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VERSION: Ashford River. (I will still be playing the Ashkent Creek Katherine).

NAME/NICKNAMES: Katherine Collins-Woods

SPECIES: Human (Scribe/Warden [not active])

HOMETOWN: Dublin, Ireland but Katherine moved to Ashford River over a decade ago to fill a “temporary” position with the Scribe HQ.

TOWN STANDING/JOB: Katherine has worked as a Scribe in the Ashford River headquarters for thirteen years. The relocation was only meant to be a temporary position but she grew roots in the community and decided to stay after a year into the job. She's also very involved in the community as a whole and highly regarded and well known. Her children all attend school in Ashford River and she attends every PTA meeting, takes part in all of the fundraisers and even chaperones every dance, much to her children’s dismay.

SUPERNATURAL INVOLVEMENT: Outside of her regular Scribe duties, Katherine is very involved in helping newly transformed or recently discovered supernaturals understand who and what they are.

PERSONALITY: AR Katherine is still very much like her AC counterpart. She’s charismatic, self sufficient, professional. She’s a force to be reckoned with, just much more in your face with it in AR. She works hard, throwing herself into her work, and often overdoing it in her family life. She has a fierce need to be the best at what she does after growing up in a very large family--it’s her way of standing out. She makes a point to be the life of every party, often throwing them at her home whenever she has the opportunity for almost any reason. She often manipulates her way into people’s business, whether it's for a sincerely good reason or for personal gain/knowledge to use at a later date. She's generally very friendly and usually does genuinely want to help, even if she doesn’t always go about it the right way.

One big difference is AR Katherine’s openness and acceptance. She’s never felt that rejection or shame from being the only Warden in her family and there’s no hostility there. She doesn’t feel the need to be secretive about who and what she is or does. 

As a Scribe it’s her duty to remain neutral, which would never fly with AC Katherine. 

FAMILY: Katherine still keeps in touch with her family in Ireland almost daily. Katherine is married to Abby Woods, a native of Ashford River, who owns a bakery in town (rival to For Heaven’s Cake). Together they've adopted three children: Toby (6), Mae (13) and Antonio (16). Recently her niece Darcy has also come to live in the Collins-Woods household.

BACKSTORY SUMMARY:

Katherine grew up as the fourth of eight children in a family full of Scribes and it's all she's ever known. The overachiever of her siblings, she became well regarded in the Scribe community as an aspiring up and comer. When she was only twenty-six, she was offered the opportunity to help restructure the Ashford River branch. She jumped at the opportunity, surprised to find herself growing roots in the small town. She met Abby a few months into her stay, very quickly falling for the budding baker. The two began a family after a small civil-union ceremony in 2006, two years after Katherine settled into Ashford River. They were officially married in July 2015.

Over the years, Katherine rose through the ranks within the Scribe Headquarters, balancing her energies between her work and family life. Tragedy fell upon the Collins family in January 2015, however. Her older brother Jack and his wife were both killed in a car accident back in Dublin. Her niece took the deaths of her parents the worst, unsurprisingly. Darcy acted out constantly. After moving in with her grandparents, trouble seemed to stick to Darcy like a bad habit. Unable to handle the poor girl's emotional problems and outbursts, her grandparents sent Darcy to live with Katherine and her family in an effort to bring some stability to the young woman’s life. 

DIFFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

Katherine is human. While still a Warden, this gene has amazingly never been activated and has laid dormant her entire life. Unless she has some sort of intense physical altercation or there’s a sudden fae infestation in AR, it’s likely it’ll stay that way. She’s also grown up never questioning her place as a Scribe. While she still feels the need to stand out, she uses her energies to be the very best Scribe, especially the best out of her siblings. So far, she’s succeeded. 

Katherine is extremely anti-violence. She won't even allow her kids to play graphic video games or watch R rated movies.

She has a great relationship with her family back in Ireland. She speaks to at least one sibling or parent a day. After being used to a large family most of her life, she yearns for one herself and constantly surrounds herself with people.

Katherine is extremely outgoing and often inserts herself anyway she can into town events. Everyone, whether they like it or not, knows Katherine Collins-Woods.

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Have you looked in the mirror recently?

I’ve tried, yes, but I think my niece is playing a very odd prank on me. 

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Do you have any hidden talents?

I’m one heck of a bowler. 

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adrien-babineaux:

I must warn you, it can get quite expensive. 

I like to think of it this way: my brain prefers to focus on less mundane skills. 

I think only people whose job is about protecting people should be able to get their hands on one and they should have to keep it locked in their work place. You should not be able to keep those in your house.

You’re Irish, right?

Not surprised. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it though. Worse comes to worse, we’ll see if you can wrangle me into at least buying a postcard or a very small print. 

I get the whole ‘right to bear arms’ thing. Sometimes the situation calls for it, protecting yourself and all that. And go ahead and just try to take a gun away from a die-hard hunter. It’s all about regulation. 

That I am. What ever gave it away?

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veronicatheslayer:

My sister made a number of investments for me when I was younger and they have payed off in a big way. It has meant that I can afford the warmest of coats and I often take a mid winter vacation.

Ah, lucky you then. Glad you’re keeping warm. Vacation to somewhere warm sounds beyond wonderful right about now. Where’s your favorite place to go?

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deanxgarrity:

[pm] Yeah, murdered in cold blood. There was an invasion at the hospital. Two, actually. He managed to get through the first wave but died in the second. There were tons of witnesses the said murdered person saved. You’re telling me this wasn’t made public?

[pm] First I’m hearing about it. What do you mean an invasion? Was this gang related? Or possibly something less savory?

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veronicatheslayer:

If you’re new to Ashkent Creek then you’ll hardly believe that this place could be one temperature in the winter and a completely different one in the summer. It is beautiful in the summer, but right now the winter has dragged on for long enough. 

Oh, we have seasons in Ireland but nothing so drastic as what you’ve got here. And not for this long and this cold. I bounce around the states a bit I tried to stick to the more southern reasons for a reason. How do you stand it?

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themoral-dilemma:

[pm] Well, neither can I It might sound like it’s better that I’m alive “again”, but I can’t say for sure that it is. Or that I want to be. At least, I don’t want to be here

You got me there. I can’t stand those guys.

[pm] Have you made any progress on figuring out what you did come back as yet?

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I couldn’t agree more. Someone warned me about winters in the northeast but I never imagined anything like this. I think the majority of my paychecks recently have been going to new sweaters and my heating bill.

I have officially had enough of the subzero temperatures and having to wear a million layers whenever I venture outside. Could some please hurry summer along. We’re all impatiently waiting.

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Dangerous how?

While the police are already aware of this and are likely already investigating and working to resolve the issue to alert people of a dangerous person who appears to hang around behind You, Mime, and Ours for your own safety. I’m not spreading this to instill fear, just awareness. Most people would have no reason to be behind YMO, but extra caution does no harm. 

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[pm] Murdered in cold blood at a hospital? What about witnesses? Surveillance footage? I know the police can be a little inept at times but surely there’s something. 

Look I hate to do this publicly but it’s been a week and the police don’t have a damn thing on the case. There’s this guy, who was murdered at the hospital trying to save people. His life was just….taken by a hunter. Is there any hunter you know of that visited the hospital recently? I know it’s pretty broad but it’s a start.

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themoral-dilemma:

[pm] Point taken.

Well, that may be how you feel, but– what’s that saying?– you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone? I wasn’t born like this, you know. I used to be normal relatively, and then I had this done to me. Sorry if I’m a little sour about it. I’d rather be normal. This– whatever I am– isn’t fun. I don’t like it. 

Perfect. All my life’s dreams have come true. 

[pm] You also used to be dead, Marley. I can’t truly empathize, I know that, but I can’t imagine being normal and dead is better than alive and something nonhuman, even if you hate it. Not many people get a second chance. I’m not minimizing your feelings but there are positives.

And hey--you could’ve ended up a vampire or zombie. Whatever you are’s a step up from being a brain-muching or blood-thirsty reincarnation of yourself, right?

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adrien-babineaux:

I recommend you take a look at it. I work at the local art gallery, Wall Space? 

I was just going to call it exciting but you kinda broke my sarcasm here.

Well obviously if acquiring it is legal for most people, it’s easy to get your hands on one. I’ve never liked guns. Like you said anyone can get one and you can hurt a lot people even if you received no training which makes it even more dangerous.

Yeah? I’ve been told to check that out. I’ll have to make the trip sometime. See if you’re worth your grain as a salesman. Your clear inability for housework and most, if not all, common chores leaves a little to be desired.

Almost too easy here, if you ask me. Ireland may not get everything right, and there’s absolutely still room to improve on their legislature, but they’re better about gun control than here. But they serve a purpose in the correct, capable hands. They’ve definitely saved my arse more than a few times.

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What was your childhood nickname?

Kit-Kat. My parents thought it endearing. And when you have seven yappy siblings, things tend to stick. 

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adrien-babineaux:

Damn it. I sell paintings and sculptures to whoever’s offering an acceptable donation.

That sounds interesting. Does it get dangerous at times? Some of these people must be armed.

How very boring intriguing. What kind of work do you typically sell? Anything I would know?

Mostly it’s just a bunch of weasely cowards who’ve skipped out on paying child support or parking tickets or something equally unexciting but cringeworthy. But it can often get a little sketchier than that, yes. It still baffles me how easy most of these people can acquire a firearm, legally or not. I usually call the ACPD for back up at that point.  

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adrien-babineaux:

Sure, then I can help you with that water heater damage.

I work in an art gallery at the moment. I don’t really like it but it pays well so. What about you?

A well to-do French heir working in an art gallery? Now there’s a stereotype for you. What do you do there?

I’m a bounty hunter. Catch the bad guys who’ve skipped on their bail and send them back where they belong.

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adrien-babineaux:

I don’t have a lot of hobbies, but those I have, I excel at. 

It was a long time ago, don’t worry. Well they wanted me to be my sister’s bodyguard because you can’t have her be killed by some vampire. Me, on the other hand, I’m not a huge loss. I don’t want to talk about it.

Well I hope one day cleaning becomes a hobby of yours. And if it does, give me a ring. 

Sure, of course. Though you brought it up What’s it you’re doing now then? I never did ask what job you ended up getting.