Katarina Sigmond

Katarina Sigmond is a main character in the End of Days, introduced in the 4th Season

Pre End of Days
Katarina Sigmond was born on July 14th in Northwind in the Frozen Atoll region to Rolf and Yelena Sigmond. Being isolated from much of the outside world, the Frozen Atoll was mostly focused on fending their city from the monsters that plagued their walls.As was tradition with most children in Northwind, Katarina learned combat at a young age, as she became rather skilled in using an axe. Eventually at the age of fourteen, she joined the monster hunt in the atoll with her older brother, Eygenov. Working alongside their mother and father, the Sigmond family pledged to keep the Frozen Atoll safe.

At the age of seventeen, Katarina and a friend of hers, Irina, made the journey to the mainland tundra, where they resided for a few years, until Daniel Jones took power, when he murdered her friend Irina as an example to other rebels. Katarina was sent to the ashlands for the next number of years, punished to fight off the Ashen for the rest of eternity. However, Katarina managed to escape the Ashen and fled to the desert, where she was trained in more modern weapon use, such as pistols and shotguns by the Desert Bounty Guild. She made her way back towards the Tundra, determined to get her revenge, only to be met with ruins. So, Katarina has made her way to the plains instead.

Season 4
Katarina's first apperance in Season 4 comes after the Battle of the Plains Bunker. On the run from the Ashen and Yuri Aldane-Harris's forces, she makes her way inside the bunker, where she is questioned about her motives by Peter Mullarke at gunpoint, due to her Tundra origins. Peter eventually lets Katarina go, as Katarina sets her possessions into a dorm room.

Wandering throughout the bunker, Katarina bumped into Mateo Narvaez and his parrot Spectre. The two of them get to know each other, and she learns of the conflict between these rebel forces and Yuri. However, her friend's death is brought up in their conversation, which shakes up Katarina a little. After speaking with Mateo, she finds the hot springs in the Bunker, attempting to clear her mind, but instead, the bad memories of her friend's death and Ashen attacks haunted her.

Once she woke up out of her trance, she was met with concern from Harlowe Greeves, who had come to the hot springs for some alone time. The two of talk about Katarina's bad dreams, Harlowe's unrequited feelings for Orianna Bryseiron and introduced themselves to each other, deciding to meet up later in the day to explore the bunker together. They start by walking through one of the greenhouses, as Harlowe picks a flower and puts it in Katarina's hair.

The pair then make their way to a restaurant that makes breadsticks, where Katarina meets Orianna, and she learns about how long the pair have known each other for, before Harlowe and Katarina continue their adventure through the bunker, as Katarina learns about Harlowe's fear of wasps. The two of them wind up in the cellar, and end up trying some bitter Elderberry Wine, which both Katarina and Harlowe find to be bitter. However, they both end up getting slightly drunk off of Strawberry Vodka, and the two of them awkward dance together, until Orianna finds the pair, and tells them about the incoming flood.

Katarina grabs her possessions, and planned to go out of the Bunker with Harlowe and Orianna, until a large crash of water causes Katarina to go back into the bunker to find some of the others. She makes sure that Mateo gets to safety before a huge gush of water fills up the bunker. Forced to swim all the way up to the surface, Katarina's lungs eventually get clogged with water, and she passes out from exhaustion. However, she is saved by Harlowe, who not only pulls her from the water, but revives her with CPR.

As the main cast approach the hills, Katarina offers Orianna and Harlowe her jacket and blanket, not bothered by the cold. Katarina and Harlowe end up huddling together to keep Harlowe warm. Harlowe and Katarina talk about his feelings for Orianna, as Katarina encourages Harlowe to tell Orianna how he felt about her.

Once the group arrives in New Toronto, they are ambushed by some of Yuri's descendants and some swamp soldiers. The small attacking militia eventually retreats. Katarina, allowing Orianna and Harlowe to have some time to themselves to talk about their feelings, comforts Mateo after the attack, and watches over him as he rests. Once Harlowe and Orianna arrive to the hotel room, allowing Katarina to get some sleep, which is once again plagued with nightmares. The group is ambushed by some Hill forces, as Katarina fights to protect Mateo. She has a disagreement with Peter, who arrives late and takes the glory of Foles's death. As Katarina makes sure that Mateo is okay, she points out Harlowe's injured cheek, as the two of them flirt with each other a little.

Once Orianna comes back into the room, she fills Katarina in on her and Harlowe's past as part of a criminal group back in Bunker 17. Katarina, after taking a moment to think everything through, appreciates Orianna and Harlowe's honesty, as she states that their past doesn't change the way that Katarina views the two of them. Katarina, Orianna and Harlowe make their way to a fair, as Harlowe and Katarina watch Orianna take the record in the knife throwing event.

However, the Harris siblings return with the full force of an army, as another battle begins. Katarina manages to take out a few soldiers before she faces Johnathan Cyprien in an intense battle, where Johnathan slices Katarina's shoulder, leaving a decent wound. With Harlowe's help, the two of them are able to take out Johnathan, before the Tundra arrives, and Katarina and Harlowe help protect Mateo with Orianna. However, this fails as Eddard Fiars throws a grenade into the room, which leaves a few injuries on Mateo. After freeing Mateo, Katarina embraces Mateo tightly, as Harlowe patches her shoulder wound.

While Orianna goes to get medical supplies, Katarina confesses to Harlowe her feelings about being more than friends, which Harlowe reciprocates. The two of them kiss and share a moment together, as Orianna walks in on them. The three friends, along with Mateo, discuss what happened, before the group receives the warning that Yuri was working on his master plan, and the group makes their way to the hills for the final battle of Season 4.

In the final battle of Season 4, Katarina spends most of her time locked into battle with Yuri's mighty knuckle, an eight foot soldier to protect Mateo. At the end of the battle when everyone is swept into the water, Katarina helps Mateo get to shore and attempts to revive his father, with little success. The battle ends with Katarina, Harlowe and Orianna grieving with Mateo and Spectre over the young boy's loss. The quartet makes their way to the Swamp City at the end of Season 4

Season 5
Katarina attends Morgan's coronation ceremony with Harlowe, Orianna, Mateo and Spectre. After Katarina and Harlowe converse which each other for awhile, Katarina who notices Orianna's absence, sees her friend being hit on by a swamp man named Elijah. Katarina is able to divert the man's attention at first, but when he returns and targets Katarina specifically, Elijah is severely beaten up by Harlowe, before he comforts both Katarina and Orianna over what happened.

Two Years Later
At this point in time, the quartet have moved into a house together, with Katarina and Harlowe sharing the master suite. On the day of Harlowe's birthday, the quartet, along with Harlowe's sister Lily, get fudge from the chocolatier before Katarina, Orianna and Lily surprise Harlowe with a home cooked dinner at the palace with Morgan and Marcus.

The dinner goes well, and the group leaves as Morgan and Marcus receive information from the desert. The group takes an evening walk back to the house, where Orianna and Katarina are able to discuss Orianna's readiness to open herself to another romantic relationship after the tragic death of LaMelo Ball, Orianna's former boyfriend. The quartet encounter a spy, and manage to take detour back to the apartment.

Once the group arrives back at the apartment, in an extremely wholesome moment, Harlowe proposes to Katarina, which she accepts.

Appearance
Katarina has a Caucasian appearance, similar to Scandinavian people from before the explosion. Her blonde hair, which is a decent legnth, is tied back in a ponytail or a braid. As a Tundra person, Katarina has a bit more muscle than the average woman. She also stands out due to her height, or lack thereof.

Skills

 * Axe-Wielding: Katarina's weapon of choice, since childhood, has been a double edged axe. Trained with this weapon from the monster hunters, Katarina is at her most dangerous when fighting with an axe.


 * Pistol: Trained by the Desert Bounty Guild, a pistol is Katarina's second weapon of choice, which she has skill in using as well.


 * Physical Strength: As a Tundra Human, Katarina is stronger than the average person, able to drag a Yeti that weighed nearly half a ton a few miles back in her monster hunting days.

Personality
The first thing that plenty of people notice about Katarina, besides her height, is her compassion and kindness towards other people. Often, her first instinct is to treat someone she doesn't know with respect instead of anger. However, when the situation calls for it, Katarina is ready for a fight, often showing great courage in her fighting abilities.

Harlowe Greeves
Katarina first met Harlowe after her nightmare in the hot springs, and the pair becomes friends quickly, bonding over exploring the bunker together. Harlowe ended up saving Katarina's life after the Bunker flooded when he used CPR to clear her lungs from water. As the group arrived in New Toronto, the two of them slowly became a bit more flirty with each other until they eventually shared their feelings with each other in a sweet and tender moment, becoming more than just friends. Katarina admires Harlowe's gentleman qualities, his outgoing nature and his courage. As of the Season 5 timeskip, Harlowe and Katarina are engaged.

Irina Ronov
Katarina's childhood friend, Irina and Katerina were as close as two peas in a pod, as the two of them grew up together, both of their families being monster hunters. Irina and Katerina made their way to the mainland together, however, Irina was murder by Daniel Jones, and Katarina vowed to avenge her friend one day.

Orianna Bryseiron
Katarina first met Orianna with her excursion in the bunker with Harlowe. The two girls eventually became close friends, as Orianna and Harlowe took Katarina in as their friend after the deaths of the rest of the Red Ravens.

Mateo Narvaez
Katarina and Mateo have almost a parent/child relationship of source, as Katarina is rather motherly with Mateo. Whether this means protecting him in combat, or providing Mateo an opportunity to be comforted if he is ever shaken up by anything.

Peter Mullarke
Peter and Katarina are not on the best of terms, as he often irritates Katarina with her attitude. When their first interaction was Peter holding Katarina at gunpoint, you know that the two of them weren't going to be on the best terms.

Killed Victims

 * Numerous Yetis and Hyenas (as part of the Northwind Monster Hunters)
 * 7 Ashwalkers
 * Several Counts of Ash Wights
 * Several Counts of Swamp Soldiers

Trivia

 * Her Faceclaim is Florence Pugh
 * At the height of 5'3, Katarina is the shortest of the main cast of characters
 * Despite them being off-screen kills, Katarina is the second character in the End of Days saga after Marcus Green to have confirmed kills of Ash Wights and Ashwalkers.
 * Her theme song is | Harvest by Nightwish

Name Ethymology

 * Katarina: Russian name meaning “pure”
 * Sigmond: German last name meaning “protector”