Naarah

Naarah is one of the three main characters of Cat Ghost, who was first introduced in CatGhost 1 Birthday.
==Description ==
In the first season of Cat Ghost, Naarah appears as a small, round blue ghost, rather than as an animal like Elon or Gideon, implying that she may be a different type of spirit. She mentions in the first episode that she misses having a body.
Starting with the second season, Naarah appears as a blue cephalopod with four tentacles, or "streamers".
In her human form, she appears as a young girl with dark blue-ish gray hair in pigtails, wearing a red dressCatGhost 3 Window
Window.
Her skeletal form has a blue-ish grey skull and wears a brown dress.
==Personality==
Naarah is shown to be mischievous and playful. 
When describing herself, Naarah says that she likes sweet things, is "super cute", loves dogs, and loves going on adventures.
Naarah was described by Key as "evil"Happybirthday.
==Abilities ==
Naarah can make her eyes glow red, and speak in a multi-layered, demonic voice, similarly to ElonCatGhost 1 Birthday. She also implies an ability to curse Gideon. In her ghost and cephalopod forms Naarah is able to levitate.
In ghost form, Naarah can levitate small objectsCatGhost 5 Banana. In her cephalopod form, she is able to use her tentacles (which she calls "streamers") to pick up objects.
Her cephalopod form also has the ability to glowCatGhost 9 Welcome Home.
==Appearances==
===In Episodes===
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In CatGhost 1 Birthday, Naarah is first seen bullying Gideon, along with Elon, before yelling his name to wake him up. For Gideon's birthday, Naarah and Elon claim that they are going to take him to Party Country. After Gideon's hesitation, she threatens to put a curse on Gideon. She makes her eyes glow red to make Gideon come. After making a sub-optimal cake, Naarah complains about how hard it is to make a cake without hands. Afterwards she claims she "miss[es] having a body." Elon and Naarah chant at Gideon to play party county until eventually Gideon is sucked inside the game.
In CatGhost 12 Resistance, Naarah wakes up in a baby's crib in a room that appears to be made out of a pencil sketch. She breaks through the room's paper wall and finds herself in the void, where dozens of Party Country arcade machines are floating. Bethany suddenly appears and starts floating towards her, until she is caught in a cage by Elon. Elon celebrates this as a victory, but Naarah believes that this is not "the right way to do this". An argument ensues, at the end of which Naarah explains to Elon that she can no longer follow her. Naarah then starts glowing white and dissolves.
In CatGhost 13 Acceptance, she joins Gideon and Elon in the Throne fusion.
This marks the last appearance of Naarah.
===In Games===
====Happybirthday====
In Happybirthday, Naarah appears in the Dark Forestin her skeletal form. This version of Naarah will complain that she is cold, and can't breathe, that a "she" lured her into this place, and expresses the desire to save an unknown man who supposedly waited for her. Any question or statement said to Key that involves the word "murder" will trigger a jumpscare of the blue skeleton, although the same image will sometimes flicker randomly during normal gameplay.
====Joke====
Naarah's drowned skeleton and the Chair appear if the word "Proselyte" is entered in the game Joke.
====Window====
Naarah appears in human form with Elon in the cutscene that plays if the player has the game Window open at 3 AM. She is seen kneeling on the ground and crying, saying she "can't do this", but Elon reminds her that she "made a promise"; Naarah stands and says that she will do anything for ElonWindow/Transcript.
====Unholy Circle====
Naarah's human form is a possible player character in the game Unholy Circle.
====Midnight====
Naarah appears as a baby in the game Midnight, where she is kidnapped by Bethany.
====Leak====
Naarah's human form appears in the game Leak with Elon, wherein the two of them run from Busts. She also appears in the Libation ending, slumped over with Elon in front of the cake.
====Dance Party====
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===In Other Videos===
Naarah appears in ghost form in the Tony Crynight Speedpainting Video, where she comments on a picture of Elon, Gideon, and her, that is being drawn live in front of her. During the video her commentary gets interrupted several times when her drawn version turns into a Skinwalker-posessed version and starts taunting her. The video ends after she calls out to Elon for help, and then experiences a strange psychadelic sequence involving the moments before her death.
A Skinwalker-possessed Naarah appears in the Christmas Livestream, reading out numbers in a Skinwalker-posessed version of her cephalopod form.
==Relationships==
===Elon===
A drawing made by Naarah for Elon in CatGhost 3 Window reveals that she considers Elon to be her "bestest best friend". She seems eager to learn new tricks from Elon, and treats her with respect, at one point even saying that she would do anything for herWindow/Transcript
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Naarah met Elon in a forest (possibly the Dark Forest) when she came across a "really cool campsite" after having a fight with her mother. While snooping around, Naarah then got caught by Elon, who is holding a knife and saying in a gruff voice "What are you doing here!?". Naarah asked her a ton of questions before becoming best friends (see the Voices From Beyond interview on Youtube). Elon remarks that she almost killed Naarah, but that they "laugh about it now", though Naarah doesn't seem to agree. Naarah claims that they "became the bestest friends" right away, though Elon claims that she originally wanted Naarah to leaveCatGhost 8 Judgement.
As revealed in the ending of Window, prior to their deaths, Naarah willingly helped Elon with something, which involved hurting Naarah in some way. In CatGhost 8 Judgement, Naarah reveals that she and Elon were "collecting a few souls", but is quickly cut off by Elon.
Naarah was very loyal to Elon until the end of CatGhost 12, when Elon catches Bethany and Naarah sees this action as wrong. After an argument, Naarah explains that she can no longer follow Elon, and dissolves.
===Gideon===
Gideon is Naarah's adoptative father. Just like Elon, Naarah enjoys bothering and annoying Gideon for no apparent reason. In CatGhost 4 Circle, while possessed, she starts rubbing against and kissing Gideon, but acts disgusted by her actions once the possession ends. She also has a grunge at him when he says 'something not nice' as implied in Welcome Home.
===Bethany===
Bethany is Naarah's adoptative mother, she kidnapped Naarah from another village (implied to be Native American) when she was just a baby, to raise her as her own (though possibly she did it for the sake of wanting to make her husband, Gideon, happy and to cope with her depression as theorized by the tent messages in Midnight)Pertinence. According to Bethany in Void 01 (assuming that she is indeed speaking to Naarah as suggested by a Jar Message), Naarah was "as good as family" to Bethany, but said something which may have hurt Bethany (though Beth says that she can forgive Naarah for what she said). 
Naarah has shown great dislike of Bethany. When asked about the name Beth in CatGhost 8, Naarah is silent for several seconds before saying "no" in a brusque tone. In CatGhost 11 Confrontation, Naarah complains to Beth that she is not "this perfect little girl" that Beth wants her to be, and later says that she took away her friend and only cared about herself all along. Yet despite this, she disagress with Elon after Elon caught Bethany in a cage in CatGhost 12. 
It is not known whether Naarah knows that she was kidnapped as a baby. Oddly enough in Judgement when someone asked if Naarah knows Bethany, she somehow does not remember that (as if they forgot about their past in the mortal world while inside Party Country) 
==Fate==
A purple jar in Banana will give Naarah's birth and death dates as 1636 and 1650 respectively, meaning that she died at the age of 13 or 14, depending on whether she died before or after her birthday that yearBanana/Jar messages.
Key will say that Naarah, like the other two main characters, somehow "vanished", but is currently "immersed". It is often implied that Naarah drowned by being tied to the chair that can often be seen throughout the episodes and the games. Inputting Naarah's title of "Proselyte" into the Horrible Beast in the game Joke will reveal a picture of a skeleton and a chair under water. Her death seems to be the result of being ducked (a a type of trial and/or execution used to identify witches. The suspect is tied to a chair and is then dropped down into a river. If the suspect floats, they're a witch but if they don't float they're not. No matter the outcome it will always be the same, DEATH). It is possible she died first before Elon (also implying that Elon survived the ducking but not really after). The blue skeleton's words about her being cold and unable to breathe imply that she may still be sentient and aware that she is under water. The events of Tony Crynight's Speedpainting video seem to reaffirm this, as a splash is heard as Naarah is dropped from a chair, and she is then seen as a small figure in a glass of water.
Key also says that Naarah is the key to Gideon's escape from the Dark Forest.
==Trivia==
*Naarah appears as both her ghost and skeleton forms on the Cat Ghost Advertisement.
*The definition of Proselyte is as follows: "A person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another."
*Her name is Hebrew for “girl” or “maiden”.
*The light brown part of the clothes on her skeletal version have a few pixels that are a slightly different color (hex number 7A6B5E instead of 7C6B5E). These pixels spell out the letter "E".
*The image that leads to the download of Banana at the end of CatGhost 5, when unscrambled, shows Naarah.
*The third profile image of the Cat Ghost Youtube Channel was Naarah, with a red X on her forehead.
*Naarah's sprite in Window is called "goodgirl" in the game files.
*Naarah doesn't have a sister. It is possible that the person in Judgement who gave their good luck wishes to the trio was referring to Elon or Bethany.
==Gallery==
See also: :Category:Naarah images
===Ghost Form===
naarah catghost 7.png|Naarah talking to Elon at the end of CatGhost 7 Key.
birthday redeyes naarah crop.png|Naarah with glowing eyes in CatGhost 1 Birthday.
naarah argument.png|Naarah in an argument with Gideon in CatGhost 5 Banana.
naarah laugh.png|Naarah laughing at her and Elon's joke in CatGhost 2 Knock.
ep5 stick - naarah.png|Naarah levitating a stick to hit Robert D.
ep6 naarah.png|Floating through space after entering the portal in CatGhost 6 Hole.
ep6 telekinesis.png|Naarah telekinetically pulling the egg towards herself in CatGhost 6.
naarah possessed crop.png|A possessed Naarah in CatGhost 4 Circle.
Speedpaint youaresinful.jpg|Naarah being teased by "Evil Naarah" in the Tony Crynight Speedpainting Video.
speedpaint chair.jpg|Naarah on the chair in the same video.
Speedpaint end.jpg|The end of the video, with a clay figurine of Naarah being dropped into a glass of water.
Icon3.jpg|The third profile picture of the Cat Ghost YouTube Channel.
naarahcg8.png|Naarah as she appears in CatGhost 8 Judgement.
Cg8 nosy.png|Naarah possessed by the Skinwalker in the same episode.
Cg8 statues.png|Naarah as a statue (far left) at the end of CatGhost 8.
===Cephalopod Form===
Naarah glows.png|Naarah lighting up the room in CatGhost 9 Welcome Home.
Naarah pickup.png|Naarah demonstrating her ability to lift Gideon in CatGhost 9.
Naarah streamer.png|Naarah realising she has 'streamers' in CatGhost 9.
===Human Form (Alive)===
Ice screenshot 20171005-030039.png|Human Naarah crying at the end of CatGhost 3 Window.
naarah looks up.png|Naarah looking up at Elon at the end of the cutscene in Window.
Naarah stands.png|Naarah standing up and promising to help Elon.
window cutscene crop.png|A height comparison of Naarah and Elon.
Cg7 anime.jpg|Elon and Naarah at the very end of CatGhost 7.
youremember crop.jpg|Elon and Naarah sitting on a cliff in the hidden image revealed by Banana.
Dlpic 5 unscramble.png|The unscrambled image that leads to the download of Banana at the end of CatGhost 5.
Naarah drawing.png|Naarah's drawing of Elon and Naarah as humans from CatGhost 3.
Leakopening.png|Elon and Naarah in Leak.
Spt_final4.png|Ditto, in one of the endings.
===Human Form (Dead)===
happybirthday naarah.png|Naarah's skeleton in Happybirthday.
Naarah skeleton e.png|Ditto, with secret letter highlighted in red.
Ice screenshot 20171005-125804.png|The old jumpscare image triggered by the word "murder" in Happybirthday. Her hair is also visible here.
cg1 quickframe7.png|A couple of frames before the game starts up in CatGhost 1.
cg1 quickframe8.png|Ditto.
Spt proselyte.0.png|The drowned skeleton and chair revealed by entering "Proselyte" into the game Joke.
==Behind the Scenes==
===Names===
Other names that were first considered for Naarah were "Dinah" and "Naomi".
===Figurine===
The idea of making a figurine of Naarah first came about around the time that CatGhost 4 Circle was released, and the first figurine (made out of clay) was seen in the Tony Crynight Speedpainting Video.
A small plasticine figurine of ghost-form Naarah, called "Vessel Naarah", was a reward for 25$-tier Patrons of the Cat Ghost Patreon. The 1 3/4 inch figurine came in a box full of red or black paper strips, with a small note that on one side had a picture of "Skinwalker Naarah" with the words "The nicest souls attract the darkest foes" and "yee naaldlooshi", and on the other a handwritten thank-you note from the developers. Very rare versions with as Skinwalker face on the figurine were also given out randomly.
A making-of video was also posted on the Patreon.
====Gallery====
rl_box.png|The box.
rl_note1.png|The front of the note.
rl_note2.png|The handwritten backside of the note.
rl_naarah.png|The figurine.
===Trivia===
*Her name is Hebrew for “girl” or “maiden”.
*Naarah's sprite in Window is called "goodgirl" in the game files.
*The design for Naarah's human version was inspired by the character Mio from the mange Nichijou.
*Other ideas for Naarah's new design after CatGhost 8 Judgement were a balloon and a bat.
===Gallery===
sketch_naarah.png|Early concept sketches of Naarah.
elon naarah concept.png|Concept art of human Elon and Naarah.
sketch newdesigns.jpg|Suggested designs for the characters in their new forms, with Naarah as a balloon, a bat, and her final cephalopod form.
==References==
Category:Characters