( henry golding. cis male. he/him. save myself & ed sheeran. ) have you seen CASSIUS LALLEMENT strolling around central park at lunchtime? rumor has it they’re actually THIRTY-TWO years old, but i’m pretty sure they’re only FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN. they’re currently posing as a(n) LAWYER at LALLEMENT AT LAW, but when dusk falls, you can usually find them heading home to MANHATTAN by CAR SERVICE. apparently they DID attend the met gala this season! ( deanna. 26. she/her. est. )
born a child out of wedlock whose mother died during childbirth. his father had another family already and cassius was introduced to it, where he’d go on to be raised alongside two half-sisters, his best friends.
during his human years he never wed, instead devoting his life to his religion and looking after his siblings once his father passed. when he was thirty-two the village they were living in was slaughtered by vampires, and cas and his two siblings were turned as one of those creatures. it’s something cassius struggled with for a long time, as it went against his religion, and his sisters struggled as well.
a turning point in their immortality was finding out their youngest cousin made it out of the slaughter alive, and for years the three siblings spent their immortality watching after that cousin and their family as their own guardian angels, making sure nothing happened to their family line.
in the beginning of the eighteenth century, the three siblings were attacked by a group of vampire hunters, and cas’ youngest sister didn’t make it out alive. her death brought a frenzy to him that he had never experience before: he lost his faith, lost his morality, and lost his sense of self. both him and his other sister blamed themselves for her death, causing them to have a falling out and going their separate ways. cassius made sure every hunter involved in the attack was killed, and then every person associated with those hunters, until he was uncontrollable.
he stays like this for over a century, until one night he preys on an old couple, only realizing until afterwards that they had left behind a sick daughter. she reminds him of his youngest sister, so he decides to turn her and save her life. it’s only after doing so that humanity begins to seep into him—first with guilt about turning her, especially after the last person he had turned against their will (an old human flame named hera) held it against him for a long time. he didn’t want that to happen to this girl, nor for her to remember that he murdered her family moments before. so he hired a witch to take all her memories, then traveled with the new vampire to new york city, where he knew his sister now lived as a figurehead of the city.
cassius’ intention was to drop the new vampire off with his sister and leave, but between siring genevieve and seeing his sister again, a flood of emotions finally hit him. it was then cas finally started to repent his sins and everything he had done wrong, eventually turning his life around and helping his sister with her spot on the council.
to this day, he's never completely forgiven himself for what he's done, but he's trying to use the rest of his immortality for the better. eventually he got into law, and now cassius works as a lawyer for his own firm, one that focuses on civil rights and criminal defense attorney that mostly works pro-bono. he feels very strongly about giving back to humans in the community, as well as being non-prejudice towards other species. cassius believes in the council of new york, always there to lend a helping hand should they ever need him.
cas is a complete gentleman, always polite and willing to help anyone. his alignment is lawful good which says about as much as could think of him tbh, he’s just a really good guy. it doesn’t always come easy to him, but after so many lives he’s taken and horrors he’s committed, he will spend the rest of his life doing what’s best for the community, knowing he’ll never be able to completely atone for his sins.