Augusta Hargreaves

Augusta Hargreaves is a character from Kaori Yuki's Cain Saga. She is seen in pictures and flashbacks in '''Vol. 2 Ch.01-05 Pg. 41 of The Cain Saga '''manga.

Appearance
Augusta is a very beautiful woman that her beauty is praised by Riff, Neil Hargreaves and Alexis Hargreaves. She had long wavy hair and possibly dark or light colored eyes.

In '''[http://iweb2.mangapicgallery.com/r/newpiclink/the_cain_saga/2/c7d8e768bd87c06eb4ad538ed52164fd.jpeg Vol.2 Ch.01-05 Pg. 55]''', Cain mentions that Augusta was once "a black-haired beauty", indicating that she once had beautiful black hair, but her hair turned white for unknown reasons (possibly due to shock, stress or trauma). In '''[http://iweb2.mangapicgallery.com/r/newpiclink/the_cain_saga/2/281d470c17ee73f75b34f51b23324296.jpeg Vol. 2 Ch.01-05 Pg. 56]''', he also mentions that "her hands were white as snow", indicating that she had white skin.

During the Zigeurnerweisen chapters, it is mentioned that Cain Hargreaves's looks resembles Augusta's.

History (Spoilers)
Augusta is the daughter of the Earl of Cornwall and the older sister of Alexis Hargreaves.

She seduces her younger brother and conceives a child by him. When their family discovers this, Augusta claims that Alexis raped her. Completely under Augusta's influence, Alexis confirms this claim at her request. She gives birth to a boy, who Alexis names Cain. Alexis takes the baby, leaving Augusta to play out her role as a traumatized victim.

The Hargreaves family has Augusta marry a nobleman to cover up the fact that she and Alexis had an incestuous relationship. She and her unnamed husband have a daughter named Suzette and Alexis was forced to marry a woman named Lenora Hargreaves.

Cain is raised to believe she is his aunt and that Lenora is his true mother. When Cain begins to understand that his father is trying to kill him, he visits Augusta in the mental ward where she is staying. Upon seeing his face, Augusta believes he is Alexis, and throws herself out of the window. As she dies, she reveals to Cain that she is his birth mother and warns him to stay away from Alexis.

Even in death, her spirit haunts Alexis, manipulating him into taking control of the medical organization his father founded. Alexis turns this organization into Delilah, an underground cult dedicated to black magic and inhumane sciences. Through Delilah and Alexis, Augusta hopes to have a new body created for herself. When Delilah's Judgement Day scheme ultimately fails, Augusta possesses Alexis' body. She returns to Cornwall Castle, cornering Mary Weather in a mausoleum commissioned by Cain before his death. She tries to kill Mary and possess her body, which would effectively make her the Countess of Cornwall, but she is sealed within the mausoleum by a trap set by Cain.

Etymology

 * The name Augusta means "great, magnificent" and "majestic, grand" in Latin.
 * Augusta is the feminine for Augustus, which means "majestic dignity" or "venerable" and it was originally given to female relatives of Roman emperors.