# Count Cassitor — The Stainless Steel Rat character guide

> Count Cassitor in The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The Count, noble Count, Cassitor, Cassitor Rdenrundt, Cassi, Cassi Duke of Rdenrundt

**First appearance:** 0007-vi

## Snapshot

A nobleman with a title, a temper, and an agenda that keeps shifting the moment Jim thinks he has it pinned down.

## Who they are

Count Cassitor moves through the story with the confidence of someone who has always been the most powerful person in the room, and he does not appreciate being outmaneuvered by a former thief. He is a man of appearances and calculations, and the gap between his public dignity and his private ruthlessness is where the danger lives. His schemes force Jim to work from the inside of a world he has spent his life robbing, and the Count is never quite as predictable as he looks.

## Relationships

### [Angelina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/angelina)

_romantic_

Angelina and Count Cassitor are locked in a passionate, manipulative romance filled with seduction and betrayal.

### [Grav Bent Diebstall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/grav_bent_diebstall)

_friendship_

Count Cassitor and Grav Bent Diebstall are allies, collaborating in criminal or political ventures.

### [Kurt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/kurt)

_professional_

Count Cassitor employs Kurt as a henchman or loyal operative.

### [Pepe Nero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/pepe_nero)

_professional_

Count Cassitor and Pepe Nero have a working relationship, often as co-conspirators or employer and agent.

### [King Villelm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/king_villelm)

_professional_

Count Cassitor serves or negotiates with King Villelm in a political or hierarchical capacity.

### [Dr. Vulff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/dr_vulff)

_professional_

Count Cassitor and Dr. Vulff have a business-like association, possibly involving scientific services.

### [Angelina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/angelina)

_romantic_

Angelina and Count Cassitor are locked in a passionate, manipulative romance filled with seduction and betrayal.

### [Pepe Nero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/pepe_nero)

_professional_

Count Cassitor and Pepe Nero have a working relationship, often as co-conspirators or employer and agent.

### [Grav Bent Diebstall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/grav_bent_diebstall)

_friendship_

Count Cassitor and Grav Bent Diebstall are allies, collaborating in criminal or political ventures.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xvi)

Referred to as Count Rdenrundt; a Freiburian noble plotting against King Villelm, who has recruited Jim.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xvii)

Assaults Angelina, is knocked out, and is deemed a cowardly figurehead for the revolution.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xviii)

Shocked by the assassin's body; uses a snooper-detector to ensure privacy; expresses concern about Angelina's role in the rebellion.

## Links

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