Cassius Octavian

Cassius Octavian is a gold dragonborn currently acting as the guildmaster of the Desdemonan Pathfinder Society. As an NPC, he is played by Joseph.

Appearance
Cassius appears as a heavily muscled, well-built dragonborn with golden scales. A strong brow and scarred face, Cassius often carries a serious, no-nonsense expression. His eyes are gold with flecks of green, set with lines that betray a lifetime of adventuring.

Personality
Cassius is a serious individual who carries the weight of the Pathfinder Society on his shoulders. He is intelligent and hard-working, accustomed to the stress of his position by means of many years of experience. Though he often exudes a no-nonsense, somber air, he genuinely cares for the guild members under his protection, and takes pains to connect with and care for the adventurers under his (metaphorical) wing.

Cassius sees the Pathfinder Society as his magnum opus, and sees each and every member as a member of his own family. He takes care to impress these familial bonds on those under him, stressing the fraternal nature of the brotherhood of adventurers that bear the crest of the Pathfinder Society.

Background
Little is known about Cassius's life before the guild. He is secretive about his past, often ignoring inquiries into how he came to lead the Pathfinder Society or attempting to shift the conversation.

In the year 6E 247, Cassius, alongside his fellow adventurers Licentia Aescepilus, Isabel of Sibrook, and Virtue, defeated the dragon Asterox, a silver dragon demigod that had been captured by demons as a hatchling and brought to the plane of Oblivion to be tortured and corrupted into an infernal wyrm. Driven mad by the tortures inflicted upon him, Asterox was unleashed onto the Material Plane, where he threatened much of Arkhosia before he was ultimately defeated.

During The Chaos Crew's travels to Ephesa, it was revealed that Cassius had visited the monastery at the foot of Mount Celest nearly three hundred years prior, and that he had been the last pilgrim to be allowed access to the summit of the mountain and to travel to the home of the gods itself. There, Cassius was blessed by the goddess Albion with eternal life, what Cassius would go on to call "payment for services rendered" for laying her son to rest.

The Pathfinder Society
Cassius founded the Desdemonan Pathfinder Society in 6E 378 with the intent of creating an outpost for like-minded adventurers to gather together and cooperate. Since its inception, the Pathfinder Society has grown to become one of the most prestigious and well-respected adventurers' guilds in Arkhosia, and is known to operate throughout much of northern Alterra.

At some point, Cassius adopted Thalia Octavian, a gold dragonborn like him that had been abandoned on the doorstep to the Pathfinder Society as an infant.