Cathleen Keiser

Cathleen Keiser is a female Western Basitin and the mother of Keith Keiser. Cathleen was born on the Western Basitin Islands, but moved to the Eastern Isles illegally with the help of her future husband, Cornelius Keiser, who was a powerful Eastern General at the time. She lived a fairly happy life alongside Cornelius and their single son, until the day of her murder by Albion Alabaster.

Appearance
TBA

History
Cathleen was born on the Western Basitin Islands, but nothing else is known about her early years. As a young woman, she encountered Cornelius Keiser, the then current Eastern Basitin's Arms General, and the two fell in love. Cornelius, with the help of his friend and fellow General, Albion Alabaster, forged Cathleen citizenship documents so that the they could be together in the Eastern Kingdom. The pair married soon after, and went on to have a single child, their son Keith. Cathleen tried her best to shelter Keith from the military service that all male Eastern Basitin are required to partake in, likely not understanding the significance it had in Eastern tradition. However, despite her best efforts, Keith was eventually enrolled at age eight, though this would have still been considered fairly late.

One night, when Keith was around thirteen, Cornelius confided in Albion at a local tavern that he planned to sneak off the islands with his family and begin a more peaceful life elsewhere. The latter was deeply saddened to hear this and tried to convince his best friend that the Keiser family name would be disgraced forever if he did so, but Cornelius' mind remained unchanged. Cornelius eventually left Albion alone at the tavern to attend to some other business. While heavily intoxicated, Albion began to form a poorly planned idea to stop his friend from throwing his reputation away for some "Western harlot," as he called Cathleen. He thought that if Cathleen was dead, Cornelius would suddenly lose all interest in leaving. Albion stumbled to the Keiser household, where he found Cathleen home alone, and attacked her in a drunken rage. In the ensuring fight, she was able to take a large chunk out of Albion's left ear with a knife; but in the end, she was overpowered and killed. Realising the severity of his actions, Albion fled, leaving Cathleen's corpse on the floor, where she was later discovered by Keith after he himself arrived home that night.

Chapter 12
Cathleen makes her only visible appearances in the comic during this chapter, during 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.