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Cassandra was the firstborn daughter of King Priam of Troy and his head wife, Queen Hekuba. When she was born, her mother’s bedroom was visited by the gods Apollo and Artemis. Although both knew that a great disaster would one day befall Troy, Apollo was immediately captivated by the newborn Cassandra and, despite the warnings of his twin sister, ( Read more... )

In the ancient world, there was a philosophy that the best reputation a woman could have was no reputation at all. If no one spoke of her, no one gossiped about her, no one saw her, then she was deemed a 'good girl.' This philosophy, however, meant that Cassandra was doomed from the start to be perceived as a 'bad girl.' From an early age, ( Read more... )

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Observation: Cassandra has keen powers of observation. Does your character have any interesting ticks or habits? Scars? Tattoos? Vocal patterns? What do they smell like? How do they eat their food? If there's ( Read more... )

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The bride had no family attending the wedding, as they were far away in Plakos. To make up for this fact, several members of Hector’s family, to be precise, his favorite brothers, all held torches high into the night sky to symbolize her kin. Cassandra doubted very much that this was any comfort to Andromache. But then, she seemed entirely ( Read more... )