Catherine

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A mysterious young beauty, Catherine falls in love with Vincent Brooks which becomes the catalyst of the game's story. She works as a video game developer at a technology company called Fowles Electronics where she has worked on a "peeping tom dating sim" video game. Her seductiveness is more than just an act. In actuality, it is revealed that Catherine is a demonic succubus from the Underworld and the daughter of the Mesopotamian god Nergal. In her free time, she seduces men by shapeshifting into their ideal woman, and then kills them by dooming them to their nightmares. It is unknown if she is a rapist or a consensual succubus. Although many would call her "evil", her mission is to help clear the world and human gene pool of unfaithful cheating men. As a shapeshifting succubus, Catherine can shapeshift into various women according to each of her victims' tastes, even allowing herself to appear as Katherine McBride. Her most common form as the mental image of Vincent Brooks' ideal woman is that of a young Caucasian (white) woman with blonde hair in swirling ringlet pigtails, a potential reference to the ram horns in the game. She wears blue eyeshadow, possibly pink lipstick and pink nail polish. She wears a white camisole, a white miniskirt, white stockings and white high heels; her outfit is noted to resemble lingerie. Her lacy bra is visible and has heart designs which match her lacy heart necklace. Around her waist is a red ribbon tied into a bow which is likely a reference to the traditional obi, a sash worn on kimono outfits, as well as the merging of American and Japanese aesthetics in the game. In the Catherine True Ending, her true form as a succubus in the underworld is that of a black and white striped figure with demonic horns on top. She stil retains her blonde ringlet-pigtailed hair which is grown longer than her human form to Vincent. She also wears what appears to be long black gloves that extend past her elbows, but still retains the red ribbon tied around her waist. Catherine is generally a upbeat, cheerful, eccentric, carefree, enigmatic and bubbly woman whose initial physical appearance and personality are meant to mirror what Vincent is searching for: a free soul. Freedom defines her entire attitude and feelings towards life: she's impulsive and resists commitment. This is demonstrated by the fact that she works with Mutton to corral men into the Nightmares "on a whim". Despite being a succubus, Catherine isn't entirely cold-hearted. No details are given about her origin, other than that she is an ancient succubus from the Underworld who is able to change her form to suit the ideal woman of a man and also has the power to enter the dreams of men, though she does have an antagonistic relationship with her overprotective father, Nergal, who is the Lord of the Underworld. It is unknown how much power she has as to her position in the demonic hierarchy.