Katherine Catlyon

Katherine Catlyon (or Katerinya Catylonna in french) is a vampire born in the early 14th century. Originally killed by Brandon to create the lunar vampire curse. She was resurrected by the ancestors to kill all vampires

Katherine was the vampire that was sacrificed to bring Brandon back to life, the ancestors resurrected her, and later turned her into a 'enhanced vampire'. They casted a spell on her to make her a vampire vampire hunter. This would make her truly immortal. She carried a vampire stake that could kill any vampire. Due to her new vampire hunting capabilities, she would hunt vampires, and eventually try and kill them. Her goal was to make the vampires extinct. After she completed this, she would kill herself afterwards. thus ending the curse of vampirism. (this failed). Katherine made a vow when she was resurrected to kill Brandon. (this was even before her transformation). Katherine could even take on Brandon. Due to his enhanced strength, Brandon was made one of the most powerful beings in the whole world. (due to him being an original, and the original lunar vampire.) Katherines stake, could kill even an original. (it was spelled by the ancestors). This other than the red oak stake was the only thing to be able to kill an original.

Katherine was born into a powerful French noble family. Her family was a distant relative to the royal house of france (during the 14th century). The Valois. This gave her extreme amounts of money, making her rich, and powerful. Katherine soon became a powerful member of nobility, and was feared among most. It is unknown who turned Katherine, making her apart of an unknown sire line.

Katherine moved out of France when she became a vampire, and eventually met a vampire known by the name of Nick, he soon became friends with Katherine, and eventually she joined his cult. the Cult of Brand. Dedicated to resurrecting their sire Brandon back from the grave. Katherine being a powerful vampire joined the cause, but, she soon learned of the dangers of their goals, and soon she left. Centuries go by, and she flees Europe, and heads to the new world. She lives in on the French louisiana territories named New Orleans. It is here, that she met Samantha Valez, it is here, when Katherine learns of the plans to kill her relative Nadia Merrow. Katherine puts an end to this affair, and quickly moves out of New Orleans.

15th-19th century:
Katherine's whereabouts are unknown. Its stated that Katherine was running around Europe, in the 18th century Katherine spent time in Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, France, Spain, and the New world.

2018:
in 2018 Katherine is sacrificed to resurrect Brandon, and create his lunar vampire curse. This happened on July 11th, she was resurrected on July 31st. But she was resurrected as a 'enhanced vampire, or enhanced vampire hunter" She would hunt down all important vampires, and originals. Having one of the only weapons to kill an original. Katherine killed many vampires on her task, almost killing Brandon many times. With the help of the ancestors, she could escape many traps set by witches. This would prove useful, when Brandon is trying to change Katherine, and trying to make her a regular vampire again.

2019
Her whereabouts are unknown during this time, and for the rest of the books.

Personality
Katherine is known to be deceiving, conving, smart, analytical, and powerful.

Vampire
Katherine had the same powers as a non-original vampire, but being over 500 years old, Katherine is a very powerful vampire. She could best a vampire named Jackson Fire.

Enhanced Vampire
When Katherine was resurrected, the ancestors made her a vampire-vampire hunter. Giving her the only weapon that could kill an original, and strengthening her powers as a vampire. Katherine became so powerful that she could fight an original hybrid and win. Although she was unsuccessful in killing him, she almost did many times. Her strength was that of an original vampire. but stronger. only being created once Katherine was only able to die by ending her own life. Her main goal was to kill the originals, thus ending the vampiric race as a whole. Because she was no longer from a sire line, this wouldn't kill her, she would have to end her own life. Rebekah and her team would cure her vengeful taste for vampire blood, and end her cravings to stake every vampire she sees with the help of a witch named Ingrid. (a descendant from Samantha Valez). But, Katherine would not be cured of her new species.


 * Super Strength: Enhanced vampires are much stronger than Immortals, Supernatural Hunters, non-Original vampires, werewolves, non-Original hybrids, and humans. They even possess enough strength to overpower an Original vampire, and even the Original Hybrid. Katherine even possess the ability fight off and even kill Brandon (temporarily). she overpowered him multiple times. She is even able to over power Mark (the original vampire). She also possessed the only weapon able to kill an original.
 * Super speed: Enhanced vampires are much faster than immortals, non-Original vampires, werewolves, non-Original hybrids, and humans. They are also slightly faster than regular Original vampires, and possibly the Original hybrid. They are able to stop other supernatural species in their tracks and run miles in mere minutes. It is unknown if they grow faster with time. Katherine incapacitated both Nick and Samantha within seconds with her superior strength and speed, as the two vampires could not even hold Katherine longer than a few seconds before both were neutralized instantly.


 * Super Agility: Enhanced vampires possess more superhuman agility, flexibility, and dexterity than Immortals, Original vampires, non-Original vampires, werewolves, non-original hybrids, and humans. They can move, jump, climb, and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion.
 * Super Senses: Enhanced vampires have extremely keen senses of hearing, sight, and smell. Enhanced Original vampires have even greater senses than vampires and Original vampires.
 * Super Durability: Enhanced vampires can take far more trauma than other vampires, werewolves, and humans can without much discomfort or injury. Enhanced Original vampires can heal faster than normal vampires when exposed to vervain, and sunlight. Wood does not seem to weaken them; even the Red Oak Stake, a powerful enchanted object, will not affect the Enhanced Original vampire.


 * Super Healing: Enhanced vampires injuries heal faster than other vampires, werewolves, and humans. Human blood has also known to make the healing process faster. They also heal similarly but faster than an original's healing
 * Emotional Control: Enhanced vampires can control and manipulate the emotions of one's self. Alaric was completely devoid of humanity while in his Enhanced Original vampire state, completely driven by "The Darkness", his split personality that hated all vampires and even humans who protected or ignored their presence.
 * Enhanced Emotions: Enhanced vampires experience emotions more powerfully than humans. Emotions like love, joy, and happiness are intensified for vampires allowing them to live life more intensely. This ability allows the Enhanced vampires to feel emotions at their peak regardless of their age.
 * Mind Compulsion: Enhanced vampires can compel the minds of humans, non-Original vampires, and non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids.
 * Immortality: Katherine is truly immortal. Nothing is able to kill her, she tried many times, but was unsuccessful in her attempts. She would only be able to die after she ended the vampiric race as a whole.

Weaknesses
Being immortal Katherine still had weaknesses, But, very little compared to a non-original vampire, and an original vampire.


 * Broken Neck: Breaking an Enhanced vampire's neck will not kill them, but it will render them unconscious for several hours.


 * Desiccation: Being completely drained of blood or the heart stopping will cause an Enhanced vampire to desiccate like any other vampire, losing most of its strength and any ability to move. The desiccated vampire will appear as a corpse and can only start functioning again once they feed on blood. This process can be replicated artificially by a witch casting a desiccation spell.
 * Link to the ancestors: Every time that Katherine would be killed (by means that would kill a non-original vampire) her soul and mind would enter the Ancestral Realm. The ancestors would tell her that her job isn't over, and that she must return to her body. This would make Katherine truly immortal. But, Katherine would soon become aware of how much the Ancestors were using her. Katherine would eventually break free from their mind control, but only temporarily. As she resisted their hold on her, their hold would get stronger and Stronger.
 * Magic: Katherine was incredibly susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. A witch with enough magical power at their disposal could harm or even kill her. Magic was the one thing that the ancestors used to put her back into place.
 * Physical Trauma:Minor physical injuries such as gunshots, stab wounds and broken bones will cause an Enhanced vampire pain and also slow them down. However, this is momentary as they will heal completely within seconds. It seems physical trauma can hurt them anywhere on the body (ex-eye gauging, drowning).

Book 1

 * Chapter 7
 * Chapter 8 (mentioned)

Book 2

 * Chapter 6 (mentioned/resurrection)
 * Chapter 7
 * Chapter 8
 * Chapter 10
 * Chapter 11 (mentioned)
 * Chapter 14

Book 3

 * Chapter 4 (mentioned)
 * Chapter 6
 * Chapter 7
 * Chapter 8
 * Chapter 9 (mentioned)
 * Chapter 11
 * Chapter 18