Cassandra Oledes

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Cassie Oledes


NAME: Cassandra Oledes Ainsworth Downsend
ALIAS: Cassie
FACTION: Jedi Order
RANK: Jedi Knight
ROLE: Jedi Shadow

SEX: Female
AGE: 18 years old
SPECIES: Human
HOMEPLANET: Ord Radama
HEIGHT: 5'3'' (160 cm)
WEIGHT: 121 lbs (54 kg)
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes

Personality and Appearance​

Cassandra Ainsworth was born with a very strange and unexplained gift, one which she often calls a curse. She has been raised in an desolate planet where most principles and ideals have deteriorated, and this caused younger Cassie to be very impetuous, scatological, instinctive, and headstrong. She wasn't fazed by the notion of using brutality as a means to an end or swearing as a way of expression. However, she managed to maintain a particular innocence; she had yet to see the somber sides of the galaxy and retained a certain trust in people. Nowadays, Cassie has grown to become burdened and trouble by the tragedies she witnessed. She has grown quieter and reserved during her time with the Jedi, but her foul-mouthed personality will occasionally resurface when she is relaxed.

Cassie is also extremely competitive, and she often pushed herself to win at any game she played, including chess, football or even King of the Hill. She has often proven to be extremely tenacious in order to complete any goal at hand, and will occasionally go so far as to disregard her personal safety in order to achieve those goals. Cassie is also perceptibly clever and witty. Her life in Ord Radama has honed her survival instincts, and she can be highly resourceful. Her capabilities and her history have made it difficult for her to position herself as a young kid in an adults' eyes. Although the girl is hugely powerfully within the force, Cassandra views the Force rather negatively, and she will often avoid using her powers, preferring to solve situations trough wits or diplomacy.

She is extremely enthusiastic about the outside galaxy, given her confinement to Ord Radama during her childhood. She is obsessed with collecting small tidbits from all around, and she possesses great interest in music, holomovies, books and games. She has a habit of rubbing her nose and wringing her hands together, especially in situations that could be seen as stressful.

Cassie suffered from a severe case of monophobia; this is caused by the feeling of abandonment she struggled with her entire life, and she associated being alone with being unloved or neglected. Cassie has grown to accept and deal with this feeling of abandonment, and is now fully capable of being alone. But since her promotion to Knighthood, shortly after her Master's death, Cassie has grown extremely detached from the concept of forming relationships with other people, and has preferred the loneliness. A bright contrast from her once warm, enthusiastic and people-oriented personality. It seems the fear of loss has buried her monophobia.

She is often guided by her own personal moral compass and tends to make decisions based on her own sound judgment. She detests bureaucracy and politics thoroughly, although recent events and her life on Ord Radama haven taken a toll on her formerly iconoclastic attitude and ideals.


Character Alignment: Chaotic Good

A chaotic good character acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations. He hates it when people try to intimidate others and tell them what to do. He follows his own moral compass, which, although good, may not agree with that of society.

A chaotic good character will keep his word to those who are not evil and will lie only to evil-doers. He will never attack an unarmed foe and will never harm an innocent. He will not use torture to extract information or for pleasure, but he may "rough up" someone to get information. He will never kill for pleasure, only in self-defense or in the defense of others. A chaotic good character will never use poison. He will help those in need and he prefers to work alone, as he values his freedom. He does not respond well to higher authority, is distrustful of organizations, and will disregard the law in his fight against evil. He will never betray a family member, comrade, or friend. Chaotic good characters do not respect the concepts of self-discipline and honor, because they believe such concepts limit freedom to act. ​

Personality Type: INFP

INFPs, more than other iNtuitive Feeling types, are focused on making the world a better place for people. Their primary goal is to find out their meaning in life. What is their purpose? How can they best serve humanity in their lives? They are idealists and perfectionists, who drive themselves hard in their quest for achieving the goals they have identified for themselves

INFPs are highly intuitive about people. They rely heavily on their intuitions to guide them, and use their discoveries to constantly search for value in life. They are on a continuous mission to find the truth and meaning underlying things. Every encounter and every piece of knowledge gained gets sifted through the INFP's value system, and is evaluated to see if it has any potential to help the INFP define or refine their own path in life. The goal at the end of the path is always the same - the INFP is driven to help people and make the world a better place.

At their best, these qualities enable INFPs to communicate deeply with others, easily speaking in metaphors and parables, and understanding and creating symbols to share their ideas. The strength of this intuitive communication style lends itself well to creative works, and it comes as no surprise that many famous INFPs are poets, writers and actors. Understanding themselves and their place in the world is important to INFPs, and they explore these ideas by projecting themselves into their work.​

Background​

PURE​

Cassie was born on the enormous and unforgiving rock that is Ord Radama. Her parents, Ellen Oledes and Clint Ainsworth, were both gifted with Force, and their powers were sometimes source of unwanted attention from the devious Sith. Her parents never received proper training, and thus their powers weren't of much use to them. The two had meet in Ord Radama, and ever since Cassie unexpectedly came into this world, they worked very hard in hopes of providing a decent living for the girl. With Force Sensitive folks, Cassandra showed signs of Force Sensitivity very early on, and the magnitude of her power scarred her parents profoundly.

The sheer potential that Cassandra possessed within the Force was enough to disturb even her untrained parents, and they knew that such potential would quickly attract the attention of the Sith. Ellen and Clint feared deeply what the madmen of the Twin Worlds would do to Cassandra if they ever found the girl. The loving couple hoped to earn enough money to move away from their forsaken planet into Republic territory, hoping to protect their daughter from the cruel intentions of the Sith. To prevent the Sith from sensing Cassandra, her parents began to run from one place to another; hiding anywhere they believed their enemies wouldn't look for fresh recruits. Meanwhile, they kept working as hard as possible, hoping to earn enough money to leave Ord Radama for good. Believe it or not, this simple strategy almost worked out, because by the end of third year they almost were closing of finally reaching the money needed to leave for good.

It was then that the three-year-old Cassie faced her most frightening demons: the cruel Sith. Cassandra's parents were masterfully avoiding them until that atrocious day, but it was near-impossible to hide someone as powerfully as the young girl from such cruel masterminds. The Sith forces barged trough the front door, and demanded that Clint gave Cassie to them. Clint refused and bravely fought them until his last breath. Clint gave his life to allow the two things he most loved to escape. Her father's death in the hands of the Sith left her mother deluged with woe, but she had little time to mourn. After all... Ellen still had a little baby girl to protect and care for.

For the next six years, Ellen raised Cassie to the best of her abilities. She struggled as she juggled the hardships of raising a daughter all alone, the dread of running from some of the most dangerous fellows in the galaxy, and the grief of losing her soul mate. The two often coped with money problems, and had little-to-no luxuries available to them. Nonetheless, these six years still remain as Cassie's happiest ones; and she often finds solace in the few, blurred memories she has of her mother, and these six years they spent together. She remembers the caring touch, and the way she kissed Cassie in the cheek. She remembers the meals together, and she remembers how her mother taught her to read. She can remember all of these little things, and they always fills her hearth with joy, and nostalgia.

But no sweet memory is able to overcome the darkest of her memories. All the other happy memories wither and die when she thinks of the day where she was found a second time. She remembers this ruinous moment with extreme clarity... she can remember every single detail of every little thing that happened that day, but nothing scarred Cassandra more than Ellen's expression as she told the nine-years-old to "Run and do not look back". Cassie ran aimless as her tears blurred her vision, and only stopped when her feet began bleeding profoundly.

FIRE​

Cassandra woke up; out of resources and out of hope. She was feeling powerfully unnatural feelings, and they were quickly overtaking Cassie... changing her. On the thin edge of survival, she rejected the unnatural resentment hastily building up inside her, and began breaking down. She wandered aimless for a couple of hours, but did not make it much farther; overcome by bitter cold, hunger, and despair, she collapses on a sidewalk.

Cassie awoke some days later to find herself in a homeless camp. Unbeknownst to her, Cassandra was rescued by a homeless girl named Rei. Rei found Cassandra unconscious, brought her back to the camp, and looked over Cassie while she was unconscious. Rei and Cassandra quickly grew into close friends, and they remained so for the next four years. Rei taught Cassandra how to survive in the harsh streets of Ord Radama, how to hide from troublemakers and the Sith; and together the two managed to scrape a living.

Lacking other means, the two street rats often stole food, but did so only in order to survive, but Cassandra's good heart often moved her to give what she hasdstolen to others as poor or poorer than her, and the two outwitted and escaped chasing guards routinely. They also found themselves rivaling a small gang of misfits; these young men believed that Cassie and Rei were "operating in their territory," and began hunting the pair. These unskilled troublemakers proved to be no trouble to Cassandra, and even less to Rei. These youngsters were criminals, but they had never went that extra mile; they had yet to commit true atrocities, they had yet to endanger someone's life.

But one night, this gang of youths went too far as they set fire to an abandoned building Rei and Cassandra had broken into to scavenge. Cassie could feel as the adrenaline surged through her body, and for the first time in her whole life, she felt in deep atonement with her powers. She felt that she no longer had to run from them, that she could control this fire that raged inside of her. Cassie managed to use the Force to save her friend, but was not so lucky herself. As the building caved in, Cassandra weirdly felt in peace. She did not struggle or fight, because she somehow knew she would live to see another day.

Rei came back for Cassie, and hurdled her comatose body out of the flaming debris. Rei took Cassandra to a hospital, and used all the methods she could to have her only friend treated. Cassandra survived thanks to Rei, but they would never see each other again... Because when Cassandra finally woke up, she did so because she felt the nearing presence of the Sith. Cassie did what she does best: running without looking back. She ran and ran, but there were no tears this time. Cassandra spent the next year looking for Rei, but she never managed to find the girl. Cassandra was, once again, walking a lonesome road.

Cassandra grew sick and tired of running, and her motivation to do so begun to diminish by the day. She was slowly overcome by bitter sadness and a lack of energy to keep fighting. She raged against the Force, and held it responsible for all the bad things that happened in her entire life. Overcome by a sudden depression, Cassie spent most of her time sleeping or crying, and she tried to end it all more than once, but something kept pushing her forward... something she hated so much, but that still seemed to care for her. She had lost faith in the possibility of a decent future.

It was amidst this turmoil of feeling that she was found by the man who saved her life. Her grief and desperation would not go unnoticed as the riot of emotions that overtook her caught the attention of one Jedi Master, his name was Cassius Sikus, and he decided to rescue the young girl from a treacherous fate. Cassius offered Cassie an opportunity to join the Jedi; nevertheless incredulous of the proposal, Cassandra decided to accept the man's offer, fully knowing she had no options left.

RISE​

Cassandra traveled alongside Cassius to the verdant planet Tython, where she began to train in the ways of the Jedi. Cassie felt amazed and thankful of this unique opportunity she had received. Within the Order she had finally found some semblance of peace and stability in her unstable life. Cassandra was happy that she no longer had to grind a livelihood by means of thieving, and that she was also relatively safe from dangerous criminals or the nefarious Sith. Anyhow, the little girl was still often beleaguered by thoughts of Rei, her mother and her father; all kin whom she missed very much. These recollections often came to her, and pushed her further into a state of rooted bleakness, but she knew fairly well that the Jedi Order would strongly look down upon these feelings, and thus she decided it would be better to not share these anxieties with anyone else.

Cassandra felt a wide need to prove her worth, and threw herself entirely into her studies and extracurricular activates, although she still felt profoundly reluctant about the prospect of using the Force. Cassie also meditated often; she found out early this was the best way to deal with the grief and loss which were still present over her mother's unfortunate death and Rei's disappearance. She also tended to meditate a lot about on what her life as a Jedi would bring.

The girl was eventually put under Cassius' tutelage. Cassius was extremely skilled in lightsaber combat, and taught Cassandra how to wield and fight with the green double-bladed lightsaber that she had constructed for herself. He also had masterfully guided his Padawn throughout some of the Jedi Trails, but her ascension to Knighthood was only completed after his death. Cassandra trusted Cassius deeply, and the Master helped the young girl fight her deepest fears, and heal the scars left by the many catastrophes she had experienced in Ord Radama. Together, the two also performed various missions for the Jedi Council, and proved to be a skilled duo. Cassandra's fears of the Force were also lessened, but Cassius did not fully succeed in deconstructing the many traumas that created this angst.

The team would face their biggest threat in a mission to Phindar. As rumors of an ancient Jedi artifact located in the planet began to arise, the Council sent Cassius and his Padawan to look further unto this hearsay. The two searched far and wide, but did not find any proof that confirmed the rumor as true. In the end, Cassius concluded that the news who lead them to Phindar were nothing but farce, and decided to leave hastily leave planet. Nevertheless, before they could reach their ship to leave they were interrupted by a Sith Inquisitor and his Apprentice; unbeknownst to Cassius and Cassandra, these Sith had forged the hoax that had lured them to Phindar. The two pairs engaged in a arduous battle, that lasted fair longer than it should have. Ultimately; the irate Sith Apprentice managed to overpower Cassie, but Cassius managed to break the Apprentice's final strike just in the nick of time.

Cassius feared that his apprentice would not be able to handle the conflict, and thus ordered her to run for the ship, leaving the Jedi Master to fend the two enemies alone. These words suddenly hammered Cassie firmly with introspections about the moment her mother ordered her to escape; the mere thought that she had done so without thinking twice brimmed her subconscious with dissatisfaction. She refused to oblige to her Master's wish, and fought side-by-side with Cassius until the very end. The battle was long and harsh, and although the Sith Apprentice proved to be stronger than Cassie several times, Cassius' sheer skill managed to hold the fight in a stalemate. In the end, Cassius managed to mortally wound the Sith Inquisitor, but did so only to receive to be pummeled in the back by the Sith Apprentice's lightsaber. With Cassius and the Sith Inquisitor mortally wounded, the stalemate boiled down to a one-on-one conflict between both apprentices. As the Sith victory became increasingly obvious, Cassie finally decided there was no other way out, and although she hated the thought of doing so, allowed herself to use her powers to their full extent. Notwithstanding the fact that the Sith Apprentice's skills fairly outclassed Cassie's, the sheer power of her connection to the Force evened the match out. Finally Cassandra managed to defeat the Sith Apprentice with a overwhelming onslaught of her powers.

Victorious, Cassandra approached her fading Master. Cassius announced that he was extraordinarily proud of his apprentice, and believed she was ready for her Knighthood, but also disclosed that she should be cognizant of the bereavement that consistently overwhelmed her: "that could be your downfall," he spoke before perishing to his wounds. She took the body of her deceased Master into her arms, just as tears rolled down her eyes. She then left the cursed planet behind, returning to Tython. After Cassius was properly buried, the Council requested several debriefings of Cassie; she told them what had ensued in their mission to Phindar, and how the two fought the extremely skilled Inquisitor and Apprentice. The girl also disclosed how she had managed to defeat the Apprentice by using her powers to their full amplitude, and admitted regretting not having done so earlier, but also regretting having to do so at all. She did not hide that Cassius had instructed her to leave him behind, but did not explain why she disobeyed him.

The Council feared that the loss of her Master would weaken Cassie's resolve, and thus did not grant her Knighthood immediately. She spent the next three years partnered with various Jedi Masters before she was apprenticed to a Togruta Jedi Master, who helped her become a full-fledged Jedi Knight.

Abilities​

Cassie is skilled in a variation of fields besides her Force-Powers and Lightsaber combat. One of her biggest abilities is her dexterity; she is moderately skilled in acrobatics; being capable of tumbling, leaping gracefully, and performing other gymnastic skills. And although her strength is not above average, Cassandra is at the peak of health and her agility, and is capable of moving extremely quickly. One of Cassandra's most peculiar abilities is picking pockets masterfully, a skill she picked up during her time as a homeless child in Ord Radama, she also learned how to hide, sneak and lie with the best of them.

Radama is an unforgiving place that offers little ways for a child such as Cassie to obtain a formal education, but she has always displayed to be extremely brainy. Cassandra managed to study and learn a broad array of subjects during her time with the Jedi. She has become acquainted with the whys and hows of government organizations, economics, knowledge of other cultures, she learned how to understand languages such as; Huttese, Aqualish, Bocce, Lasat, Ithorese, Ubese and Wookiee. She also learned about the practices and procedures of law enforcement, the spatial, navigational, and physical information about many areas and systems. Her time in Radama also improved her streetwise, and she possesses wide knowledge about the inner working of gangs, how to make contact with informants, conduct illegal activities and how to deal with crime bosses. However, Cassandra favorite subject is that of Military History and Tactics, and she has built extensive knowledge about military battles and tactics used in them, and how to place troops and material to attack the enemy.

Cassius, her Jedi Master, considered social skills extremely important, and thus Cassandra has dedicated considerable time practicing the art of negotiating, giving orders to those under her command, gathering, making use of information and how to sway the opinions of others.

Cassie doesn't possess any mechanical and technical skills worthy of note, and although she knows how to pilot ground vehicles and spaceships, she isn't very good at it. She also isn't particularly strong, possessing the average strength of a woman of her age. She posses no training or experience in the use of ranged weapons.

Cassandra may be incredibly strong in the Force, a capable leader and a promising military strategist, but she is not a natural warrior and has struggled greatly in this particular art. She finds it incredible hard to kill someone with her own hands, or even to hurt someone; even if that person is indeed a Sith. She had to witness her own Master falling to the hands of her enemy before allowing herself to fight at full power. Cassie truly thinks that the Force is unstable and dangerous, and has tried her best to use her skills to heal, not to wound further. Cassandra has displayed a natural affinity for with the Sense abilities of the Force, and has also displayed a natural dissimilarity to Alter abilities; a probable consequence of her dislike of using the Force aggressively.

Cassandra is moderately skilled with the use of both a normal lightsaber and a double-bladed lightsaber. If forced into combat, Cassie is an agile fighter who utilizes acrobatic to both evade her opponents and quickly strike them down. Cassie's favored lightsaber-style is Form IV: Niman, and she has an excellent grasp of this particular style. However, Cassandra is not an skilled lightsaber combatant, and was considered just above average by various other Jedi. Cassie has also displayed interest for the Tràkata form, and has practiced this particular style extensively, but she is not yet comfortable with this Form and believes she needs further practice before effectively utilizing this technique.

Possessions​

Even when Cassandra still had both her parents, she was a never a girl who held many possession. She barely had the objects needed for her survival, and although she used to be very envious of richer people, she is no longer trouble by her lack of material possessions.

Her most noteworthy possessions are her two lightsabers: a Green Saberstaff named Serenity that she built herself, and her late Master's yellow lightsaber Heartstriker; an amazingly versatile weapon kept by Cassandra as memento of the things taught to her by Cassius. Cassandra also kept her Master's refitted light battle armor End of the Seer, and although she rarely engages in combat, Cassie decided to retrofit the armor so she could use it in her missions and travels.

She enjoys using worn out skinny grey jeans that were once as tight as leggings, red and gray button-ups, comfy faded plaid T-shirts of bands or designs that caught her eye, black or low red converse sneakers, worn neutral color sweaters, grey orb black hoodie sweatshirts, simple grey knits, simple brown trucker hats, square or silk bandanas and scarves. Cassie rarely uses jewelry, preferring to sport nothing but all-black wayfarer glasses with black lessens as accessories. In formal occasions, Cassandra prefers to sport a suit instead of dresses.

She also possesses a pipe that she likes to smoke from when she is reflecting on a matter or studying.

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Extra Stuff​

Spoiler: Extra Stuff

A photography of Cassie during her adolescence.

Rei and Cassius Sikus, two important characters in Cassandra's life.

She only smokes not-tobacco on that pipe.

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[Raydo]

I like the character! Let me know of your looking for an RP, I am sure we can work something out!

 

[Tristyn]

Absolutely awesome! You should be proud!