Cassie Blake

 is the main character featured in the "Secret Circle" series of novels as well as the 2011 Secret Circle television series on the CW Network. The character was introduced in 1992 in the first book in the series, The Secret Circle: The Initiation by L.J. Smith. On the TV show, the character first appeared in the pilot episode and was played by actress Brittany Robertson. Cassie is presented as a teenage girl who moves from California to Chance Harbor, Washington to live with her grandmother following the tragic death of her mother. Once there, she learns that she is the latest in a long line of witches that have lived in the town for many generations.