This confuses Cassandra as Byron taught her everything she knew as a Seeker and acted as a father figure for her. Late at night Cassandra finds Byron taking the girl from prison. They rescue Avexis, but High Seeker Aldren refuses to return Avexis to the Circle he wants to keep her in custody claiming she is too important for the blood mages to be returned. The Seekers kill most of the blood mages but their leader Frenic shapeshifts into a crow and escapes. Avexis has the ability to control beasts, and is to be used in a ritual to control dragons. The Seekers, including Cassandra, attack a group of blood mages who abducted an elven girl with a unique ability from the Circle of Magi. Cassandra resented her family for keeping her in a gilded cage and became estranged to Nevarra much later on. Anthony embraced swordsmanship, dreaming of becoming a dragon hunter, and Cassandra did the same. They grew up isolated, with only each other for company and support. Vestalus became prelate of the Mortalitasi in 9:12 Dragon and spent less and less time with Cassandra and Anthony. Cassandra and her brother moved to the Grand Necropolis of Nevarra. Their father's brother, Vestalus, was a senior member of the Mortalitasi and as such beyond the reprisal of the king, and he took them in as his wards. Cassandra and her brother were spared because they were only children at the time and family to the king most importantly, they had an influential relative to vouch for their behavior.

At the suggestion of his court, King Markus ordered the execution of most of the conspirators' immediate families, fearing reprisals from vengeful relatives down the line.

In 9:10 Cassandra's parents, Lord Matthias and Lady Tigana, took the wrong side in the second attempt to overthrow King Markus Pentaghast and were executed by the king. Cassandra was raised in her family's estate in Nevarra City. Born in a carriage halfway between Cumberland and Val Chevin, Cassandra is the seventy-eighth in line to the Nevarran throne.

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