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"The family is all that matters, Little One. You are all that matter." - Elizabeth Kane
[ A R T W O R K ]
NAME: Katherine Victoria Kane
NICKNAME/ALIAS: She generally goes by 'Bee', 'Biene' or 'Kathy' by those closest.
FULL TITLES: Kaiserin/Empress of the Kaltreich, Konigin/Queen of the Kaltstaat and of the North, Lady of House Kane.
AGE: She is in her mid twenties. {26}
GENDER: Female.
RACE: Northerner, Human.
CULTURE: Kaltic-Anhalder
SOCIAL STATUS: High Nobility.
MARITAL STATUS: Married.
HEIGHT: She is a little over five feet. [ 5'2 ]
WEIGHT: She's around 115lbs.
HOMELAND: Queensport.
CURRENT HOME: Queensport.
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"You will be an empress, greater than your grandmother's wildest dreams." - Aleksei Ivanov
BUILD: Katherine has a petite frame, small of stature enough that she could look delicate were it not for her general disposition. Her arms and legs are softly toned from occasional training and plenty of moving around in her day to day life.
HAIR: Perhaps unusually, her hair is not a dark brown like the women of Kane before her, but an exceptionally dark, inky black that cascades down to her waist in curls.
EYES: Her eyes are frames by dark black lashes and defined brows, but the most striking feature is their colour; a deep, vibrant green that has defined the Kane line for generations. { x }
SKIN: She looks as if she has hardly spent a day in the sun for how pale she is, but it is common amongst Northerners. She has however the difference in not being regularly exposed to it, and so is without blemish.
APPEARANCE: Katherine appears to be a young woman of noble birth, dressed in garments or pieces of clothing of high quality most befitting both her station and her homeland in the North. Whilst she is not afraid of wearing items of colour, her usual wardrobe is more muted, fitted with layers of fabric and furs for warmth. Her hair is well cared for, though left loose most of the time and not styled, and she does not wear much in the way of jewellery aside from crown and her golden wedding band.
SCARS & TATTOOS:
⫸ || She has a small scar on her left jaw from a mishap with a crossbow in her youth.
⫸ || A small scar to the right of her abdomen from a skeletal creature in the tunnels below Thorne.
⫸ || Various scars upon her left forearm and wrist from glass shards in fleeing a Golem.
⫸ || A bigger scar near her existing scar on the abdomen, a stab from a Golem.
BROKEN BONES:
⫸ || Her right ankle had a minor fracture from the grasp of a Golem. [Healed.]
ILLNESSES:
⫸ || She was sickened from a rat bite at a Skraag shrine as a child, healed by Kopii.
⫸ || She fell ill from Ashen Blight after going through Thorne underground, healed by Kopii.
ALLERGIES:
⫸ || Bee stings...
Zoslore !!!
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"Never let any one tell you no. You find what you want, and you take it for yourself. You do whatever you must to achieve it. There is no obstacle or person too great to overcome." - Niah Kane
KEY DRIVES: Her main drives in life revolve entirely around her Empire, the desire to rule better and more efficiently, the relationships with those who are as tied up in its affairs as she. She seeks betterment, for herself and her people, and she seeks stability and a long reign to provide that. A love for her children, and a determination to provide them with everything she felt she was not given.
RELIGION: The topic of religion is a most complicated one for Katherine. She feels that many of her people find a solace and a comfort in religion, and to an extent she found occasionally a comfort in several Gods herself providing they were kept at bay and remained a simple comfort. Those who call themselves 'Blessed', those graced with powers of the Divine, are zealots - So devoted they are blinded and they lose a part of themselves in exchange for the gifts they receive. She believes this too far, too much, and the more time spent in their company only seems to make the divide worse.
ARCANE: Magic, the Arcane, is something that has been in her life since she was born and from all sorts of people in all sorts of ways. Yet she has witnessed over her short life the change that magic can instil in people, a fundamental difference in their character that has formed a growing disdain for it. Despite her mother, grandmother, and one grandfather all being Animancers, it is this magic in particular that makes her wary and feel exposed. Too many times have her and those around her had their emotions tampered with, sifted through, examined, and she has learnt to pick up on those changes when people try to pull their strings by now, provoking her temper. This is not to say only Animancers make her wary, for Evists take on their own changes, their own rages and power fuelled behind it. Formists take on unnatural calms or shifts. Cogimencers pry into the mind to communicate.
ALIGNMENT: Katherine generally falls under a neutral alignment, for she no longer believes there to be good, or bad, but only to do what is right in the right moment. She aspires to do what she must for the betterment of her realm, her family, her self, and knows that every choice will most likely be seen in a different light to her no matter which ones she makes.
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"Too many people have suffered under the Gods, too many have played their games." - Jaden Seeker
PERSONALITY: Katherine can come across as stoical and cold at first impressions or in formal settings, but is not beyond a polite smile. She tends to be mostly approachable, but there is a necessity to hold up a front for the matters of the crown, to not show her fears or doubt as an Empress, to appear strong and steadfast. She has learnt that the world can be a bitter and unrelenting place and whilst she tries not to buckle to this grim atmosphere, she also knows now that there will always be sacrifice in a position such as hers.
However, this is not to say she is a woman incapable of warmth, and she finds great comfort in those select few of her inner circle. Her husband, her son, her sister - They are her great joys and they remind her not to remain a cold and stoical woman at all times.
Katherine is stubborn, has a harsh temper, lacks experience, but she cares deeply for those she considers under her care and strives to lift those around her with her.
INTELLIGENCE: She has had a varied amount of tutors throughout her life, and is quite educated as a result, though still feels her experience in putting this knowledge to a practical use has some ways to go. The world around her is ever changing, and she does her best to keep up with it.
KNOWN LANGUAGES:
⫸ || COMMON: She is fluent, and can read and write well. [10/10]
⫸ || REDE [NATIVE]: She speaks it better than any other language, and is well versed in reading and writing. [10/10]
⫸ || LAVOYE: She studied it with her mother, but the studies stopped earlier on so she could focus on Elven with Leofaren. She can manage the basics but is better to read and write it. [5/10]
⫸ || ELVEN: She has been tutored in Elven by Leofaren, and finds she speaks it better than she writes. Passable, but sounds off in her accent. [7/10]
⫸ || FAE: She knows some written words as a result of a book from Fern. [1/10]
TEMPER: She has troubles in managing her anger when it flares, and it can be destructive in how long it seems to linger.
SENSE OF HUMOUR: She likes the humour of those around her. And their laugh.
PET PEEVES: Rudeness.
SLEEPING PATTERN: She has a routine of sleeping in the early evening and waking just before dawn most of the time, as something influenced by her grandfather, Aleksei.
DREAMS & NIGHTMARES: Katherine has a great variety of odd dreams that come and go. In the times of Archon, she would dream of a great figure with many, many wings unfurling behind it, or of impossibly large cages towering into the sky. After Strange took her, she began dreaming of a place with four suns, sometimes nightmares of strange and harrowing things that made very little sense. A venture into Thorne where White Lies was discovered and Richard lost his life still flares up with nightmares for all the horrors within those tunnels. She even has nightmares still of James Varyn trying to drown her, an odd event that upon confronting them explained they had similar.
HOBBIES: She is a fan of sewing and tailoring, sometimes. She also likes fishing and spending time at the lodge.
STRENGTHS:
⫸ || CURIOUS, BRAVE, STEADFAST, PROTECTIVE
Katherine is a curious woman, not afraid of trying new things or visiting new places, and is often consumed with an urge to uncover some partial mystery. Whilst fear is natural, that there are a great many things to be fearful of, she tries to not allow it to consume her, to not show her own fears less they be used against her. She can, and will, stand by what must be done and remains steadfast and strong in the light of doing so, even if she realises life brings about its own consequences. Motherhood brought about a protective quality to her personality, it no longer just limited to her dear son but driving a need to protect and keep safe those under her care: The Kaltic peoples.
WEAKNESSES:
⫸ || TEMPERAMENTAL, INEXPERIENCED, DOUBTFUL, DEREALIZATION
She does not have a good grasp of her own emotions and finds she can slip easily into a foul mood or burning temper and then struggle in how to handle it properly, drawing it out. Katherine is young, and whilst she is well educated she does not yet have the experience of putting it into practice and this can become apparent in her decision making. This inexperience leads into her doubtful nature, an uncertainty in her actions and words that has her wondering if they were the right course of action. Katherine spent years of her life in the realm of Strange, and then later found herself in other mystical and terrifying planes of other figments, resulting in a struggle with her perception of reality at times.
FEARS:
⫸ || MIND-MEDDLING, ISOLATION, FAILURE, DEATH
Through her youth, Katherine was given visions of divine nature, emotional changes when she became sad or unruly, and sent into false realities enough that she is extremely opposed to anything changing her emotions or thoughts on a whim. She finds herself becoming exceptionally distressed if in total isolation for a long time, and is quite attached to those close. A fear of failure lingers at the back of her mind, be it a worry of failing the Empire or failing her children in their raising. Death instills a panic if she thinks too long on it, her closeness to those of her family being a lifeline that, if taken from her, will throw her into turmoil. Death of herself frightens her not for herself, but for those she would leave behind.
LIKES:
Colour: Green, and Gold.
Food: Roast potatoes. Potato in general.
Drink: Hot Cocoa.
Literature: History topics.
Animal: Bees.
DISLIKES:
Colour: Pink.
Food: Veggies.
Drink: Ale.
Literature: Philosophy topics.
Animal: Pigs.
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