Cassio Montagna

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* Introduction
* History
* Trivia
* References

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### Namesake

Cassio: Italian for "hollow", in reference to "Othello" character Michael Cassio.Alessandro: Italian variation of Alexander, meaning "warrior". Montagna: Italian surname meaning "mountain".

**Cassio Montagna** is the third-in-command of The Hitman Team and and a core ally in Fate of Zephyr.

The younger identical twin of former child actor Francesco Aiello, Cassio grew up suffering from neglect and was left to his devices due to his mother's favortism towards his brother. By the time Cassio learned of Francesco's abuse and the truth of the former being neglected, Francesco died from a drug overdose as he slept and his death was swept under the rug by their mother. Cassio would kill his mother out of revenge via his Stand and run away from home to become an underground street fighter. As part of his bet to only join a mafia syndicate if he was bested, Cassio's winning streak was broken by Olio Nero, who was initially investigating him for his mother's death. However, Olio offered membership to join Hitman Team #47, to which Cassio accepted willingly. Cassio became third-in-command upon Olio's promotion and later became a favored mafioso of Ogio Engio. His status allowed him the priviledge of hiding and knowing the location of Ogio Engio's ten billion Lire assets, which he used to make Olio the next Caporegime of Roma-Naples, and he also became a mentor to Tae Pescatore. To aid Giorno Giovanna and his team in defeating Father Diavolo, Cassio was killed in Sardinia by the latter but able to help his team find his identity in the end.

Cassio is a natural-born Stand user of Polyphia, a two-headed tiger with the ability to revert the flow of movement through touch to its original place.

## Appearance

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## Skills and Talents

### Stand

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* Cassio's character design is heavily based on Polyphia's guitarist Tim Henson and the band's known persona. Specifically, Cassio is a mix of two of Tim Henson's looks: one where he has a mullet with various tattoos across his neck, arms, and parts of his chest, while the other is when Tim Henson was younger with blond hair and no tattoos.
* Cassio likes smoking Malboro Regular cigarettes, or any Malboro brand, due to it being the most readily gifted to him when he used to be an underground street fighter. However, he is willing to smoke any brand if it is available.
* The nickname "The Mountain" was given due to Cassio's reputation in the underground fighting community being an unbeatable and unmoved fighter who had never been beaten until Olio Nero bested him in a close fight.
* Cassio's least favorite fruit is pomergranates.

The following are references and inspiration regarding the character.

## Links

* "40 Oz" music video by Polyphia
* Tim Henson's interview on Guitar Villains

## Photo Gallery

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