Character from Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
The woman Jorg loved — his father's young wife, beautiful and unattainable, who represented everything the prince wanted and couldn't have without destroying it.
Katherine is Jorg's first love — or his first obsession, depending on how honest you want to be about a fourteen-year-old's feelings. She is his father's young wife, which makes wanting her an act of rebellion as much as romance. She is kind, intelligent, and completely out of reach in every way that matters. Jorg's feelings for her are genuine in the way that teenage feelings are genuine — overwhelming, all-consuming, and not entirely distinguishable from the desire to possess. Katherine herself is more than Jorg's projection — she is a woman navigating a dangerous court with more skill than Jorg gives her credit for. But the narrative is his, and in his narrative, she is the light he carries through the dark. His eventual love for Miana is more mature, more earned. Katherine is the flame. Miana is the fire that keeps you warm.
Beautiful in the way that inspires poetry from teenagers and obsession from princes — dark-haired, graceful, and carrying herself with the composed elegance of someone raised in Silver courts. She is everything the road is not: clean, gentle, civilized.
Also known as: Katherine