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Cassiopeia Cassiopeia is a deadly creature bent on manipulating others to her will. Youngest and most beautiful daughter of the noble Du Couteau family of Noxus Crest icon Noxus, she ventured deep into the crypts beneath Shurima Crest icon Shurima in search of ancient power. There, she was bitten by a gruesome tomb guardian, whose venom transformed her into a viper-like predator. Cunning and agile, Cassiopeia now slithers under the veil of night, petrifying her enemies with her baleful gaze.


CassiopeiaSquare"Secrets are sharper than blades…"  Cassiopeia
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Background[]

Early life[]

Born as a noble of Noxus Crest icon Noxus, Cassiopeia Du Couteau had a sharp mind and wit at an early age, and very early on in her life the Du Couteau family moved to Urzeris, Shurima Crest icon Shurima. While her older sister Katarina Katarina trained under their father Marcus Marcus to be an assassin, Cassiopeia was taught by her mother Soreana Soreana how to use a position of authority. One day, Soreana fell ill as a result of an assassination attempt through poisoning her hairbrush. With Marcus removing the house staff, Cassiopeia tended to her mother, where the two developed a closer bond as Soreana recovered.

When Marcus and Katarina returned to Noxus, Cassiopeia remained in Urzeris with her mother. Soreana told her the truth that she was part of the Solid Rose Clasic Faction Colors Black Rose cult, which had managed to influence Shurima. As Cassiopeia grew to adulthood, Soreana mentored her to be a cunning and manipulative figure who could use those around her as tools before disposing of them when given the chance. Cassiopeia was initiated into the Black Rose by stealthily assassinating those who plotted Soreana's death.

After gaining her role with the Black Rose's plans, Cassiopeia raided Shuriman ruins with the help of a Shuriman mercenary named Sivir Sivir. When Soreana received the news that her husband honored Jericho Swain's Jericho Swain's coup against Boram Darkwill Boram Darkwill, she realized that the Black Rose would be in danger, so she instructed Cassiopeia to obtain Shurima's godly power. Swearing to her mother's oath, Cassiopeia raided the underground Tomb of the Forgotten with Sivir. She backstabbed Sivir with her dagger before reaching for the artifact, the Chalikar to open the doors to the tomb and gain the God-Warriors' power of Ascension.

However, Cassiopeia was bitten by a stone snake guardian wwhich guarded the tomb, painfully transforming her into a half-human, half-snake hybrid. Falling into despair, Cassiopeia mourned her lost life for weeks, but eventually moved on and accepted her new form, hoping for her newfound Ascended magic to have potential for the Black Rose.

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Recent events[]

Getting used to her new form while overlooking Urzeris, Cassiopeia felt an urge to hunt down a Noxian soldier she held contempt for. Lurking out of his view, she admonished him for killing children for drake meat for profit and killing three people while leaving them unrecognizable. Calling out to her to show herself, Cassiopeia revealed her monstrous appearance to him. She wrapped her tail around the soldier, feeling sadistic satisfaction towards his pain. He recognized her as Lady Cassiopeia and taunted her about how she lost her nobility. In response, Cassiopeia released all of her pent-up emotions as she petrified him into stone. Feeling satisfaction that her new cursed form allowed her to take what she wanted, she smashed the petrified soldier as she eagerly plotted to attack her next victim.

Appearance[]

Cassiopeia is a slim woman who wears only a Shuriman headdress, bra and armbands on her elbows. After being transformed by her curse, her legs turned into a long green snake tail merged into her body with a golden belt, and her fingers have become golden with an adorned jewel on the back of each hand. She has black sclera with glowing lime irises and slitted pupils. She has snake-like fangs in place of teeth and a forked tongue.

Personality[]

Cassiopeia is a treacherous, manipulative schemer who takes any opportunity she can to further her goals. She has an individualistic philosophy, seeing others as tools to exploit. After transforming into her cursed form, she initially felt disgust towards her new body and despair from losing her old life as a noble, but embraced her new form as a way to enact her goals herself. Though Cassiopeia's new capabilities have made her sadistic and predatory, she still has moral standards and prefers to hunt those more evil than herself, such as when she admonished and killed a Noxian soldier whom committed inhumane crimes.

Abilities[]

  • Magically Altered Physiology: Cassiopeia was transformed in a monstrous half-snake creature with several new powers.
    • Tail: Cassiopeia's legs were replaced by a long, snake like tail. She can use her tail to ensnare others, or as a blunt weapon. The tail is also much faster than normal human legs.
    • Toxin Creation: Cassiopeia naturally produces powerful toxins that can kill one in a matter of minutes.
    • Fangs: Cassiopeia has gained fangs that she can use to bite her foes, or shoot as projectiles.
    • Petrifying Gaze: Cassiopeia's gaze can turn others to stone.

Relations[]

Katarina Katarina[]

Cassiopeia is Katarina's Katarina's younger sister. The sisters and the Blade's Shadow the Blade's Shadow are members of Noxus Crest icon Noxian noble house Du Couteau, whose head (General Marcus, Noxus' finest assassin) is missing and presumed dead.

Solid Rose Clasic Faction Colors Black Rose[]

Cassiopeia was initiated into the Solid Rose Clasic Faction Colors Black Rose order by her mother Soreana. One of her missions tasked by her mother was to retrieve godlike powers that had been the key to Shurima Crest icon Shurima's supremacy in ancient times to help the order defeat Swain's Trifarix. Her father and sister supported Swain Swain, which was considered a betrayal by Cassiopeia and her mother. Other members of her house may not be aware of their connection to the organization.

Sivir Sivir[]

Cassiopeia hired Sivir Sivir to raid ancient Shurima Crest icon Shuriman ruins and later stabbed her to steal her blade in order to open an ancient tomb. Renekton Renekton and Xerath Xerath were released thanks to Cassiopeia.

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Starring Champion

Cassiopeia Sivir Descent into the Tomb
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Descent into the Tomb

Scroll after scroll in Noxian libraries chronicle the power buried within Shurima. Now Cassiopeia thinks she's found the key. Learn how the saga began.

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The Shedding of Skin

By Rayla Heide

Cassiopeia reclined against the crenelated rooftop, and gazed over the winding alleys and crowded streets of Urzeris. A Noxian possession for years, the coastal city still refused to completely embrace its new identity—it felt ancient, and quietly resistant to the future.

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Katarina: Issue 4

By Alison Hawkes

The kingdom of Demacia is in chaos! While the Great City has its focus on Sylas and his mage rebellion, a cunning, redheaded assassin, Katarina, lurks in the shadows. Focused on executing the most dangerous mission of her life, she hopes to finally live up to her father’s impossible expectations. However, when she is forced to choose between the mission and her own instincts, will she have to betray Noxus’ Master of Assassins?

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The Battle Mistress

By Rayla Heide

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The Magus Ascendant

By Graham McNeill

Shurima Hierophant Of Zuretta
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Short Story • 5 Minute Read

Water

By Odin Austin Shafer

Sivir's throat felt like it was coated in a layer of broken glass. The cracked flesh of her lips burned. Her eyes refused to focus. I've given them more than enough time to move on.

Alternate Universes

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Make History

In this battle of regions, one will conquer all others to make history.

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Spirit Bonds

By Jared Rosen, Michael Yichao, Rayla Heide, Elan Stimmel, Cat Manning, David Slagle, John O'Bryan, Michael Luo, Phillip Vargas

They say the Spirit Blossom Festival represents a thinning of the veil between our world and the Spirit Realm.

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The Man with the Grinning Shadow

By Jared Rosen

“You the marshal?”

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The Path, An Ionian Myth

Every myth carries a seed of truth. A slain swordsman must decide if he will make peace with his past—or be consumed by it.

Trivia[]

  • It is possible that the snake statue in the tomb is related to Naganeka, a God-Warrior deemed Darkin.
  • In the old lore, Cassiopeia Cassiopeia considers Talon Talon as more of an outsider, while Katarina Katarina treats him as a brother.

Change log[]

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22 Oct 2019 (During V9.21) Added.

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