Cassandra Torres

Cassandra Torres is the twenty two year old Roman Demigod daughter of Bellona, and James Torres, and older sister of Sadie Torres. She came to camp at around 13 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Cass, Sandra, Cassie, Sandy, Queen of the Amazons, Cassandra Twice-Kill

### Affiliation

* Camp Olympia
* The Hunters of Diana (Artemis)
* The Amazons (Formerly)

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)San Juan, Puerto Rico (Formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

Artemis (Adopted mother)The Hunters of Artemis (Adopted sisters)

### Biological Family

* Bellona (Mother)
* James (Father)
* Sadie (Younger sister)
* Anatole Mycenaean (Half-brother)
* Mars, Vulcan, Lucina, Juventas, Discordia (Uncles and Aunts)
* Miles, Leo, Katelyn Guzman, Quiara, Marko, Ryan, Violet Anderson, Esperanza, Oscar, Evelyn, Gabriel, Diana, Philip Priam (Cosuins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

WITH THE HUNTERS* White shirt
* Silver jacket
* Silvery camo pants
* Black combat boots
* A silver circlet

AT CAMP

* White shirt
* Black leggings
* Black sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Cassandra Desire Melisa Torres was born to James Torres, a clear sighted mortal and Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, destruction, devastation in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 2, 1999. Even thought the sisters' were the first children of Bellona in their family, millennia ago, Bellona declared that her family would play key roles in many battles. Some of her ancestors were heroes and some were villains. Her ancestors originated from Spain when it was a Roman province, and one of her ancestors was a conquistador who came to Puerto Rico with Poncé de Leon. One was Pirate Cofresí, a pirate who had gunshot wounds in his chest. Sadie’s family villa was built with money from treasure he buried. Sadie’s great great uncle was the first Latino submarine commander from World War Two. Eventually, Bellona fell in love with her father, James Torres, a soldier in Iraq. He was a good soldier, charming and very gentle before they were born Bellona blessed James , but it wasn't enough for him. He wanted her to be his wife. James dedicated himself completely to Bellona and managed to win her heart. Cassandra was born before he went back to Iraq for his last tour of duty. He was honorably discharged and came home a hero. Soon after he came home, Bellona visited him one last time and gave him a glimpse of the future. She explained why his family was so important to her and that Rome would never fall as long as his bloodline remained. She meant to be reassuring but James fixated on those words and it began his downward spiral. Sadie was conceived during that visit.

### Childhood

Cassandra was fond of her home in Puerto Rico, even though she began to fear it as she got older. Her sister, Sadie, loved the sound of Coquí frogs in her neighborhood and the smell of the ocean and magnolia and citrus trees. The two sisters would walk down the Calle San Jose, counting cats and making stories for each one. Cassandra would take Sadie to go to Plaza de Armas and watch old men play dominos. Sadie and Cassandra lived in a huge estate with big white steps devoid of decoration. Their furniture was made of oak, steel, and leather. In her main room, there were terraces, which made her feel like she was being watched. Her father did everything he could to make their hacienda look like a modern home, adding skylights and painting everything white to make it bigger and brighter, but it still felt old. Her neighborhood had cats on the street, banana trees, crumbling pastel houses, and cobblestone. Her father changed during Sadie’s childhood, and had PTSD. He couldn't stop thinking about the war and he had constant chronic pain from a roadside bomb that let shrapnel in his shoulder. He became paranoid and thought Bellona's words meant that their bloodline would die and that Rome would fall. He saw enemies everywhere and began collecting weapons, turning their house into a fortress. He was unable to adjust to civilian life.

Sadie and Cassandra would sometimes be able to escape from their father. They would hide in the fireplace and imagine that they could travel to places from there. On Sunday afternoons, they could escape to Barrachina's kitchen, where the staff would take pity on them and let them eat in the kitchen. However, James would lock Sadie and Cassandra in their room at night, and if they snuck out, he would yell and throw furniture at them. He even became convinced that Sadie and Cassandra were the enemies, spying and trying to undermine him. Ghosts began appearing and whispering to James, confirming his suspicions. They would watch Sadie from the terraces in her living room. Eventually, James became a Mania, with only his worst qualities remaining. Cassandra would try her best to protect Sadie. One day, after they snuck out, when Sadie was seven, James was so angry he was glowing. He couldn't touch things anymore and learned how to move things like a poltergeist. He tore up the floor tiles and ripped open the sofa. He then threw a chair at Cassandra knocking her out. Unknown to Cassandra, adie lost it and thought she was dead. Sadie grabbed Pirate Cofresí's saber and used it to vaporize her father. After she killed him, ghosts appeared at Sadie and taunted her, telling her she can never flee her crime, calling her a murderer and a traitor. When Cassandra woke up, Sadie and Cassandra finally escaped.

### Circe's Island

Sadie and Cassandra eventually ended up on Circe's island in the Sea of Monsters. Circe treated them well and gave Cassandra pet leopards and a good health plan. While Cassandra was a clerk, Sadie did people's hair and makeup. Both helped turn men into guinea pigs Sadie learned about the Mark of Minerva while there, when a man washed up on the island talking about the Mark of Minerva. The man muttered about how he ended up in Rome and saw the giants bane before they turned him into a guinea pig.

### Kidnapped by Pirates

Saide and Cassandra were kidnapped by Blackbeard and his comrades when they were eight and thirteen and were captives for months. The sisters endured a lot from the pirates and learned to be tough, otherwise they would have been killed. Their time in the pirates was when they learned they were good with weapons, and Sadie learned how to use two blades, which came in handy when facing Eidolons in Pompeii. Cassandra eventually saved Sadie’s life by making the pirates respect her to the point that pirates get scared when Cassandra gives them a certain smile. After a while, Cassandra dueled for their freedom and made the crew so afraid of her that they dropped her and Sadie off in Texas, just so she wouldn't take over the ship. Sadie and Cassandra eventually parted ways, with Cassandra joining the Amazons and Sadie going to the Wolf House. Lupa taught her how to sleep lightly, wake up alert, and be ready for an attack.

### Queen of The Amazons

Cassandra became the Queen of the Amazons sometime after her confrontation Sadie and Cassandra were split up. She became queen before her confrontation with Caspian and Leo, though. She still has a desire to kill Caspian for destroying her original home, and she reveals to Caspian that she's been seeking revenge on him for the past four years. It is also revealed that Sadie is her sister. During the events of the second war, Sadie and Cassandra reunite with each other, and after seeing how much she's missed being with the Amazons, decides to step down and give her position to Ares' daughter, Hippolyta, who then regained her status as Queen of the Amazons, but she did join the hunters of Artemis.

## Personality

Cassandra is a strong and courageous young woman. She loves and cares about her younger sister, Sadie. She wanted to protect Saide so they went to Circe's island hoping to keep her safe. She is also somewhat vengeful, and was still angry with Caspian for destroying Circe's Spa, her past home, even after meeting him four years later. Cassandra is also very protective of her sister, so when she found out Sadie and Zack had begun to date, she told Zack in private that if he were to hurt Sadie, she would kill him in a millisecond. Surprisingly witty and sassy, Cassandra isn't the type of person one immediately imagines when they try to picture consul. However, Cassandra is fiercely protective of her family, be it the hunters of Artemis, or the whole of New Athens. She has a strong sense of justice and excellent motherly instincts, and will do whatever it takes to take care of her loved ones. She isn't a stickler for protocol or tradition, preferring comfort over rules. But in the end, she does a great job as a legionnaire, queen and sister, and if you threaten the people she cares about, you're in for a world of pain. She has a cold and hard demeanor, preferring solitude over company. She, however, is quiet warm and friendly once you warm up to her and works well in a team. She can take orders well and does not forget any details when given a task. She loves books and has a sense of moral justice, doing only what will harm people the least. However, she holds even the closest of friends at a distance within her heart, making it easy to lose her trust in you.

### Fatal flaw

Cassandra's fatal flaw is her hubris. She often tends to boast and become to prideful about things she is good at.

## Appearance

When she was younger, Cassandra is described as looking like a flight attendant, according to Caspian, wearing a blue business suit, with perfect makeup, her black hair pulled back in a ponytail, and a dazzling smile on her face. When the council meets Sadie and Cassy, she is described to look like an older version of her sister, Sadie, but was so similar in appearance to her that she could be mistaken for Saide’s twin with long black hair and dark eyes. According to Harper, she's athletic and lean, dressed in a sleek black leather jumpsuit with Queen Hippolyta's belt, a strange-looking accessory made of interlocking gold links, around her waist. The belt is also made to show that she is the queen of the Amazons. After her confrontation with Theseus, Miles, and Harper she wears her sister's ring. As revealed by Sadie the most significant difference in appearance between Cassandra and Sadie is the former's long white scar on her forehead, which she had received from a duel while on Blackbeard's pirate ship. The scar had faded during the last several years, to the point that anyone who didn’t know better might mistake it for a worry line. Also, as casual wear, she wears a plain white shirt, black leggings, and sneakers.

## Powers and Abilities

### Bellona Kid Powers

* She has enhanced strength, speed, and combat skills, even more so than other demigods.
* Sadie was blessed with the power of enhanced hearing. With this, she can hear quite things and hear things from miles way, or just in general, anything and everything. (However, she says this blessing is "hardly a blessing at all")
* She instinctively know how to use any weapon.
* She has the ability to telekinetically control any weapon, as well as curse them.
* She has an innate expertise in battle strategies.
* She can summon weapons out of thin air.
* She is able to manipulate feelings of war, anger, rage, and destruction.
* During war, she can cause a lot of destruction.
* She can communicate with swans because her mother's sacred animal is a swan.
* She can give strength to other people.
* She has minor control over fire and earth.
* She can enter a state of blood-lust which is similar to the blessing of Mars/Ares but even more powerful. In this state, she can literally tear a monster with her bare hands.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, Cassandra possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Dyslexia (possibly): Cassandra may be dyslexic, which makes her brain "hardwired" for Latin instead of modern languages.
* Spanish: Cassandra can fluently converse in Spanish, being Puerto Rican by birth.
* Fighting skills: As a daughter of Bellona, Cassandra is naturally skilled in swordsmanship and in hand-to-hand combat
* Will power: Cassandra has an immense will-power shown when she was able to go three days with no rest and against many monster attacks, while traveling with her sister, and always put on the face of a confident, brave leader despite how tired and weary she was inside, and always push forward without complaint and little rest.
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Cassandra is stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Cassandra is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Cassandra is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod and a daughter of a war goddess, Cassandra's reflexes are faster than an average mortal, being able to fight off many monsters.
* Superhuman stamina: Being a demigod, Sadie has a higher stamina than the average mortal
* Intelligence: Cassandra is shown to have a higher than average intelligence,
* Leadership: Sadie has shown prodigious leadership skills as the daughter of a war goddess
* Huntress immortality: As a hunter of Artemis, Cassandra was granted semi-immortal, which means that she does not age or get sick, but she can die in battle, or if she breaks her vow.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Caspian Portal

Cassandra initially hated the son of Poseidon for, inadvertently, laying waste to Circe's island and was glad to imprison him. Upon seeing him again three years later, she joyfully imprisons him. However the daughter of Bellona let Caspian escape as she thought it was the best way to allow her to defeat Otrera, who kept bringing resurrected by Gaea after their matches. After the Amazons and the Twelfth Legion Fulminata teamed up to defeat Polybotes and his forces, Cassandra now has nothing but respect for Caspian. As Caspian tries to convince the Romans that they and the Greeks could be allies, she backs him up by saying that she never thought the Amazons and the Romans could join forces.

#### Harper Samuel

The daughter of Bellona respects the daughter of Pluto. Upon seeing Harper tame and bond with Arion, Cassandra called her a strong warrior. Cassandra allows Harmer and her companions her to free her companions and escape.

### Family

#### Bellona (Mother)

While they have never met, Cassandra respects the war goddess and embodies her aspects and ideals.

#### James (Father)

When she was younger, Cassandra had a loving relationship with her father. However after his injuries in Iraq and his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder started to consume him, she grew fearful of her father.

#### Sadie (Younger sister)

The sisters are close. After their father gave in to his paranoia, Cassandra would protect Sadie to the best of her abilities. After the younger sister killed their father, she brought the both of them to C.C.'s Spa and Resort so that Reyna could remain safe. However, Sadie has a somewhat difficult relationship with her sister Cassandra, who recently joined the hunter of Artemis. They parted ways several years ago, when Cassandra joined the Amazons and Sadie left to find a new home. When they met again in San Juan, she was angry that Cassandra kidnapped her but glad to see her. When the fighting broke out and the Amazons asked her to leave, she was hesitant and feared Cassandra would die. They often disagree, but still love each other very much, despite their many differences. Sadie was very reluctant to let her sister join the hunters of Diana, but often Iris Messages her

## Etymology

Cassandra is a feminine name of Greek origin meaning **"shining upon man."**

Desire is a feminine name derived from the French désirée, meaning **“desired.”**

Born from the word mélissa, Melisa is a girl's name of Greek origin, meaning **"bee"** or **"honey"**

Torres (sometimes spelled Torrez) is a surname in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, meaning **"Towers"**

## Trivia

1. She only recently joined the hunter of Artemis
2. She is a Gemini
3. She is Asexual
4. She is called "Cassandra Twice-Kill" by the Hunters and Amazons for defeating Otrera twice in a row.
5. Both she and her sisters have two middle names
6. Her greatest fear is losing her sister, since she is immortal, but Sadie is not
7. She is also very protective of Anatole, her Greek half-brother despite knowing he is over a thousand years old
8. She hates being called Sandy