Cassima

From King's Quest Omnipedia

Cassima is the beautiful daughter of King Caliphim and Queen Allaria of the Land of the Green Isles. She was kidnapped by the wizard Mordack sometime between KQ IV and KQ V. She helps King Graham find his family in KQ V and in the process, he rescues her. She and Prince Alexander meet for the first time and he falls immediately in love with her; unbeknownst to him, she too felt the same. The good wizard, Crispin, sends her home back to the Green Isles, but as soon as she returned, she discovers that her parents had died.

In KQ VI, Alexander sees in the magic mirror that Cassima is locked in a tower and he must rescue her. He makes the journey to the Land of the Green Isles. There he discovers that Cassima's being forced to marry Alhazred, the royal vizier, and that her kingdom is in disarray due to the deaths of the king and queen and the feuding of the islands. Alexander travels to each of the isles to gain any support he can; along the way, he gains many items to help hi mget his way to Cassima. Via her pet nightengale, Sing-Sing, Alexander is also able to to send several gifts to Cassima to alert her of his presence: his insignia ring, a love poem, and a rose. Cassima, in turn, sent him her hair ribbon (which had a strand of hair he used for a spell), and a letter from her.

With a spell, Alexander snuck into the Castle of the Crown, and found a secret passage. There, he found a hole in the wall to Cassima's room and they happily reunited. Alexander was able to give her a dagger, just in case she needed it to protect herself. He was able to stop the wedding, where Shamir, Alhazred's genie had assumed her form, and chased Alhazred to the top of one of the towers. There, Cassima was tied up. She was able to cut the ropes with her dagger, and then stabbed Alhazred in the shoulder while he and Alexander were sword-fighting. Alexander and Cassima declared heir love for each other, were married soon after, and were named the King and Queen of the Land of the Green Isles by her resurrected parents.

[edit] Cassima in the Unofficial Games

She was to be one of main characters in the canceled game King's Quest IX: It Takes Two to Tangle. The events of the game have been adapted into a semi-interactive novelization.

Cassima will have a role in The Silver Lining game. Her role in the story is unknown though she will be married to Alexander.

[edit] Inspiration

In the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Ali Baba's brother is named Cassim.