A Psycho Reborn
You don't have to be psychotic to be a killer. You just... need a reason, and even then, sometimes... You can surprise yourself.
- — Kate Argent
Kate is a former hunter of werewolves, and now has been transformed into a werecougar. Psychotic and unstable she used her family's calling as a way to let her psychotic tendencies rein free. Now she's one of the hunted and doesn't know what she wants any more. Maybe she'll keep pursuing revenge. Or maybe its not too late for redemption.
Personality[]
Kate has a very vibrant, likable personality. At least she does when she's pretending. Twisted at a young age by her father, she never had a chance to properly develop. Instead, Kate turned into a psychotic killer with a beautiful veneer. Even she doesn't know who she is beneath the hate and rage. A master manipulator, Kate isn't afraid of sacrifice, turning anything or anyone into a weapon in her vendetta against the supernatural world, including her own family.
SKILLS[]
CHARISMA[]
Expert
Kate is a skilled manipulator and actor. She has managed a wide variety of things from conning a chemistry teacher into teaching her how to make a firebomb, to seducing one of the Hale family members into trusting her enough to let her into Hale house even though she was a hunter. However her most impressive use of this skill was pretending to be a normal empathetic individual when in truth she was a psychotic killer.
FIREARMS[]
Expert
Kate is an expert with firearms. While her brother and niece may prefer a larger variety of weapons, she tends to stick to guns. At least she did before the got turned into a cougar. However she still retains her skills with ranged weapons.
HUNTING[]
Expert
Kate Argent was a normal human who has successfully taken down even rogue alphas when needed. She is a expert at various methods of hunting, whether it be for deer or an enraged werewolf. These skills include tracking, survival, and camouflage both in urban and wilderness environments. This also involves being able to slip out of restraints in minutes to a knowledge of mechanics and gadgetry. In truth being a hunter is involves a wide even eclectic variety of skills. Skills that she still retains even though she's now one of the hunted.
SUPERNATURAL LORE[]
Competent
Kate has been a hunter since her 18th birthday and is quite good at it. Her knowledge of the supernatural world envolves a wide variety of supernatural creatures. Her area of expertise is eliminating 'threats', usually permanently.
POWERS[]
DOMINANCE[]
Enhanced
Werecreatures of this type can intimidate those without exceptional willpower, especially normal humans and most animals, simply by making their eyes glow and growling or snarling towards them. They naturally gives off a predatory aura, though this is enhanced and punctuated by any show of dominance, typically when they are agitated or nervous.
HEALING[]
Enhanced
The resiliency this type of werecreature allows them to endure non-lethal wounds from personal weaponry such as swords, shotguns, or even rifles without significant loss of ability. Minor wounds heal almost instantly, and even more severe wounds will heal within a day at most.
NATURAL WEAPONS[]
Enhanced
In their "Courgared out" forms, werecreatures of this type have sharp fangs and claws. These are able to carve through stone and steel, and their bite's pressure is able to shatter bone and tear flesh easily.
PHYSIQUE[]
Enhanced
Werecreatures of this variety are much tougher, stronger, and more agile than an average human, able even to twist and bend solid metal, smash through most structures short of armored or strongly-reinforced materials, and break through solid walls of cement or brick with moderate effort. They can resist substantial amounts of damage, especially blunt force trauma, and emerge either unscathed or with only minor injuries. Especially when "Cougared out," and specifically when running on all fours, they can easily outrun most mundane opponents. They also possesses superior agility, able to catch arrows in midair with moderate effort and, with a little luck, even dodge projectiles like bullets. This enables them to leap much higher and farther than an average human, as well as giving them the ability to bounce off walls and tumble like a skilled gymnast.
SENSES[]
Enhanced
The senses of this type of werecreature are enhanced far beyond the ability of any average human. They can hear things like a person's heartbeat and tell if they are nervous and possibly lying and clearly hear the murmur of a quiet conversation several rooms away. They can see over long distances and also possesses excellent night vision. Through scent, they can track a person, even if the trail is days old; they can also isolate specific individual scents in a larger group.
ADVANTAGES[]
RESOURCES[]
Though many of the caches have been moved or had their security changed in the time since Kate "died" and returned to life and her full treachery was revealed, Kate has access to a variety of sources for weaponry and monetary resources, including funds she's smuggled out of the Argent clan in the event of something like this happening.
WEAKNESSES[]
LUNAR CYCLE[]
Werecreatures of this type are closely tied to the phases of the moon. This affects them in various ways, such that they are at their strongest when the moon is full and their weakest during a lunar eclipse. The phase of the moon also strongly affects the werecreature's emotions, such that they can become almost overwhelming near the full moon. Werecreatures often find a strong urge to shift during the full moon, as well as on the nights just before and after a full moon. Most werecreatures of this type eventually learn to control their shifts and to manage their emotions via various methods.
LUNAR ECLIPSE[]
During a full lunar eclipse, werecreatures of this type are generally powerless and essentially reduced to the status of ordinary, if healthy, humans. If the Bite cured them of any health conditions or injuries, these remain cured. Once the moon becomes visible again, their power is restored. During a partial eclipse they are somewhat weaker than normal, but they do retain their powers at a high-end Basic level.
MOUNTAIN ASH[]
Mountain ash, when activated, creates a barrier against most supernatural creatures. Were-creatures cannot generally penetrate such a barrier, nor can they create one.
SHAMEFUL DEATH[]
Kate was legally pronounced dead and her role in the Hale family fire revealed. As such she is cut off from re-entering human society or easily entering polite werewolf society. Killing one of the most respected families in a region can have a very negative effect on your reputation.
WOLFSBANE[]
Wolfsbane is a poisonous plant that is especially dangerous to werecreatures of this type. When introduced into a werecreature's system, it slows the natural healing process and may force uncontrollable shifting and steadily-increasing weakness that may lead to death. Werecougars are slightly resistant to the standard variety of wolfsbane that is typically used to hunt werewolves. However they are still weakened by it and there are other varieties that effect them more. Various methods, both medical and ritualistic, exist to cure this poisoning, but they all require specialized knowledge, power, or ingredients.
Kate Argent was raised as a hunter from a young age. However unlike her brother, she fell much more under her father's influence. While Chris clung to the code as a central point in his life, Kate used the code as an excuse to let her sadistic nature run free. She was the cause of the Hale fire which obliterated one of the most respected werewolf families of the supernatural world, and was eventually killed for it. Except that she wasn't truly killed. She was scarred deep enough but a deranged alpha's claws that she was turned. However for reasons unknown she turned into a werecougar instead of a werewolf. Though so far no one has been able to find any real appreciable difference between the two species. She later teamed up with the person who killed her for unknown reasons and once again went after the Hale family pack. Only to be easily defeated as the pack had grown much larger and more varied in her absence.
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