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Age: 31
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Character Information
Name: Cassandra "Cassie" Blake
Canon: The Secret Circle (television show)
Canon Point: 1.22, “Family”, end of episode/season/series.
Age: 17
History: cassie @ tsc wiki

Personality:

Cassie is, first and foremost, headstrong. She is an extremely determined young woman who refuses to let things get in her way, regardless of whether or not they might actually be better for her than what she has in mind. She's take-charge and she doesn't like to be bossed around; as a matter of fact, sometimes, she likes to think she knows best. She takes over and does the bossing herself. However, it's not necessarily out of any ill will or refusal to listen to other people altogether so much as it is a very fierce independence. She's self-reliant in just about everything despite her close relationship with her mother, and after her mother's death, that demeanor is taken to entirely new heights.

When she moves to Chance Harbor to live with her grandmother, it's quite clear that she's already put up a bit of a wall. She seems skeptical the first time anyone new tries to be friendly with her and, while she doesn't act coldly, she sort of brushes off whatever is said or done in her vicinity. She doesn't take shit from people. Faye is the biggest troll as far as people who bother Cassie, and while she is bothered to some degree, she just allows it to slide right off of her like water. She reacts in more subtle ways than most people would, despite having reactions. She tries not to let it be obvious that things are getting to her.

That isn't to say that things don't affect her deeply, though. They do. She's suffered a great deal of loss, starting with the first domino – her mother. Amelia was her rock. They were best friends. But after she died and Cassie moved, not only did she have to deal with the grief of losing her mom, but she found out so many things about her mother, about herself, that her mother could have told her, but didn't. Secrets. So many secrets. And because of these secrets, her magic, her mother's magic, more loss surrounded her.

Discovering her magic and the fact that she's a witch was something that plummeted Cassie's world into an out of control spiral of chaos. She's used to being a loner. She even says herself that she's never been overly social, or had a lot of friends, and she expresses just as much that she's perfectly okay with it and doesn't necessarily see a need for that to change. She does eventually open up, showing that she is willing to make friends and get close to people, but in general she prefers her solitude to anything else. Aside from her grandmother and her inner circle, the closest of whom are Diana and Adam (and for a short time, Jake), she has a pattern of keeping the majority her connections either surface level or we-have-to-do-this-because-we're-a-bound-circle-and-our-magic-doesn't-work-without-each-other level.

Even with all of her magic and the manner in which she's been forced to grow up early, she's still very much a teenage girl. She makes rash decisions and says stupid things and causes rifts in friendships and has boy woes and girly feelings, just like any other teenage girl. She has an instant, intense connection with Adam despite the fact that Diana, who is nothing but kind and welcoming to her, is with him; she feels guilty, but she can't help it. Later, she has a connection with Jake, who is actually an enemy to begin with... There's a whole tug-of-war with her emotions there. She's finicky in that regard. Her heart is fickle, just like any teenage girl's heart might be. More than once, she's torn between a cemented friendship being damaged or following her romantic inclinations. She faces Halloween parties and school dances, nervous about dates and seeing cute boys there, and while she handles it relatively well, she's still awkward about it to some degree.

Despite her loner tendencies and the wall she puts up, she's really charismatic. At one point after Adam and Cassie's budding romance takes form and Cassie has been staying with Diana and her father, Diana asks a question of her that, while in a joking tone, rings true to how welcoming Cassie's personality seems to be - "Why is it all the men in my life like you better than me?" The truth of the matter is that while she does tend to avoid being a social butterfly, she's a compassionate and caring young woman underneath that radiates warmth. When she does get close to people, she cares about them above all else; she wants those she loves to be safe, above all else, even if she doesn't always express that.

Throughout the first season, she grows as a person very rapidly. She's sort of forced to. First she finds out she's a witch, that her mom was a witch, that her family is intertwined with a bunch of other families... Then demons come into the picture, and then her grandmother starts to lose her memory and slip into a senile state of being. Cassie lives with Diana for a time, but she spends just as much time alone while her grandma is in a clinic to get well. Her aforementioned independence is further tested, and proven, throughout this, as she spends a great deal of time on her own and seems to do just fine. She has a job, she can drive herself, and she can take care of herself.

This does not mean that she avoids temptation. Once she discovers her dark magic, she uses it. She doesn't use it for selfish things, she doesn't use it frivolously – or at least, she doesn't believe she does. Her intentions are good when she uses it, most of the time. She sets a witch hunter on fire and kills him to save her friends. The others fear it, though – especially Diana. Diana is very morally driven, where Cassie is not. Cassie disagrees with Diana on her dark magic; she wants to learn how to control it, and how to use it to their advantage. Diana is a big naysayer of this. Cassie doesn't understand why, because despite the fact that dark magic is rooted in evil, she believes that using it for the greater good nullifies its evil properties. So long as it's not used to do evil (or harm anyone but their enemies, if we're being technical), she sees no issue with it. She embraces it, and she wants to learn more about it and how to control it.

This shows that Cassie is a very independent thinker and somewhat chaotic neutral in her basic makeup. It also gives a glimpse into her more indulgent side; it's a quieter fact about her, but if one looks at some of the things she's experienced by her own choice –i.e., getting involved with Jake – it's there. The ends justify the means when it comes to the darker side of her, too. After killing the witch hunter to save she and her friends, she really shows... no guilt or remorse. She doesn't express enjoyment of what she's done, but she clearly has no qualms with the fact that she killed someone to protect the people close to her. This sets her apart from the rest of her circle in a big way. The witch hunters are bad people, but Cassie is the only one who seems to be totally okay with wiping them out using her dark magic. The others want to find other ways of doing it. She doesn't get why, when she's a powerful weapon right there in the circle's hands.

It's this indulgence and the desperation to cling to something familiar that leads her down the path of trusting her birth father, who is actually the source of her dark magic. She has hardly any family left, and he comes in and plays the hero; she's incredibly trusting of him, right off the bat, despite everyone's warnings. She ignores the ides of her friends, believing that what she feels in her gut is right. She doesn't listen, and though her intentions are good, it leads to a lot of badness. But it also leads to self-discovery. She finds out she isn't the only daughter of John Blackwell, and that she has a sister within the circle, and that her sister also has dark magic.

Unfortunately for her, that sister is Diana, and she has no luck in trying to get Diana to think like her. They are opposites in their dealings with their darkness; Diana represses it and ignores it and wants to fight it back. Cassie wants to use it for good (or at least try to). But that doesn't mean she isn't persistent. The stubbornness comes out yet again, and she keeps that persistence despite protests. She does not give up. Does not. No matter how skewed a feeling or belief may be, she refuses to let go of it or let loose her grip upon it.

This brings about Cassie's more frightening side. Once she does allow the darkness to creep in, it has a vicegrip on her. She loses herself in it, to some degree, and therefore she loses herself to it. She seems to change and warp into a completely different person in the throes of the dark magic when she uses it, gaining a frightening demeanor and an even more frightening look. There is deeper darkness hidden beneath the good intentions, and though it hasn't been completely unlocked yet, the potential for her to slip into chaos and evil is most definitely right there. It's waiting to be tapped into; it's waiting for the right moment to seize Cassie and take the girl out of her, making a full-fledged Balcoin witch take over in her stead. For the time being, however, she seems to have good control of it. It doesn't hurt that she has a rock (Diana) around to keep her grounded and help her, however unwanted it may be at times, keep her own head through the darkness.

She has suffered extreme amounts of loss. By the end of the first season, every family member she ever had or knew she had, Diana excluded, is dead. Her mother and father are both dead, her grandmother is dead... And she loses Diana, too. Diana can't bear the memories of Chance Harbor and she leaves, which essentially leaves Cassie completely on her own with no anchor. Once again, she finds herself alone; but she seems perfectly fine with it. She protests at first, but it's evident by the last shot that she's totally okay with the loner position. Once again, we come full circle to her independence.

Abilities & Skills:

Cassie is a witch. She is no longer bound to her circle, either, so she has powerful individual magic, but it's not only a standard witch's magic. She also possesses dark magic. It is suggested that she could possibly be the most powerful witch in her circle due to her combined Blake and Blackwell/Balcoin bloodlines. At one point, her friend and younger half-sister Diana asks her, "Just how powerful are you?"

Her abilities include the ability to cast spells using incantations, the effects of which can vary to an extreme degree, from unlocking a door with her mind to creating wildfire. She's also able to create potions and elixirs. In addition to these general magic abilities, which are within her bloodline, she also has the ability to channel and conjure. She can control certain elements, as well – though in the show, her particular elemental affinity is most present in fire (which is really only prominent when she uses her dark magic), it seems to be unlimited in that she assists Adam manipulate water, and stops a very strong thunderstorm brought on by Faye Chamberlain simply by willing it to stop. She can also use telekinesis to some degree, either by willing an object to move with her mind or by speaking her will toward an object. Her individual magic is amplified by the dark magic in her bloodline, as well. Even when bound within the circle and unable to do her normal individual magic, she has individual power because of the dark magic that courses through her veins. Dark magic, unlike other innate magic possessed by most witches, is fueled and given more strength and power by the hatred, anger, and fury within its user. Her power is seemingly unlimited in this way. There are ways, however, to dampen it or block her magic – or even kill her using her own blood.

MAGICAL WEAKNESSES, ETC ;

+ A WITCH'S CRUID + A vial or glass container of some sort that has an artifact belonging to a witch, ceremonial objects (never truly specified), and a bit of the witch's blood. If set on fire, it has the power to kill a witch, essentially boiling them alive from the inside out.
+ ASHWOOD + If a witch's home, or a witch themselves, is surrounded by a circle of this/trapped within an unbroken line of this, their magic is blocked from them and they are unable to use it. This seems not to be applicable to dark magic, however, as Cassie was able to use her dark magic even when bound within a circle of the substance.
+ COLOCASIA ROOT/COLOCASIA POWDER+ This plant in powdered form is said to have the ability to block not only a witch's general magic, but to block dark magic as well.
+ IRON & IRON SULFATE + Same as above, these things are used to block magic - but do not block dark magic.
+ LINDEN + A root with magical properties that allows for a witch to be hypnotized and lose the power of their own will.

Inventory/Companions:

+ ( 1 ) low scoop-neck black button-down long sleeved cardigan.
+ ( 1 ) pair dark-wash/denim skinny jeans.
+ ( 1 ) pair black heeled knee-high leather boots.
+ ( 1 ) chest-length beaded necklace.
+ ( 2 ) pairs simple stud earrings, one pair of silver balls, one pair of flat silver hearts, two in each lobe.
+ ( 1 ) useless as hell smartphone.

Choice: Witch.
Reason: In her canon, she is a young, but quite powerful, witch already. Access to magics is something that is in her blood and a power she can innately tap into.

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