Catherine is a female witch-type mage from the Witch’s Forest who belongs to the terrorist group Eye of the Midnight Sun, known for stealing others’ magic power to preserve her own youth and for wielding ash-based curse magic.
Name: Catherine
Gender: Female
Age: 56
Date of Birth: April 20
Height: 165 cm
Blood Type: O
Place of Origin: Witch’s Forest
Affiliation: Eye of the Midnight Sun
Magic Attribute: Ash
Likes: Raspberry pie, young handsome men
Catherine presents herself as a glamorous, youthful witch, but this is a carefully maintained facade.
Behind that image, she is manipulative, self-indulgent, and obsessed with beauty and youth.
She takes clear pleasure in preying on others, both for their magic and their looks.
Her fixation on staying young drives most of her choices and her cruelty.
Catherine usually appears as a young, attractive woman dressed in stereotypical witch clothing.
Her outfit emphasizes her witch identity and her vanity, with a stylish hat and feminine attire.
Her true form, however, is that of an old woman whose body has naturally aged.
The youthful appearance is only sustained by the magic power she steals from others.
Catherine’s magic attribute is Ash, which she uses in the form of curse-laden spells.
Her ash magic blends offensive power with unpredictable curse effects.
Magic Power Drain and Aging
Catherine possesses a unique ability to steal magic power from other people.
When she drains someone’s magic, the victim’s body rapidly ages, reflecting the loss of life force.
She uses the stolen magic to maintain her own youthful form, masking her true elderly appearance.
This makes her both a physical and psychological threat, as she literally feeds off others’ vitality.
Curse Ash Magic: Joyous Ash Ruin
Her known spell is an ash curse technique often translated as Joyous Ash Ruin.
With this spell, she fires bullets of ash infused with various curses.
Even Catherine herself does not know exactly what effect each ash bullet will produce.
One bullet that hit Yuno Grinberryall gradually numbed his entire bodily senses, robbing him of feeling.
This unpredictability makes her magic dangerous, forcing opponents to fight cautiously.
Each hit can cause a different type of debilitating effect.
Catherine takes part in the assault on the Clover Kingdom’s royal capital.
During this attack, she engages Yuno Grinberryall in battle and initially gains the upper hand.
Her ability to drain magic and her ash curses put Yuno in serious danger.
However, once Yuno properly synchronizes and controls the power of Sylph, the spirit of wind, the tide turns.
Empowered by Sylph, Yuno overwhelms Catherine and sends her flying away from the battlefield.
She is blown into the area where Charmy Pappitson is located, triggering an unexpected encounter.
Catherine then attempts to drain Charmy’s magic as well, underestimating her.
This backfires when Charmy defeats Catherine decisively and she is subsequently captured.
Later, despite her earlier importance, Catherine is reduced to a tool by her own allies.
Licht (using Patry’s body) exploits her as a human sacrifice.
She is used as a source of “tremendous magic power and sacrifice” to activate a forbidden magic ritual.
In this process, Catherine dies, her life and stolen magic consumed by the spell she is offered to.
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