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Aymeric Cassel

Aymeric Cassel is a supporting character in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and the twin brother of Aurore Cassel. He is encountered as part of the Cassel twins’ involvement in Dogtown’s power struggle.

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Key Takeaways

Aymeric Cassel is a supporting Phantom Liberty character whose importance comes from his connection to the Cassel twins and their work in Dogtown’s power struggles.

A non-playable Phantom Liberty character

Aymeric appears only as an NPC in the Phantom Liberty expansion, rather than as a playable character or recruitable ally.

One half of the Cassel twins

He is the twin brother of Aurore Cassel, and the two are generally encountered together as a closely connected mercenary team.

A mercenary tied to Dogtown’s elite

The Cassels operate within the dangerous network surrounding Kurt Hansen and Dogtown, placing Aymeric near the expansion’s central political and criminal conflict.

Part of V’s investigation

Aymeric and Aurore become important to V’s efforts to uncover information and navigate the events surrounding the Black Sapphire and its connected operations.

A supporting rather than deeply individualized figure

Aymeric’s narrative role is primarily defined through the Cassel twins’ shared missions and relationship, while Aurore receives more individual attention in the story.

Overview

Aymeric Cassel is a supporting character in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, one of the French Cassel twins whose criminal connections bring him into V’s orbit in Dogtown.

Aymeric is presented alongside his twin, Aurore Cassel, as a highly capable and dangerous operator active in the covert criminal world surrounding Dogtown. He is not a protagonist, companion, or freely playable character; his importance comes from the access, information, and threat represented by the Cassel twins during Phantom Liberty’s political and espionage-driven conflict.

The twins become significant during the Black Sapphire operation, where V encounters them while pursuing the wider objectives of the expansion. Aymeric’s introduction links him to the elite criminal networks operating around Kurt Hansen and Barghest, distinguishing him from ordinary Dogtown fixers, mercenaries, and gang members. His role is defined less by a long personal storyline than by the leverage attached to his identity and connections.

Aymeric’s characterization is closely tied to Aurore rather than developed as a wholly separate arc. Their shared reputation, French background, and coordinated presence make the Cassels function as a pair, while their individual identity still matters when V assesses the people involved in Phantom Liberty’s covert operations. This makes Aymeric most useful to understand in relation to [Aurore Cassel] and the expansion’s major factions.

As a result, Aymeric is a brief but memorable part of Phantom Liberty’s supporting cast. He helps broaden the expansion’s view of Dogtown beyond its central political players, showing how information brokers and specialist criminals can become valuable pieces in larger struggles. His page matters primarily for clarifying his identity, his connection to Aurore, and his place in the expansion’s network of dangerous intermediaries.

Background

The Cassel Twins’ Life Before Dogtown

Aymeric Cassel is one half of a French twin duo alongside Aurore Cassel. Before becoming involved in the events of Phantom Liberty, the siblings had established themselves as highly capable netrunners and mercenaries. Their partnership is central to their professional identity: Aymeric and Aurore operate together, combining technical expertise with the access and mobility expected of elite freelance operators. The game provides little confirmed information about Aymeric’s childhood or personal life beyond this shared background, so details about his early years remain undocumented.

The Cassels’ reputation brings them to Dogtown, where their skills make them valuable to powerful clients and factions. By the time V encounters them, Aymeric is already operating within the district’s dangerous mercenary economy rather than arriving as an inexperienced newcomer. His pre-existing partnership with Aurore and their established reputation explain why they are treated as significant players in the local power struggle, even though Aymeric himself remains comparatively reserved in the story.

Role in the Story

Spoilers

Story spoilers ahead. This section covers the character’s later arc and outcomes.

Meeting the Cassel Twins at Black Sapphire

Aymeric Cassel first appears during “You Know My Name,” when V infiltrates the Black Sapphire to observe Kurt Hansen and make contact with Songbird. Aymeric attends the gathering alongside his twin sister, Aurore Cassel, moving through the venue as part of Hansen’s circle. The twins are presented as French netrunners with specialized technical knowledge, rather than as ordinary guests or combat personnel. Their presence gives V an early indication that Hansen’s operation extends beyond the local power structure of Dogtown and includes outside specialists.

Aurore and Aymeric’s Value to the Dogtown Operation

The Cassel twins become important because their netrunning expertise is connected to the information sought by the factions operating in Phantom Liberty. Aymeric is not given a separate personal quest or an independent objective, but his association with Aurore makes him part of the wider struggle involving Hansen, Songbird, the FIA, and the Cynosure technology. Their role is therefore primarily functional within the plot: they are valuable sources of access and information whose knowledge makes them useful to competing sides.

The Stadium Operation in “Firestarter”

Aymeric’s story continues into “Firestarter,” where the conflict surrounding Hansen’s operation reaches its decisive stage. The Cassel twins are caught up in the operation at the stadium as V and the other major players attempt to secure their own objectives. Aymeric remains closely tied to Aurore during this sequence, and the game treats the pair as a shared asset and liability rather than developing them as fully separate actors. Their involvement helps establish how quickly the competing plans in Dogtown turn from covert manipulation into open violence.

Death During the Phantom Liberty Crisis

Aymeric is killed during the events surrounding “Firestarter,” together with Aurore. His death removes one of the technical resources connected to Hansen’s network and closes the twins’ part in the Phantom Liberty storyline. The game does not provide Aymeric with a later route, romance, allegiance change, or independent resolution. His fate is instead tied to the collapse of the operation around the stadium, illustrating how peripheral specialists can be discarded once the conflict between Hansen, Songbird, and the FIA becomes unavoidable.

Personality & Motivations

A Calculated Professional

Aymeric Cassel is presented as a controlled, self-assured netrunner whose identity is closely tied to his work with his twin, Aurore Cassel. His behavior around the Black Sapphire operation reflects professional confidence rather than personal idealism: he treats dangerous alliances, high-level intrusion work, and shifting loyalties as parts of a mercenary career. That context makes him appear pragmatic and opportunistic, although Cyberpunk 2077 does not give him enough independent dialogue to establish a detailed personal philosophy.

Identity Through Partnership

Aymeric’s most important defining trait is his reliance on the Cassel twins’ partnership. The game frames the pair as a coordinated unit, with their shared expertise and confidence carrying more weight than either sibling’s individual background. As a result, Aymeric’s personality is partly communicated through the way he operates beside Aurore: he is composed, capable, and comfortable in situations where information itself is a weapon. His relationship with her should not be reduced to a simple professional alliance; their effectiveness depends on mutual familiarity and a shared willingness to pursue their interests together.

Motivations and Limits

Aymeric’s observable motivation is to protect the Cassels’ position and complete work that benefits them, rather than to serve a clearly stated political cause. His association with Kurt Hansen places him within Dogtown’s transactional power structure, where loyalty is conditional and valuable information can change the balance between factions. That makes his confidence functionally different from heroism: he is willing to operate within dangerous systems as long as the arrangement remains useful. The game leaves his private fears and long-term ambitions largely unexplored, so claims about deeper ideology or personal trauma would go beyond what his actions and dialogue establish.

Relationships

Family

Dogtown

Phantom Liberty

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Family

Aurore Cassel

Twin sister

Aurore is Aymeric’s twin sister and his closest narrative counterpart.

Dogtown

Kurt Hansen

Dogtown connection

The Cassel twins are connected to the network surrounding Hansen’s control of Dogtown.

Phantom Liberty

Solomon Reed

Mission connection

Reed’s operation intersects with Aymeric’s appearances in the expansion’s covert storyline.

Mission Appearances

Aymeric Cassel appears alongside his twin, Aurore, during the Black Sapphire operation. The Cassel twins are associated with Kurt Hansen’s circle and are among the notable guests V can observe while infiltrating the venue. Their presence establishes them as important figures connected to the Phantom Liberty conspiracy before their role becomes more direct in a later Main Job.

This Main Job gives Aymeric and Aurore Cassel a more direct role in the investigation surrounding Hansen, Songbird, and the FIA operation. V and Solomon Reed track the twins and gather information connected to their activities. Aymeric’s appearance helps move the story from the Black Sapphire infiltration toward the next stage of the conflict in Dogtown.

Appearance and Design

The Cassel Twins’ Coordinated Look

Aymeric Cassel is presented as part of the visually coordinated Cassel twins, alongside [Aurore Cassel]. Their polished, deliberately styled appearance sets them apart from many of Dogtown’s more improvised mercenaries. Aymeric’s clothing and grooming give him the look of a professional operator rather than a conventional gang member, reinforcing the twins’ identity as specialized outsiders moving through the high-risk world of Phantom Liberty.

The design emphasizes contrast between refinement and menace. The Cassels’ controlled presentation suits their role as capable mercenaries who can enter elite spaces such as the Black Sapphire while remaining associated with covert work and violence. Aymeric is not given a major visual transformation during his limited appearances; instead, his design works as part of the twins’ shared image, making their relationship immediately legible on screen.

Trivia

Aymeric Cassel appears only in the Phantom Liberty expansion, where he is introduced alongside his twin sister, Aurore Cassel, rather than appearing in Cyberpunk 2077's base-game storyline.
The Cassel twins are first encountered during the Black Sapphire operation in “You Know My Name,” then become the targets of the pursuit in “I've Seen That Face Before.” Aymeric therefore functions as part of a connected Phantom Liberty mission thread rather than as a standalone quest giver, vendor, or fixer.