Catra (SOM)

## Catra

**Catra** is the deuteragonist as well as the former central antagonist-turned-one of the main protagonists of *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power* and one of the main protagonists of *Secrets of the Silver One*

Starting out as a cadet in the Horde, Catra was soon promoted to the rank of Force Captain and eventually served as Hordak's second-in-command. After the invasion of the army of Horde Prime, Catra briefly served as an agent of Horde Prime. After her reform, she became Adora's girlfriend. She also served as a crucial member of Fader's anti-Dragon Lord movement, infiltrating the Dragon Lord's army as a spy and later was selected leader of the United Guard. Catra continued to act as a major part of the war against the Dragon Lord, fighting in a large number of battles against the Army of Night, including the Battle for Etheria, after which she attended the funeral of Lord Hoole after he gave his life to banish the Dragon Lord, standing with Adora, Glimmer, Bow, and Freddy Lupin until they were joined by Batty.

Catra was the founding member of the Shadowlands Resistance, which she formed after being captured and brought to the Dragon Lord's territory, but escaped. Catra led the Resistance in their various minor acts against the Lord of the Dragons until she and several other rebels were captured and during her second incarceration, she was infected with a carrier worm and became one of the first perfected victims of the Conversion Project. Catra was freed from the worm's control later by her best friends when they rescued all the slaves and captives, Catra included, and Catra subsequently rejoined the Princess Alliance.

Prior to this, she fought already fought crucially in the war against Princess Darkness in her crusade against the United Heroes, fighting for vengeance against the wife of the one who had stolen her cousin from her and was briefly held prisoner by Darkness when she was captured after attempting to unleash the Star of the Arcanum, with disastrous results. During this time, she befriended Jörmungand Nassera, a former enemy of her's, and her presence had a deep effect on the way Jörmungand saw her parents' goals and was eventually saved by the young Nassera, who helped her escape. Catra, along with the rest of Team Awesome, subsequently assisted in rescuing Jörmungand and welcomed her into their team, continuing to battle Darkness and the Order of Shadows for several years before Darkness was defeated and reimprisoned, ending her threat for the time being.

A year after this, Catra was initially unsure where she stood in the brewing conflict of beliefs between members of the Princess Alliance and several of their allies about the Sovokian Accords, as she had recently been part of a mission where, in an attempt to contain a suicidal explosion caused by Crossbones, she inadvertently destroyed a building and caused several civilian causalities, which the horrified Catra felt responsible for. She was subsequently held under somewhat house arrest under the watch of her old schoolmate, Rogelio who made every effort to make her feel better. However, Spinerella (feeling she owed Catra for how her cousin had lost her life in service to the Princess Alliance and for Catra's role in saving her from Horde Prime) and Lonnie (prompted by her recent history with Catra) broke in to help her escape, convincing her to run away and join Adora and the rest of the Best Friend Squad against Lloyd's team and the Police. Catra subsequently joined Adora's Team (which included many other members of the Princess Alliance), acting as her girlfriend's unofficial lieutenant, and, because she opposed the Accords (which Catra, like her friends, felt had restrictions that would limit their power to help people and might one day leave the Rebellion corrupt) and then helped Jörmungand escape persecution for her criminal parentage and past history, coming into conflict with Lloyd, Frosta, Rogelio and the rest of their team and the police while trying to escape in which Catra was incapacitated helping Entrapta, Emily, Hunter, Luz and Hordak escape. As a result of her actions during the Clash of the Heroes and her violation of the Sovokian Accords, Catra was briefly imprisoned on the Rift with Adora, Scorpia, Jörmungand, Glimmer, Bow and most of the others who had been part of the rebel faction before Fader freed her alongside her teammates.

Catra later participated in the war against Prime 2.0 when his threat approached Etheria, in answer to which Catra and her friends protected Vision, who had the Mind Stone, which 2.0 was after. They later defended Wakanda from the attack, but were ultimately defeated when Prime 2.0 destroyed half of all life with the Infinity Gauntlet, where Catra emerged as one of the survivors. Catra was part of the Ambush on her former master in an effort to retrieve the Infinity Stones and undo Prime 2.0's snap, with no success. However, while Catra, Melog, Adora and Bow survived, Glimmer was a victim of the Snap and this resulted in the team splitting up again until, two years later, the United Heroes found a way to undo the Snap. Catra herself personally approached Bow, who had become a Ronin committed to killing evil criminals he believed to be unworthy of surviving the Snap and persuaded him to join them. She subsequently helped in the Time Heist and survived the following battle with an alternative reality version of Prime, during which she lead the charge with the rest of the Squad, including Glimmer, who had been resurrected along with all the other Snap victims, surviving and later attending Lloyd and Harumi's funeral with her friends to pay her respects.

Sometimes after this, Catra married Adora and settled down, having a son named Ethan.

## History

### Moving against the Dragon Lord

#### Recruitment and the gathering of the group

Like Glimmer and Bow, Catra was approached by Fader and recruited as a member of the group of intrepid individuals the Princess of Magicar was gathering to fight her cousin, the Dragon Lord, and his revolution, which was swiftly growing in power. Agreeing to join despite the dangers, Catra and Melog were given a crucial mission: to infiltrate the ranks of the Dragon Lord's acolytes as a double agent.

As such, along with the rest of the army, which included people like Iiron, Bow, Bunty Broadacre, Amity Blight, Gus Porter, Nagini and Willow Park, set a course for Berlin on the Great Magical Express, which found Catra leaning on a windowsill, watching the landscape fly past with a slight frown. Though Catra initially makes no comment as Iiron and Bow discussed the upcoming election, when Bow states how anyone would be better that Vogel, the current Supreme Sorcerer, Catra, half-turning, repeated the last word, fixing her eyes on the final page, which was taken up by a moving wanted poster of the Dragon Lord, indicating silently if Bow's belief extended to the most dangerous being of all time. In answer, Bow pointed out the fugitive status of their enemy, though Catra, now fully turning, questioned if there was any real different. The conversation, however, was suddenly interrupted by the arrival of Batty and Glimmer, who Catra flashed a smile to as Iiron greeted Batty. During the introduction Iiron gave Batty to those of the group she did not already know, Catra cut in when he made to introduce her, claiming it to be a pleasure and receiving an awkward smile in return. Hands clasped behind her back as she straightened, Catra stood with the rest of the group as Iiron explained how if they were to have a chance of defeating their enemy, they must confuse his ability to peer into the future, explaining the working of countersight to Batty with Glimmer. Watching in silence as Iiron gave Bow and Batty Fader's respective gifts, when Iiron inquired to whether Catra had been given her instructions, she answered immediately with a mysterious "We have what I need", stroking Melog as she did. When Batty inquired to Yellow's lack of presence, Catra told the young weredog how Yellow Amarillo del Bosque Verde had been promoted to Head of the Etherian Defence League, commenting that Yellow (who Catra knew well) was quite a remarkable young woman, looking with a sly smile at Iiron, indicating she knew of his feelings for Yellow. Catra then listened as Bow noted the odd collaboration of people gathered to fight the most dangerous evil ever know, inclining her head in acknowledgement as Bow listed her as "a brave and loyal catgirl from the Horde".

"*Berlin... Wonderful*"
- Catra as the team reaches Berlin
As night settled, Catra rested in an armchair, but as the train pulled into Friedrichstraße Station, she heaved herself to her feet, noting they had arrived in Berlin, which she sarcastically called wonderful, as well as catching sight of a tall Auror nearby. Pulling on her coat, Catra, Melog by her side, was the first to disembark, departing with her friends' best wishes and standing on the station to exchange a nod with Bunty, who had followed her out to carry out her own task, then striding away to begin her mission: to become a spy in the Dragon Lord's inner circle for Fader as part of her plan to prevent the Dark Wizard ascending to Supreme Sorcerer (leader of the Magical World). Somehow, Catra was able to find the location of Nurmengard Castle and ventured there.

#### Spy for Fader

"*Even though she believes in you... she holds you responsible for her cousin's death. She carries her absence with her every day. Every breath she takes is a reminder that she breathes no more.*" - Freddy Lupin reading Catra's feelings of grief over Lutta's death
Arriving there in the early dawn of the following morning, Catra and Melog were instantly confronted by a guard of Dark Ones consisting Zabini, Carrow and Greenteeth, who held her at wand point, Zabini demanding she show her hand, which Catra obeyed, raising her arms and introducing herself, lowering her hands as the Dragon Lord and Princess Darkness entered the courtyard, telling the Dragon Lord she was an admirer wishing to join the cause. Darkness, however, recognised her and told her husband how he had fought Catra's cousin, Lutta, who's name Catra finished at a whisper. In answer to the Dark Lord's noting how she and her cousin share an ancient bloodline, Catra responded by stating that their blood was the only thing they had "shared", having never been able to share anything else before Lutta's apparent death. When the Dragon Lord guessed correctly that Catra had been sent by his cousin, Catra informed him that Fader had commissioned her to spy on him, then asked with a sly look in her eyes what Isaac wanted her to tell Fader, claiming she in fact was one of his supporters. The Dragon Lord in answer ordered Freddy Lupin to use his Legilimency on Catra and read her mind. Thanks to this, the Dragon Lord was told that though Catra "believed" in him, he also found out that Catra was furious with him for murdering Lutta, who's absence Catra felt every day with grief. The Dark Wizard then voiced his presumption that he assumed Catra would not object were he to removed Catra's memory of her cousin's death so that her pain would be forgotten, which Catra claimed was correct. What the Dragon Lord did not know, however, was that Catra had drunken a potion that would soon restore such memories, were they to be removed, beforehand and the young feline-like girl was thus unaffected in the long run by the spell and was led by the Dragon Lord, who invited her and Melog to depart with him and his acolytes, inside Nurmengard, followed by the rest. However, Freddy stated to Luz that he doesn't always tell their master everything that he finds out. Since Freddy would have seen images of Catra and Melog plotting with Fader and her allies, like Bow and Glimmer, he obviously omitted those parts from his response to the Dragon Lord's order, keeping true to his not-totally-loyal façade. Indeed, as she strode past, Catra's slightly glazed eyes focused and locked for a second with Freddy's, who quickly diverted his gaze.

#### Chaos at the Candidates' Dinner

Catra and Melog, together with the Dragon Lord, his 13 Forsworn and a group of his Dark One acolytes, henceforth travelled to attend a special Candidates' Dinner hosted in the German Ministry, which Glimmer, Amity, Nagini, Gus, Willow and Batty were also in attendence at. Dressed in a black and dark-blue velvet blazer, a white shirt front complete with a black cummerbund and black, wide-leg dress pants, Catra, Melog by her, stood several steps behind and to the right of the Dragon Lord, eying the hall, which had fallen instantly silent in the wake of their arrival. As with the rest of the Dragon Lord's party, Catra swung her gaze at the house-elf musician, commanding him to resume the music that he had brought to a sudden halt in the wake of their arrival. Returning their gazes to their leader, the members of the Dark Ones subsequently fell into line behind the Dragon Lord as they made their way through the hall, in Catra's case, the third in line behind the Dragon Lord, walking behind Darkness and Freddy. As they passed her table, Batty, recognising Freddy, attempted to speak with her boyfriend, but was ignored by the young werewolf, though Catra briefly glanced at them as she passed.

Reaching the centre of the hall, Catra spread out behind the Dragon Lord and listened as he engaged in polite but frosty conversation with Vicência Santos in regard to the passion of their separate supporters, then seated herself at the Dark Ones' table, where she and the others dined until Batty, in a reckless anger, confronted the Dragon Lord for his manipulation of Freddy. Watching in silence as Batty held the Dark Lord at want point, demanding he release her beloved from his service, Catra glanced away as another wizard accused Batty of being an assassin, then rose to her feet with the others as Glimmer secretly used her magic to make it appear as if Batty's wand was magically summoning a storm. Calm in the whirlwind of chaos as she walked backwards towards the entrance, even catching a glass caught up in the wind and placing it on a passing servant's tray, as Catra turned to leave, she caught of Freddy standing in the chaos, staring at Batty. Turning back, Catra wordlessly took Freddy by the hand and, without a word, lead him gently from the building with the rest of the building while Glimmer, Batty and the other four escaped.

"*You didn't come here to betray Fader ... You know in your rebel heart... your place is here. To believe in me is to believe in yourself … Prove your loyalty, Ms Catra.*
- The Dragon Lord to Catra

In the light of dawn a day or so afterwards, Catra, along with Luz, flanked the Dragon Lord as he entered the main courtyard of Nurmengard, which was packed with an army of his followers, stationing herself and Melog to the side of the vast assemblage of Dark Ones as she listened to the Dragon Lord's speech wherein he declared the magicals days of hiding to be over. Glancing at the acolytes, who responded to this statement with wild cheers, Catra returned her gaze to the Dragon Lord as he approached her, flinching ever so slightly as the Dark wizard cupped her head in the palms of his hands. To her shock, the Dragon Lord revealed he knew very well that Catra's intention had never been to betray Fader, but instead of harming her, he told Catra that in her heart, which he described to be that of a rebel, she knew her place was with the Alliance in their fight from freedom. Released and gently pushed towards the hollering ranks, Catra, as if in a trance, entered the ranks of the Army of Night, turning to stare after the Enemy as he told her to prove her loyalty to him.

#### Revealing her loyalties

Soon after, Catra and Melog travelled with Isaac's followers to Bhutan for the Walk of the Qilin ceremony and was set to guard the village below. In the wake of Helmut's failure, Catra, with Melog by her side, led a phalanx of the Dragon Lord's henchmen to the bridge leading to the Eyrie temple. Rounding a corner to find Glimmer and Bow standing before the bridge, as the dark wizards and witches parted to form to ranks on opposite sides, Catra, a haunted look on her face, strode between them to the front, her wand drawn. However, Catra suddenly whirled around and attacked the Dark Lord's acolytes, rupturing the earth and sending them crashing to the ground, unconscious, thus confirming which side she was on. As she joined the beaming Glimmer, grinning Bow and smiling Amity, Nagini, Willow and Gus, the group strode across the bridge, Catra was jokingly asked by Bow what had taken her so long, which she answered with a ferocious grin.

As they entered the crowds of supporters gathered at the bottom of the temple, however, Catra behold in horror Anton Vogel (who was in reality a Dragon Lord supporter) declare the Dragon Lord his successor with the aid of a reanimated Qilin colt. Witnessing to their horror the Dragon Lord declaring war of the day-borns and Batty being tortured by their foe with the Cruciatus Curse, only to be released by Santos, the three subsequently made their way to the top level where a collection of officials stood and beheld Iiron, with the aid of Freddy and Luz exposed the Dragon Lord's lies and Fader subsequently duelled him. As was the case with all of the crowd not in service to the Dragon Lord, Catra was also one of the people who wanted to capture the Dark Wizard, advancing on him with her wand draw, then similatinously firing spells at the shield he conjured up. Glaring at her cousin's killer as, before he escaped, the Dragon Lord denied ever being their enemy, Catra answered by casting another spell with many others, but which missed as the Dark Lord toppled off the temple and disapparated. Rushing to stare down at the empty expanse of clouds and mountains with her friends, Andricus, Victor and Lady Scarab of Pantala, Catra was one of the last to move away, exchanging glances with Iiron, Bow and Glimmer before finally turning her back on the ledge. After watching Luz being taken away for healing by her mother, Catra and the other members of Fader's army, along with Freddy, seated themselves on the steps, Catra gently placing a hand of Freddy's shoulder in understanding (having once been manipulated herself), then moving away to give Freddy and Batty some personal space.

### Freddy and Batty's Wedding

Sometime later, Catra attended Freddy and Batty's wedding in Howlington Academy with her fellow comrades, Adora and her friend, Yellow. Arriving with Glimmer, Bow and of course Morag, they teasingly break up the reunion between Iiron and Yellow and Catra, dressed in a beautiful, long-sleeved, pine-green dress, affectionately takes Yellow by the arm and ushering her in to prepare her for her duties as one of the maids of honour while she asked to tell her about the new luminaries of Yellow's job. Arm in arm with Adora, Catra and the others watched with delight as Freddy and Batty were declared husband and wife.

*More coming soon*

## RELATIONSHIPS

### FAMILY

#### ADORA

Adora is Catra's best friend, and it has been shown that the two once shared an extremely close bond, growing up together as orphans in the Horde. Both Adora and Catra developed romantic feelings for each other but never acted upon them. Often, Adora would comfort Catra when she was feeling sad and be optimistic about her when Shadow Weaver showed a great disdain for her. When Adora disappears, Catra is greatly concerned, but that all goes away when Adora reveals she's leaving the Horde and joining The Rebellion. At first, Catra is determined to get her back, but eventually, this turns to vengeance as she is determined that Adora was part of her downfall and she now needs to rise.

This leads to the two having several tense interactions, with Adora saving Catra from falling off a cliff and vice versa a few times. Although they were portrayed as best friends (now ex-best friends), there was some romantic tension depicted at Princess Prom. Being the charismatic person she is, Catra shows up, surprises Adora, and then teases her by leaving a note in the trashcan and mindlessly walking about while Lonnie and the others plant heat bombs in the castle. Eventually, the dance begins, and Adora goes through several different partners, the first of which is Catra, who seems to be smug as if she arranged it to be so. The two dance together, but their dance is unlike the others because Catra ends up being bold and dipping Adora and such, showing the two to have a much closer dance than the other partners.

While she does so, Catra is still teasing Adora viciously, eventually breaking the news that she had captured Bow indirectly. Much tension is left between them and Adora is shown to still care for Catra as she grabs her as she nearly falls off a cliff as aforementioned, but Catra quickly lets go. By the end of season one, although both are still slightly nostalgic from their past relationship, Catra still continues on her path to destroy the Princess Alliance and make everything Adora loves come crashing down.

During the end of season three, after she regains her memories while in the false reality, Catra lashes out at Adora, blaming her for the catastrophe, but Adora says, in the end, that it was Catra that pulled the lever, so she is the only one to blame for the consequences of her own choices, ending with "now live with it" before finally knocking Catra down. In the end, Adora manages to reinstate the normal reality and to destroy Hordak's portal emerging from it as She-Ra, but both Catra and Hordak manage to escape in the confusion, Adora giving Catra a cold, frightening stare that clearly scares her, thus causing Catra to realize that Adora is done trying to redeem her. Whatever remained of the friendship between Catra and Adora had disappeared.

Catra largely avoids directly fighting Adora in Season Four, instead exploiting Double Trouble and their shape-shifting skills to manipulate her. In their brief encounter in "Flutterina," Catra traps Adora along with her steed, Swift Wind, and begins insulting her, targeting her recent failure in protecting the citizens of Elberon. Adora responded steadily, mentioning that Catra was responsible for hurting too many people after she opened the portal, and letting her know that she, "won't let [Catra] hurt [her] friends, or anyone else, ever again!" Catra offers one more insult before the bots surrounding them activate, shocking Adora and Swift Wind, an idea that Catra states was inspired by Shadow Weaver. Catra lets Adora get tortured by her trap before Bow and Flutterina arrive and think of a plan to distract the robots, allowing Adora to destroy them and nearly strikes a blow to Catra, causing her to retreat. Adora still appears in her nightmares, asking her why she is doing what she does (implying that Adora acts more or less as her conscience).

After Scorpia leaves her and the Horde, Catra finds herself confronted with her abandonment issues from when Adora left her. In the Season Four finale, When it comes to Double Trouble's turn to betray her, they make a point to highlight her obsession with Adora after her strong reaction to them taking Adora's form and taunting Catra while reminding her that it was ultimately her own actions that led to Adora leaving her.

*You can't give up. You have never given up on anything in your life. Not even on me. So, don't you dare start now!* — Catra encouraging Adora
In Season Five, Catra finds herself yearning for Adora while trapped on Horde Prime's ship, and even bonds with Glimmer over their shared memories of her. She also looks back on memories of their childhood together and finally realizes, despite their differences, Adora was the only person who ever truly believed in her. When she switches sides and frees Glimmer, she warns Adora not to rescue her and risk her own life. Horde Prime recognizes Catra's feelings for Adora and uses them to manipulate both of them by placing her under his control through an implanted chip. However, Adora's devotion to rescuing Catra wins out and she manages to free her from Horde Prime.

Despite this Catra is initially reluctant to rebuild her friendship with Adora, keeping her at an arm's distance and outright expressing her belief that Adora will try to leave her behind again. As she grows closer with Adora's friends and joins them on their adventures, she and Adora gradually warm up to each other again. When Adora decides to take on the fail-safe code for the Heart of Etheria, however, Catra decides she is too much of a distraction to Adora's duties and tries to flee, only to change her mind after learning of Horde Prime's final plan and running back to aid Adora in releasing the Heart of Etheria, saving her from an ancient security system. When Adora was rendered incapable of becoming She-Ra by Horde Prime's virus and nearly dies from it, Catra's confession of love, and her subsequent return of it by kissing her, is what ultimately reawakens Adora's powers. With Horde Prime destroyed and his empire no more, Adora decides to go on a quest spreading magic across the universe, inviting Bow, Glimmer, and her now girlfriend, Catra, to which Catra happily accepts.

Unlike Bow and Glimmer, Adora was unable to join Fader's anti-Dragon Lord movement, as she knew his supporters might react with violence if she was caught working against him in the election. Adora, however, was greatly concerned for Catra and watched her in concern during the election, later reuniting with her at Freddy and Batty's Wedding.

#### MELOG

    Melog imprinted upon Catra in season five when the Best Friends Squad went to Krytis. The magical being explained to her that Prime destroyed its species, and it was the last one left. Melog is able to pick up on the emotions of its master, in this case, Catra, and is able to react to them. Catra realizes this and keeps her cool while befriending the Melog. The two formed a bond and Melog left Krytis to be with Catra and helped the Rebellion defeat Horde Prime. Catra has grown very fond of Melog and trusts it completely. Melog, in return, is fiercely loyal to Catra, instantly growing hostile when she is threatened, such as preparing to pounce when Netossa netted Catra, and often reflecting her emotions.

#### ETHAN

    Ethan is Adora and Catra's teenage son. The two love each other very much, but Catra, unlike Adora, respects Ethan having teenage boundaries and makes continuous reminders of them to Adora when she tries to ingratiate herself excessively into her son's life and friends. Because of her and Adora's marriage, Catra is fully supportive of her son's crush, then relationship, with Diazo.

#### LUTTA

Lutta was Catra's cousin, but for a great period of their early lives, neither knew of the others existence. The two cousins, upon finding each other, loved each other deeply and Catra treated Lutta like a sibling more than like a cousin. Catra and Lutta were both present at the Dragon Lord's Rally and during the ensuing skirmish between the Dragon Lord and those among the few still present who were neither his Dark Ones, nor refused to join him, Lutta apparently gave her life to save Catra, Perseus and their friends and Catra beheld her beloved cousin engulfed by enchanted fire while duelling the Enemy, her last words being to urge her family and friends to leave. Though with eyes streaming with tears, Catra obeyed, rolling past and taking the broken-hearted Amity Blight with her as she disapparated out. Lutta's selfless sacrifice is what compelled Catra to join the fight against the Dragon Lord. According to Freddy, the pain of Lutta's absence was felt by Catra every day, her every breath being a reminder Lutta breathed no more.

Several years later, after the Dragon Lord was defeated and banished from Etheria into the lands of his domain, the Empire of Night, Catra and Freddy spoke in the aftermath of Hoole's funeral, Catra expressing her wish that she could tell Lutta they have won, at least for now. Freddy, answered, however, that Lutta, wherever she was, knew, words of comfort to which Catra was grateful for.

#### SHADOW WEAVER

Shadow Weaver is the one who took care of Adora and Catra from when they were young. However, it is shown that Shadow Weaver blames Catra for everything and always shows hatred towards her.

The clear display of Shadow Weaver's favoritism with Adora over Catra is shown as early as episode one, barely ten minutes into it. Shadow Weaver downgrades Catra's equal success with Adora's performance and shuts her into silence when Catra rightly shows visible hurt at her callous remark. Later, when Catra is informed that she isn't allowed to aid Adora in a battle, she openly asks her friend why Shadow Weaver doesn't like her. When Catra and Adora get into trouble, Catra is the one who bears the harsh punishment for the two of them. Because of this abuse, Catra is often openly blunt and disrespectful towards Shadow Weaver to reflect her feelings when they interact. In early episodes, there is not one instance where they do not show disdain for the other.

Despite her cruelty, Catra actually cares about Shadow Weaver somewhere deep down, because she was the one who raised her and despite the manipulation and abuse, she craves her affection and approval as a result of having been consistently put down. Catra later rendered her powerless and took her place as second-in-command, but Shadow Weaver manipulated Catra into providing her the means to regain some of her powers and escape, something that especially made Catra feel despaired and betrayed afterward.

After she learned Shadow Weaver went to Bright Moon, both her mind and heart began to fill with more anger and hatred than ever before. When Shadow Weaver returned to the Fright Zone to rescue Adora, Catra broke down in tears. In season four, Shadow Weaver's form was used by Double Trouble to successfully break Catra's spirit. In season five, Catra still showed resentment toward Shadow Weaver but she burst into tears after her mother figure sacrificed herself, but not before finally telling Catra she was proud of her.

"*I know what I was raised, but I am more than just that. My friends taught me to be kind. To love and care in a way you might never understand. And I'm stubborn. I guess it's a design flaw in us heroes. I will never stop fighting! And I won't lose another person I care about!*"
— Catra to the Dragon Lord after a vision of Shadow Weaver
During the Battle of Worlds, as she fought the Dragon Lord, who sent her crashing back. As the Dragon Lord praised her intelligence and skill, but also jeered at her weakness, Catra was visited by a vision of Shadow Weaver (who's form took a combination of her appearances as Shadow Weaver and Light Spinner) who gently seemed to take her hands in her own, comforting and reassuring her with smile, her last words coming back to Catra. The manifestation of Shadow Weaver also left a phantasmal staff in Catra's hands as she faded, the staff switching to the living world as soon as Catra touched it. This vision gives Catra the strength to return to the battle and unlock her true potential, which was crucial in assisting Hoole in banishing the Enemy, and as she advanced on the dark wizard, Catra declared that she was not losing someone else she cared for (like Scorpia, Glimmer, Bow or Adora), in reference to Shadow Weaver's loss.

### FRIENDS AND ALLIES

* SCORPIA
* ENTRAPTA
* HORDAK
* GLIMMER
* BOW
* NETOSSA
* FROSTA
* PERFUMA
* IIRON
* PRINCESS FADER
* AMITY BLIGHT
* GUS PORTER, WILLOW PARK AND NAGINI
* YELLOW DEL BOSQUE VERDE
* FREDDY LUPIN
* BATTY
* JÖRMUNGAND NASSERA
* HIRO HAMADA
* SCORPINA
* LUZ NOCEDA
* PI-BAN
* PELLIMORE YGRYK
* CLAW/MIKAH
* GERS
* BRIANNE OF LEES
* CARNIOLAN
* OTHER RESISTANCE MEMBERS
* CASTASPELLA
* KUVIRA BEIFONG
* SPINNERELLA

Catra has been working with Scorpia since becoming a Force Captain. Their first meeting did not go well, with Scorpia enthusiastically greeting her as "Kitty" and Catra becoming immediately disturbed/annoyed by this. Throughout the series, Catra has been constantly annoyed by Scorpia's upbeat attitude and clueless persona. She frequently addresses her dislike of Scorpia's perkiness in conversation and often tells her not to "Be so *you.*" She was shocked to learn that Scorpia was a princess, let alone tied to the Black Garnet. Nevertheless, she is competent enough to go on missions with Scorpia, albeit at her own expense.

Scorpia is constantly trying to express her like of Catra, to which the latter either doesn't pick up on or just exploits. Later, in season two, it was quite possible Catra's slowly beginning to open up to her but usually ends up denying it once Scorpia notices and becomes extremely eager. In season three, when Scorpia sees Catra happy for the first time she almost convinces Catra to leave the Horde and stay in Crimson Waste; this ends with Catra blushing, albeit with a frustrated attitude.

She fights it back due to Entrapta being favored by Lord Hordak and Shadow Weaver betraying her yet again when she escapes the Fright Zone. Eventually, she is seen pointing a stun gun at Scorpia, treating her more like a subordinate, trying to suppress anything she sees within her as weak (i.e. her care for others).

*Scorpia would be here if everything was fine.*
— Fractures
When Scorpia left the Horde, Catra was devastated and continued to bottle up the frustration from constantly feeling abandoned by others. Further, it leads her to a notable paranoia, yelling at others and frightened of what they might say of her. She tried to contact Scorpia multiple times but got frustrated as she didn't get a reply. She took this out on the Horde Soldiers. She tried to use fighting with success to compensate the empty hole she felt when Scorpia left her.

In the Season Four finale, Scorpia is the final form that Double Trouble used when they reviewed Catra's "character", making her give in to her despair. Scorpio, however, still shows concern for Catra.

By Season Five, Catra was remorseful about how she treated Scorpia before and nervous about meeting her again; but In the series finale, Scorpia hugged her out of forgiveness, signifying they became real friends at long last.

After Catra was captured by WaspWings and the heroes received word, Scorpio was deeply effected, showing great signs of grief while Perfuma comforted her, as she knew Catra had been taken to the Shadowlands, where, at the time, it seemed there was no escape. As she did not accompany Bow and Adora in pursuit of Glimmer, Scorpio was the only one of Catra's closest friends who did not venture through the Pirran Caverns and into the Shadowlands, but after Catra and the thousands of other slaves were transported onto the garden of Mysticor, Scorpio, amongst a vast crowd who came to welcome their captured family and friends, searched for Catra with concern, then enveloped her in a huge hug, delighted she was safe, which Catra allowed, despite often enjoying her personal space. Catra also acknowledges that, like the Best Friend Squad, Entrapta and Melog, she considers Scorpia her family, which Scorpia is touched by.

During Adora and Catra's wedding, Scorpia serves as Catra's maid of honour (a position she shares with Glimmer, who is Adora's maid of honour) and is obviously happy for her friend.

Catra lied to Entrapta that her friends abandoned her, which led to her switching sides. At first, she was glad that the princess was improving the Horde's weaponry, albeit with some annoyances at Entrapta's upbeat, bubbly, and hyperactive personality and scientific mannerisms. But when Hordak began favoring Entrapta, Catra showed obvious resentment. Eventually, when Entrapta said Adora was right about the portal not being safe, she snapped, used her stun gun on Entrapta, and had her sent to Beast Island. She then deceived Hordak by saying she betrayed him by letting the other princesses into the Fright Zone.

In Season Four, she has guilt-inducing nightmares about what she had done to her, but she went with the lie until the truth was revealed.

In Season Five, Entrapta had no reservations towards going to save Catra from Horde Prime. Catra was hesitant to see her again but was grateful to Entrapta for removing the chip in her neck and sincerely apologized for what she did to her, Entrapta then quickly forgave her and they have become true friends. Though she occasionally doubts Entrapta's calculations, Catra and Entrapta are close.

Entrapta was visibly saddened when news reached Mysticor that Catra had been taken as a prisoner to the Shadowlands and when Adora, Glimmer and Bow freed the slaves, Catra among them, Entrapta joined Scorpio in embracing her with a delighted laugh, which Catra allowed with a smile. Like the other members of the Super Pal Trio (which Catra, Scorpia and Entrapta reform for several missions) and Best Friend Squad, Catra sees Entrapta as her family.

*Hordak isn't somebody to mess with. Under no circumstances will you go anywhere near Hordak's sanctum.*
— Signals
She was afraid when she first met her leader, Lord Hordak, but he made her a Force Captain which she was both shocked and elated about. At the end of season one, Hordak recognized her achievements and made Catra his second-in-command, but when she tried to cover up Shadow Weaver's escape, he punished her with his gravity generation device. He was originally going to send her to Beast Island, but instead sent her to the Crimson Waste to get First Ones' tech (after the insistence of Entrapta), thinking she would not return. However, she not only returned but also was able to gave him Adora's sword, which was the key to completing his portal. She later deceived Hordak into believing Entrapta betrayed him by letting the other princesses into the Fright Zone in order to hide the fact that Catra sent her to Beast Island.

Season four starts out rather frighteningly with her attacking and defeating Hordak, and effectively taking functional control of the Horde and telling him that they are doing things her way now. Throughout the season, they still communicate like he is in charge, but she does at one point yell at him for his unwise strategy. In "Princess Scorpia", Hordak is looking for one of Entrapta's records to complete a then-unnamed weapon. Hordak falls into despair at one point, saying how he needed her, Catra says that he doesn't need Entrapta, how they (Hordak and Catra) are strong without them. This cajoles him to finish the project without the notes. With his suit's new cannon Hordak went out into the field more and thanks to its power, Catra's tactical abilities became less valuable, which did not sit well with her, but they continued to work well together, expanding the Horde's territory. When Catra launches an attack, she informs him about She-Ra's absence and that the princesses were in chaos; this pleases Hordak and congratulates her on a job well done.

However, when Double Trouble reveals to Hordak the truth about Entrapta's supposed betrayal, Hordak tries to kill Catra. During their fight, she pointed out that Horde Prime believes that Hordak's existence is a "mistake" and said she was the one really running things in the Horde. She then claimed she did not need him and disabled his suit, defeating him. Double Trouble then used Hordak's form to torment Catra with the painful truth about why everyone left her. With his mind-wipe at the end of the season, any relationship, good or bad, comes to an end. During the final season Catra realizes that some small part of him still remembers her because he called her by name and when she sadly leaves after a brief encounter with the reconditioned Hordak, his face blank exterior slips for a second and sadness can briefly be seen flashing across his face. Despite her previous strained and bad relationship with him, she was horrified when Hordak goes through the purification ritual in "Corridors" (though more because it meant she’d be next if she screws up). She lately attacked and paralyzed Hordak who was serving Glimmer her dinner, saying him that this time wasn't "nothing personal". With Hordak free of Horde Prime's control, the status of their relationship is unknown, although he attended her and Adora's wedding with Entrapta.

Glimmer and Catra used have a very turbulent and toxic relationship characterized by childish taunting as they oppose each other. Although they do not interact much until season two, Glimmer and Catra share many parallels when it comes to their personalities, relationships with other characters, and motivations. Even ND Stevenson compares the two girls.

Personality-wise, both Glimmer and Catra are determined, hot-headed, and sensitive young girls, striving for the approval of their respective mother-figures. While Glimmer receives validation through healthier methods, and Catra is manipulative and conniving, both characters are products of their environments. Catra is quick to ridicule not only Glimmer but Bow as well, in their attempts to be 'morally righteous' about kidnapping her.

Likewise, Glimmer seems rather aggressive against Catra as the former is quick to attack upon seeing her. Their relationship is shown to be comical, as Catra is not hesitant to antagonize Glimmer upon being captured in "Ties That Bind", with actions such as licking her arm to create a diversion, dodging Glimmer to deplete her powers and ridicule her ideology. Catra typically refers to Glimmer as "Sparkles" during their interactions, and Glimmer calls Catra "the worst" whenever a dangerous situation ensues out of the latter's doing, specifically in "White Out".

In "Destiny Part 2", after Double Trouble's betrayal and thorough psychoanalysis leave her despondent, Catra reaches the point that she flat out tells Glimmer to hurry up and kill her when she arrives. Glimmer ultimately chooses to spare Catra and instead attempts to stop the awakening of the Heart of Etheria. When both are transported to Horde Prime's ship along with Hordak, Catra personally stops Horde Prime from killing Glimmer by letting him know about the power of the Heart of Etheria and how important the princesses are to it.

In Season Five, at the start of their time on the ship, Catra tries to maintain their previous adversarial relationship, but Glimmer easily sees that her heart's not in it and that they are both pretty much in the same situation. Catra ultimately turns to Glimmer's company for comfort, and the two spend their time with Catra sitting outside Glimmer's cell with their backs turned against each other despite Prime telling her not to talk to her. After receiving encouragement to try to do one good thing, she helps Glimmer escape the ship. After Adora, Glimmer, Bow and Entrapta subsequently rescue Catra from Horde Prime's ship, they grow closer and eventually become friends as they work to save the universe from Horde Prime. Glimmer even trusts Catra to protect Adora.

Both Catra and Glimmer were members of Fader's Army and when Glimmer arrived with Batty, she and Catra flash each other smiles. It is never confirmed it Glimmer was aware of Catra's mission to infiltrate the Dragon Lord's ranks, but when Catra faced off against them in Eyrie, Glimmer and Bow exchange nervous glances, wondering if her time in the Dark Lord's presence had truly turned their friend. However, this trust was reaffirmed seconds later when Catra revealed her loyalties were still with Etheria and Glimmer was clearly delighted, beaming as Catra and Melog joined her and Bow.

Like Scorpia and the rest of the Best Friend Squad, Glimmer was devastated when she discovered that Catra had been captured along with the people of Stix and taken to the Shadowlands and Glimmer was particularly inflamed by Catra's fate, which prompted her to go in search of a way to the Shadowlands to free Catra and the other slaves, even if she had to alone. Like Bow and Adora, Catra was horrified when Adora revealed that the woman they had heard talking with 3-19 was actually Catra, who it seemed had joined the Dragon Lord. Glimmer was appalled, then horrified when she realized Catra had been infected with one of the Dragon Lord's carrier worms, brainwashing her into a servant of the Dragon Lord, and delighted when Catra was freed.

Catra and Glimmer are as such close friends and, though Catra admits she likes her alone time, she also enjoys her adventures with her friends, Glimmer among them, and calls them her family. Indeed, in answer to this statement, Glimmer, like Scorpia, Entrapta and the rest of the Best Friend Squad, tried to restrained her desire to hug Catra affectionately, but instantly rushed in to embrace her when Catra allowed it for once.

In terms of personalities, Catra is Bow's opposite. At the start, Catra's relationship to Bow is mainly centered around hostility. As Bow is an ally of the Rebellion and Adora's friend, he is her enemy by proxy. Usually, in their encounters, she immediately attacks him on sight. Catra captured him and Glimmer during the episode "Princess Prom" and held them hostage as bait to capture Adora. Nevertheless, despite all her previous actions against him, he was obviously ill-at-ease about holding her prisoner in "Ties That Bind", and even suggested letting her go. He attempts to be friendly and tries to start up a conversation with her, but she rebuffs him and knocks him off the side of a cliff.

*You have an arrow that turns into a magnifying glass? I can't believe we were losing to you guys.*
— Catra in disbelief about Bow's character
After Catra saves Glimmer and is subsequently rescued by the group, Bow is reasonably unsure about trusting her after their history, but gradually warms up to her and becomes so cordial with her that Bow even accepts her into the Best Friends Squad, which Catra is clearly very happy about. He also likes to tease her about how cute she can be sometimes, much to Catra's chagrin. Bow obviously cares about Catra and both were members of Fader's army.

*Catra … Stay safe.*
- Bow showing concern for Catra's safety
When Catra left for her and Melog's mission, Bow wished her well and urged her to stay safe, to her nodded gratitude. Later, at Eyrie, Bow was obviously unnerved by Catra's blank look as she advanced towards him and Glimmer at the head of a bunch of Dark Ones, but quickly broke out in a grin after Catra knocked out the Dragon Lord's disciples, asking her as she joined him and Glimmer what had taken her so long. Catra obviously still thinks Bow is kind of dorky, but she considers him a good friend nonetheless and, though Catra she likes her alone time, Catra also enjoys her adventures the Best Friend Squad and calls them her family, even allowing them to hug her for once in answer to this statement.

*You know how to cook. [Catra glares at him] Sorry*
- Bow nervously apologising to Catra after showing faint disbelief over her ability to cook
Bow was somewhat surprised to learn Catra could cook and was slightly frightened of her when she shot him a glare in answer to his voicing this. Bow is the first to praise her culinary skills, followed by the others. Despite the previous acts she had committed against Bow, alongside Adora and Glimmer, Catra would become one of the most important friends in Bow's life and they would develop a sibling-like relationship, bickering on occasion but only in friendly banter, working together in the heat of battle on many an occasion. Bow, like the rest of Team Awesome, was deeply distraught when Catra opted to sacrifice herself to stop Darkness, allowing herself to be dragged into the Unknown Lands with Darkness and thus vanished, but like his friends, Bow was determined to find Catra, which was ultimately successful after a period of three years searching. When Bow and the rest of the team (bar Adora) arrived at Peridea to find Catra and Adora dueling Slithraa and Wasp, he instinctively wanted to go to their aid, but was convinced that his skill would be put to better use defeating the incoming TIE squadron sent to reinforce the two Forsworn members. When the battle finished, Bow was relieved to see Catra alive and embraced her with Glimmer, which Catra allowed. Later on, when the four were captured by the Dark Ones and Bow was incapacitated, awaking to find himself in a cell with Adora and Glimmer, his first words were to inquire to Catra's whereabouts anxiously, although his question was answered soon when Catra arrived and, incapacitating the cell guards, released them.

Netossa was hostile towards Catra and subdued her when the heroes returned from their space adventure, prompting Melog to nearly attack her, only for Adora to inform her that Catra was with the rebellion now. A sceptical Netossa then released Catra from her energy net. Despite this, however, Netossa was still grateful when Catra volunteered to help her and the Rebellion. After they saved Erelandia, Catra comforted Netossa by saying her wife Spinnerella would be alright. Netossa smiled at her words, symbolizing a sense of trust between them had begun.

"*Where was she all this time*"
— Netossa jokes about Catra's sudden appearance during the Battle of Worlds
Netossa, like all of the Princess Alliance, answered Catra and the rest of the Best Friend Squad's call to arms in battle against the armies of the Dragon Lord and when the united forces gathered before the Bridge of Sun and Stars to repel the incoming forces of Night, Netossa gave Catra a questioning look after she, Adora, Glimmer, Yellow and Bow returned from a attempted peace talk with Darkness (the invasion leader), silently wondering if Darkness had agreed to surrender, though Catra shook her head in a negative answer.    Later on, during the Battle, Netossa, Lonnie and Glimmer were nearly killed by the Threshers, but were saved when Catra suddenly arrived and used her magic to telekinetically uproot the weapons, then tossed them onto an incoming wave of Outriders, after which Netossa inquired jokingly as to why Catra wasn't there the whole time.
Netossa and Spinnerella were both victims of Prime's Snap and though Catra was not present to witness their demises, she was obviously as saddened by their losses as she was about Glimmer's. Thankfully, Glimmer, Netossa, Spinnerella and all the other Snap victims were resurrected to years later by Catra and the remaining heroes actions and both fought in and survived the Battle of Etheria, after which they attended Hoole's funeral.

When Frosta saw Catra at the new rebel base, she attacked her, but Adora stuck up for Catra, telling her that she was with them now. Frosta relented but said she "still didn't like her face". However after Horde Prime was defeated, she hugged Catra, meaning Frosta is starting to like her.

Catra and Frosta, came to a period where they were again enemies when the Sovokian Accords sprung up, which Frosta eventually supported, while Catra, after escaping house arrest with the aid of Spinnerella and Lonnie, joined Adora's group, which opposed the idea, believing that being bound to serve one community would stop them from helping people not in the jurisdiction. Frosta was notably shocked when she discovered about Catra's decision and was left uncertain whether she could fight so many of her friends (alongside Catra and Adora herself, Adora's group also included (but was not limited to) Glimmer, Bow, Spinnerella, Scorpia, Perfuma, Mermista and Entrapta). The rebels eventually came into clash with Lloyd's group, including Frosta and Rogelio, although Frosta did not fight Catra directly. She did, however, attempt to immobilize Catra, Hiro and Perfuma with an ice, which Catra used her magic to redirect at an incoming group of police, immobilizing them without harm. Alongside most of the other rebel team members, Catra was captured in the skirmish, but Frosta was anything but pleased and looked half as though she wished Catra had escaped. Catra was subsequently incarcerated in the Rift with her teammates and when she accompanied Lloyd to the prison to visit Iiron, Frosta caught sight of Catra, bound in a strait-jacket and fitted with a shock collar to contain her powers and the Princess was visibly horrified and disgusted by the way her friend had been treated.

After Catra and her friends escaped thanks to Fader, Frosta, like the rest of her fellow Accord signers, hung up on Ross when he tried to call her and assign her to bringing her friends back to justice, doing it with a smirk. The two reunited several months later when Fader called the heroes back to action to fight for the realms and reconciled, again becoming friends and allies.

*I hope your right. Scorpia's really lucky to have a friend like you.*
— Catra to Perfuma
When Catra joined the rebellion, she and Perfuma had a rocky start. Catra derided Perfuma's apparent nativity while Perfuma berated Catra about how terribly she treated Scorpia in the Horde. However after they returned from a mission from the Fright Zone they started to bond over their mutual concern about Scorpia. When Horde Prime was defeated, Perfuma joined Scorpia and Frosta in a group hug with Catra. On an interesting note, Perfuma is the only Princess who Catra has addressed by name other than Adora and Scorpia.
Catra and Iiron shared a mutually friendly relationship and fought alongside each other in various battles during the Galactic Magical War, including the Dragon Lord's Rally. Both were fans of the other's written works and complemented each other on them. Catra is also implied to have recognised that Yellow and Iiron had feelings for one another.

Catra: Well, this is good times, boss, but I was kind of hoping when I saw you, you'd have more than that.
Princess Fader: I do, I have you. Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. Here we all are, back on earth, with nothing but our wit, and our will to save the world. So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard.
- Catra talks to Fader during the Meeting at the Gang's House.

According to Catra, she and Yellow were well acquainted and both unintentionally found themselves in the Dragon Lord's rally and listened to his speech, showing horror when Yellow's grandfather revealed his vision of a future galactic war, yet showed their strong moral compasses and rejected the Dark Wizard's offer for them to join him. Catra and Yellow subsequently participated in the battle against the demonic creations of the Dragon Lord's Protego Diabolica spell sent to obliterate Parisia, standing side-by-side as they thrust their wands into the earth in a combined performance of the General Counter-Spell, then ventured together with the rest of the rally survivors, Torquil Travers, Rudolph Spielman, Castaspella and Adora to Illvermorny to meet with Fader.

*Yellow's been made Head of the Etherian Auror Office. We know each other well. She's quite a remarkable young woman.*"
- Catra expressing her admiration for Yellow
Unlike Catra, Yellow, due to her work as the new Head of the Etherian Auror Office, was unavailable to join Fader and Iiron's Army when they intervened in The Dragon Lord's effort to win the position of Supreme Sorcerer of the International Confederation of Magic. Despite this, she remained a presence in the army's hearts and when Batty inquired curiously to whether Yellow would be joining the army in their effort, Catra explained Iiron's answering how Yellow was unavailable due to her premotion in greater detail, then eyed Iiron knowingly as she commented on Yellow's extraordinary skill, implying she knew of Iiron and Yellow's separate feelings for one another. Though she did not help in the fight, Yellow watched with concern the walk of the Qilin ceremony from M.A.C.U.S.A and smiled in relief as Catra and the rest of the army succeeded in thwarting her father's father.

Catra reunited with Yellow at Freddy and Batty's wedding, which she was serving as one of Batty's maids of honour, meeting each other outside the Bakery and breaking up Iiron and Yellow's reunion with teasing affection alongside Glimmer and Bow, then taking her by the hand to ready her for her responsibilities, inquiring to how M.A.C.U.S.A had been.

    Unlike her cousin, Catra never had a chance to meet Freddy, son of the High Howler, before he joined the Dragon Lord in hopes of creating a better world, only seeing a glimpse of him when he joined the Dark Ones tearfully and Disapparated.
Upon arriving in Nurmengard, claiming to be a devotee wishing to join the cause of the "Greater Good", Freddy, under the Dragon Lord's orders, read Catra thoughts and emotions to discover if she was being truthful, which he did, telling how Catra, though apparently she believed in the Dragon Lord, held the Dark Wizard responsible for the death of her cousin Lutta, and was filled with rage as a result. However, Freddy Lupin told Luz that he doesn't always tell their master the Dragon Lord everything he finds out. Since Freddy would have seen images of Catra and Melog conspiring with Fader and those of her allies like Bow, Iiron and Glimmer, he apparently omitted these parts from his response to the Dragon Lord's order, keeping true to his not-so-loyal façade.

Freddy and Catra both attended the Candidates Party as members of The Dragon Lord's group. As the acolytes strode through the hall in line, Catra strode behind Freddy, third in line. Later, when the hall was evacuated after Batty seemingly made an attempt on the Dragon Lord's life, Catra passed Freddy staring despairingly at his weredog love. Turning sympathetically and silently, Catra gently took his hand and guided Freddy towards the entrance without a word, which he accepted without resistance.

Catra and Lupin didn't have much interaction after that, but they both watched as as the Dragon Lord lost the election, Freddy and Luz defected, and the dark sorcerer escaped and then sat on the empty stairs of the Eyrie and although Freddy was sitting some distance from Catra and her allies, Catra spoke to Freddy, voicing her understanding due to her own past actions as a follower of a being of evil, then moved away to allow Batty and Freddy to speak in private. Catra later attended Freddy and Batty's Wedding and was clearly happy for both of them.

Freddy and Catra stood side-by-side with each other during the funeral of Hoole and in the aftermath, they stood together at the banks of the Silver River. Expressing her wish to Freddy that Lutta could know they had finally won, Freddy answered her that, wherever she was, Lutta knew and was at peace, as was his own mother Marella, which Catra took gratefully, smiling thankfully at Freddy whilst Adora and Batty joined them, followed by the rest of Team Awesome.

Catra and Jörmungand's relationship was originally largely non-existent as, beyond meeting as enemies, they at first have no real interaction, although Jörmungand disliked Catra, partially blaming her for "stealing" her best friend, Hiro (who Jörmungand was in love with) from her and as their encounters progressed, Jörmungand's dislike of Catra evolved at least partly into jealousy for her friendship with Hiro. Catra, meanwhile, initially only knew of Jörmungand as the loyal daughter of Princess Darkness and the Dragon Lord who had even deserted her brother, Fenris, and sister, Hela, when they defected. Although they do not interact much originally, in a meta sense, Catra and Jörmungand have much in common. Specifically, they heavily parallel each other (although to many different degrees) when it comes to their personalities, relationships with other characters, and motivations.

Both were raised in toxic environments, although their upbringing differed; Jörmungand was raised with the distant and affectionate but also manipulative and controlling love of her parents, to whom she was their favourite, which she reflected, having a toxic love for her parents which was the motivation behind her dark actions. Catra on the other hand, was constantly shunted aside by Shadow Weaver in favour of Adora, eventually climaxing in a bottled up resentment that cumulated in her fall to darkness. These lifestyles led to them being desperate enough to do anything to achieve their goals and come out on top, even if it was through underhanded, sly, conniving methods, which they achieved, but at the cost of loosing all those close to them. Such aforementioned desertions also had a severely damaging effect on their mental stability and well-being, leaving Jormungand and Catra both to initially believe it was to late for them. Likewise, both were under extreme psychological stress because of the war, which all their friends originally came to find themselves on the opposing side.

"*Jörmungand, you're angry, I get it. Believe me, I know what it's like. But you are making a mistake.*"
— Catra trying to persuade Jörmungand that it is not to late to change
As has been stated, Jörmungand felt highly jealous towards all of Hiro's closest friends after he deserted the Dark Ones, including Catra, believing they had stolen him from her and believed she was being replaced. The two met in combat several times and as time went on, Catra began to see the similarities between her and Jörmungand, though the latter claimed they were nothing alike.

In "Climax", during the attempted attack on the Stronghold, Catra stumbled upon a melancholy Jörmungand just the victim of a mental breakdown in the wake of her discovery the victory she had worked so hard for had been for nothing and would soon be vaporized. Merely sitting there, Jörmungand welcomes death, telling Catra just to end it now. With this, Catra sees Jörmungand for what she was: a mentally-brainwashed teenage girl scarred from her father defeated and mother's arrest when she was barely 5 years old, who was toxically starving for her mother's affection now that Darkness was back in her life and who had lost all those, she considered friends, growing mentally ill and become little more than the walking dead. In short, Catra saw what she once had been and shows pity for Jörmungand, refusing to take the life of someone so like her.     Soon afterwards, Catra is captured by Darkness and as she is beamed up, a flicker of regret crosses Jörmungand's face and she tells Adora she is sorry for her girlfriend's capture before disapparating onto her mother's airship, where Catra notices Jörmungand, despite her victory, looked far from happy and wore a look of slight concern when Jörmungand showed further discomfort in the face of her mother's noting of her past failings. Despite their differences, Jörmungand protects Catra from being destroyed by her mother, telling Darkness that Catra possesses knowledge of a weapon. They exchange glances, which seems to show that they've struck an uneasy alliance in order to survive on Midnight Star.
**Catra**: *Wait! I’m sorry. Can--? Can you stay? Just for a little.*
**Jörmungand** *(whispered)*: Okay.
Initially only spying on Catra from the cover of shadows, then taunting her and dismissing Catra's declaration that, though free, she was alone as the cat girl, Jörmungand eventually begins to bond with Catra during her time on Darkness's ship. Both display discomfort and varying degrees of horror and even nausea as Darkness demonstrated how her husband's mission has conquered dozens of worlds had led to the destruction of certain customs and freedoms, exchanging glances during their dinner with Jörmungand's mother. Even though she admits Jörmungand is the last person she'd like to be stuck with, after a meeting with Darkness, Catra, after initially yelling at Jörmungand, apologized and asked her to stay, which she answered with whispered acquisition, the two girls sitting back-to-back, a force field wall between them.

"*You're* lonely*, aren't you?*"
- Catra realising why Jörmungand keeps visiting her
As time passes, Jörmungand continues to visit her, even when her mother forbad it, which Catra interprets correctly to be prompted by a feeling of loneliness and Catra begins to warm up to Jörmungand over time and the two instinctively draw closer as they discover how much they had in common. Having discovered her daughter's interaction with Catra, Darkness manipulates her child into compliance, and after questioning Catra, who she yells at, claiming Catra has no idea what she went through as a child and sharing a duet where Catra pleads with Jörmungand to not make the same mistakes as she did, but Jörmungand states she has nothing left to lose, Jörmungand regretfully tells her mother about her old friend intended's rescue mission. However, her memories of her childhood friendship with Yellow and Hiro, coupled with her discovery that her mother was willing to sacrifice anything, even her own children, for the Dragon Lord (Jörmungand's father) and his cause, finally inspire Jörmungand to free Catra and send her to Hiro, Adora and the others via teleporter out of a desire to do at least one good thing with her life (but tearfully believed it was too late for her when Catra asked with concern about he), before she is captured and as she was transported to safety, Catra cried out in concern for Jörmungand as she is stunned in the back by Slithraa and surrounded by Dark Ones.

Catra was completely supportive of Hiro's desire to save Jörmungand, feeling she owed the daughter of Darkness for her sacrifice and showed immense concern when she found the cell she expected Jörmungand to be in absent of life, then later when Jörmungand was at the risk of being close to death after been brainwashed by her mother, electrocuted and had her already unstable mind put on immense stress, kneeling over the daughter of Darkness with tears in her eyes and showing uncertainty when she was asked if she could save Jörmungand, then laughing with delight when Hiro heals Jörmungand. Soon enough, Catra had forgiven Jörmungand for all her previous actions and had become really good friends with her, as the two girls share much in common and welcomes her as a member of the Best Friend Squad, moving to make a place for Jörmungand with her and the others as they enjoyed Catra's cooking immediately after seeing the young girl lingering by *DARLA'*s doorway.

***Jörmungand Nassera**: How could I have let this happen?
**Catra**: Hey, hey, you okay?
**Jörmungand Nassera**: This is all my fault. All my fault.
**Catra**: Hey, look at me. It's your fault, it's everyone's fault, who cares. Are you up for this? Are you? Look, I just need to know, cause the city is flying. Okay, look, the city is flying, we're fighting an army of the most dangerous evils in history, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense. But I'm going back out there because it's my job. Okay? And I can't do my job and babysit. It doesn't matter what you did, or what you were. If you go out there, you fight, and you fight to kill. Stay in here, you're good, I'll send your brother and sister to come find you, but if you step out that door, you are an Einherji.*
—Catra motivates Jörmungand to rise from her self-loathing and join the battle
During the Battle of Erelandia, Catra remained close to Jörmungand and begun shooting enemies out of the sky with her magic while Jörmungand also created an energy shield to keep the civilians safe from the Dark Ones: However, they soon faced the risk of being overpowered and Catra soon noticed Jörmungand was struggling to cope with an onslaught such as what was been thrown at her by the Armies of Night. As they had swiftly become completely overwhelmed by the endless attacks from the Dark Ones, Catra saved Jörmungand and hid her in a building while she had her panic attack. Jörmungand believed everything that was happening was her fault, since she had sided with her mother for so long and helped Darkness in her plans to invade Etheria and the Realms. As she saw this, Catra tried to reassure her that nobody cared about that anymore and simply questioned if she was ready to continue their fight.

Wanting her to make her choice, Catra then noted that the entire city was flying and she was facing a sustained assault by the forces of dark magic with nothing but a bow, arrows and her magic. Catra finally managed to calm her down as she told Jörmungand that she herself would continue to fight, but it was Jörmungand's choice to stay or run, promising to go get her siblings to help her if needed. However, she assured Jörmungand that if she continued fighting, she would, no matter what her past acts, then be an Einherji and defender of the Realms, before getting up and readying herself for the continued battle, leaving Jörmungand to consider what had been said to her.

These words, which came from Catra's personal experience with facing the repercussions of her actions, were what motivated Jörmungand to join her friends, siblings and allies in battle and just as Catra was about to be destroyed by one of Grimler's Bionobots, Jörmungand stepped out of the door and rejoined her, destroying the robots with ease and confidence while she looked on. The two continued to fight together in the battle and after which, Catra welcomed Jörmungand as part of Team Awesome.

Jörmungand and Catra maintain close ties of friendship and in "Hit the Diamond", Catra nonchalantly agrees to play baseball against the Rubies to get them to leave, proving that she cares about Jörmungand's safety, assuming the alias 'Bob'. She and Jörmungand continued to work well together and during the Battle of Magicar, Catra trusted Jörmungand completely by taking care of their friends while she, Adora and the rest went off to save the rest of their allies. With Darkness banished, the Dragon Lord defeated for a period and peace restored to Magicar at long last for a time, Catra, Hiro, Adora, Yellow, Bow, Glimmer, and Jörmungand decide to go on a new adventure and declare themselves Team Awesome, which they reform to fight Darkness later. Along with Freddy, Batty and the rest of Fader's Army, Jörmungand, Catra and the others stand side by side at Hoole's funeral.

    Catra's relationship with Hiro is rather similar to that shared between siblings. Catra helps Hiro out and treats him as part of the team and Hiro recuperates this close friendship. The two eventually reach a point where Catra teases Hiro in a sibling like fashion and work together, though no romance was ever felt between them.
As the war with Darkness progressed, however, their relationship goes through major tension because of their debate on how to defeat the Dragon Lord's armies. It first started with Catra using Hiro as bait in "Beat", Hiro was also both shocked and angry when he leaned that Catra was letting Pi-Lia teach her magic. Their relationship became even more strained thanks to this and when Catra said if her best was good enough they wouldn't have lost her cousin Hiro began to cry (which Catra deeply regrets) After learning of the Star of the Arcanum Hiro wanted to disable it but Catra hoped to use it to defeat the Dark Ones despite Adora's, Glimmer's Bow's and Hiro's warnings. During their rescue mission on Beast Island, Hiro got rid of any doubts he had and renewed his promise to protect all his friends, including Catra. After hearing that Darkness had taken Catra prisoner he did not hesitate to say they were going to save her despite that his power was currently broken.
**Catra**: Hiro, I am so sorry for everything I said! You were right about everything. I should've just listened to you and I didn't know that I'd see you again and now I...
**Hiro**: "Hey, hey, it's okay, we're here now and nothing is going to pull us apart again. I really missed you too."
— Catra's tearful apology
When they were reunited after Jörmungand saved Catra, Catra with tears in her eyes apologized to Hiro and admitted she was wrong and should have listened to him. Unlike Adora, who Catra had to take time rebuilding her shaken romance with, Hiro forgave her without a second thought and their friendship is just as strong as it was before.
Catra initially did not know much about Scorpina other than she was Scorpia's younger sister and when they first met, they were enemies, as Scorpina was a Dark One and Jörmungand's best friend and companion, though she was shocked by the sisters' resemblance. The two continued to remain on opposing sides for a while and Catra tried to dissuade Scorpia from getting to close to her sister when she approached her during a skirmish, which proved correct when Scorpina lured Catra and Scorpia into an ambush designed by Jörmungand, who Scorpina at that point proved more loyal to than to the sister she hadn't seen in several years. Scorpina eventually defected from the Dark Ones after seeing how Darkness was manipulating her best friend Jörmungand and joined Catra's Rebellion, so she and Catra now seem to be on good terms, Catra later comparing of complex history of Scorpina and a later reformed Jörmungand's relationship to that of her and Scorpia.

The Dread Gnome Pi-Ban was a high-ranking member in the captured collection and as such, it can be assumed Catra and Pi-Ban considered each other friends. Pi-Ban showed grief over how Catra had been taken from her cell and when she returned, she was a Dragon Lord servant (having been infected with a Carrier Worm), to Pi-Ban's disbelief and horror. Catra and Pi-Ban's seen interaction originally was when initially while Catra was under the Conversion Project's control and as such cannot be considered a true reference to Catra and Pi-Ban's friendship, as Catra was under the Dragon Lord's control and not in any way responsible for her actions, as Carrier Worms made their victims utter devoted servants of the Dragon Lord. Pi-Ban showed obvious relief when Catra and Melog were freed and the two continued their friendship as the Liberation of the Shadowlands Slaves. Pi-Ban was present at Catra and Adora's Wedding.

Catra first meets Pellimore as her prisoner, when Pellimore is attempting to search the memories of Hiro Hamada, probing his mind ruthlessly while holding Catra captive in magical restraints, despite Catra's best efforts to free herself, suffering injures and caused her connection to her friends to glitch. Pellimore is shown early on to abuse Catra as well, using her early life of abuse, then the death of her mother-figure as taunts. Catra is aware of Pellimore Ygryk's past dark relationship with Hiro and, to less of an extent, Jörmungand, which in addition to her own experience and, causes her to dislike and distrust her immensely.

Their relationship continues to be tense after Catra and her friends capture Pellimore, as Catra is often reluctant to interact with her without some form of gain or protection, but when she is being taken away to the Rift, she halts briefly to make eye contact with Catra, who she tells will need her and now knows where to find her. Catra did not initially know a lot about Ygryk or her past, as she was surprised to learn that she was once part of a family that belonged to the Magicar Court. However, as Catra's newfound power grows but continues to be unstable, she remembered Pellimore's words and considered numerous times visiting her to learn what she had meant in her words, but her friends ultimately disused her. Catra's curiosity eventually grew to great however and she secretly travelled to the Rift to learn the truth of her magic. Though she intially taunted her continuously, Pellimore, whose allegiance has changed, revealed she knew what was going on, establishing herself as one who could provide strategic use to Catra and trustworthy to a certain degree, offering her power and information on how to best defeat the Dark Ones.

After convincing her fellow members of both the Best Friend Squad and the Rebellion to allow Pellimore to be relocated to Mysticor for possessing information that could prove invaluable, Pellimore Ygryk becomes Catra's mentor in sorcery, as well as a tactical adviser in their war against the Dragon Lord's followers under a form of house arrest. Catra gives Ygryk limited freedom to go around Bright Moon, while she teaches her to use her powers, though she remains very cautious, growing angry at herself when Pellimore revealed she had gotten a reading on her and observes how Catra continued to attempt to be like the rest of the Best Friend Squad, but knew she was different because of her past experiences, telling Catra she knew when to make the hard call, which Pellimore believed to be a good thing, telling her she must decide what kind of a person she wanted to be, but Catra tells her she has decided to be a person who chose not to take advise from a war prisoner, then leaves, to Pellimore's annoyance. Ultimately, however, Catra's desperation to stop Darkness led to her turning to Pellimore to learn the more destructive forms of her magic, driving a wedge between her and her friends as she utilizes ruthless acts.

*"Your anger gives you strength. Gives you focus. You can see things clearly, your friends cannot!"*
- Pellimore to Catra
While her friendship with Hiro, Glimmer and Bow and her relationship with Adora were both made tense by this, Pellimore saw this as something to respect, telling Catra that she was capable of seeing things with her anger other couldn't and showing curiosity when she asks Catra what drove her and, after bearing witness to a ranting by Catra when she expressed her desire to make the Dragon Lord suffer for all that he and his followers had done, including the deaths of her parents and Lutta, wishing to master her powers so as to make it she was no longer helpless, then asking if this was why Catra must by an Elemental Wielder, which she confirmed. Pellimore, when speaking to Adora, responded to Adora's inquires about what she had done to Catra with the denial of doing anything, claiming she was merely showing Catra the power she needed to protect herself, asking if Adora wanted her girlfriend to feel defenseless and expressing a twisted sort of pride in her student's progress. The two continued to research as Pellimore showed Catra more of her many abilities, then ultimately introducing Catra to the legend of the Scarlet Sorceress and that Catra was that person, which, though she scoffed at it initially, came to realize at Ygryk's urgings aligned with her magic, choosing when it came to allow Pellimore to go free so that she could help her perform the ceremony that would unlock her full power, which they succeeded at, giving Catra full control over her immense magic.

Following her escape from Princess Darkness and return to Etheria, Catra resumes her hostile nature towards Ygryk, who had by that time been permitted a greater level of freedom, to Catra's frustration. During a mission, however, the two found themselves stranded on an moon together and are forced to work together to survive as they await rescue. During this time, Catra showed anger at the sight of Pellimore wielding a weapon traditionally owned only by her people, but this anger lessened when the sorceress revealed to her that the Panther Sword she owned had been bestowed upon her at the dying request of a Magicat warrior she had bested in mortal combat, which Catra identified as a custom of her kind. In response, Pellimore Ygryk told Catra of her first mission as a soldier of the Dragon Lord, where she had been the sole survivor in a massacre where her entire unit had been murdered by a Magicat who had killed them while they were defenceless, causing the two to bond over their pasts and work together to survive and return to the rebellion. While Catra tells her she cannot abide by the pure ruthlessness Pellimore often uses as a first resort, she acknowledged that her past has made the sorceress like that and that she can acknowledge Pellimore as an ally, causing the ex-Dark One to be willing to provide more information on her ex-confederates, knowing now from Catra they would be treated better than some Dark Ones might treat their prisoners.

Gers was one of the first Catra was able to recruit to the Shadowlands Resistance and it can be assumed they were close friends. When Gers, Brianne, Carniolan and Claw found the hideout where Catra and the other rebels had been situated in ruins after a raid had left the four the only uncaptured rebels, Gers mourned Catra. After the Liberation of the Shadowlands Slaves, Gers returned to help rebuild his tribe, the Jalis, who's presence in Etheria had been utterly destroyed when, after they refused to submit to the Dragon Lord, all the Jalis were enslaved like Gers or massacred, but he continued his friendship with his fellow Resistance members, including Catra. On Catra and Adora's Wedding day, Gers led a battalion of his tribesmen in salute of the two, indicating his respect for Catra.

*"Hellena. Catra. Melog. Pi-Ban. Tipp. Moss. Pieter. Alexi. The Lone Pod. Jasmine. Farear. Carnelian."*
- Brianne mourning Catra and the other Rebels capture
Brianne was one of the escaped slaves that Catra, after her own escape, met and recruited into her Shadowlands Resistance division. Along with Claw, Carniolan and Gers, Brianne was the only rebel to escape the raid that left Catra and her confederates captured, as she and the other three resided in a separate bunker. When the remaining rebels discovered the burned remnants of their second bunker, Brianne was broken-hearted and grief-stricken, calling out in a tearful voice for Catra and Melog, who she was one of the first to mention. Brianne later attended Catra and Adora's wedding.

    After she escaped the Dragon Lord's prisons, Catra met Claw and the two founded an underground rebel movement situated within the Dragon Lord's territory which they formed from a combination of fellow escapees and slaves they assisted in freeing. The group, led by Catra with Claw as her second-in-command, routinely launched minor raids on encampments. Along with Catra herself, Melog, Brianne, Carniolan, Claw and Gers, members of the group included Pi-Ban, Hellena, Tipp, Moss, Pieter, Alexi, Carnelian, Jasmine, Farear and the Lone Pod. Catra subsequently lived in hiding within a underground bunker (Cell 1) that connected to a second one of its kind (Cell 2) via a concealed tunnel. Apart from Claw, Gers, Carniolan and Brianne, who lived in Cell 1, Catra and the rest of the small rebel group resided in Cell 2 until the bunker was discovered by their enemy and Catra and the rest of the rebels were taken prisoner.

Castaspella had no known contact with Catra during her time in service to the Horde, but she did not show any sign of fear or anger at her presence in the Resistance hideout. She worked reasonably well with Catra when they ventured to Mystacor and believed her without question when Catra revealed her suspicions that Shadow Weaver had attempted to access the fail-safe before, demanding Shadow Weaver answer Catra's question.

Later on, after the Dragon Lord's Rally, Castaspella joined the survivors of the rally to travel to Illvermorny to meet with Fader and stood near Catra and Adora as they watched Iiron and Fader meet from the school front.

"Listen, kid … I'm sorry about Catra. I heard you two... anyway, we'll get her out of harm's way. I promise."
―Kuvira promising Adora to help save Catra.
Kuvira and Catra have a cordial-turned-friendly relationship. Initially, their relationship was somewhat hostile, as Catra was disgusted at the suspicions and allegations Catra had toward her ancestry. Upon the discovery of the hidden factory underneath the Magicat grounds, Kuvira disallowed Catra from entering, but the Etherian and her friends helped save Kuvira from the Dark Ones. Following this, Catra and Kuvira's relationship became better and Catra expressed her gratitude to Kuvira when she broke Catra and the rest of Team Awesome out of prison after they were incarcerated in '*When Extremes Meet*', telling Kuvira she owed her and working with her as they investigated the claim that Dark Ones had taken Adora. They worked together to combat several threats to Republic City and the world, especially the Dragon Lord, Princess Darkness, the Dark Ones and Empire of the Night, who are a continuing threat.

When the friends set out to stop Harmonic Convergence, bring Team Awesome back together after several months of dissolution, Bow pulls Catra, Adora and Glimmer into a delighted embrace while Kuvira smiles with closed-eyed pride.

Catra and Spinnerella did not initially share much contact and thoughts besides being general enemies. After her defection from the Horde, Catra, upon sighting the chipped Spinnerella, swiftly realised that the Princess was an enemy now, but was willing to aid Netossa and after their first failure reassured Spinnerella's wife that she would recover after being released, allaying Netossa's fears.

*"Guess I should've knocked."
"Oh, my God, what are you doing here?"
"Disappointing my wife."*
―Spinnerella and Catra
Though the extent of their relationship after Spinnerella's rescue and the defeat of Horde Prime is initially never explored in great detail, one night several weeks after Catra was placed under Rogelio's supervision, the two former Horde members were distracted by a flash in the nearby field which Rogelio left to check on it. As Catra watched field, she sensed a presence behind her and launched a knife at the intruder, stopping her attack just in time when she realized it was Spinnerella, halting the blade inches from her head, as Spinnerella pushed the knife away and joked that she should have knocked. Catra then asked what Spinnerella was doing here, to which she claimed to be disappointing Netossa, telling Catra that Adora needed their assistance in the fight against the Sovokian Accord. Though initially hesitant, believing she had done enough damage, Spinnerella tells her that if she wanted to make amends, she needed to get off her ass. As she tries to convince her to leave, Rogelio breaks free and he, Spinnerella and Lonnie (who had revealed herself in the fight to have accompanied Spinnerella to save Catra and caused the flash) begin to fight. Rogelio easily overpowers Spinnerella and Lonnie, but Spinnerella looks to Catra for help. Despite her previous hesitance, Catra tells Rogelio to release her two rescuers and that she is leaving; when Rogelio tells her he cannot allow this, Catra sadly uses her magic to blast Rogelio through several floors incapacitating him. When Spinnerella and Lonnie again make to leave, Catra halts them, inquiring why they had come to save her. Face softening, Spinnerella, placing her hands on Catra's shoulders, tells Catra she felt she owed Catra a dept not only for her role in saving her from Prime, but also for how Catra had lost her cousin Lutta in the Princess Alliance's fight against the Dragon Lord, causing Spinnerella to feel responsible for Catra's safety. The trio then left en route to Germany and joined Adora, Bow, Glimmer and the others.
### ENEMIES

#### DOUBLE TROUBLE

Catra was impressed by Double Trouble's shape-shifting powers and hired the mercenary. Unlike with Scorpia or Entrapta, Catra seemed interested in having a genuine friendship with the mercenary and often appeared happy when speaking with them. Catra was grateful enough when Double Trouble pulled her out from fallen debris that she thanked them unprompted. Although, she was visibly dismayed when Double Trouble made it clear they were only sticking with her for the money. After Scorpia left, Catra became mentally unstable, trying to reach out to anyone who she remotely considered a friend, Double Trouble included.

Catra was relieved when Double Trouble returned to the Fright Zone and trusted them enough to follow their advice to have her forces attack Bright Moon. Unfortunately, this was ultimately a poor decision as Double Trouble went to Hordak and told him everything about Catra's betrayal, and had purposely given Catra the information so the Rebellion could take out the Horde in an ambush attack. They later confront Catra, and psychoanalyze her personality, much to the girl's horror. Double Trouble transforms into Adora, Catra, Shadow Weaver, Hordak and Scorpia, telling Catra that it's her own fault where she ended up and that she has driven away everyone around her. They explain to her that the Horde's forces have been destroyed and everything she has worked for will be torn down, leaving Catra so distraught to the point of which she tells Glimmer to kill her.

**Double Trouble**: Ouch! What was that for?
**Catra**: Because I felt like it.
- Double Trouble and Catra after Catra shocks him a second time
Double Trouble and Catra met again during the Clash of the Princesses, which found Catra on Adora's Team and Double Trouble on Lloyd's. During the clash, Double Trouble fought Kyle and, after knocking him down, prepared to arrest him, only for Catra to electrocute him with a taser at the back. Telling the shapeshifter that "that was for torturing her" with a small smile of delighted vengeance, proving she still has not forgiven them for their last encounter. Helping Kyle to his feet, as Double Trouble also rose unsteadily, Catra subsequently shocked him again, then sent him flying back with a punch to the face with Double Trouble indignantly asked what he had done to deserve that, Catra told him she had felt like that, which Double Trouble retorted to with a look of bewilderment before Kyle knocked him out seconds later.

#### HORDE PRIME

Before they met, Catra used Horde Prime's incoming approach to motivate Hordak into conquering Etheria before he arrived. When she was teleported onto his ship, she spoke up and informed him about the Heart of Etheria in order to convince him to spare Glimmer and not destroy the planet. Catra was likely motivated mostly by self-preservation as she heard that Horde Prime didn't want word getting out of his "brother's botched conquest" and she told Prime that he needs her to know how to use the weapon. She soon realized that Prime was not so easily fooled as Hordak and that the galactic tyrant was far more superior at mind games than she was. When Catra finally proved her worth to Prime, her conscience finally caught up with her and she helped Glimmer escape his ship. Horde Prime decided she still had a use for her and punished her by implanting a special chip into her nervous system that made her a part of the same hive mind Prime used to control his clones, effectively turning her into his slave. Horde Prime then used Catra as a tool against Adora, but She-Ra saved Catra. Even after the chip was removed, while she never openly said something, it was obvious that she now had great fear for Horde Prime. After the finale battle, when Adora confirmed Horde Prime's destruction, Catra simply said "Good Riddance".

#### THE DRAGON LORD

Like most of the heroes, Catra knew the Dragon Lord was a deadly enemy who's goal of achieving peace, even if it meant forcefully conquering worlds, was almost as dark an ideal as Horde Prime and fully acknowledged that compared to the Dragon Lord, Prime was barely significant. Catra, however, also was not supportive of the violent tactics taken out towards the followers of the Dragon Lord and his 'For the Greater Good' mantra, as she knew it was only furthering the Dragon Lord's claim that it was the heroes, not him, who were violent.

Catra listened in silence during the Dragon Lord's speech and, though horrified by his vision of a future war that could render the galaxy into bloody tatters and would come about if peace was not brought, when offered the chance, Catra refused to follow the Dragon Lord, knowing his ideals were darker than he claimed. Catra's antipathy towards the Dragon Lord turned to hatred when he apparently killed her cousin, Lutta.

*More coming soon*

#### PRINCESS DARKNESS

Very little is known about how Catra felt towards Darkness, the Dragon Lord's wife and personal lieutenant, but she presumably hated Darkness in a similar manner. When Catra entered Nurmengard, claiming to be an admirer, Darkness recognised him and told the Dragon Lord that Catra was the cousin of Lutta, making no attempt to sugar a reminder the apparent murder.

"*I will* NEVER *help you or your husband. And you will never win.*
 - Catra vowing to never serve Darkness or her beloved husband
Darkness's hatred of Catra grew during and after the war, after which Darkness assumed command of the Dark Ones in her quest to restore her husband to power and Catra acknowledged that Darkness was probably as deadly as her beloved husband, who she became devoted to freeing. Catra was briefly a prisoner of Darkness and Darkness often tried to manipulate her and extract knowledge in a similar manner to how Horde Prime had treated Glimmer.

**Iiron**: You got this Hiro. Just keep her talking.
**Catra**: *[scoffs]* Knowing her, that is not going to be a problem. Just get her started on her husband and she'll drag on and on and on.
- Catra stating how long-winded Darkness could be when talking about the Dragon Lord
Despite her hatred of Darkness, this did not stop Catra from eventually befriending Jörmungand, Darkness and the Dragon Lord's daughter, and saw how Darkness was brainwashing her daughter to remain by her side. Darkness's loathing for Catra increased especially when Jörmungand decided to help Catra escape, as she believed Catra had corrupted her last loyal and her favourite daughter, and Catra is return regarded Darkness with both loathing and disgust for how Darkness had manipulated her own daughter to her own ends. When Hiro confronts Darkness, Catra tells him via their earlink that knowing Darkness, it would not be hard to get her to start talking, suggesting Hiro bring up the Dragon Lord. The two continue to remain enemies and it becomes especially personally as the magical war advances.

*You realize we will be enemies wherever we end up."*"I know. But do you really wish it on now.
… no." *― Darkness and Catra, about to be dragged into the unknown, make brief peace with one another.*
It was ultimately Catra who brought forth Darkness's second downfall and ended her reign over Etheria and it's neighbours when she confronted Darkness aboard her ship and engaged in a one-on-one duel with the dark princess. Though it seems she respected Catra, acknowledging her to be among her most challenging opponents, Darkness dismissed Catra with pity as a poor girl fighting a losing battle and listing the loved ones she had lost. However, Darkness never expected to be outsmarted by Catra when she called the Purrgil and had them take them both from Etheria. Although Darkness attempted desperately to escape, feeling genuine fear for the first time in year, Catra directed the Purrgil to grasp a hold of Darkness's ankle and drag her screaming into the ship, dismissing Darkness's reminder that she was sealing her own fate as well, retorting that it was the general idea. Ultimately, however, Darkness accepted the inevitable defeat with dignity and the two put aside their differences and sat together as they watched Etheria grow smaller after Catra's message to her friends ended. Darkness confessed at prompting from Catra that all she had really wanted was for people to see her beloved as the hero she thought he was and Catra, despite her enmity for both Darkness and the Dragon Lord, acknowledged that her enemy had earnestly wanted to help. The two admitted they would return to being enemies wherever the ended up, but chose to sit besides each other in peace as the purrgil then dragged the ship into parts unknown.

*More coming soon.*

#### 3-19

After becoming one of the first perfected victims of the Dragon Lord's Conversion Project, which had converted her a servant of the Dark Lord, Catra was teamed with a Grade-3 Ol named 3-19 and tasked with supervising the creation of Grey Guards in the Factory and the completion of the Conversion Project on the remainder of the slaves. Despite 3-19 acting as her most constant companion in the Shadowlands after her conversion, Catra reflected the Dragon Lord's new distain for Grade-3 Ols, who he had lost faith in and during one of their inspections, Catra took many opportunities to harass him, and openly mocked that, because of failures of his fellow Grade 3 Ols, the Dragon Lord intended for the Conversion Project to be their replacement.

3-19, however, though completely unaware of Catra's status as a 'converted' Etherian, seeming believing her to be a willing Dragon Lord servant rather than a brainwashed one, still evidently disliked her and she reflected it. Catra showed distain for 3-19 and warned him against continuing with his outspoken opinions and told him that none of their master's plans were his concern. Of the two, Catra apparently had authority over 3-19, who seems to have had to follow her commands, yet 3-19 obviously only just restrained the urge to kill Catra when her back was turned. The brainwashed Catra was furious when the cage holding Pi-Ban was covered by the Bak Pod, pining the blame of 3-19 and calling him an incompetent fool, expressing her delight that the Dark Lord intended to replace Ols with the Conversion Project. 3-19 was killed by the Dragon Lord for disobedience soon afterwards and Catra was released from the control of the Dragon Lord's Carrier Worm.

#### Big Jack Horner

**Big Jack Horned:** "*Catra. My, you have some nerve coming back here.*"
**Catra:** "*[scoffs] Please. I was the best theft you ever hired.*"
**Horner:** "*You robbed me!*"
**Catra:** "*You set me up!*"
- Big Jack Horner and Catra's speak of why their business ended
### UNKNOWN OR MIXED STATUS

#### LONNIE, KYLE, AND ROGELIO

Catra was never on friendly terms with the other training cadets. They distrusted and disliked her, mostly because of her slacker tendencies and blunt personality. Because they all liked Adora, Catra always felt second-best and therefore harbored resentful feelings towards them and her former friend. These feelings, twisted with the hurt and betrayal from Adora's defection and otherwise, no companionship from anyone else, would prove to be the catalysts for Catra's claw to power.

Upon becoming Force Captain, Catra was quick to claim authority over the other cadets. Some of them, namely Lonnie, were clearly dismayed by this but didn't put up a fight or protest. She typically shows annoyance over their bungles and failures, like Kyle. Still, she does show some trust in them, choosing them to help her in her various missions. They ultimately had enough of her cruelty and selfishness and left the Horde. It is unknown how they now feel about her, as they assisted the Rebellion against Horde in the final battle. Catra at least seems to have become on good terms with Kyle, as he saved her life during the Battle of Night and Day and after stunning the Dark One who was about to kill her, the two exchange smiles and a nod before re-joining the fray.

Despite becoming allies after Lonnie joins the second Rebellion, which Catra helps form, neither initially like each other much still and both are horrified when, because of their respective skills, they are selected to work together on a spying mission, neither wishing to work together, though they eventually agree for the good of the rebellion. During the start of the mission, Lonnie and Catra are initially antagonistic towards each other and keep their distance, which results in them nearly being killed by a Dark One group. This skirmish causes the pair to realise they cannot succeed if they do not work together and reluctantly, the two trying to get along, even beginning to bond over their mutual affection for their friends. Following this, they work quite well together and succeed in their task. When Adora asks if they are now friends, however, Catra and Lonnie both hotly deny such a concept, but exchanging wary smiles with each other seconds later, agreeing, after leaving, to be "frenemies", which they both accept.