Kathryn "Kat" Holmes

== Personal Life ==
Kathryn was born to Alexandre Holmes and Louise Wood on November 20, 1873. She was conceived in England, but upon learning that Louise's father was being tried for murdering her mother, the couple, who wed in 1871, promptly immigrated to France in July 1873. 
Louise and Alexandre had enough money from their flight from England to supply for two years' stay at a lousy hotel. While there, Louise would end up birthing Kathryn without any midwife present and Alexandre off on a business trip. Kat was three months premature, and since she was incredibly small, she earned the nickname "Kat." 
In the winter of 1875, their family would be thrown out of the hotel due to unpaid expenses, and they would take refuge under a bridge. While homeless, Kat would catch a multitude of illnesses, which caused her underdeveloped lungs. On June 18, 1876, Louise, with the help of a few other women, gave birth to a girl named Anna. 
Her father, the beloved son of a rich family who was paraded around, found himself aghast at having to make a name for himself. In the spring of 1877, he managed to find as a job in the orchestra of the opera house. He and his family moved into a one-room apartment in the opera house, and Louise would give birth to their only son, Theodore, on December 1, 1877. 
Since Alexandre had a stable job, he and his wife were able to get Kat, who was on the edge of death, proper medicines. With the help of her doctor, Kat would grow much stronger, and she would become a ballet girl under Madame Giry's tutelage. 
While at the opera, Kat would develop a love for books, and her parents would ensure that she had a proper education. Louise forced her daughter to learn several different languages, intent on fostering Kat into a strong and intelligent young lady who was sure to find a suitable match. 
In 1880, Kat was introduced to one of her closest friends, Maria Monet. The two of them, being the opposite of one another, would end up bonding and develop a strong friendship with one another. 
On April 1, 1881, Kat's parents would have their final child: Molly. Kat and Molly were quite close since they both suffered from health issues, but Molly would end up perishing from a fever in 1886. 
One day, in 1880, Kat was told by Madame Giry that she had the promise of becoming a principal dancer. However, those dreams would come crashing down when Kat suffered a spell of breathing troubles, which would be officially diagnosed as asthma in 1882. Upon learning this, Kat's parents, afraid for her health, would force her out of ballet. 
Kat, incredibly disheartened, would try to find some way to fit into the other girls at the opera. She would attempt to become a chorus girl, but her asthma would prevent her from seriously considering it as a profession. She would eventually resign herself to reading books, and she subsequently drifted away from the other girls. Her only main friend was Maria. 
In 1887, Kat would develop a budding relationship with Samuel Buquet, the son of a stagehand named Joseph. They would officially begin a relationship in 1889, and they would marry one another in the spring of 1892 after Samuel turned eighteen. Samuel would become a soldier in order to furnish a comfortable enough lifestyle for Kat so that she could write a novel. Samuel and Kat would attempt to have kids many times, but they would never succeed in the coming years. 
On December 13, 1896, Kat would learn that Samuel had died in battle a few months ago. She was incredibly distraught at this, and she would not recover for a few years. 
Since she was struggling with finances and would not accept financial help from her family, Kat was arranged into a marriage of convenience with Erik Dupont by Nadir Khan and Madame Giry. They would marry in December 1897. She would regard Erik with a coldness, hardly believing that she was married to a man she hardly knew. She would eventually warm up to Erik in 1899, and they began a romantic relationship in 1900. They had a daughter, Violetta, on March 15, 1903, and a son, Charles, on December 19, 1909.