Cassandra Zalnard

- Basic Information -
Full Name: Cassandra "Rachelle" Calfuray Zalnard

Alias: Cassandra, Cass

Nickname: Cassie, Christmas Angel

Title: Brilliant Umbra, Bookkeeper of the Narsanial, Weaver of Magic

Gender: Female

Species: Anthropomorphic/Goat/(Jersey) Devil

Age: 26

D.o.B.: 25^th December

Sexuality: Asexual, Straight

City of Birth: Empire City (or at least, somewhere near it)

Currently lives: Narsanial's Mansion, Pei-Ning

Languages Spoken: Spagonian English, Chun-Nan Chinese, Spagonian French, Spagonian German

Relationship Status: Single.

-Physical Appearance-
Height: 5' 2" (1.57m)

Weight: 108 lbs (49kg)

Hair colour: Indigo

Eye colour: Amber (Left), Ruby (Right)

Fur colour: Indigo, tanned

Hairstyle: Fringe sweeps completely to her left; hair is done in a bun-ponytail hybrid, with the excess hair being let loose. At full length, her hair reaches her knees.

Tail: Abnormally long and thin, the tip of her tail resembles a painter's brush with long fibres.

Tattoos: None.

Piercings: On her right ear.

Scars/distinguishing marks: 

• From her left shoulder onward, the entire left arm is a shade darker than her normal fur colour. The tips of her fingers are surprisingly sharp.
• On her left calf close to the knee are scars in the shape of bite marks.

Frequently worn Jewellery: A garnet pendant set into a gold brooch with silver chains (given to her by her mother)

-Health-
Smoker/Drinker: Nope / A little.

Drug User? Which?: Nope

Addiction(s): Chocolate-

Allergies: Nothing.

Any physical ailments/illnesses/disabilities: Left knee is slightly weaker, but she can manage.

-Personality-
Personality:

• Temperamental: To the extent that her emotions are expressed based on who she is interacting with. She's really good at maintaining these expressions without leaking one into the other. Also covers on her moodiness.
• Anxious: Quite nervous when it comes to socialising with others. She conceals this effectively around even her friends, putting on a passive outlook to not scare off people again. Hopefully.
• Authoritarian: She tends to impose her demands onto others, especially the importance of silence and how they shouldn't ruin this private collection of books that she has amassed. With the help of her friends, she has been toning it down, but old habits die hard.
• Delicate: Quite refined and gentle for someone who's got a really bad attitude. She has a lot of trouble trying to be considerate, as well being social at parties. She is more comfortable being surrounded by her friends, but still.
• Stylish: This goes hand-in-hand with her Delicate personality, cause style matters. She absolutely resents what she used to wore.
• Reserved: She doesn't do well with showing her emotions, aside from just being angry at them generally. Hides a lot of things about herself from them, and even after six years of knowing Roslan, she still never told him about her liking for adorable plushies.
• Proud: It makes her feel very satisfied to see her efforts become accepted by others. She's not afraid to wear that pride around for a while, only displaying through her body language.
• Stubborn: She believes that she can handle every situation by herself. Capable of giving in to the aid of others when someone actually brings up a better reason than she can produce.

Likes: Peace and quiet (preferably all by herself), sweet sweet melodies, stylish clothing (especially the long dresses), catching the flying tomes, watermelon, warmth of the sun, adorable plushies, embroidery, apple pie, lemon sweet drops, haw slices, crocheting, staying in the shade, porcelain dolls, staying relatively clean,

Dislikes: Gabriel, lengthy boring chit-chat, perverts, being called "Christmas Angel", having to return tonnes of books to their respective shelves alone, winter, expressing any form of adoration in front of others, noisy/nosy people, spicy food, beaches, cracked porcelain dolls, dusty objects,

Favourite/Disliked Food: Barbequed Chicken thighs/

Favourite/Disliked Drink: Watermelon Juice/Plain Sparkling Juice

Fears/Phobias:

• Clowns unnerve her greatly. It's not a phobia, but she would never want to be near those kind of people.

Hobbies: Playing the violin, weaving string accessories or dreamcatchers, performance (acting and dancing), reading, card games, crochet,

Quotes:

• "Please remain silent."
• "S-shut up! It-it's a case of mistaken identity!"
• "What other plans do you have? Surprise me."

Team Info: Primarily acts as Flight; capable of fulfilling Magic and Power roles.

• She is part of the main team of 6 of the Narsanial's Ruffians. She can substitute for Charles or Roslan.

-Skills-
Talents:

• Weaving: Her mother influenced her do such craft when she was still young. It helps calm her whenever she has the opportunity to make one.
• Acting: She's been praised for having a talent in acting and projecting her voice, but is rather shy to admit it.
• Violin: Don't be alarmed if one were to suddenly hear music coming from the library. She's practising, and does not wish to be bothered.

Abilities:

• Strength: Her clawed left arm and tail are strong. Cassandra is capable of snapping a bone in two, and her prehensile tail allows her to grab objects.
• Knowledge in Traps: She knows the tricks of the trade when it comes to disarming and taking apart a trap. She also knows how to set one up.
• Mastery in Magic (Tomekeeper/Spellseeker Fighting Styles; Traps and Librarian themed): The primary element of her magic is darkness, and she specialises in offensive and defensive spells. She is also able weave her inborn magic into spells of other elements, enabling her to inflict effects in addition to elemental damage.
• Topography: She has a knack for remembering locations. Names are hard to remember, but she can take you to an obscure store and back after one glance at a map.
• Flight Expert: According to Charles, she's very swift in the air, and change the direction of her flight much faster than any flier he's seen.
• Book Smarts: She is knowledgeable in a wide variety of topics, from science to hobbies to mythologies to trending topics. She's also pretty quick at searching up for the right information with the correct resources.
• Blade Mastery: She is a novice with the use of blades. She is only skilled with her sword cane.

Special Attack(s):

• Quick Step: Basic skill. She leaps in a certain direction, recovering quickly so she is ready to perform her next action.
• Perfect Guard: Basic skill. She blocks at the same time that the attack is about to connect, enabling her to deflect the hit and startle her opponent.
• Flash Strike: Basic skill. She attacks just before an enemy's strike lands, enabling her to surprise her foe and hit them where it hurts most.
• Blurring Dash: Basic spell. In less than a second, Cassandra moves in a sudden burst of speed in one direction, leaving behind an afterimage of herself.
• Lights Out: Basic spell. Light is temporarily and completely drained from the surrounding to drop everyone into a sudden darkness. She can then release the light in a flash, blinding those who see it.
• Indigo Talons: Basic spell. Her magical energies form claws for her chosen hand/hoof, to which she uses to strike at her foes. They can also be flung at her target(s).
• Veiled Melody: Basic spell. An alluring song gradually materialises into existence. A purple veil descends around Cassandra, protecting her from harm and repelling everyone from her for as long as the song remains audible. She is only able to use Spell Bolts while this spell is in effect.
• Spell Bolts: Basic spell. Orbs of energy appear around her, which will fire off at her command. These bolts can hone in on her targets.
• Fall of Midnight: Intermediate spell. She uses the shadows in the area to create a long wall that can be passed through. Those that do so will be temporarily blinded.
• Trapped in Darkness: Intermediate spell. The shadows within her vicinity are manipulated into lashing tendrils that hold her targets down. Does not affect those who are in flight, for it only affects those who are still in touch with their ground shadow.
• Chasing Shadows: Intermediate spell. Her own shadow detaches from her and pursues her target, ensnaring them in place for whatever the Devil has in mind. This one can hunt down flying targets, and it will remain until she dismisses it, or if her prey breaks free.
• Pirouette in Candlelight: Intermediate spell. Her own shadow rises to mimic her every move, including her Basic spells. If Cassandra were not to be doing anything, her shadow will dance on its own to an unheard tune, usually with one of its claws reaching out to any that it is near.
• Ephemeral Cape lit by Twilight: Advanced spell. She becomes enshrouded in deep purple magic. This shroud protects her, absorbing a lot of impact, and it prevents her from becoming disoriented in flight. She can also inflict a lot of harm if she connects any physical hits.
• Concerto in Age-soaked Gloom: Advanced spell. Purple circles appear around her feet, the nearest one protecting her (and those near her) from harm as a violin made of shadows appears in her hands. With each action performed, a pulse of magic exudes from and withdraw to these circles. The intensity of the pulses depend on the type of action performed. This is stronger if she has a piece in mind, even more if she sings to it.
• Arcane Archon: Released Form. Once activated, magical energy radiates from her. Using her spellbook as her focus, she is able to unleash a beam of raw magical energy that heavily damages anyone that comes in contact with it. She is also able to release homing energy missiles that can bind her foes in place with a beat of her wing. Spells used while in this form are enhanced greatly with enhanced effects. The Finisher comes in the form of a homing roiling sphere of dark energy, which engulfs the first foe it comes into contact with.

Ability to operate vehicles? Which?: No.

-Family and Friends-
Parents: Nicholas Zalnard (Father), Dorothy Ayelen Zalnard (Mother)

Is the character still in contact with parents?: Yes

Siblings: None.

Partner/Spouse: None.

Children: None.

-Items-

• Spellbook; Dark Almanac; Ebon Diary; Night's Mistress: Cassandra's personal spell book. This is part of the reason why she is able to cast spells in other elements, but they will always be imbued with her innate dark energy. She also has other mundane spells stored in these pages, such as levitating small objects, creating a light, making a vacuum cleaner clean the carpets on its own, etc.
• A touchscreen tablet: She mainly uses this to read any articles that catches her interest. She's very defensive about letting others see what's on the screen.
• Sword Cane: A rather elaborate walking cane with a pewter orb on the top, a leather bound grip, and the scabbard is made of a red hardwood.
• A dimensional pouch. Usually contains a leather-bound journal, a fountain pen and inkwell, a black casing for makeup, and a purple folded fan. She also keeps her walking cane in here just in case.
• A crochet set, with knitting needles, a knitting porcelain bowl, and balls of yarn of various colours.

Extra Info:

• She works as the local librarian in Charles's Manor. This song is great for her background music.
• Cassandra's favourite album, on the other hand, is this one.
• Her mother is a Goat, and her father is a (Jersey) Devil. But because she looks so much like her father (because of those wings and tail), Cassandra is often mistaken for a pure Jersey Devil. She doesn't mind this.
• Note that since New Jersey doesn't exist in this setting, I have used brackets to highlight her source of inspiration.
  
• She has been mistaken for a dragon on a few instances, and it confuses her. How does she look like one?
• Whenever her leg feels weak, she would wrap her tail around it to hold it in place.
• Since she was born on Christmas, she hardly finds the event... enjoyable. She prefers to spend with only herself and her family, rather than with her group of friends.
• Much to her exasperation, her "father" knows of her whereabouts. He occasionally drops by for a surprise visit at the Mansion, which causes a stir among the others who do not find any similarities between Cassandra and her father.
• She donates her earnings from selling a majority of her handicrafts to local charities that protect and preserve the environment.