Cressida Priestess

Cressida Priestess is a 2023-introduced and all-around/fiction-only character. She is the daughter of Cassandra, the famous cursed Prophet and princess of Troy , from Greek Mythology, and currently attends Ever After High through the Mythology Program. In the destiny conflict, she is on the Rebel Side, not wanting the same fate as her mother.

## Character

### **Personality**

Cressida is often described as meek and quiet. She tends to shy away from human contact but does greatly appreciate the kindness of others. Most of the time she would rather play her beautiful, soulful music on the lyre rather than talk to others or leave home. On the rare occasion she does make a friend, she will stand up for them where necessary, despite her fear. However, is quite 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. With her friends, Cressida is extroverted and cheerful. She always wants to help people, even those she doesn’t know. With an excellent sense of direction, she hardly ever gets lost. Her happy personality sometimes makes others think she’s naive, but it’s not true, you still have to work for Cressida’s trust. Cressida is extremely preppy and always brings a sense of safety when you are with her. She tends to be very kind and nice to everyone no matter who you are. Cressida Priestess is nothing short of a handful. She appears confident and charming on the surface, but this is often superficial as despite her high levels of self-confidence in relation to her physical appearance, she wonders if she’ll never connect with others the way she’s supposed to. This concern is mostly due to her not having a soul - she is unable to love. She yearns to experience love in all its forms, a fact she usually hides beneath her cold exterior. Cressida does feel positive emotions, but they’re typically weaker than negative ones, so they’re really quite ‘dull.’ Even negative emotions aren’t as strong as they should be, leaving her feeling a tad empty.

This is not all bad as she is rarely heartbroken or angry (yet!) but she wishes she could feel what others feel. She can be quite dishonest; she often pushes others away by creating a persona that is standoffish, cold, and critical because she doesn’t think she’ll be able to give enough to people. In this sense, she feels she is saving people from the heartbreak of her death (if being a rebel doesn’t stop her story from happening). However, despite all this, she can be a great person to be around - - once you get to know her. She is helpful to others and although she’s a tad bitter, she believes that even if she can’t help herself, she should at least help others. She is selective and will only help those she thinks deserve it, which is usually her friends and family. She will go to many lengths to protect them from harm. She can be a tad mischievous, though. She’d never seriously hurt someone, but she’s partial to a few harmless jokes here and there. This ties in with her helpfulness — she likes to cheer people up by making them laugh, even if she herself cannot be cheered up. However, she does this covertly; many do not know that the pranks are hers. She doesn’t like to take credit for them. She is quite compassionate and empathetic towards others, despite not understanding what people feel as much as she should and she is thankful for this as she would hate to live without empathy - in her eyes, it makes the world go round. She does wonder why she can feel other’s emotions more than her own, though, and chalks it up to the fact that her brain works perfectly fine, even if her soul doesn’t. Her soul affects what she feels, but not her brain’s knowledge and understanding of other people’s feelings and conflicts in the world. She is also very intelligent, taking a great interest in science. This often surprises people; her charming (and somewhat cunning) nature is quickly judged as silly and shallow, something which annoys Cressida quite a lot.

### **Appearance**

Cressida is often described as a seventeen-year-old girl, though her beauty is described as timeless. She has light brown/caramel brown hair that is long and curly. She has her mother's blue eyes and tanned skin. As a huntress of Artemis, she wears a white shirt, a silver jacket, silvery camo pants, a circlet, and black combat boots. Despite being considered a tomboy, Cressida often wears a dark purple skirt, a gray shirt, black leggings, and gray boots.

### **Hobbies and Interests**

#### Tarot Card Reading

As the daughter of a very famous Prophet, Cressida inherited her mother's power of Prophecy. She loves to experiment with different ways of seeing and telling the future and has found that Tarot Card reading very fun and useful, and is something she loves doing

## Myths

### **How does Cressida fit into it?**

Cressida, as the daughter of Cassandra, is destined to be apart of any myth her mother was in

### **Viewpoint on Destiny**

Cressida is a rebel, not wanting to endure the very tragic fate of her mother

## Powers/Abilities

### Normal Powers

* Cressida inherited her mother's power of prophecy, meaning she can see any point in time, from only a few seconds or minutes into the future and/or past, up to events throughout time, whether that be along her timeline or along with the timelines of others.
* She has powerful psychometry, which means that she can find out details of an object with touch, and sometimes without.
* She has telepathy, which she can use to read minds, memories, emotions as well as influence them. It is not as powerful as mind control, but more like strong persuasion.
* She can also send mental blasts.
* She has telekinesis, which means that she can move objects and people with their mind.
* She can hear and see ghosts.

### General Abilities

* She is extremely proficient at archery, even more so than the Apollo kids.
* She is semi-immortal, which means that she does not age or get sick, but she can die in battle, or if she breaks her vow.
* She has a telepathic connection with wolves and falcons.
* She can summon her bows and arrows, and her hunting knives, whenever she needs them, but it is tiresome.
* She has excellent night vision, so much so, that she can see as well at nighttime as she can in the daytime.
* She has enhanced strength, agility, and dexterity.

### General Abilities

* Greek: Being born in Ancient Greece, Cressida can speak fluent Greek
* Fighting skills: Cressida is known to be a very good fighter
* Beauty and Allure: Cressida is known to be very beautiful and can use this to get people to do what she wants
* Huntress immortality: As a hunter of Artemis, Cressida 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.
* Intimidation: Cressida can be very intimidating as a huntress
* Dagger usage: She is a skilled dagger user
* Flexibility: Cressida is very flexible

## Relationships

### **Family**

#### Cassandra (Mother)

Cressida never knew her mother since Cassandra gave her up just before the war, so Cressida would be safe. Cressida has read her mother's story, and hinds it very tragic. She misses her mother a lot

#### Unknown man (Father)

Cressida never knew her father since he died when she was a baby

### **Friends**

#### Andromeda Trojan (Daughter of Hector and Andromache)

Andromeda and Cressida are close as friends and as cousins. They love hunting and exploring together and they like teasing Philip and Theodosius. They are very close, almost like sisters

### **Romance**

Cressida identifies as asexual and is single

## Class Schedule

**1st Period:** Psyches and Psychiatry

**2nd Period:** Mythology

**3rd Period:** Mythos Magic

**4th Period:** Mythematics

**5th Period:** Philosophy 101

**6th Period:** Scythes and Swords

## Quotes

"I don't wish to alarm you, so I will not tell you about the terrible things that are about to happen"

"Oh for fucks sake, here we go again"

"Inhale the future, exhale the past"

"To be a star, you must burn"

"Your past self is proud of you"

"No one believed my mother and she suffered for it, I'm not gonna have the same thing happen to me"

"Your future needs you, your past doesn't"

## Outfits

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## Trivia

* She is often known as "The Prophet" by her friends
* Her favorite color is turquoise
* She has a fear of snakes
* If she were born in modern times, she would have been born September 25, Libra, The Thoughtful Kind
* She was raised in the city of Delphi
	+ Basically after she was born, Cassandra had a terrible vision of the Trojan war, and wanting her daughter to be safe, traveled to the city of Delphi and visited the temple of Apollo. Once there, she placed her daughter on the steps on the temple and began to pray and beg the god Apollo to at least watch over her daughter, and when she was finished she left back to Troy, hoping her daughter would be safe
* She is asexual