Cassandra

### Affiliation

Solomon DeLear's Order (formerly);Grand Inquisitor Cervantes' posse (temporarily);Cassandra's posse

### Chapters present

Law & Order and A Matter of Time

**Cassandra** is a main character in Hard West's secondary campaign. A young, beautiful woman with mysterious powers of clairvoyance, she was initially one of Solomon DeLear's followers, but was arrested by DeLear's Order after allegedly opposing the mandatory insertion of a piece of the compass in her body. After being rescued by Grand Inquisitor Cervantes, Cassandra pretends to be ill and uses the opportunity to escape the Devil's servants to seek a cure for her unique condition.

Pursued by Cervantes right-hand man, Joaquim Perez, Cassandra is arrested in a remote town and sentenced to death by hanging, but after an intervention by Andrew Hardin, she discovers his employer wants to help her with her condition, and thus sets out to reach his island, accompanied by her saviors.

## Events of Hard West

### *Law & Order*

Cassandra can be first seen during the introduction to Inquisitor Cervantes' chapter, as one of DeLear's followers observing him insert a piece of the device in the corpse of one of their own. Later on, she is indirectly mentioned as the Inquisitor learns that DeLear has been able to deceive him due to the presence of a clairvoyant individual in his Order.

In the later stages of the chapter, Cassandra is rescued by Cervantes and his posse. After the fight ends and the Order's clairvoyant is killed, the group retreats to a nearby town, where Cassandra reveals that she was imprisoned by DeLear after refusing to comply with the Order's practice of inserting part of the compass inside her body. Shortly after, Cassandra has a headache and asks to rest for the rest of the night, which the whole posse decides to do as well. In the morning, it is revealed that Cassandra is in fact the clairvoyant the Order had been using and she escaped during the night from the group. Enraged, the Inquisitor sends Joaquim Perez on a mission to capture her with any means necessary. She is not seen for the rest of the chapter.

### *A Matter of Time*

   After being imprisoned by the townsfolk, Cassandra is sentenced to death by hanging in the town square. Despite the perilous situation she finds herself in, she is able to see through her powers that two men in the crowd, Andrew Hardin and XXX, are there to rescue her. After the two attack the guards, Cassandra arms herself and joins them in escaping the city. Afterwards, Hardin explains to her that they were sent by a man interested in helping her with her condition and she agrees to join them. Aiming to keep a low profile, Cassandra hopes to evade Joaquim Perez, who is still hunting her. At the player's dsicretion, she can avoid detection by Perez by using her powers to allow the posse to pass through his group or fail, and trigger a conflict with Perez. If Cassandra kills Perez, she can obtain his unique and extremely powerful revolver Canón Calavera.

Once Perez is dealt with, Cassandra and her group discover that the local crime lord Lafortuna has issued a blockade around the employer's island, making it impossible for her to reach him, hence she needs to find a way to bypass said obstacle. Cassandra discovers, however, that Lafortuna is hosting a lavish poker tournament, which could allow her to obtain the necessary information should she decide to participate. Firstly, she must amass the fortune of twenty-thousand Mexican Pesos through any means necessary for the buy-in of the tournament. Once she acquires the money, Cassandra heads for the tournament, where she meets Lafortuna and the other players in the tournament.

Before the tournament starts, Cassandra has a chance to mingle with other players and guests, possibly obtaining a few key tips on an arguing couple on how to beat the husband and even poisoning a competitor, as well as meeting a fellow competitor by the name of Jim Vaughn. Once the tournament starts, Cassandra is set to face the man she could have overheard a few moments ago. If the player did so, then Cassandra is able to easily beat him. After that, she is paired with a man she could have already met in a pub playing poker, which allows her to know his tells and defeat him with no issue. Once Cassandra defeats her second opponent, the players are given a few minutes to relax before proceeding to the next round. During this time, Cassandra notices one of the players leaving discreetly. Should the player follow him, Cassandra will discover the man lying on a bed, having just self-administered a shot of morphine. If Cassandra administers another one, the man is knocked unconscious, and once she returns to the tournament, she wins the next round as her adversary fails to show up. Finally, Cassandra becomes one of the two finalists in the competition, the other being Vaughn. Unable to defeat him conventionally, Cassandra can only resort to her clairvoyant powers to win the match, winning the tournament and his approval. As champion of Lafortuna's poker tournament, she receives a gold brooch with an emerald stone and Vaughn asks to accompany her, if the player's party is not full by then.

Regardless of the outcome of the tournament, Cassandra is invited by Lafortuna to his mansion the next day

## Description

Cassandra is shown in-game as a Caucasian woman with light-brown hair and amber-colored eyes. Throughtout the game, she wears a purple, long-sleeved dress and a small hat with white accents.

Cassandra possesses the power of clairvoyance, which allows her to see the events of the future in great detail and allows her to plan for the best outcome. However, she does not possess the ability to use her powers indefinitely, and prolonged use can cause her headaches. Despite her supernatural abilities, Cassandra is shown to be an intelligent woman, capable of using all resources at her disposal in order to further her goals. She is not above deception, as when she escapes the Inquisitor's posse or when she convinces Lafortuna to reveal important information regarding his blockade. Additionally, Cassandra is extremely perceptive, able to discern small details that can assist her in the future, as demonstrated during the poker tournament.

However, the young clairvoyant is still susceptible to being deceived herself, as Hardin is capable of convincing her that his employer is interested in helping her, but is instead interested in her power alone.