▁II ▁auxili ary ▁ships ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : 1 9 1 9 ▁ships ▁Category : Sh ips ▁present ▁during ▁the ▁attack ▁on ▁Pear l ▁Har bor <0x0A> </s> ▁Val entin ▁Cass ad ine ▁is ▁a ▁fict ional ▁character ▁from ▁General ▁Hospital , ▁an ▁American ▁soap ▁opera ▁on ▁the ▁ABC ▁network . ▁The ▁character ▁was ▁initially ▁conce ived ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁by ▁head ▁writer ▁Robert ▁Gu za ▁Jr ., ▁as ▁a ▁previously ▁unknown ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁wealth y ▁Cass ad ine ▁family ▁looking ▁to ▁w re ak ▁hav oc ▁on ▁both ▁the ▁Cass ad ine ▁and ▁Sp encer ▁families . ▁However , ▁initial ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁character ' s ▁introduction ▁were ▁delayed ▁and ▁completely ▁abandoned ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁All ▁My ▁Children ▁al umn us ▁James ▁Patrick ▁Stuart ▁had ▁joined ▁the ▁cast ▁in ▁the ▁mystery ▁role ▁of ▁The o ▁— ▁who ▁is ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁Val entin . ▁Val entin ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁being ▁the ▁most ▁evil ▁of ▁the ▁Cass ad ine ▁sons , ▁having ▁been ▁dis owned ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁at ▁a ▁very ▁young ▁age . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁he ▁po isons ▁his ▁ste pm other ▁Hel ena ▁( Const ance ▁Tow ers ). ▁ ▁Story lines ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁a ▁death ly ▁ill ▁Hel ena ▁Cass ad ine ▁( Const ance ▁Tow ers ) ▁conf ides ▁in ▁her ▁long time ▁rival ▁Luke ▁Sp encer ▁( An th