Cassandra Kiramman

> You're a Councilor's daughter. Your actions reflect on the entire body.
>
> Cassandra to Caitlyn, "Oil and Water"

**Cassandra Kiramman** is the matriarch of House Kiramman, a member of Piltover's Council, and is the mother of Caitlyn.

## Biography

### History

Through the political influence and power of her family, Cassandra came to earn a position on the Council of Piltover.

At one point, she and her husband saw talent and ambition in young Jayce Talis and decided to support his education and research at the Academy as his patrons. They granted him access to their building in the Academy district to serve as his workshop.

### Season 1

Years later, when the workshop they were letting Jayce work out of was blown up after a break-in, Jayce's illicit research into the Arcane was exposed. Cassandra's husband was infuriated that Jayce had inadvertently placed Caitlyn, who'd been with him at the time, at risk, though Cassandra and her daughter still decided to speak in favor of Jayce during the trial. Though she did try in the beginning to speak about his good character and potential contributions to society, the trial quickly turned against his favor when he spoke about trying to create magic through science. Cassandra then agreed to the motion to expel him from the Academy without further objections. She refused to speak with Jayce further and even tried to keep Caitlyn from becoming friends with him.

With Councilor Medarda's machinations, however, Jayce and his new partner Viktor managed to perfect his research, later Hextech, and he was given the authority to continue working on it. Mrs. Kiramman eventually became one of the many entrepreneurs in Piltover to benefit from the creation of the Hexgates.

Eventually, her only daughter Caitlyn chose to become an enforcer, a decision that she disapproved of. A few years after, Caitlyn was injured in an explosion that occurred at the end of Piltover's Progress Day and had killed six other enforcers. Fearing for her safety, Cassandra and her husband had Marcus remove her from the force.

After the incident that also resulted in the theft of Jayce's Hextech Gemstone, the Council agreed to add him to their table as a Councilor. Jayce's new position made him aware of the regular corruption and bribery that occured among businesses using his gates and ordered the strengthening of security, causing the Councilors and others to plot against him. Convinced by Mel, Jayce earned back the Council's favor by forging his own deals with each of them, including Cassandra. With this, she and the rest of the Council were easily convinced to agree with Jayce's later suggestion to force Heimerdinger to retire from the Council.

Despite Caitlyn's dismissal as an enforcer, she continued to investigate her theories on Zaun's underground crime organization. Caitlyn found her way to Zaun with a guide and returned a few days later, once again injured from another deadly explosion on the bridge, asking for a chance to present her findings to the Council. Caitlyn tried to explain to her how horrid the living situation was in Zaun and how the Council's passiveness was making it worse; with some convincing, she got them an audience at their next meeting. Despite their testimony on Silco, the Council decided to instead try diplomacy to avoid initiating a war against the undercity.

Jayce later informed the Council of a deal he'd made with Silco—their peace, and the surrender of the one responsible for the recent explosions, in exchange for Zaun's independence. After some discussion and objections, the Council unanimously agreed, only for the meeting to be bombed by Jinx with a rocket powered by Jayce's Hextech Gemstone. Her fate after the incident is currently unknown, while her daughter witnessed the bombing from a safe distance away.

## Appearances

 "Happy Progress Day!":**Appears**
 "The Boy Savior":*Absent*

## Trivia

* Cassandra's first name was revealed through flavor text on a *Magic: The Gathering* Secret Lair x Arcane card (specifically the Path to Exile card featuring Jayce Talis and the line she spoke during his trial in *Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved*).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Secret Lair x Arcane | Secret Lair
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nick Luddington (writer) and Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord (directors) (November 6, 2021). "Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved". *Arcane*. Season 1. Episode 2. Netflix.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 David Dunne (writer) and Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord (directors) (November 13, 2021). "Happy Progress Day!". *Arcane*. Season 1. Episode 4. Netflix.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Amanda Overton (writer) and Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord (directors) (November 13, 2021). "Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy". Season 1. Episode 5. Netflix.
5. ↑ Alex Yee (writer) and Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord (directors) (November 13, 2021). "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down". *Arcane*. Season 1. Episode 6. Netflix.
6. ↑ Ben St. John, Mollie St. John (writers) and Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord (directors) (November 20, 2021). "Oil and Water". *Arcane*. Season 1. Episode 8. Netflix.
7. ↑ Christian Linke, Alex Yee (writers) and Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord (November 20, 2021). "The Monster You Created". *Arcane*. Season 1. Episode 9. Netflix.