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Castle & Soulmate Origin

This is further lore for my Twitch channel’s vTuber: CassiaBloodstone

Not intended to be world class writing - I just needed a place to put the info since Twitch panels are not working correctly for me right now!     It wasn't a fluke that Cassia found her way to Bloodstone Castle tucked neatly away within the German mountains. From 1820 to 1821, Cassia met and fell deeply in love with a traveling classical music professor from Germany named Oleander Harkness; as did he - with her. Oli stood over six feet tall, had dimensional ash brown hair and a short beard both peppered with grey tones, and honey brown eyes. They shared their love of piano, books, nature, and warm cups of soothing tea. Soon, it was weekly that they were going out for plays, orchestral performances, walks in the park, museums, food, and drink. They had become rather inseparable; their relationship being understanding and equal. 

    Oleander was planning to propose marriage to Cassia, in which she would have enthusiastically accepted, though he wanted to do it at the perfect location. Oli was going to set up travel to his home in Germany to show her around his dwelling and surrounding town. Wracked with nerves of Cassia seeing his home for the first time, he kissed her goodbye and traveled back to Germany to make sure all was in order.

        After all, revealing that he was an alchemical wizard living in his family's castle that had stood the test of time for generations was no small feat. 

        Devastatingly, weeks had gone by where no correspondence was received from Oleander. Pained with the assumption that Oleander had decided against their relationship after as much investigating as she could do, Cassia focused on her work. The incident soon happened at the college, and Cassia fled to Bloodstone Castle - which was revealed to be Harkness Castle.

       Both Cassia and Titan's memories were lost with time and magic, but upon recollection through collected pages, she had found that Titan, the castle's sentinel, was Oleander's proudest creation. Oleander's ethereal guidance with the last of his life essence brought Cassia to the castle to rest for the 200 years she was in a deep slumber after fleeing England.

        Through more investigation from the collected pages, a letter was found that Oli wrote, stating that the castle had been sieged, and that he was to die from those who wished to eradicate magic. The letter was bundled with twine, written with haste and love, and was supposed to have an engagement ring for Cassia...but had been assumed to be lost in the chaos. Perhaps it still lingers here? (see channel point redemption: 'Cassia, I found the ring!')