Kasandra "Casey" Lucile Armitage

Casey is a main character in the novel series "The Sapience Files." Her first appearance was in the background of Book One, narrated by Sonbol Hassan, where she was shown to be causing a scene in the combat center as one of the first-years. Her main character status came in Book Two, where she was the main character and narrator in the third person, present tense.

Post WWII Poland
Casey was born to a middle-class family in Warsaw, Poland in 1913 as Kasandra Luiza Apolonia Natasza Scieszka. Not much is known of Casey's early childhood, although her mother was very strict and her father called her "Katrina", proving he either couldn't remember or didn't care about her enough to remember her name. Her eldest sister Zofia was an open Anti-Semetic, and called Casey a "filthy gypsy," due to her affiliation with the city's boys, or rather, their affiliation with her. She was greatly exploited as a child, made a child star and film icon. She had a secret girlfriend, however, a young Polish-Romani girl named Maja Zielony, a risky move to make in such a Catholic country. She hid Maja in her barn, and took care of her. A few months later, Maja was said to have been killed by forming Nazis after Zofia ratted her out to Casey's horror. A week after that, Casey's father was found dead in his room. Casey was blamed by Zofia to have murdered him. It was made a national scandal, and she was dubbed "the crazed child." She was put on an unfair trial, where she wasn't allowed to speak. Exhibiting signs of psychosis, she was sentenced to an asylum, where she spent four years before making a deal with a Russian mafia boy. She was released and proceeded to kill her family as well as the involved Nazis, starting with Zofia. She then ran away and changed her name to marry Dmitri Turgenev, the second-in-line to the Russian throne, surviving two poisonings but becoming a symbol of hatred, as many thought of her to be a witch. Chronos took her out of her time and brought her to Aeolus, who made her a storm spirit.

Her destiny was unknown, as all history after her death was completely erased, only to be later revealed.

The Rebirth Battle
Before she was allowed to be accepted (claimed by Aeolus), Casey had to fight in a week-long, trauma-inducing brawl with other creatures of the gods, including sirens, wood nymphs and even part-Titans. She would later meet children of more minor gods and legends, including Iris and Erebus. Note that in this universe, there are no demigods, only children of mythical creatures and prophets. Storms symbolize rebirth and tragedy, and none could be more accurate than Casey's story. She was taken directly from her time by Aeolus, disappearing off the face of the earth.

Adapting
Casey learned to live in the 2000's after a while. She still marveled at technology, and found it ironic how religious and misandrist her 1920s self was, and the fact that her powers had to do with technology when she had none in the 1920's. She learned English, from her French mother Melodie, affectionately called Mel. Her mother Giovanna, or Gigi, taught her the more masculine qualities, being a member of the Italian Mafia. She was put in boxing for three months, which she was forced to quit after she clawed out the eye of an opponent, which Mads covered up with a cat lie, and buying Casey a cat for more evidence. Casey named her Krystina, or Krysia for short, after Maja's fake name. Mads, her tough Italian mafia aunt, put her in parkour instead to keep her active. She had to cope with the fact that her entire family was dead, save for her sister Ani, who she never saw anyways. At fifteen, she was accepted into AeA Mattingly. Unfortunately, her life was far from perfect. Melodie still exploited her greatly, making her a child star at six just like before, and Giovanna was never home anyways. However, Melodie was a decent mother, and taught her her snobby, yet confident ways.

Present Day
Through the duration of the series, Casey has been held captive, tied up, nearly drowned and hurt multiple times, although she is able to heal in water. She joined the crew of the Burning Rose on November 11, 2008. She left after being held captive by the rival crew and causing a hurricane, revealing herself to not be a siren. As of book five, she is currently still a student at Mattingly.

Personality
Casey is incredibly energetic, often hyper and excitable. She can be unpredictable, tough and curious, although she is far from childish, as she enjoys scaring and sometimes hurting or tormenting others, especially when she feels outnumbered or weak. She is quite vain, and prides herself on being attractive, which she makes sure others acknowledge often. She often needs to be restrained or calmed down by another character for her incredible rage, even over the smallest things. She can be quite sadistic and makes sure to target other's weaknesses. She must always stand out from others, and be the best. She is described as "intimidating" and often makes rash decisions, such as choosing to save someone able to save themselves over herself. However, she is a great leader and is able to rally any crowd. She is also a great pyrotechnic, and is able to create realistic explosions.

She is bilingual and swears in Polish or Italian often, even when she isn't angry. She is called "unhinged," by many and believed to be a villain, as full-humans only see innocent people being killed. She is quite intelligent, although she lacks in common sense. She loves to make puns, and gives cutesy nicknames to others. She cannot go to an event sans a matching outfit, including a flame dress for a mass burning and an elf costume for Alaska (she "thought we were going to the North Pole"). She is sometimes egotistical, and volunteers to do dangerous things if people stroke her ego enough. She is one of the kindest characters in the book, so long as the other characters don't upset her. She is one of the series' comic reliefs, and has a famous Instagram. She is always carefree and loves to make huge plans. Her placements are Leo sun, Aquarius moon and Gemini rising.

Appearance
Casey is able to change her appearance through minor changes, however only a bit. She has large feline grey eyes and is described as looking "very Slavic." She normally has curly light brown hair, although she is able to make it both red and platinum blonde. Her hair is also able to become straight on command, but it never stays flat "due to all the static in her brain." She has an athletic body figure, as she constantly lifts and does parkour in her training. She is also able to give herself freckles and remove them. She is known quite well for her beauty. The features she inherited as a storm spirit are metal claws which never go away, purple wings which are retractable, fangs and later a third eye.

Due to her constantly changing appearance, she is very popular for cosplay and many races and individuals are able to portray her, as the only requirement is her signature grey or purple eyes.

Abilities/Powers
Casey is shown to have both electrokinesis and atmokinesis, including electric blasts, telekinesis, flight, electrical transfer, weather control and ceiling climbing. She is also able to manipulate others easily using different tactics. She is also shown to have incredible skill with throwing knives and has a trademark lightning rod-sword that she affectionately calls Wattson. She is one of, if not the most, powerful characters.

Weaknesses
Her largest weaknesses mainly stem from her own power, being short-circuits and the ability to be easily possessed. She is terrified of dolls and the uncanny valley. She is unable to use her powers when her hands are tied. Her claws are uncontrollable and hurt her and others easily. Her own powers can also be used against her. She can also be coerced into doing anything as long as she gets praise for it.

School
Casey is quite popular at her school, being an ambassador on her first year. She usually is one to confront other students, although she needs to constantly be restrained from hurting them. However, she sticks to her friend group, namely her team, although she branches out often. She is a member of the Sapience Society. She has had fights with a few students, such as Oliver Davenport, Louella Magnussen and Colette Mercier. She is on a mostly-male time team, although is said to be the cause for most fear, as both

Later Appearances
Casey later appears in book three, when she is kidnapped by the woodland fae after they realize she could save their habitat from a drought. She is missing for two months, before Calliope Findley, the main character, finds her ruling over them, as "Briar Dawn of Lark," implying that she either impersonated another fairy, forged an identity or was taken in by them. Her fake identity is far more quiet, and shows the Gemini side of her. She at first refuses to leave, but is convinced to come back after she is reminded how much everyone depends on her, further proving her vanity and ego. She was later claimed by Zeus, strangely, even though her father was Aeolus. It is still unknown who has claimed her.

Trivia
- She is afraid of mannequins

-She has to take poison guard pills, as she is afraid she'll get poisoned, hinting at a possible addiction

- She is bisexual with no preference

-She has no favorite color, although she "enjoys different shades of amethyst"

-Many famous male singers, including Pitbull and Eminem, have restraining orders against her, many from when she was around fourteen.The reason is unknown, although fans have speculated she may have either made a mockery of them or had been excessively disruptive at a concert. However, it is likely that she merely creeped them out.

-As her family is involved in the mafia, she mentions once how her aunt's ex-husband taught her how to tie a noose, which she later used to frame Jeanne Mercier. This implies she may have witnessed a suicide as well.

- She has mentioned that Lady Gaga is her godmother, although it is unknown how, as well as the fact that neither Casey nor her parents worship God

-She hates birds with a passion

-She looks up to Esme Squalor from the Series of Unfortunate Events series

-She has shown to be able to speak to horses, and has a large influence over the hellhounds

-She has the capacity to be an ingenious hacker, although she rarely hacks into useful things

-She can speak to her black cat Krystina as well as her shapeshifting hellhound-dog-cats, Anni, Demi and Massie.

-She later is revealed to have a three-headed hellhound with the heads named Anni (Annihilation), Demi (Demolition) and Massie (Massacre)

- She has a horse named "Posy" after the nursery rhyme

-She plays the electric guitar and lyre, pretty much any kind of guitar

-She couldn't tie her shoes until she was 14