Cassima

From King's Quest Omnipedia

Cassima is the princess from the Land of the Green Isles. She is the beautiful daughter of King Caliphim and Queen Allaria of the Kingdom of the Green Isles. She was kidnapped by the wizard Mordack sometime between KQ IV and KQ V. Alexander later travelled to the Land of the Green Isles during KQ VI in order to find her.

[edit] Background

King Caliphim and Queen Allaria had waited many years to have a child. When Cassima was born she was their pride and joy. As she grew she was groomed to be the next ruler of the kingdom.

Years later, her father employed Vizier Alhazred who befriended Mordack. When Mordack saw Cassima he wanted to marry her and bring her to his island. She refused and her father agreed with her. His refusal angered Mordack so much that he stole her there anyways and put her to work as a skullery girl. He vowed to never let her go, and that she would remain a scullery girl until she married him.

Later she met King Graham when he had entered the castle to find his family and in the process, he rescued her. She and Prince Alexander met for the first time and he fell immediately in love with her; unbeknownst to him, she too felt the same. The good wizard, Crispin, sent her home back to the Green Isles, but as soon as she returned, she discovered that her parents had died.

Later, Alexander saw in the magic mirror that Cassima was locked in a tower and that he must rescue her. He made the journey to the Land of the Green Isles. There he discovered that Cassima's was 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 traveled to each of the isles to gain any support he could; along the way, he gained many items to help him get his way to Cassima. Via her pet nightengale, Sing-Sing, Alexander was 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 sources

She is mentioned in a letter from Manannan in King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones. She had just been born in the Land of the Green Isles, and Mordack was prepared to wait for her to grow up so that he could marry her.

She is one of the main characters in the semi-interactive fan novelelization King's Quest IX: It Takes Two to Tangle (a novelization based on a cancelled game).

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] Behind the scenes

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