice magic that covers the battlefield, Cassie can command said ice to converge onto a single point, effectively encapsulating her target within a thick sphere of ice. Cassie often combos this technique into her Annihilation Wave, as her opponent’s entrapment generally provides a window great enough to charge up a potentially finishing blow.

An effective setup for her Sub-Zero Prison requires that her target is surrounded by patches of residual ice magic, for which she hides the true intention of by incorporating ice magic attacks into her normal combat flow. Though perhaps effective when initially catching her target off guard, the technique’s lengthy setup will prove subsequent attempts to be less and less effective.

### Rift Splitter

By slicing the air with Ruptionis, Cassie can momentarily form a tear in the fabric of reality that leads to a point in space that she designates. By charging for longer periods of time, Cassie can extend their maximum distance, increase their size for group teleportation, and even teleport into other dimensions.

### Annihilation Wave

After charging up energy in Ruptionis’ blade for a minimum of thirty seconds, Cassie can unleash the stored energy in a devastating, crescent wave. This wave is made up of thousands of tiny, unstable rifts that annihilate whatever they come in contact with, effectively slicing through any physical objects that aren’t magically protected.