D'arce

Casca is a former unit commander of the Band of the Falcon and an estranged companion of Guts.

Lore
"'The trusted knight of the propheticed one. She seems awfully dim standing next to the blinding shimmer of the one... But it might be wrong to misjudge her potential...' - The New Gods when asked about Casca."

Originally a callow peasant girl living in a remote mountain village, she develops into a capable warrior upon joining the Band of the Falcon and aids greatly in the group's storied successes during the Hundred-Year War.

Following Guts' departure and Griffith's subsequent imprisonment, she is forced to assume the position of the band's leader, succeeding in preventing the complete annihilation of the Band of the Falcon and rescuing Griffith from the Tower of Rebirth. Crippled from his year-long torture and demoralized by his fall from grace, Griffith ultimately invokes the Eclipse, in which he is reborn as the fifth God Hand member Femto and assaults Casca. Having physically survived the ordeal, she regresses into an infantile and largely mute state.

In order to restore Casca's fragmented mind, Guts and his traveling party journey to Elfhelm. After Schierke and Farnese take part in the Corridor of Dreams ritual conducted by the Flower Storm Monarch, Casca is mostly restored to her prior mental state. However, she now suffers from crippling panic attacks whenever she sees Guts face-to-face and recalls the trauma of the Eclipse.

Recruiting
Casca was scripted to appear at the Cavedweller village; when visiting the area, the player may find her being attacked by one of the locals and will have the chance to save her by killing her aggressor, turning the other Cavedwellers hostile afterwards. She will be killed by the Cavedweller if the player does not help. If saved, Casca was programmed to join the player if offered the chance; she will ask the party to assist her on finding Le'garde, and will cry tears of joy if reunited with him. If the player refuses to let him join the party or there is no room for him, Casca will stay behind with him until both of them are recruited. Trying to re-implement Casca causes game-crashing bugs, suggesting she was not only boring but also troubling to program.

It is unknown what equipment Casca would start with.

Gameplay
Given her appearance, it would appear Casca would be a knight character. It is hard to estimate how she would have functioned in the party, given that Le'garde already fills this role.

Endings
As cut content, Casca has no associated endings.

Trivia

 * Casca's design seems to be based from Joan of Arc's appearance, more specifically from the movie "The Messenger" (1999).
 * Her name is literally taken from Joan of Ark's French name, Jeanne d'Arc. Though the 'Jeanne' is instead given to the knight Jeanne, one of Buckman's companions.
 * Casca is the only cut character in either Fear and Hunger game.
 * In her New God form she covers her original armor with the living, symbiotic armor that The Heartless One wears, The Darkness.