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PLAYER
NAME: Era
CONTACT: Folks can PM me at this account, or use
OTHER CHARACTERS IN THE PINES: None!
CHARACTER
NAME: Cassian Jeron Andor
CANON: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
CANON-POINT: The beach on Scarif, post death.
DOSSIER
HISTORY: have a wiki
WHAT ARE YOUR CHARACTER'S STRENGTHS?: COMPARTMENTALIZATION - Cassian is very good at setting aside his own feelings in favor of what must be done. He is also good at big picture thinking; combat tactics; observing others; and GATHERING INFORMATION. He's pretty good at following orders, if he believes in what those who are giving the orders believe in. He is also skilled at reading people, and understands his own limitations.
WHAT ARE YOUR CHARACTER'S WEAKNESSES?: He is SELFLESS in that he spent a good chunk of his life doing things he's not proud of in order for the Resistance to succeed in overthrowing the Empire. Like lying to people. Killing people. Leaving people behind. In fact, his entire past as a member of the Resistance's Intelligence forces could be circled in red under the heading 'weakness'.
WHAT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR CHARACTER'S PAST HAVE IMPACTED THEM THE MOST?: The death of his parents (thanks, canon, for not giving us more details on that), the circumstances of the Resistance versus the Empire in the first place and growing up in the midst of that civil war, becoming a member of the resisting faction at the grand old age of 6, and spending his life from that point onward, more or less, lying, gathering information, and killing for the Resistance.
WHAT MOTIVATES YOUR CHARACTER?: An intense dislike for fascist leaning governments, the belief that insurmountable odds can be shifted in the favor of the losing party, the hope that he will somehow manage to atone for all he's done (for all the "right" reasons, but still).
WHAT IMPRESSION DO OTHERS TEND TO HAVE OF YOUR CHARACTER?: Stoic, calm in the face of great threat and terrible odds, good at following orders, capable, loyal, generally unfazed by bullshit.
IN WHAT WAYS DOES THAT IMPRESSION DIFFER FROM WHO YOUR CHARACTER REALLY IS?: Cassian has a LOT OF GUILT - survivor's guilt, for one, but also guilt for having a hand, directly and indirectly, in the deaths of so many people. The gulf between Cassian's personal moral core and what he has been ordered to do has grown wide, but he manages to traverse it with a calm that does not betray his inner turmoil. That calm is not necessarily a façade, but a part of the way he's creating measured distance between himself and the things he must do. Plus in general he kind of doesn't like himself anymore.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER HANDLE CRISIS OR ADVERSITY?: ORGANIZE! RESIST! Glare at it, really. Ideally without getting anyone arrested or killed. He has a pretty firm sense of right and wrong, and prioritizes the safety of others above himself but isn't likely to run out on the front lines without having a lot of information first.
WHICH 5 THINGS WILL YOUR CHARACTER REMEMBER UPON ARRIVAL, AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THEM?: He was orphaned by the time he was 6.
He is a Captain, by rank.
He belongs to a crew called Rogue One.
His best friend's name is Kay.
There is a lot of blood on his hands.
I chose these 5 because they are all have great impact on who he is as a person and explain his life and general state of being in simple parts - childhood is overshadowed by losing his parents, his place in the world explained by belonging to a crew and having a rank, a personal connection in remembering Kay, and a place to put his general unease with himself in knowing that he's killed people.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU FEEL WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?: Dude's got PTSD like, there is no getting around that, HE SPEAKS SPANISH, and to sum up one Cassian Andor: he is selfless, flawed, a little situationally cynical, responsible, deliberate and focused, intrepid yet vigilant (how can you not be and be a spy?), and evasive (especially about personal things or anything that might jeopardize the Resistance). Also, compartmentalizing. Lots of that.
SKILLS, ABILITIES, & PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES: Cassian is a human without superpowers but I will list his various skills below.
Brawl - unarmed combat
Firearms - identifying, using, and maintaining firearms
Larceny - picking locks, burglary, bypassing security, sleight of hand, etc
Stealth - moving silently and unnoticed
Survival - enduring harsh environments
Weaponry - identifying, using, and maintaining non-firearm weapons
Drive/Piloting - manning terrain vehicles, flying spacecraft,
Computer - computer programs and operating systems
Investigation - solving riddles and finding evidence
Persuasion - convincing others and inspiring their emotions
Socialize - social interaction in various situations
Streetwise - navigating urban streets and gathering intel there
Subterfuge - deceiving others and noticing when they are deceiving him
He's in very good shape and physically fit, plus is an intelligent spy and assassin who can hold his own in a fight or firefight. Also he can cook!
INVENTORY: Since Cassian is coming in with an Imperial uniform pretty much in tatters, his clothes are going to be useless and probably not worth recovering. He did come in armed with an A280-CFE blaster, so that will be amongst his things. Also he has a security kit hidden in his boot.
One thing he wouldn't have on him that I would like him to obtain again is his field jacket & gloves with the furry collar and the hidden suicide pill. Fun times, the life of Cassian Andor.
SAMPLES
PROSE-HEAVY: sample 1
DIALOGUE-HEAVY: sample 2
Revisions:
Personality Weakness:
That being selfless + kind of hating himself as a result of the terrible things he's personally done to further the needs of the Resistance? Equals more than a little self-loathing, and a dash of suicidal ideation hinted in canon (the book, not the movie). SO? What does that mean, really? Where's the weakness?
It means that Cassian puts the needs of the many above his own needs. Above his own health, mental and physical, above his own morality, above his convictions about what is right and wrong. Selfishness is essential to mental health, really - at a certain point most people have to step back and say 'I need to take care of me before I can keep [fighting this fight] 24/7' or they experience severe burn-out - and to thriving in any environment, much less a civil war.
Yet Cassian is lacking selfishness to the point that his own health and well-being is risked by it.
He has lied to people. He has killed people. And he has done it in the name of the 'greater good' and while none of these things sit well with him, he continues on up until the point of the movie (wherein he doesn't, actually, stop working towards the goals of the greater good in favor of taking care of himself at all). He sees himself as expendable to the big picture, which is definitely not untrue given his canon but it's not...the healthiest way a person can view themselves.
So, to sum: he is selfless to the point of near suicidal behaviors, or at the very least, engaging in activities that are not the best for his personal physical and mental health, all because: you guessed it! THE GREATER GOOD. If it'll help others, save others, he'll do it, even if it costs him everything. Literally.
Why people view him the way they do:
Above I stated that people see Cassian as "Stoic, calm in the face of great threat and terrible odds, good at following orders, capable, loyal, generally unfazed by bullshit" and naturally, forgot to say WHY. Whoops. The thing with this presentation of self that Cassian gives others is that it is just as fabricated as any false identity he's used in his life. There is nothing, in his mind, to be gained by not seeming stoic, unphased, unquestioning in his loyalty to the Resistance. It won't help the Resistance, that's for sure, and if it doesn't help the Resistance then what's he doing it for? His own personality fits fairly well into this perceived personality as well, because he IS loyal to an extreme fault above all else. So he doesn't...allow his questioning and truth-seeking nature, or the fact that he is often unsettled by the things he's ordered to do, to overrun the need to be a pillar of the Resistance. He allows himself to be defined by the role his position within the Resistance and what he's done to get there instead of...letting himself be a person with flaws in front of other people.
Physical Weaknesses:
Still can't believe I forgot an ENTIRE APP SECTION wtg Era.
Anyway.
Cassian is baseline human. No superpowers, no healing comas, none of that. In canon he gets SHOT, falls several storeys, doesn't die (immediately), and climbs back up those several storeys in order to drag his near-dead self around to see the mission through. In essence he is his own worst enemy when it comes to his physical health because he'll ignore it (for: THE GREATER GOOD yes we get it thank you) if it is in the way of what he feels he must do, needs to do. Like, the man is good shape. But he hasn't been the kindest to himself and probably will continue...not being the kindest to himself.
Please. Someone. Make him take a seat. Or several. (Especially if he's been shot.)