Kathrin Vaughan

Kathrin Vaughan, also know as Kat for short, is a female cross breed Keidran with both canine and feline parents. She was born into the Keidran slave trade being specially bred to be more physically appealing for Human owners. It was confirmed through the side sketches that Kathrin was originally purchased by Eric Vaughan's parents when he himself was only 10. After the death of her owners Kathrin became the property of Eric's older brother Roderick Vaughan. However, due to Roderick's involvement with the Templar Order, even before his parent's deaths, it gave him little time at home. Roderick presumably soon gave up Kathrin because of this, along with his two other inherited slaves Mike and Evals, to Eric. Apparently Kathrin was quite pampered growing up and taught many crafts such as massaging and needlepoint which her fellow slaves to became jeulous of, Evals in particular dubbing her "Eric's pet". Kathrin herself has shown to have developed genuine feelings for Eric but he is unable to see her in that way due to viewing her as more of a little sister.

When Trace Legacy and his group arrived in Wreathwood searching for a passage to the Basidian Islands they were taken in by Eric and later promised a lift on Eric's merchant vessel, with Kathrin accompanying them. After the events of the Bastadian Islands on the return voyage a incident on ship caused Eric to threaten Mike and Evals with increasing their slave restrictions but Kat intervened. Following this incident Eric promiced to free all three of them once they arrived on land. Once arriving at the Legacy Estate near the port town of Edinmire Kathrin officially became a free Keidran, though her current plans are unclear as she had never really known life away from Eric before.

From The Author
"Kathrin has a happy-go-lucky personality. She is a bit naive about most things, having been sheltered as a slave all her life."

"Kathrin was selectively bred from several generations of Keidran slaves in order to be more physically appealing to humans. Ironically, despite being designed to be a sex slave, Kathrin is incredibly naïve when it comes to sex. Eric gives her much more freedom than his other slaves, but she genuinely enjoys serving him."

Appearance
Kathrin is an uncommon exception amongst Keidran being a mixed breed, she has both canine and feline features, though appears to be more feline than canine. Due to her spots and fur colours it could be assumed that Kathrin's parents were a combination of Snow Leopard and Forest Wolf Keidran. Her fur is mostly a brown down her back, changing from grey to white around to her front whole covered in black spots all over. A noticeable feature of Kat's, possibly caused by her selective breeding, is that she doesn't have the tuft of chest fur that most other Keidran have. She is a quite curvaceous and sometimes described as top heavy as likely part of the aims of her breeding. Kathrin is around average hight for that of a Keidran feline female.

In terms of clothing Kat appears to be comfortable "in the fur" (naked) like most other Keidran are, only wearing Human clothes when in public areas that require Keidran to cover up such as the Basidian Islands. Even when she wears clothing it is usually not fully coving her up, typically just wearing a shirt if she needs too

History
When Eric was ten, his family acquired Kathrin, who was just a kitten. During dialogue between Eric and Flora, Eric said, in relation to Kathrin, "At first she was almost like a pet. But we got older... I won't deny that we fooled around occasionally, we were kids after all. We were curious. But... I guess I just respect her too much to do that. She really means a lot to me... I usually spend our nights teaching her how to read. "Roderick however, did not give Kathrin as much freedom as Eric did to her. But she was unable to experience heat, and as a result is unable to bear offspring. Eric was able to buy Kathrin and save her from his Brother, who presumably utilized her in the ways for which she was bred.

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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 18
Kathrin watched over the unconscious Natani, and even attempts to pull Natani from the Na'Rella and to safety when fire breaks out near the docks. She excitedly pounces Natani, when the latter wakes before realizing again the ship will be on fire soon if they didn't hurry. Shortly, she is saved from falling debris by Natani and either the two prepare to bravely jump out the window into the water despite Kathrin's apparent inability to swim well, Natani saying "Just hang on to me". Because the description of the page where these events occur includes the words "or alternatively, Kat-O-Vision" and Natani's lack of Laura's urn, it is possible that some or all of this is a fantasy created by Kathrin.

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Personality
Kathrin is a good natured girl, if a bit naive. She's kind and caring and often going out of her way to make others happy like when she works herself near exhaustion to sew Natani a new attire. She is bilingual and literate, able to speak both Keidran and Human yet she admits she can't read much. Her favorite ones being romance and adventure. She can often come off as a bit playful and flirtatious such as when she is casually hitting on Trace when first meeting him in the baths and when giving Flora a massage. Her naivety leads to some of her friends assuming she means less than pure things. But even with that Kat can be pushed past her limits. When Natani yells at Kathrin to hurry making her outfit, she is clearly hurt and almost storms out of the room before Natani stops her.

Abilities and Powers
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Eric Vaughan
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Flora
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Trace Legacy
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Natani
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Zen
Zen and Kathrin have only met recently in the current state of the comics, meeting while Zen was recovering at the Legacy Estate in Chapter 20. Kathrin had apparently been taking care of Zen while he was unconscious and seemed to be happy to look after him. Zen was thankful to her for doing what she did and continuing to check up on him even though he was now awake. The two have a talk while Kathrin is preparing some of his treatment. Zen mentions the death of his and Natani's parents as well as his struggles with being an sole older brother. He had learned about Natani becoming more excepting of his female body through their magic soul link before hand and took the chance to thank Kat for being the one who helped Natani open up. Overall it seems that Zen is pleased with Kathrin for what she did for him and his brother while Kathrin seems to give Zen the usual "see the best in people" attitude she gives most others.

Evals
Kathrin and Evals have a slighly awkward relationship. Evals had grown understandably jeulous of her during their time as slaves for the Vaughan family as Kat seemed to receive special treatment while he and his friend Mike were forced to work hard. Evals does not seem to outright dislike Kat and many of the negative comments he has made about her such as calling her "Eric's pet" were likely just out of frustration. Kathrin does not seem to talk to Evals much and spent most of her days with Eric but she holds no ill will towards Evals and attempts to be friendly upon talking with him, a fact which Evals acknowledges and the main reasons why he can't bring himself to outright dislike her. The pairs relationship took at turn for the better in Chapter 16 however, when Eric threatened Evals and Mike with tighter restrictions on their enslavement believing they were responsible for the fire on ship Kathrin stood up to Eric and defended the pair. Kathrin was able to talk Eric out of his rage and even go as far as to promice all three of their releases upon making it to shore. Elated by the idea of freedom after so many years Evals was very greatful to Kat for what she did and no longer sees her as just a pampered pet, though he dulls down his appreciation he is still very greatful.

Mike
Mike and Kathrin have a generally neutral relationship. Unlike his best friend and fellow slave Evals he does not judge Kathrin as harshly for the special treatment she gets from their master. Mike is quite layed back and does not seem as quick to anger about their situation as much as Evals, possibly due to the fact Mike, like Kat, had been born into slavery. Kathrin and Mike do not get to talk much due to Mike working constantly and when not he is typically hanging with Evals by themselves leaving her quite in the dark between the Vaughan slaves. The relationship between the two of them improved greatly due to Kat's actions in Chapter 16. When Eric threatened Mike and Evals with tighter restrictions on their enslavement for a large misunderstanding on Eric's part Kathrin stood up to Eric and defended the pair. Kathrin was able to talk Eric out of his rage and even go as far as to promice Mike and Evals release from their enslavement upon making it to shore at Edinmire. Though Mike was presumably very greatful to Kat that she had just ended his 12 year enslavement (a little over double that in Keidran years) he was then presented with the choices of freedom that made him feel very confused about his future. Despite his life currently taking a massive turn due to Kat's intervention he was extremely thankful to her none the less.

Triva

 * Kathrin a "Jack of All Trades", showing (and at times wishing to show) adeptness as a Masseuse, Seamstress, Maid, Cook, and Bath-house attendant.
 * As a result of growing up beside Eric, the two have a strong, sibling like emotional bond. This led to Eric illegally providing her with an education, allowing her to converse and read (and presumably write) Human fluently. Her education has placed her in a favorable position in comparison to Eric's other slaves.
 * Kathrin is one of the four characters which could be considered "LGBT+" in our world, five if Nickolai Alaric is counted but he is only implied to be, due to her exhibiting sexual or romantic tendencies in rather rapid succession towards male and female cast members. These characters include but not limited to Eric, Natani, Trace, and Flora so Kathrin can be considered Queer.
 * Kathrin is one of the two Keidran characters featured in the main comic to have a genuine attraction for Humans, the other being Flora, but unlike Flora, Kat's attraction isn't limited to just Humans. Although characters such as Sythe and Euchre also have an affinity for Humans in both cases it seems to more a specific Human rather than just a thing for their race as a whole.
 * Kathrin is a mixed breed Keidran having been bred from both canine and feline Keidrans from both her father and mother, this process rendered her infertile as a result and prevents her from having children.
 * Kathrin is confirmed to have 158 spots on her fur in total.