Katherine Carlyle

Katherine Carlyle, full name Katherine Gladys Carlyle, is a singer at The Rouge Drape Club. However, once her shift is over and evening descends upon Ottawa, she indulges herself in far less pleasant aesthetics than singing.

History
Katherine was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the United Kingdom. Her father worked for the British military and her mother worked as a music teacher, and would later come to teach her daughter how to play the piano and how to sing. During the ongoing turmoil and economic decline in Europe that followed in the wake of the Resource Wars, the family emigrated to Edmonton, Canada. When Katherine was 16 years old, her father enlisted to defend his family and home in the uprising of the Sino-American War in 2066, and as a result was sent to the frontlines of Anchorage.

During her father's years of service in the army, Katherine developed anxiety, fearing that every time the doorbell rang it would be with the news of her father's demise. But her father miraculously survived the conflict and returned home to his family. Following the liberation of Alaska, the United States annexed Canada.

Her parents partook in the protests and demonstrations against handing Canada over to the United States, and were later found among the casualties of killed protesters in Edmonton. Unable to stand for the unjust killings carried out by American soldiers, Katherine moved to Ottawa and came to develop a deep hatred for the nation and all who served it.

After suffering a serious mental breakdown, Katherine works as a singer and pianist at The Rouge Drape Club, where she earns a modest living, performing every night. However, once her shift is over, she actively seeks out affiliates of, or direct members of the American military and government, to stalk and brutally murder, in retaliation for the "murder of her parents and the enslavement of Canada."

Dressed in a fierce tiger mask, received as a souvenir from her uncle's travels to India, Katherine conceals her identity and indulges herself in brutal killing sprees of America sympathizers, on both the political and military front.

Though she has yet to be caught or linked to any of the killings, she remains vigilant and paranoid, knowing that sooner or later she will most likely be suspected or apprehended.

Personality
Katherine suffers from severe dissociative disorder as a result of the trauma caused by the loss of her parents in the Edmonton protests. It warps and twists her very sense of reality. Resulting in the creation of a split personality she simply refers to as Cat or "the Cat", who feeds on her hatred and who takes the blame and responsibility for her actions. The actions of Cat also causes several blackouts in Katherine's short-term memory and hallucinations, ranging from mild to serious.

The border between her disorder and straight-up psychopathy is unclear. Though she is self-aware enough to tell herself that "the Cat" persona is a fictional entity, and not real, she refuses to acknowledge responsibility and guilt for the actions her other persona is carrying out. Claiming that it is not "her", as she has been raised to "behave like a proper young lady".

Her wrath and hatred for the American government has surpassed every other emotion; resulting in a cognitive dissonance to most, if not all, Americans she encounters.

Appearances

 * The Last Winter - TBA

Trivia

 * Katherine was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare.