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"'To the eagle-bearing Misthios.' That's you."

―Barnabas to Kassandra, 431 BCE.^[src]

Kassandra was a Spartan mercenary who fought during the Peloponnesian War. She was the elder sister to Alexios and, through her mother, Myrrine, the grandchild of King Leonidas of Sparta. She is even revealed to be the biological daughter of Pythagoras himself.

During her exploits as a mercenary, Kassandra came at odds with the secretive Cult of Kosmos, an organization with the intent of controlling all of Greece and beyond. For her opposition against the Cult, Kassandra is considered one of the early precursors to the Assassin Brotherhood.

Biography

As a child, Kassandra was presented with the broken Spear of Leonidas, an Isu weapon, as an heirloom by her mother. Because of her prestigious lineage, great hopes were placed upon her to live up to the strength and valor of Leonidas. Her father, Nikolaos, would often train her in hopes that she would follow in her footsteps.^[2] At some point, the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi gave a prophecy in which Kassandra's brother, Alexios, would lead to the fall of Sparta in the future. In order to prevent this, Alexios was to be sacrificed at Mount Parnassos, despite Myrrine's plea for Nikolaos to stop it. As a priest was about to drop Alexios,, Kassandra attempted to stop the sacrifice, but instead pushed the priest and Alexios to their apparent death. Kassandra was condemned as a traitor to Sparta, leading her father to execute her by dropping her off the mountains.^[3]

Kassandra, however, survived the fall, and escaped to the beach with the spear. Refusing to be found by the Spartans, Kassandra fled out to the open seas, with an eagle following her. A storm later turned Kassandra's boat overboard and she woke up on the beaches of Kephallonia. There, she was greeted by Markos, who took her under his wing and tasked her to do errands for him.^[2]

Trivia

Kassandra, Κασσανδρα, is an Ancient Greek name derived from possibly κεκασμαι (kekasmai) 'to excel, to shine' and ανηρ (aner) 'man', altogether meaning 'shining upon men'.
Kassandra is one of two selectable protagonists in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, alongside Alexios. Regardless of who the player chooses, the two protagonists share the same story. However, the novelization of the video game confirms that Kassandra is the canonical protagonist.
Both Alexios and Kassandra have the same romance options. This means that you can choose your character's sexual orientation.
Kassandra has a scar on her left upper lip.

Gallery

Concept art
Render of Kassandra with helmet
Kassandra cover art

Kassandra cover art
Kassandra with Ikaros
File:Kassandra wielding the Spear.png
File:Kassandra.jpg

Appearances

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (first appearance)
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey novel

References

↑ AccessTheAnimus Twitter: ".@mlssmahut has confirmed to be the voice actress of Kassandra in #AssassinsCreedOdyssey!"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Debt Collector
↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Big Break

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Characters

Assassins	Layla Hassan • Victoria Bibeau • Kiyoshi Takakura • Alannah Ryan • Harlan Cunningham \| Amunet \| Kassandra (Ikaros) • Darius

Cult of Kosmos	Aspasia • Deimos • Nyx (Elpenor • Sotera • The Master • Hermippos • Midas) • Polemon (Epiktetos • The Centaur of Euboea • The Chimera • The Silver Griffin • Machaon) • Kleon (Brison • Podarkes • Rhexenor • Iobates • Kodros) • Exekias (Pallas • Deianeira • Belos • Swordfish • Okytos) • Iokaste (Melite • Harpalos • Zoisme • Diona • Chrysis) • The Hydra (The Mytilenian Shark • Melanthos • The Octopus • Sokos • Asterion) • Pausanias (Skylax • The Monger • Lagos • Kallias • Silanos)

Templars / Order of the Ancients	Juhani Otso Berg \| Amorges • Pactyas (Akantha • Bubares • Echion • Konon • Phratagounè • Timosa • Order Elite) • Phila (Augos • Nestor • Megakreon • Sophos) • The Immortals • Gergis (Artazostre • Dimokrates • Pithias • Gaspar • Harpagos) \| Xerxes I

Isu	Aletheia \| Persephone • Hades • Poseidon • Hermes • Hekate • Atlas • Gadiros • Ampheres • Azaes • Neokles • Aita • Juno • Melitta • Xarios

Olympos Project	Cyclops (Brontes • Steropes • Arges) • Writhing Dread (Medusa • Ligeia) • Minotaur • Sphinx • Cerberos • Lycanthropes (Lyra) • Hekatonchires

Mercenaries	Kassandra the Eagle-Bearer • Exekias the Legend • Talos the Stone-Fist • Sosipatros the Archon's Servant • The Poisoner • The False Leonidas • Zetes the Retired • Hyrkanos the Cunning • Agis of the North • Theos the Stargazer • Gaia the Fist • Exadios the Backbreaker • Edonos the Charging Bull • Atos the Beast Caller • Hirpes the Sordid • Aias the Clean • Kephalon the Thinker • Proktos the Moon King • "Eagle Bearer" (Chikaros) • Polykaste the Jilted • Narkissos the Babbler • Nestor the Great • Testiklos the Nut • Harpina the Heavy Hitter • Iaeira the Overcomer • Damais the Indifferent • Astarte the Swamp • Nanno the Abakos • Okyllos the Successor • Thaleia the Talon Hand • Laches the Eternal • Abia the Shaded \| Cyclops of Kephallonia • The Poisoner of Athens • Testikles the Olympian • Deianeira the Boeotian Champion • Epiktetos the Forthcoming • Swordfish of Octopus Bay • The Monger of Korinthia • Achilles the Trojan War Hero • King Agamemnon of Mycenae • Herakles the Legendary • Perseus the Gorgon Slayer

Love interests	Aikaterine • Alkibiades • Anais • Aspasia • Auxesia • Daphnae • Diona • Kosta • Kyra • Lykaon • Lykinos • Mikkos • Odessa • Roxana • Thaletas • Thyia • Timotheos • Xenia • Zopheras • "Eagle Bearer" • Natakas \| Adonis • Elpis

Others	Archidamos • Aristophanes • Artaxerxes I • Barnabas • Brasidas • Darius II • Demokritos • Elpidios • Euripides • Herodotos • Hippokrates • Iola • Markos • Myrrine • Nikolaos • Perikles • Phidias • Polykleitos • Praxilla • Pythagoras • Phoibe • Sargon • Sophokles • Sokrates • Thespis • Thrasymachos \| Leonidas • Dienekes • Kurush

Factions

Assassins (Layla Hassan's cell | Protectors of Persia) | Templars (Abstergo Industries • Sigma Team | Order of the Ancients) • Cult of Kosmos • Delian League • Peloponnesian League • Achaemenid Empire • Minor factions (Daughters of Artemis • Followers of Ares • The Dagger • Periklean Circle)

Locations

United Kingdom (London) | Egypt (Giza) | Isu Locations (Atlantis (Gateway to the Lost City) • Ancient Forge • Cave of Mt. Zas • Cave of the Forgotten Isle • Myson Cave • Nisyros • Sphinx Lair • Labyrinth of Lost Souls • Petrified Temple • Teichos of Herakles) • Greece • Aegean Sea (Andros) • Volcanic Islands (Thera • Anaphi • Nisyros) • Krete (Messara (Gortyn) • Pephka) • Kythera Island • Melos • Attika Peninsula (Attika (Athens • Dekelia • Lavrio • Port of Piraeus) • Boeotia (Lake Kopais • Mykalessos • Orchomenos • Thebes) • Megaris (Megara • Pagai)) • Forest Islands (Thasos • Abantis Islands (Euboea • Skyros) • Petrified Islands (Chios • Lesbos)) • Kephallonia Islands (Kephallonia (Sami) • Ithaka) • Korinthian Gulf • Peloponnese (Arkadia (Tegea) • Argolis (Argos • Epidauros) • Achaia (Dyme • Patrai • Pellene) • Elis • Korinthia (Korinth) • Lakonia (Sparta) • Messenia) • Pirate Islands (Keos (Koressia) • Seriphos • Lestris) • Paradise Islands (Delos • Mykonos • Naxos Island • Paros Island) • Southern Sporades (Samos • Kradia Isle • Kos) • Northern Greece (Lokris • Makedonia (Amphipolis • Potidaia) • Malis • Phokis (Kirrha)) • Afterlife (Elysium • Underworld)

Events

Search for the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus | Peloponnesian War (Battle of Amphipolis • Battle of Pylos) • Plague of Athens | Greco-Persian Wars (Battle of Thermopylae)

Terms and concepts

Achievements • Ainigmata Ostraka • Crafting • Customization • Currencies (Drachma • Orichalcum) • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Engraving • Genetic memory • Helix Credits • Historical Locations • Leap of Faith • Memories • Message boards • Outfits • Photo Mode • Pieces of Eden (Artifact Fragment • Atlantis Artifacts • Pyramid • Spear of Leonidas • Staff of Hermes Trismegistus • Sword of Damokles) • Ships (Adrestia) • Skills • Social stealth • Story Creator Mode • Swimming • Viewpoints

Weapons and tools

Bows • Blunt weapons • Swords • Spears • Shields

DLC

The Blind King • Secrets of Greece • Legacy of the First Blade (Hunted • Shadow Heritage • Bloodline) • The Fate of Atlantis (Fields of Elysium • Torment of Hades • Judgment of Atlantis) • The Lost Tales of Greece • Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece

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 |affiliates = [[Sparta]]<br>[[Cult of Kosmos]] {{C|Player's choice}}
 |actor = [[Melissanthi Mahut]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/AccessTheAnimus/status/1006553890547011584 AccessTheAnimus Twitter]: ".@mlssmahut has confirmed to be the voice actress of Kassandra in #AssassinsCreedOdyssey!"</ref>}}
 '''Kassandra''' was a [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenaries|mercenary]] who fought during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. She was the elder sister to [[Alexios]] and, through her mother, [[Myrrine]], the grandchild of King [[Leonidas]] of Sparta. She is even revealed to be the biological daughter of [[Pythagoras]] himself.
 During her exploits as a mercenary, Kassandra came at odds with the secretive [[Cult of Kosmos]], an organization with the intent of controlling all of [[Greece]] and beyond. For her opposition against the Cult, Kassandra is considered one of the early precursors to the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]].
 ==Biography==
-As a child, Kassandra was presented with the broken [[Spear of Leonidas]], an [[Isu]] weapon, as an heirloom by her mother. Because of her prestigious lineage, great hopes were placed upon her to live up to the strength and valor of Leonidas. However, following a great tragedy, she was sentenced to death and her own father, [[Nikolaos]], was set on personally carrying out the execution.
+As a child, Kassandra was presented with the broken [[Spear of Leonidas]], an [[Isu]] weapon, as an heirloom by her mother. Because of her prestigious lineage, great hopes were placed upon her to live up to the strength and valor of Leonidas. Her father, [[Nikolaos]], would often train her in hopes that she would follow in her footsteps.<ref name="Debt Collector">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Debt Collector]]</ref> At some point, the [[Oracle of Apollo]] at [[Delphi]] gave a prophecy in which Kassandra's brother, Alexios, would lead to the fall of [[Sparta]] in the future. In order to prevent this, Alexios was to be sacrificed at [[Mount Parnassos]], despite Myrrine's plea for Nikolaos to stop it. As a priest was about to drop Alexios,, Kassandra attempted to stop the sacrifice, but instead pushed the priest and Alexios to their apparent death. Kassandra was condemned as a traitor to Sparta, leading her father to execute her by dropping her off the mountains.<ref name="The Big Break">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref>
-Surviving the punishment, Kassandra fled into a life of exile. Living in [[Kephallonia]], she grew to become a mercenary who made her home on [[Barnabas]]' ''[[Adrestia]]''.
+Kassandra, however, survived the fall, and escaped to the beach with the spear. Refusing to be found by the Spartans, Kassandra fled out to the open seas, with an [[Ikaros|eagle]] following her. A storm later turned Kassandra's boat overboard and she woke up on the beaches of [[Kephallonia]]. There, she was greeted by [[Markos]], who took her under his wing and tasked her to do errands for him.<ref name="Debt Collector" />
-Kassandra befriended an [[eagle]] called [[Ikaros]] at some point in her life, and they adventured a lot together.
-Kassandra also made the acquaintance of an [[Athens|Athenian]] girl named [[Phoibe]], and a man named [[Markos]] sometime before 431 BCE.<ref name="ACOD site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/characters ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Characters]. Ubisoft. Accessed 14 June 2018.</ref>
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