Japanese name: Seiki Hinote

Meaning: Firey True Heart

Nickname/otherwise called: Cass/ Cassie

Age: 18

Birthdate: 22nd August 1984 at 4:30pm

Zodiac:
Sun Sign: Leo with Leo rising
Opposite sign: Aquarius
Constellation Sign: Leo
Lunar Sign: Leo

Nationality: American

Gemstone: Ruby

Plant: Apple

Blood Type: B

Height: 5'7"

Hair: Shoulder length redhead. Flame coloured hair with lowlights of burnt orange and highlights of a pale amber. Wavy/curly style, it tends to fly around her face a bit and is quite 'bouncy'. Long, wavy bangs.

Eyes: Wide and bright, expressive, but she can lower them to look very sultry. Aqua and blue coloured.

Skin: Very pale caucasian, freckle free but burns quite easily.

Build: Tall and a very slim, almost androgynous/boyish shape. Beautiful oval shaped face.

Least Favourite Food: Curry

Favourite Subject: Geography

Least Favourite Subject: Maths

Favourite Colour: Scarlet

Favourite sport: Skating

Favourite music: Jrock and grunge - particularly likes L'Arc~en~Ciel and Incubus

Favourite movie: Anything which isn't 'sappy'. She adores the Matrix.

Dress - Cassie hates to be properly dressed all the time. She dislikes labels and much prefers trendy market jeans, whether they be slim-fitting or baggy. She doesn't mind dressing up occasionally but she is far more comfortable in jersey tops and casual clothes, she particularly dislikes plunging necklines which tend to show her small chest too much.

Hobbies: listening to music and playing guitar (she can play both bass and electric), watching animes and going out drinking,

Weaknesses: Stubborn, her frustration is demonstrated as anger, her love for Esa

Dreams: She wants to find love and a peaceful future for herself but she fears she cannot let go of her friend

General Personality:

On the surface Cassie appears like the greatest friend possible. She is loyal and honest, as well as being a bubbly and chatty extrovert. She does however very much so have a temperament like her element and her negativities can show through when she is hurt or wronged.

Cassie loves to have fun, she is a very 'people person' and although she may not be the strongest academically, she has plenty of common sense and good reason. Strangely she immediately gets along well with Mellissa, the two sharing a common bond of being fun-loving and inhibition-less. Cassie can really identify with Mell's positive outlook on life and sees her as light relief. On the other hand though, Cassie can demand the need to be relied upon. She likes people to feel dependent upon her and part of her attraction to Esa is the other girl's desperate need for someone to guide her through life. Cassie likes to mix her practicality with a sense that she has a devil-may-care attitude which earns her a lot of friends.

When she does meet with Esa once again however, Cassie's personality starts to change. She considers her greatest goal to find true love, and when her true love comes into her life it frustrates her immensely that she can't be with that love. Her loyalty to her friends, and her determination to shine through her dark moments result in her pushing these feelings deep inside of her. The other reason for this is her younger sister, Amy Taverner. Amy is a very intolerant and argumentative girl and Cassie cannot bear the thought of Amy ever finding out about her. Cassie cannot stand being hurt, she is too proud and stubborn, and when she does fall into her sadness she reacts either with a strange detachment or more likely she will snap at a person. She becomes more thoughtful considering her nature, but even this side of herself she forces beneath as she realises how much Esa needs her help and despite herself she responds to the calls and even helps her in Esa's own indecision to the sacrifice of her own heart.

Still, through all this she remains stubbornly determined to show that nothing is wrong. She refuses to let her feelings cloud her judgement as a senshi and she refuses to let anyone else see any part of her other than the bubbly extrovert.

Transformation Phrase: Leo Power/ Leo Astral Power/ Leo Imperial Power

Senshi Appearance:

Normal -
Classic white senshi fuku. Short bows and tails in a shade of amber. The gloves are elbow length and topped with three darkish scarlet rings. The skirt is a soft pleated skirt dark scarlet in colour topped with a plunging v-shaped band. The collar is golden yellow in colour, with two white stripes and fastened on her chest to the bow with a gold disc bearing her engraved planetary emblem. The footwear is white knee-high boots, a band of dark red around the top and inset with a gold oval-shaped gem.

Super –
Very similar to the first incarnation of senshi except for the addition of thin transparent chiffon ‘wing’ like sleeves protruding from only one round sleeve. The front bow is still short although the tails grow longer to be knee length; the colour remains the same orange shade however. The gloves are still elbow length and topped with three dark scarlet rings and the skirt is still a soft pleated skirt a dark scarlet colour topped with a plunging v-shaped band. The collar is still golden yellow, but now with only one white stripe and fastened on the chest to the bow with a gold heart emblem bearing her engraved planetary emblem. The footwear is still the white knee-high boots, a band of red around the top and inset with a gold oval-shaped gem.

Eternal –
The fuku is still a white bodice but the sleeves have now become ‘bubbles’ in a very light red, almost pale pink colour and supported by two dark red rings around her arms. The front bow now has three layers, in amber and becoming progressively darker in shade with the layering. The back bow is still one layer but the tails reach to the ankles. Gloves are elbow length and white, although the three coloured rings are partially obscured as the main glove extends into a hard and very sharp piece of material. This is detached from the senshi’s skin so that when she bends her arms, the material sticks out like a blade. The skirt maintains the same colour but now consists of three layers, the second layer being a paler red/pink and the third practically white, the skirt also has a dual band shaded a pink on the lower and a darker red on the upper fastened in the middle with a gold star. The collar is still brown but stripeless and the fastening is a gold star decorated with the Astrological sign as an inset piece of gleaming pale pink coloured Agate and a smaller ball of ruby just above. The boots are dark red and thigh-high with a stiff sharp piece of material at the top shaped into a triangular shape again to act as a blade.

Items & Weapons: A long silver staff which hold the Crystal of Hope. This adds an extra emergency safeguard to the battle but it uses up much of the senshi's own energy. The crystal gives Leo her 'protection' name - The senshi protecting against despair - as well as offering a protective shield for the Zodiacs when she incants 'Leo Crystal Power Staff Energise'.

Transformation Item: Henshin pen which changes through the series. See images here:

    

‘Normal’ attack: Leo Flamethrower - She summons a ball of fire, which is pushed onto the enemies. Leo joins her fingers to create the ball then stretches her arms apart creating a bar of fire abover her head and then this is 'thrown' at the enemies.

Super Attack: Lion's Roar - the crystal in Leo's staff shoots out a beam which becomes a Lion of Fire. It races towards the enemy with a roar, which disables hearing and momentarily disorientates.

Eternal Attack: Leo Firefly - Leo summons a number of small flaming creatures in a whirl around herself. When she stretches out her hand they fly at the point of the enemy she indicates and subjects them to an attack of thousands of burning bites.