Cassilda

*"When the time comes, stay out of my way. It's not a threat; it's a warning." - Cassilda whilst being scried.*

## Cassilda

### Aliases

The Queen in Red
The Red Queen
The Goddess of Fertility
The Whore Goddess (by Sheol)

### Relatives

Hastur (Husband)
Statius (Brother)
Hildred (Brother's child)
Lazarus (Brother-in-Law)
Mantitas (Brother-in-Law)
Seire (Niece)

### Occupation

Queen of Wisteria
Goddess of Sex, Fertility, Fire, and Passion

## Appearances

### Appears in

Fire Emblem: Aldebaran's Light Acts ! and II
Fire Emblem: Side Story

### Debut

Aldebaran's Light: Act I

Cassilda (also known as the Queen in Red) is the current queen of Wisteria, and one of the Gods in the Carcosan Pantheon, namely the Goddess of Fire and Fertility.

## Biography

### Pre-Campaigns

At some point prior to the events of the two campaigns, Cassilda and the other Gods came into existence, and created the world. The other Gods and her also made three different eras of mankind, but they all died off in one way or another, eventually making the humans present on Carcosa.

At some point after the creation of mankind, although it is not clear what era, Cassilda gave the gift of fire to humanity, and consequently gained domain over it.

A few thousand years after creating mankind, Cassilda's brother, the God Statius, was killed by the human king Sheol, and she helped participate in bringing him to justice.

### Side Story

Alice Maladie met Cassilda in a Dream-Vision, when the Goddess was presumably asleep in Mount Levyne. She later appeared before both Alice and Ashton von Tintagel when they visited the Chamber of the Gods. She was one of the Gods responsible for the creation of the axe Paradiso, which was gifted to Alice.

At some point between the campaigns, Cassilda claimed to have sailed from oversea, and was given half of Mantitore, renamed by her to Wisteria, from Mantitas.

### Aldebaran's Light

#### Act I

Cassilda met the party at a dinner hosted by Lord Galahad von Quimper. She left in a hurry after Anastasia Rose noticed her similarity to depictions of the goddess.

#### Act II

Cassilda attended Queen Melinoe's Coronation, where she interacted with the party once again. However, she was not near the other partygoers when the assassins attacked, and claimed that she was attacked while in the castle's library. Later, she educated Pheno von Camelon and Portia Bianca on anima magic.

Later in the Act, the party contacted her to get the dagger Caedus, which was in her possession. After handing it over to Natalya Rose, it was used to blind Anastasia. She helped to heal her (but couldn't heal her eyes), and gave a mini-pep talk to Stregor Blarden, and offered to have Hildred teleport the party to the front lines.

The following day, Cassilda spoke to Stregor and Katiya Rose, with her inviting the latter for tea after the war was completed, which Katiya accepted. After Anastasia woke up, she revealed that she knew that Anastasia and the others knew of her identity as Cassilda. She also gave Anastasia some information that she was seeking, and promised the cleric more talks in the future.

#### Timeskip

During the timeskip, Cassilda helped to teach Anastasia how to see using quintessence, alongside Aleister. She also met with the fledgling ruler, and gave her support on ruling the newly-consecrated nation of Mantitore. She also met with Katiya for tea several times.

## Description

Cassilda appears as a woman in her 30's with a pronounced hourglass figure. She frequently wears the color red, hence her title. She has long lilac hair, which is tied into a ponytail which hangs over her shoulder. She has lilac eyes to compliment her hair.

## Abilities

As the Goddess of Sex, Fertility, Fire, and Passion, Cassilda has a variety of powers. She can sense quintessence around her naturally, can sense being scried, and is acutely aware of any activities involving what she holds domain over occurring nearby. As a God, she also possesses extremely powerful magic, and is able to cast nearly any spell involving fire at will, as well as being able to heal many injuries with the touch of her hand (with the caveat of her hands feeling very warm when this occurs).

## Trivia

* Cassilda was one of the first four NPCs that Deirdre created for the campaign, alongside Mantitas, Carmilla, and Hastur.
* Like other major Wisterian citizens, Cassilda corresponds to a song from the 1969 progressive rock album *In the Court of the Crimson King*, by King Crimson. She is represented by the titular song.
* Cassilda was named after a character from Robert W. Chambers' *The King in Yellow*. Hildred, Hastur, Hali, and Carmilla share this origin.
* Her epithet "The Queen in Red" was lifted from a line in the Blue Öyster Cult song *E.T.I.*, which also makes reference to Hastur's epithet as "The King in Yellow."