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 little is known about her early years. As a young woman, she somehow met Cornelius Keiser, the current Eastern Arms General at the time, 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 two of them could be together in the Eastern Kingdom. The pair were soon married after Cathleen moved in, and they went on to have a single child, Keith. Cathleen tried her best to shelter Keith from the military service that all male 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 even this was still quite late by normal standards.

One night, when Keith was about thirteen, 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. 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, though Cornelius remained adamant. Albion was outraged at this and refused to see Cornelius throw his reputation away for a "Western harlot" as he called Cathleen. Later that evening, while intoxicated from drinking at the tavern, Albion formed a poorly planned idea to stop his friend from leaving. He thought that if Cornelius found his wife dead, he would suddenly lose all interest in leaving. Albion headed to the Keiser household, where Cathleen happened to be 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, he was able to overpower Cathleen and kill her. Albion quickly fled, leaving Cathleen's corpse on the floor, where she was soon discovered by Keith after he arrived home.

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.