Princess Katherine

    

Above right: Princess Katherine, as she appeared in the present.

Gender: Female

First Appearance: "Awakening" Part I

Other Appearances: "Awakening" Part II, "Long Way To Morning," "City Of Stone" Part I, "Avalon" Parts I-III, "Ill Met By Moonlight," "The Gathering" Part I

Princess Katherine was born in AD 976 to Prince Malcolm and Princess Elena of Castle Wyvern. Her mother died before she was seven, and she was mostly raised by her father. She grew up with a xenophobic hatred towards the gargoyles of Wyvern, and after her father died and she ascended to Wyvern's throne, she showed her disdain and scorn for the gargoyles. This may have encouraged others of Castle Wyvern, such as her advisor the Magus, to adopt her anti-gargoyle stance.

In 994, when Katherine was 18, her disdain for the gargoyles helped lead to Wyvern's Captain of the Guard and the Wyvern clan's second-in-command, Demona, betraying the castle to a party of Vikings led by Hakon. The Princess was held prisoner by the Viking leader, and the Captain suggested they ransom her to her uncle, King Kenneth. When Goliath and the other 6 survivors of Clan Wyvern attacked the Viking camp, Hakon and the Captain ran away with the Princess, which led the Magus to believe she was now dead. In actuality, Katherine nearly fell off the cliff where Goliath had cornered Hakon and the Captain, but she was saved by the gargoyle leader. When she returned, and saw the Magus's grief-madness-induced handiwork- 5 of the 6 surviving gargoyles trapped in stone sleep- and was shocked. Before Goliath had himself trapped in stone sleep with them, she swore to protect the eggs of the Wyvern clan's rookery.

She, along with the Magus, Tom, Mary, and the eggs, travelled to the lands of her uncle Kenneth. They stayed with her uncle, until he was assassinated by Constantine, one of his generals. Constantine desired the Princess to be his wife, and planned to marry her come Michaelmas in 995. Thus, she made plans to leave, and, with the help of the Magus, Tom, Mary, and Finella, she and the 36 gargoyle eggs made it to Avalon, although Mary and Finella stayed behind to protect the Grimorum Arcanorum.

For the next 43 years, Katherine and company lived on Avalon like children. Eventually, Katherine fell in love with Tom, and, after the gargoyles hatched, the two raised them like they were their own children.

In 1995, the Archmage and his forces attacked Avalon, and Princess Katherine helped treat and defend the wounded members of the Avalon clan, culminating in her using Demona's own laser rifle to incapacitate the gargoyle. She grieved greatly over the Magus's death during that conflict.

She and the other inhabitants of Avalon were nearly forced out by the Lord of the Third Race, Oberon, but she helped create an iron bell which led to Oberon allowing them to remain.

Katherine loaned Oberon Boudicca for use as a tracker in his short quest to find Puck.

At present, Katherine still lives on Avalon, with Tom and the Avalon clan.

Princess Katherine is a normal human female with no superhuman abilities, but possessed of great courage and inner strength, which more than make up for it.

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