Character Name: Cassie Blake Canon: The Secret Circle Reference Link: Canon wiki page
Character History: Cassie was a happy, normal teenage girl until her single mother died in an apparently accidental fire. Orphaned and deeply saddened, Cassie moves across the country to live with her maternal grandmother in the small town of Chance Harbour. But as Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, strange and frightening things begin to happen. Her new friends explain that they are all powerful witches and that they've been waiting for Cassie to arrive to complete their circle. Initially she refuses to believe them, but eventually she accepts the truth.
As the series progresses Cassie is able to develop her potential as a witch, but it's soon revealed that Cassie has power that the others do not-- dark power. While she has white magic from her mother's bloodline, she also finds she has dark magic from her absent father as well. It's powerful, but corrupting. When witch hunters come to town with tools that render the circle's white magic ineffective, Cassie is forced to tap into her dark magic more and more frequently to save their lives, and every time she does so she comes just that little bit closer to killing.
By mid-season, Cassie's life has turned completely upside down. She now has an almost full-time job performing death-defying escapes from people who want to kill her and raging-out with dark magic on semi-regular basis. Then, in the middle of her battle with the dark side, suddenly her long-lost father conveniently reappears. Wanting to believe him genuine, she accepts him back into her life, but it's eventually discovered that her father only wanted to use her magic to eradicate all white-witches from the world. To save her friends, Cassie ends up using her dark magic to kill him. End season finale.
Personality: Cassie is strong willed and independent, frequently living alone after her mother's death and her grandmother's descent into senility. She describes herself as someone who is used to being alone, and as not being very popular or social. However, as comfortable as she is with being independent, Cassie is not afraid to ask for help or rely on others when she realises she needs it-- though she occasionally doesn't realise it. One often gets the feeling that as much as she says she doesn't mind being alone, she actually craves love and friendship. When she does make friends, she's extremely sincere, loyal and caring. When she falls in love with her best friend's boyfriend, she goes to extreme lengths to push him away out of loyalty to said best friend. However, Cassie doesn't always make the smartest decisions, so of course they end up hooking-up anyway.
Cassie also has a dark side as previously mentioned. To Cassie, her dark magic is a tool for salvation. Because of it, she's managed to save her circle from certain death on a number of occasions, so she refuses to see it as being completely evil-- otherwise she'd be completely evil. Despite their warnings, Cassie continues to insist that she's in control of her dark magic and that she'll use it if she has to. The ends justifies the means, right? It's not that she wants to use it, but if pushed comes to shove, she won't hesitate to protect herself or her friends. However as time goes on, it becomes pretty clear that she doesn't have control-- it has control over her. The more she uses her power, the worse her rage is every time.
However it's also because of this dark side that Cassie is more trusting and forgiving than anyone else in the circle. She knows what it's like to feel driven by bloodlust and revenge and desperation, to deeply regret actions taken in the heat of the moment. She understands being stuck between a rock and a hard place-- but when both options suck, she's a survivalist, not a moralist. Her friends may think that death is preferable to succumbing to dark magic, but she never will. It's because she understands all this that she's the first person to trust and forgive Jake-- a former witch hunter-- and later on, her father when he steps back into her life. She wants badly to believe that people can move forward and change, that they can be more than the sum of their deeds, that good can coexist with evil. Because if not, then what hope does she have?
Writing Sample: 01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called? Just Cassie's fine. I don't think I've been called Cassandra since I was really little and got into big trouble when I lost my mom in a supermarket. And Cass just sounds weird, right? Like it should be some sort of fish, haha.
02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform? Um... yes? This sounds like it should be a trick question, but I'm not sure where the trick is. Does anybody ever... not want socks with their uniform? I mean, just out of curiosity. Hey, I'm not judging! People can go sockless if they want. I mean, hey, it's a good look with flats.
03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking? Does being an infant who can't talk for several years count? Haha, I didn't think it would. No, um. I suppose... after... my mom died, probably. I didn't really want to talk to anyone for a few days after that. I didn't really... have any one to talk to, anyway.
04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you? What? No, don't be ridiculous. My friends are my family, they'd never do anything to hurt me. Witch hunters, however... well, that's another story.
05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate? Why a large egret? Never mind, I'm not sure I want to know. You know, if we can say anything, I think I'd say a bengal tiger. Barring the fact that tigers are impossible to domesticate in real life, of course.
06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery? ... I'd say it depends on the person.
07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake? Now here's a question I can get behind! I don't know, I'm pretty sure I'd eat cake off most surfaces so long as it was clean and hygienic. ... And not embarrassing.
08. Do you trust yourself? ... That's a pretty broad question. I suppose it would depend on "with what." There's a lot I trust myself with, like managing my finances responsibly, cooking dinner without burning the house down, you know, normal things! But also a few things that I don't. Let's leave it at that.
09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed. Uh. Can I please... not?
10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you? Wow, right in the kisser with the personal questions there huh. Don't mind me, just pull out your big guns. ... I mean, yeah, sure, I have friends and I like to think that they would! There, now I sound slightly egotistical, but it's okay. Whatever, right? Right.
Cassie Blake | The Secret Circle
Canon: The Secret Circle
Reference Link: Canon wiki page
Character History: Cassie was a happy, normal teenage girl until her single mother died in an apparently accidental fire. Orphaned and deeply saddened, Cassie moves across the country to live with her maternal grandmother in the small town of Chance Harbour. But as Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, strange and frightening things begin to happen. Her new friends explain that they are all powerful witches and that they've been waiting for Cassie to arrive to complete their circle. Initially she refuses to believe them, but eventually she accepts the truth.
As the series progresses Cassie is able to develop her potential as a witch, but it's soon revealed that Cassie has power that the others do not-- dark power. While she has white magic from her mother's bloodline, she also finds she has dark magic from her absent father as well. It's powerful, but corrupting. When witch hunters come to town with tools that render the circle's white magic ineffective, Cassie is forced to tap into her dark magic more and more frequently to save their lives, and every time she does so she comes just that little bit closer to killing.
By mid-season, Cassie's life has turned completely upside down. She now has an almost full-time job performing death-defying escapes from people who want to kill her and raging-out with dark magic on semi-regular basis. Then, in the middle of her battle with the dark side, suddenly her long-lost father conveniently reappears. Wanting to believe him genuine, she accepts him back into her life, but it's eventually discovered that her father only wanted to use her magic to eradicate all white-witches from the world. To save her friends, Cassie ends up using her dark magic to kill him. End season finale.
Personality: Cassie is strong willed and independent, frequently living alone after her mother's death and her grandmother's descent into senility. She describes herself as someone who is used to being alone, and as not being very popular or social. However, as comfortable as she is with being independent, Cassie is not afraid to ask for help or rely on others when she realises she needs it-- though she occasionally doesn't realise it. One often gets the feeling that as much as she says she doesn't mind being alone, she actually craves love and friendship. When she does make friends, she's extremely sincere, loyal and caring. When she falls in love with her best friend's boyfriend, she goes to extreme lengths to push him away out of loyalty to said best friend. However, Cassie doesn't always make the smartest decisions, so of course they end up hooking-up anyway.
Cassie also has a dark side as previously mentioned. To Cassie, her dark magic is a tool for salvation. Because of it, she's managed to save her circle from certain death on a number of occasions, so she refuses to see it as being completely evil-- otherwise she'd be completely evil. Despite their warnings, Cassie continues to insist that she's in control of her dark magic and that she'll use it if she has to. The ends justifies the means, right? It's not that she wants to use it, but if pushed comes to shove, she won't hesitate to protect herself or her friends. However as time goes on, it becomes pretty clear that she doesn't have control-- it has control over her. The more she uses her power, the worse her rage is every time.
However it's also because of this dark side that Cassie is more trusting and forgiving than anyone else in the circle. She knows what it's like to feel driven by bloodlust and revenge and desperation, to deeply regret actions taken in the heat of the moment. She understands being stuck between a rock and a hard place-- but when both options suck, she's a survivalist, not a moralist. Her friends may think that death is preferable to succumbing to dark magic, but she never will. It's because she understands all this that she's the first person to trust and forgive Jake-- a former witch hunter-- and later on, her father when he steps back into her life. She wants badly to believe that people can move forward and change, that they can be more than the sum of their deeds, that good can coexist with evil. Because if not, then what hope does she have?
Writing Sample:
01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called?
Just Cassie's fine. I don't think I've been called Cassandra since I was really little and got into big trouble when I lost my mom in a supermarket. And Cass just sounds weird, right? Like it should be some sort of fish, haha.
02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?
Um... yes? This sounds like it should be a trick question, but I'm not sure where the trick is. Does anybody ever... not want socks with their uniform? I mean, just out of curiosity. Hey, I'm not judging! People can go sockless if they want. I mean, hey, it's a good look with flats.
03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking?
Does being an infant who can't talk for several years count? Haha, I didn't think it would. No, um. I suppose... after... my mom died, probably. I didn't really want to talk to anyone for a few days after that. I didn't really... have any one to talk to, anyway.
04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you?
What? No, don't be ridiculous. My friends are my family, they'd never do anything to hurt me. Witch hunters, however... well, that's another story.
05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate?
Why a large egret? Never mind, I'm not sure I want to know. You know, if we can say anything, I think I'd say a bengal tiger. Barring the fact that tigers are impossible to domesticate in real life, of course.
06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery?
... I'd say it depends on the person.
07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake?
Now here's a question I can get behind! I don't know, I'm pretty sure I'd eat cake off most surfaces so long as it was clean and hygienic. ... And not embarrassing.
08. Do you trust yourself?
... That's a pretty broad question. I suppose it would depend on "with what." There's a lot I trust myself with, like managing my finances responsibly, cooking dinner without burning the house down, you know, normal things! But also a few things that I don't. Let's leave it at that.
09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed.
Uh. Can I please... not?
10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you?
Wow, right in the kisser with the personal questions there huh. Don't mind me, just pull out your big guns. ... I mean, yeah, sure, I have friends and I like to think that they would! There, now I sound slightly egotistical, but it's okay. Whatever, right? Right.