Cathleen Keiser

Cathleen Keiser is a female Western Basitin the long since deceased mother of Keith Keiser. Cathleen was born on the Western Basitin Islands but moved to the Eastern Isles illegally with the help of her soon to be husband Cornelius Keiser who was a powerful Eastern General at the time. She lived a peaceful life with her husband and their only child until the day of her sudden death at the hands of the very Basitin that had originally helped Cornelius sneak her into the Kingdom in the first place, Albion Alabaster.

Appearance
TBA

History
Cathleen was born on the Western Basitin Islands, but not much is known about her early years.

As a young woman, she eventually met her future husband Cornelius Keiser, an Eastern Basitin, and the the current Eastern Arms General at the time. With the help of his friend and fellow General, Albion Alabaster, Cornelius forged Cathleen citizenship documents so that she could live in the Eastern Basitin Kingdom and be with him. The two were soon married after she moved in, and the two would go on to have a single son named Keith. Cathleen tired her best to shelter Keith from the military service that all male Basitin were required to partake in, likely not understanding the significance it had in Eastern tradition. Despite her best efforts, Keith was eventually enrolled at age 8, though this was still quite late by normal standards.

One night, when Keith was about 13, Cornelius confided in Albion at a local tavern that he planned to sneak off the Islands with his family and start a more peaceful life elsewhere, far away from the Islands. Albion was deeply saddened to hear this and tried to argue that the Keiser name would be disgraced forever if he did so, yet Cornelius remained adamant. Albion would have none of it, he would not see his best friend throw his family honor away for Cathleen, a "Western harlot" as he called her. That night, while intoxicated from drinking at the tavern, he formed a poorly planned idea to stop Cornelius. He headed to the Keiser houshold, where Cathleen was alone and attacked her in a drunken rage. In the ensuring fight, Cathleen was able to take a large chunk out of Albion's left ear with a knife, but in the end, he was able to overpower and kill Cathleen. He had foolishly thought that if Cornelius found his wife dead, he would suddenly lose all interest in leaving.

Chapter 12
Cathleen makes her only visible appearances in the comic during this chapter while in a flashback concerning her history and the truth behind her death.

Personality
Not much is know about Cathleen's personality due to her being deceased long before the events of the comic, however from the details we hear about and her small appearances via flashback give an indication that she was a very sweet and caring woman, so much so that her husband Cornelius was going to risk both his career and his honor to protect her. It is clear she wanted her only child Keith to live a peaceful and happy life, which was the main reason she attempted to shield him from the reality of Eastern Basitin society that even she was not used to.

Poison Resistance
Like all other Basitin, regardless of East or Western descent, can be assumed to have a natural resistance to poison.

Trivia

 * Cathleen is the only named fully Western Basitin featured in the main comic.