While one could argue that Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a divisive title in the franchise, one character who remains super popular is the canon protagonist Kassandra, played by Melissanthi Mahut. She's known for a number of TV roles, but among the Assassin's Creed community, she is immediately associated with Kassandra. It's worth noting that she played Kassandra in Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Valhalla, but for Ubisoft, she also played various characters in AC Origins and Athena in Immortals Fenyx Rising.
She engages with the Assassin's Creed community quite a bit, and recently, she pointed out something about Lady Hellbender that echoed many fans' original thoughts at the release. Indeed, she acknowledges she's late to the party, but if an AC fan didn't play Eidos Montreal's Guardians of the Galaxy, they may have learned about it from her tweet.
Short and sweet, she points out that Lady Hellbender looks JUST like Kassandra. The community was glad to see she made the connection too and went on to discuss how many in the AC community called Lady Hellbender "blue Kassandra" at launch. It's a bit eerie, but genuinely, the only real difference is the exact shade of the hair and the obviously blue skin. Dye Lady Hellbender's hair, and fans would have Kassandra in space.
Oddly though, this isn't the first time an NPC has looked like Kassandra. When Assassin's Creed Valhalla first came out, many were quick to note how Randvi looks like Kassandra, and at one point there were some theories they were one and the same. As many know, Kassandra manages to live for thousands of years thanks to the Staff of Hermes, giving it to Layla at the end of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The similarity between the two was even turned into a joke by Ubisoft, as when Kassandra appears in Valhalla (with the crossover), Eivor finds her because she is looking for Randvi. The two had matching descriptions.
It could be argued then that Randvi was intentionally meant to look this way, but it would seem that Ubisoft's Odyssey-Valhalla Crossover DLC was more last-minute than some fans would hope. In fact, it's because Ubisoft still had open pipelines for Odyssey and thought to do something with them. This is why it's unlikely Origins and Valhalla get a crossover, as they would require resurrecting old pipelines. Now, it's unlikely of course that Lady Hellbender has anything to do with this, but it is odd how fans can see the immortal Kassandra everywhere, including other titles.
Assassin's Creed Mirage releases in 2023 for Luna, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.