Cassius

Appearance

Unlike his much stockier older brother, Cassius has a far more lean physique, lacking much in muscle definition and appearing slightly shorter. He has white fur with short tufts on the sides of his face and top of his head. He has darker coloured grey fur on the inside of his ears and on his eyebrows, and well as an arrow-shaped marking between his eyebrows, which is traditional of the royal family, as it is also seen on Amicus and Virginia. Cassius typically wears a deep purple cape slung over his right shoulder, along with a decorative golden shoulder plate. He wears a red traditional robe around his waist. Beneath the robe, he dons a dark subligaculum with a small emblem of a moon hanging alongside it.

Sexuality

Gay

Personality

Cassius is cold and stubborn to most people and treats them as lesser than himself. The only exceptions to this rule seem to be his pet, Alexios and his older sister, Virginia. His brother, Amicus, claims that Cassius hates himself, and is extremely self-loathing. It can be deduced that Cassius suffers from a heavy inferiority complex, likely because of his small and frail body. This is also the result of his neglectful father, who preferred to coddle Amicus and pay attention to Virginia rather than Cassius himself, leaving him to be cared for by his mother, and from whom Cassius inherited his delicate bone structure. A rivalry between the brothers was sparked after the death of their mother. Cassius became more and more spiteful of Amicus over time. It is inferred that Amicus used to punch Cassius often when they were pups, presumably leading to vast injuries on the younger brother. Whether the attacks were unintentionally damaging or not is unknown. Cassius bottles up his insecurities and low self-esteem and very rarely expresses emotions aside from disdain and annoyance, but is also known to be very emotionally vulnerable; his self-loathing and repressed dejection boil over when he realizes he is not the rightful heir to the throne and he privately breaks down in tears, and is comforted by Alexios. While Cassius is shown to be cowardly and spoiled - as seen by how he speaks down to the player and hides behind other characters such as Cato - he is shown to also be well educated and cunning. Rather than fighting, he seems to prefer using his brains over brawn, a stark contrast to Amicus's method of thinking.

Background

Cassius is the youngest of three children born to the emperor of Adastra and his wife. He was born with a disease that gave him highly brittle bones. He shared his condition with his mother, who he was close to. Cassius was extremely distraught when she died, as he believed she was the only person who truly cared for him. His older siblings, Amicus and Virginia, were instead looked after by the trio's father - the emperor - for most of their childhood. As a child, he used to look up to Amicus almost like a role model, which may be where he began to develop his inferiority complex in regard to his older brother. Though, the two grew distant as they got older and their mother passed away. Cassius has spent the last several years before the events of the game building up a following among the wolves in order to challenge his brother for the throne.