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"General Washington made a pact with our coven. If we helped win the war, Witches would finally reintegrate into society. A promise he reneged on and one that must be reconciled at any cost."
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118 years old
New York,
New York
United States
About me: Katrina Crane (née Van Tassel) was a main support character in Sleepy Hollow. She was a white witch in the coven the Sisterhood of the Radiant Heart, and Ex-wife of Captain Ichabod Crane. When she defied her coven, she was tracked down and banished to Purgatory. Her mission was to prevent the Apocalypse.
Before the Revolutionary War, Katrina was a good friend and midwife to Abigail Adams of Massachusetts. Katrina delivered all five of her children.[1]
Early in the Revolutionary War, Katrina posed as a Quaker nurse and asked that she be allowed to treat Arthur Bernard's wounds suffered during British interrogation. It was during this time that Katrina met British Army Lieutenant, Ichabod Crane. She and Bernard were able to convince Crane to defect, knowing that he was a good man. Katrina then treated Crane's wounds after Bernard was killed by Col. Banastre Tarleton.[2]
During this time, Katrina's father arranged for her to marry Abraham Van Brunt. During her engagement, she met Crane's possessive ex-fiancee Mary Wells, who believed that Katrina was trying to steal Crane from her. Katrina was then was confronted by Wells, who tripped and fell off a cliff to her death. Katrina then forged a letter for Crane and hid Mary's death from him.
Abraham always bought her ostentatious gifts, and was about to buy a rather gaudy necklace for her when he asked Crane's opinion. Crane suggested a simpler necklace. He knew her better than Abraham did, and knew it was simplicity she liked. She eventually broke off the engagement with Abraham to be with Crane.[2] She told van Brunt that she could never make him truly happy, and she told Crane that her heart belonged to him.[4] [5]
While her husband was a captain serving under General George Washington in the 37th Regiment, Katrina worked a civilian nurse attached to his regiment. After Crane fell in battle, Katrina chose to preserve his life through magic. Her coven chained the Horseman's body in a coffin and sent it the bottom of the river, knowing it shared a blood connection with Crane. Her coven, the Sisterhood of the Radiant Heart, then banished her to Purgatory for her actions and for her refusal to reveal Crane's hiding place. Katrina hid Crane in the cave after he beheaded the Horseman, they demanded she reveal his location, but she refused.
Who I'd like to meet: Initially, Katrina appeared to be a good-hearted individual; with a sense of justice, honor, and idealistic view of love. But she was a very secretive and manipulative individual, perhaps born of the need to keep her identity as a witch secret. But unfortunately, the habit of secrets bled into her private life and she seldom told her husband the truth. Katrina was often manipulative and deceitful when it suited her purposes. She withheld her role as a witch and spy from her husband, lied to him about Mary's death and the fact that; he had a son, Jeremy.
Katrina admitted to Abbie that she manipulated Abraham, used his love for her in order to gain his trust and obtain knowledge of Moloch's plans; instead of telling Crane of her plan to return to Abraham's manor, she got Abbie to do it for her. She also used Crane's love for her to make him to see things her way and go along with her plans, something that both he and Abbie criticized her for. She spoke about love being a gift, and having the power to overcome any obstacle, but she also called love a weapon, and she yielded it as such in her interactions with both Abraham and Ichabod.
Although Katrina originally fought against the forces of evil as a member of the Sisterhood of the Radiant Heart, she defied them in the end to do things her own way, and they in turn betrayed her, delivering her to Purgatory. She later used Washington's promise to halt the persecution of witches and reintegrate them back into society once they had won the war as an excuse to justify her own plot with Henry, as she claimed that the promise was reneged upon.
Katrina was characterized by moodiness and a tendency to let her emotions dictate her actions. She often made impulsive decisions without thinking of the consequences. She refused to disclose her husband's grave despite the objections from both her coven and the Masons, knowing that protecting his life would preserve the Horseman of Death's as well. She released Abraham from captivity when Orion sought to kill him; despite knowing that he was the Horseman of Death or having any idea what he would do once free. She also continued to insist that both Abraham and Henry could be redeemed, and should be forgiven, in spite of their past actions and avowals to the contrary.
Katrina's turn to the dark side revealed an individual with few deep held convictions, a narrow mindset, and a self-serving attitude. As such, she was easily swayed by the prospect of regaining a relationship with her son, Jeremy. After his death, she was free of his influence and yet she still used dark magic to open a portal into the past in an attempt to see to her husband's death, and had no qualms about murdering two innocent individuals while in the past.
