Katerine Lorelei

Katerine Lorelei was a noblewoman and a member of the Lorelei family.

Description
Katerine loved her sister's son, Haldur, "with all her heart" and raised him as her if he were her own child. She was dutiful and devoted to her family. When tragedy struck and Hal's wife died, she took it upon herself to mother and care for his children as well.

Background
Katerine had an older sister, Geneviève Lorelei, who she remembered as a wild woman who embraced her nature as a werewolf and, unlike Katerine, refused the rites of the Taming to control her bestial side. Geneviève took a Xhorhassian drow soldier as a lover, despite her family's disapproval, and gave birth to Haldur Lorelei. When Kryn soldiers came to Castle Lorelei to bring the drow back, Lady Geneviève was killed in the ensuing battle. Her lover was taken to Xhorhas, and his twin was killed in action.

Following the death of Geneviève, Katerine took charge of fostering Haldur, raising him lovingly, teaching him to be a kind and just nobleman, and leading him through the Taming. They built a small monument to Geneviève in the family mausoleum. When Hal's wife, Rosalind, died in childbirth with the twins, Katerine again stepped up for her family and raised Hal's children as her own. She used to tell them stories about The Moonweaver.

Decades after Geneviève's death, her lover came back from Xhorhas, wanting revenge for the deaths of his lover and his twin. He took Castle Lorelei with a small army of undead and killed everyone in the keep, before mutilating Haldur and taking him to the mausoleum as captive. Despite her age, Katerine transformed into a wolf and attempted to fight their assailants, but she was ultimately killed in the attack.

The Lorelei siblings found the corpse of their great-aunt in her room, back into her human form. Lucius was particularly affected by her death, and after a brief examination of the scene, he decided to bury her before doing anything else. Aurra supported his decision, and proposed to bury her in nature, in the forest. During the process both siblings wept, remembering their close relationship with Kat. Later on, realizing that their entire family line was buried in the same mausoleum, Portia berated her older siblings for their decision to bury Katerine in the woods, away from the rest of House Lorelei.

Appearances and mentions

 * One-shots

Trivia
Katerine is the only known member of House Lorelei who is not buried in the mausoleum.