The day I met you guys, I found that being strong is not being cold. It's being like you.
Cassiano Menta[1]
Cassiano Menta is a secondary character, present in Deconjuration, Calamity and Gruesome Christmas. He is one of the children present during the arc of the Devilish Mansion, having previously visited the house for illicit drug use with his friends Eduarda and Hugo.[2] After the events with the monster Traveler, the group of children approached the team of agents of the Order, forming a partnership to find Tim Flom, Eduarda's brother.
In Gruesome Christmas, Cassiano appears as a Order agent, forming a team with his friends, the Blue Condominium Detectives.
Appearance[]
Deconjuration[]
Cassiano is a skinny white teenager with dark, messy hair slightly wavy at the tips and has black eyes, he wore a white and gray high-neck sweater with a striped vertical pattern from his neck to his arms and bust, and a horizontal striped pattern that runs from his torso to his waist. At the bottom he wore black jeans and Air Jordan sneakers.[3]
Calamity[]
In Calamity, Cassiano appears wearing a shirt similar to the one he wore in Deconjuration, being a white and gray turtleneck sweater with a pattern of horizontal stripes, wearing a black coat with sleeves folded over, a fanny pack in front of his chest and his bottom he wears a pair of jeans and black shoes. He also wears a common beret on his head.[4]
Gruesome Christmas[]
In Gruesome Christmas, Cassiano is taller, with a slightly longer hair covered by a brown beret and appears wearing his usual striped sweater, with ripped black pants and tights. In addition, he wears a coat with high collars, a belt with some bandoliers and the sheath of a sword. He wears some body protectors, a collar on the neck, and carries a crossbow on his back.
Personality[]
Cassiano is a very imperative boy with a strong personality. He tries to look like a kid who’s not afraid of the paranormal, but inside he's afraid. He’s very arrogant, wanting to show up to other people. Cassiano often tries to look much smarter than the people around him or have an unusual intelligence unusual for his age.
He showed very strong pride in his person, avoiding using words of respect with others such as "sorry" or "thanks", because he seemed to consider this a kind of "relegation". Even so, he cared a lot about his friends, being the first teenager to impose the proposal to the members of the Order that they would only help them if they found Tim first of all, in addition to he is also concerned about the state of Eduarda after the spirits speak for her.
Biography[]
Deconjuration[]
Cassiano first appears in the 13th episode, attending Joui Jouki and Erin Parker, who seek help to communicate with the voices of the Devilish Mansion, since they had mentioned that they often talked with Eduarda Flom and her friends Hugo Longo and Cassiano. After establishing the agreement that they would only help the agents if they helped them find Eduarda’s brother, Tim Flom, who constantly visited the mansion, disappearing for days. However, unlike usual, he had not returned for a long time. After dividing into groups, the agents with the children look for Tim, with Dante being completely against their involvement in the case. After a confused search for the boy, Arthur Cervero, after looking inside the van, spots Tim along with Beatrice Portinari in her Existed form, due the previous events in the battle against the Traveler. After a brief dialogue, the children enter the house again, where Eduarda performs the Spiritual Communication Ritual. After communicating with the voices through the girl’s body, she faints soon after the end of the ritual. Dante and Joui go to the house next to the mansion, meeting the elderly couple Nestor and Graça Scelto. When they finish talking to the civilians, Dante and Joui return with a strawberry cake made by the lady of the house, with Dante saying that the sugar could help Eduarda recover better from fainting. Arriving there, Cassiano tells them of Eduarda’s admiration for strawberries, resulting in a dialogue of humor between the agents and the young man, with the same stating clear that nurtured feelings for her. At the end of these events, all the children return to the front house in the 14th episode, with Arthur taking the number of Hugo Longo before the farewell.
During the 18th episode, Hugo Longo calls desperately for Arthur Cervero, making it obvious that the children were in a dangerous situation. The agents then leave the base towards the Blue Condominium in the town of Canadense, which would be completely dominated by Escribes and full of Existeds. In front of the youngers' house, a fight takes place between the team of agents and a gigantic creature, called Enpap-X, and the occultist Henri. Eventually, they go to the undergrounds of the Devilish Mansion, joined by Bruno, in search of the children, and in order to stop Kian. In the 19th episode, after the agents face a series of challenges and rescue Hugo while being chased by Sukkalgir, the group ends up finding Cassiano trapped in a kind of cage, along with two others Existeds.[5] Right after the fight against the escribes Kish and Erika, the young man is released, making him accompany the agents until they find Eduarda Flom later. So the trio was reunited again, with the exception of Eduarda’s younger brother, Tim. Upon finding the three jewels to enter the Passage Hall, the team leaves the children under Bruno's care, leaving them far from danger.
The agents find the group again when they leave the Corridors and decide to take the children to the Order's base to be safe. There, Cassiano and his friends are greeted by Marcela, Renan and Ivete, who takes care of them and offers them a snack to calm them down. It is known that he, along with Eduarda and Hugo were safe at the base while agents fought with Kian.
Calamity[]
Cassiano and his friends were called by Agatha to participate into Kaiser and Joui's funeral. He arrives holding hands with Eduarda, making it clear that the two are now lovers. Cassiano was the second to speak of the group, speaking as he realized that his "cold and calculating" way was not the right way to look strong, and that one day he wanted to have the courage of Joui.[6]
In some moment after Calamity, Cassiano became an agent of Ordo Realitas, forming a team, the Blue Condominium Detectives, with Eduarda and Hugo.
Gruesome Christmas[]
Cassiano was contacted by radio by the survivors of the Goodwill Moon's Camp, who desperately asked for help because they were in constant danger from the assassins present there. When they arrived at the camp, the team runs over the killer Dalmo, the Colossus, imobilizing him. Cassiano helped in the arrest of the killers and helped Breno, the only sane survivor, encouraging and praising him for having managed to survive, claiming he was a hero.
Trivia[]
- The group Hugo, Cassiano and Eduarda were based on the group from “The Monster House", a 2006 children's horror film. Cassiano is based on the character DJ Walters.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
| Episodes | Appearances |
|---|---|
| Deconjuration - Episode 10 - "Photographs" | Only Voice |
| Deconjuration - Episode 13 - "Remorseful Witch" | First Appearance |
| Deconjuration - Episode 14 - "The Lurker" | Present |
| Deconjuration - Episode 16 - "Melody" | Present |
| Deconjuration - Episode 19 - "Tirigan" | Present |
| Deconjuration - Episode 20 - "Kian" | Present |
| Calamity - Episode 12 - "Eyes" | Present |
| Gruesome Christmas - Episode 3 - "Part 3" | Present |
References[]
- ↑ Calamity - Episode 12 (watch on YouTube at 4h17m07s)
- ↑ Deconjuration - Episode 13 (watch on YouTube at 2h21m18s)
- ↑ Deconjuration - Episode 13 (watch on YouTube at 2h08m00s)
- ↑ Calamity - Episode 12 (watch on YouTube at 4h13m49s)
- ↑ Deconjuration - Episode 19 (watch on YouTube at 3h33m42s)
- ↑ Calamity - Episode 12 (watch on YouTube at 4h16m37s)
