Cassandra Pentaghast

"Gone. Just like the Warden..."

Cassandra Pentaghast is a Nevarran royal and Seeker of the Chantry who is interested in Hawke. She believes that understanding Hawke's actions could be the key to preventing a war that threatens to engulf Thedas. She is the protagonist of the film Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker, which revolves around her investigating a conspiracy within the Chantry.

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
After the ceremony, the Divine meets with Cassandra in the cathedral. The Divine insists that the attack on the Gathering was only the beginning; a storm is coming and the Chantry must be prepared. Cassandra asks how she can serve as the Divine places a book in her arms (the same one she holds during her interrogation of Varric Tethras).

Dragon Age II
On behalf of the Chantry, Cassandra approaches Varric after Hawke has become Champion. She interrogates him in the old Amell Estate revealing that the Champion has left Kirkwall before the Seekers have begun their search for the Warden and Hawke. Cassandra initially believed that the Champion came to the city to spread subversion against the Chantry.

Quotes

 * (To Varric) "You know exactly why I'm here! Time to start talking, dwarf. They tell me you're good at it."
 * (To Varric) "Bullshit! That's not what really happened!"
 * (To Varric) "Why lie now about this? What have you to gain?"


 * Cassandra: "I'm not interested in stories. I came to hear the truth".
 * Varric: "What makes you think I know the truth?"
 * Cassandra: "Don't lie to me! You knew him/her even before he/she became the Champion!"

Trivia

 * Mark Darrah, Dragon Age II's executive producer, stated that the development team was thinking about the possibility of Cassandra playing a major role in Dragon Age III.
 * During the development of Dragon Age II, her hair changed from long black hair, to short white hair, to her current short black hair.
 * In Dragon Age: Redemption Nyree states that she once fought beside a templar named Cassandra. Cairn states that Cassandra is head of the Seeker Order. Cassandra Pentaghast, however, is not the head of the Seekers.
 * Her first name and membership in the Seekers of Truth are possible references to the mythical seer Cassandra.
 * Cassandra is proclaimed the "right hand of the Divine Beatrix III" in Dawn of the Seeker, while in Dragon Age II, Grand Cleric Elthina refers to Leliana as the "left hand of the Divine" (albeit referring to a different Divine).
 * Cassandra can be seen in the new Dragon Age: Inquistion trailer The Fires Above.