Character from A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata
Catherine's first love — a mage of the Fifteenth Legion whose relationship with the Squire ended over magical complications and the particular loneliness of loving someone who is becoming something more than human.
Kilian was Catherine's first romantic relationship at the Fifteenth Legion — a Senior Mage who was smart, capable, and genuinely cared about Catherine as a person rather than as a Named. Their breakup came from magical complications and the growing distance between a woman becoming a winter queen and someone who wanted a partner, not a legend. She represents the life Catherine could have had — normal, professional, intimate in ordinary ways. The loss of that possibility is one of Catherine's quieter griefs.
Red-haired, attractive, with the composed bearing of a trained mage. She carries herself with the quiet confidence of someone whose value comes from competence rather than power.
Also known as: Kilian, Killian