Short Fiction · Character
Kate
Anna's elder sister, Katherine manages the household alone, weeps for her absent husband, and reads saints' lives aloud in a high singsong voice.
supporting
Also known as Katherine
First appearance: short fiction
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Kate is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A servant who wakes Olga to announce Malyntin's arrival.
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Katherine married young and took her husband into the household, but when he began leaving for whole years at a time she vowed to have no more knowledge of him—meeting him cheerily, mending his shirts, yet sleeping…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Love and death figures
- Travelers and community figures
- Tragic young woman and authority figures
- Diverse ensemble of fate and perception
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- Breaking point
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Anna and Kate are sisters or close female relatives, sharing a bond of familial affection… How this plays out →
- Anna
family · positive
Anna and Kate are sisters or close female relatives, sharing a bond of familial affection… How this plays out →
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