- "Fear drives people to seek out all manner of protection. God, the Invisibles, the lwa. But sometimes that is not enough."
- — Cassandra
Cassandra is a main character in Mafia III.
History[]
Background[]
Cassandra in her Voodoo shop
Cassandra is the leader of the Haitian Mob in New Bordeaux, and an Underboss in the Clay Crime Family. When Baka, who was widely thought to be the leader of the the Haitians, is killed by Lincoln, Cassandra emerges as the group's true boss.[2]
Very little is known about her early years, though she mentions to Lincoln that she had a sister who was murdered by Ritchie Doucet and the Dixie Mafia. This is later revealed to be untrue, as she later confessed it was not her sister, but daughter named Caroline. She forms an unlikely alliance with Lincoln, and together with Thomas Burke and Vito Scaletta, becomes one of his underbosses in an effort to take down the Marcano Crime Family.
She's as ruthless as she is mysterious, but one thing is for certain: The Haitian mob's alluring "Voodoo Queen" will destroy the human trafficking trade in New Bordeaux, no matter the cost.
Fate[]
- See also Mafia III Endings.
Nothing is known of Cassandra's fate if Lincoln decides to stay and rule New Bordeaux. If she and Lincoln managed to get through the takeover of the Marcano Crime Family without any betrayal, it is assumed she continued to lead the Haitian Mob and work as Lincoln's underboss, running whatever territories Lincoln saw fit to give her.
Cassandra's fate
If Lincoln leaves New Bordeaux and Cassandra assumes control of the city, there wasn't a crime boss from Boston to Miami who respected her claim. As a result, the Commission, the Columbians, and the Cubans all went after her. They realized too late that they had no idea who they were fighting.
Johnny Galante had his throat slit while watching Deep Throat in a porn theater. Manny Moreno was set on fire outside his daughter's quinceanera. Severo Garcia was buried alive on the beach and drowned when the tide came in. Anton Bagrov was beaten to death with crowbars in the parking lot of the Briar Patch.
After this the real criminals came after her. The governor declared martial law and sent in the National Guard, so Cassandra shot him in the head on the steps of the capitol building. After that everyone got the message: The city belonged to Cassandra. But the government is like a rogue elephant. It's murderous, patient, and never forgets. So the state pulled funding for schools, city maintenance, and the like. If they couldn't get Cassandra, they'd strangle the city until it gave her up.
When the hurricane hit New Bordeaux, the locals called it Hurricane Cassandra. Nobody expected the damage to be so severe that the levees would completely fail, that the flooding would wipe out half the city and force the other half to leave, that the city would turn into the ghost town it is today. It's hard to believe that a major American city would be left to rot like that.
Some say that Cassandra was one of the thousands who drowned in the flood. Others say she slipped away into the swamps and still rules what's left of the city's underworld from the bayou. Either way she's a ghost who hasn't been seen in years.
Associates[]
- Jennifer Moran is a switchboard operator who can cut the phone lines for a period of time.
- Jackie DuVernay runs a mobile weapons store that sells weapons, ammunition, vehicle modifications, supplies, and various upgrades.
- Clifton Jean-Baptiste is a gunsmith who will improve Lincoln's weapons with various modifications and upgrades.
Appearances[]
Mafia III[]
Story Chapters[]
Optional Missions[]
- .45 in My Hand (Boss)
- Are We Cool
Betrayal Mission[]
- Caroline (Boss/Betrayal/Killed)
Perks[]
| Income | Perk | Available Upgrade | Associate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | Arms Dealer | Basic Arms Dealer: Buy Weapons On The Go | Jackie DuVernay |
| $30,000 | Arms Dealer | Screaming Zemi: A Throwable Distraction Device | Jackie DuVernay |
| $60,000 | Gunsmith | Gunsmith: Improved Accuracy | Clifton Jean-Baptiste |
| $100,000 | Operator | Operator: Shut Down Phones For 2 Mins | Jennifer Moran |
| $140,000 | Gunsmith | Gunsmith: Increased Ammo Capacity | Clifton Jean-Baptiste |
| $180,000 | Arms Dealer | Screaming Zemi (Smoke) | Jackie DuVernay |
| $220,000 | Gunsmith | Gunsmith: Improved Stability | Clifton Jean-Baptiste |
| $270,000 | Operator | Operator: Shut Down Phones for 5 Mins | Jennifer Moran |
| $320,000 | Arms Dealer | Screaming Zemi (Exploding) | Jackie DuVernay |
| $370,000 | Gunsmith | Gunsmith: Faster Reload | Clifton Jean-Baptiste |
| $420,000 | Operator | Operator: Kill Phones & Call Your Backup | Jennifer Moran |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the documentary cutscenes, Agent Maguire said there so many stories about Cassandra's past, that it's impossible to know what's true.
- While Cassandra has never been to Empire Bay, she has some family there.[3]
- Cassandra is represented by a purple fleur de lis icon.
- The beta version of Cassandra showed her with an afro. It got changed when the game developers saw that that hairdo was virtually unknown among Haitian women of the game's era.
- Cassandra is seen wearing a leather jacket to the sitdowns. Her default outfit is a puffy white shirt and long blue skirt.
- "Cassandra" is not her real name, and it is unknown what her actual name is. If Cassandra is killed, the shootout at the Haitian Camp in the bayou is discussed on the in-game radio, and it is mentioned after her body was identified and fingerprinted, that Cassandra previously used the name "Delphina Lawrence" when directing and committing a series of mob related crimes in Texas and Mississippi before 1968. It is unclear if this is Cassandra's real name, or an additional alias.
References
- ↑ Caroline is revealed to be Cassandra's daughter, not her sister as she previously said, in the final conversation of .45 in My Hand.
- ↑ Lincoln's Journal
- ↑ Conversation with Cassandra in her shop
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