Born: 1978 (the now defunct Official site stated her age to be 18)
Embraced: 1996 (the Kindred: The Embraced timeline dates the event
                    to 19th October)
Died: Still living

Clan: Brujah
Sired by: Martin
Sired: None

Significant Other: Has an on again off again relationship with Cash.
                              Also had a relationship with Zane.

Family: Great granddaughter of Julian and Evelyn Luna. 
             Grandfather, August Octavio. Parents apparently dead
             (conjecture based on the quote 'since my folks are all gone...'
             in the Pilot episode).

Position: Though holding no official position of power, Sasha's
                relationship with Julian, Cash and the Brujah make her a pawn
                in demand.

Other: As a child was introduced to Julian as his niece, and refers to him
            as 'Uncle Julian'. Was embraced against her will into the Brujah
            clan at Eddie Fiori's instigation to provoke a clan war.

Sasha appears a self-assured and independent biker chick, but scratch the surface and a vulnerable and fragile girl is revealed. She thrives on attention, though the reaction she gets isn't always positive. Though young she is tough and, when she chooses to be, courageous but she has a manipulative streak. She is very aware of her good looks, and whether using her innate sexiness and attitude or her girlish vulnerability she knows how to use them to her advantage.

Her arrival at her Grandfather's funeral is dramatic, and is one of the few times Sasha seems to really stand up for something she believes in. That quality seems to be appreciated only by Julian, in her immediate family. Their reacquaintance is short-lived, but when Sasha is arrested after intervening in a domestic dispute between a police officer and his wife, it is Julian she feels able to turn to. Her phone call to him begins a whole new phase in her life.

On the condition that she stay in his house, Julian bails her out of jail. Though she abhors the idea of staying in one place and playing by his rules she prefers the idea to remaining behind bars, and so agrees. On seeing Cash for the first time she decides that it isn't such a bad choice after all, and despite it being forbidden by Julian, Sasha pursues a relationship with the Gangrel Primogen.

The coupling catches the attention of the Brujah Primogen, who decides to use Sasha as a way of forcing a war between the clans. Hoping to anger both Julian and the Gangrels in one swift move he orders that Sasha be embraced into the Brujah clan.

Sasha's embrace brings about a dramatic change in her. She becomes embittered and angry, blaming those that care about her and struggling to control the emotions that run rampant in her. Though before she liked to walk on the edge and play with people's emotions, now her games become more vicious and dangerous. Her Kindred blood brings her into conflict with everyone around her, and drives her towards ever more self-destructive behaviour. Finally she contemplates a suicide pact with her new lover, Zane but at the last moment chooses Julian over death.

Though an attitude adjustment isn't imminent it would seem that Sasha has faced the worst of herself and come through the other side. 

Sasha is a character that I desperately want to like, and initially did. However the more I saw the less I liked, and eventually got to a point where I had little or no respect for her whatsoever. I'll try to explain.

When Sasha first roared up to the doors of the winery on her Harley I was thrilled. Here was a strong, feisty, young woman who wasn't afraid to speak her mind...and she was kinda stylin' too! I knew Brigid Walsh from American Gothic and really enjoyed her performance in the Pilot. Somehow though, between the Pilot and Prince of the City there seemed to have been a meeting in which the powers that be decided to have a change of heart. Apparently it wasn't cool to have a tough talking vixen, who knew what (and who) she wanted, they had to turn her into a childish, spoilt brat instead.

I remember the exact moment when I changed my mind about Sasha. The Nightstalker in the garden with Archon and Julian discussing Cash's stay in The Suncrest Psychiatric Hospital. Sasha walks in and accuses Julian of purposefully keeping Cash away from her. I'm not sure whether it was the realisation that Sasha thought the entire world revolved around her that disturbed me, or her rather eerie neediness of Cash. Either way she wasn't the woman I had hoped her to be.

From that point on little things jumped out that niggled me more and more. The language she used to describe her desire for Cash was all about want and need as opposed to love and respect, making me doubt the motives of her feelings. Her relationship with Cash now seemed more about showing Julian that she couldn't be controlled than any real depth of emotion. That opinion was further bolstered  by her childish antics in the Haven (R&J) after Cash dismissed her, leading her into Martin's arms.

After she was embraced by Martin her behaviour became even more abhorrent; blaming everyone but herself for her predicament and turning on those who'd tried to take care of her. I should add that the clan war and Sasha's initial reaction to her embrace was the one point I thought she would be redeemed. When Cash explained what was happening, and begins to see their future as enemies Sasha was great; making him see, for the moment at least, that their clans were unimportant. Later when Sasha chose Julian over Eddie and effectively ended the Brujah's bid for war I also admired her. And her conversation with Julian at the end of Romeo and Juliet gave me hope that the Sasha I had seen in the Pilot was back. My hopes were soon dashed.

Excuse me a moment while I climb up on my soapbox...there, I think I'm ready to continue now. If you love someone the one, totally taboo thing you can do is get involved with their best friend. When Sasha hit on Zane she crossed a line I personally couldn't forgive. Though I was never convinced by the Sasha/Cash love affair her involvement with Zane was really the clincher. Not only did she actively pursue his best friend, she flaunted it in front of him and his peers.

The relationship with Zane also strengthened my resolve that Sasha would only be interested in men that her 'Uncle' Julian disapproved of. In this case not only did Zane go directly against Julian, but challenged the Prince on his own territory. Sasha's interest in Zane was as much a symbol of rebellion as it was lust, mirroring her initial pursuit of Cash.

Had Sasha been simply a bad guy I don't think I'd have minded her nearly as much, but the writers seem to think her deserving of sympathy and often try to make her the victim. That it is often her own selfishness that leads her into trouble is mostly ignored. Equally had she been written as a confused adolescent struggling with her own desires I think I would have liked her. Unfortunately Sasha seemed wholly in control of her actions at all times, and it was only the consequences that tended to amaze her.

Had the show continued I think I would have liked to see Sasha develop into a fully fledged Brujah bitch; perhaps teaming up with Cameron, the new Primogen. Her softness coupled with his arrogance would have made for an interesting dynamic. Set them against the Ventrue Prince and his Gangrel bodyguard and there would be fireworks aplenty.