Kate Argent

**Kate Argent** is the secondary antagonist of Teen Wolf. She is a former human turned Werejaguar who is the sister of Chris Argent, the second child and only daughter of Allisa Argent (who died in childbirth) and Gerard Argent and the aunt of Allison Argent.

However, in time, it was revealed that Kate was responsible for setting the Hale House Fire six years earlier, which killed the famous Alpha Werewolf Talia Hale and most of her family, excluding her brother, Peter Hale, and her three children, Derek, Laura, and Cora. Peter Hale, a survivor of the fire who had recently become the Alpha, finally got his revenge on Kate by clawing out her throat at the end of Season 1. However, unbeknownst to Peter, he had actually scratched Kate so hard that it transformed her in the same way an Alpha bite would have.

She later plotted her revenge on the McCall Pack, blaming them for her niece Allison's death. However, Kate was shot with wolfsbane by her own brother, who gave up on saving her especiallly when Chris learned she turned Scott into a Berserker.

A year later, she delivered yellow wolfsbane to Gerard, hoping to kill Scott with it. However, after he shot her with one of the wolfsbane bullets, Kate realized her father would never accept her for her new form, so she killed him, with Chris' consent.

## History

The youngest daughter of Allisa and Gerard Argent, Kate was born in 1983 and raised in the ways of the hunter. There was at least a ten-year difference between Kate and Chris, making their relationship slightly strained. (Relics). According to Kate, Chris had spent most of their childhood make "her look like the bad guy" in any situation.  It was implied by her comment of Gerard always seeing Chris meant he favored his eldest son over her. (The Wolves of War)

Because of her upbringing, Kate became a ruthless huntress. At age eighteen, Kate forged a silver bullet as testament to the code and family tradition. Gerard gets inside her head, turning Kate into a ruthless killer like her father. Both Kate and Gerard would attempt to do the same thing to Allison and it would have worked, had Allison's love for her friends prevent her from doing so.

Kate began a relationship with the then-teenager, Derek Hale in her attempt to bring down the Hale family. She got close to Adrian Harris' chemistry background to get away with arson, then hiring Roderick and Unger to set fire to the Hale house. She got into contact with Garrison Myers, the insurance investigator and convinced him to declare the fire as an accident due to fault wiring. The fire killed at least eight to eleven members. Kate felt no remorse for what she did, despite some of the members being human. The fire caused Peter to become horribly scarred, Derek and Laura fled to New York and Cora fled to South America.

Either before or after the Hale fire, Argent witnessed his sister, Kate, slaughter an innocent supernatural in cold blood. At the time, Chris did nothing to stop her because she thought brute force was necessary. However, he believes that if he had stopped Kate, then she would not become the monster she was today (Relics). She became extremely close to her niece, Kate, but acted more like her sister than an aunt.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Shapeshifting:** Werejaguars can shift between human form and a feline form. This form is usually bluish-purple skin with black patches, glowing bright green eyes, long and sharp fangs and claws, and a ridged brow.
	+ **Glowing Eyes**: The werejaguars can shapeshift their eye color to bright green. However, whether their eye colors change since they took a human life or indicate a hierarchy of some kind is unknown due to Kate being the only Werejaguar in existence.
	+ **Claw retraction** Werejaguars can summon their claws from their fingernail tips.
	+ **Fang retraction**: Kate could retract her fangs by having them grow from her human teeth. However, they are more elongated.
	+ **Skin Color Shift**: Kate was able to turn her white skin into a bluish-purple skin with black patches.
* **Superhuman Strength:** A werejaguar's strength is so powerful that they could fight against even a True Alpha. However, Kate was only able to beat Scott McCall because she had the upper advantage in a fight. However, it’s also possible Scott was not trying to hurt her, as he still possessed great love for Allison and Chris. However, her strength cannot be rivaled by an Evolved Beta Werewolf, as Derek easily mauled her.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Werejaguars possess superhuman speed, enabling them to run faster than even the most athletic human beings. Veteran Hunter Chris Argent confessed that he was struggling to track his sister Kate and her Berserkers. He stated that they were too quick for him to keep up with.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Werejaguars possess superhuman agility, which enables them to jump extremely high and far in a single bound and perform various gymnastic and acrobatic feats. Kate exemplified this enhanced agility when she jumped through the wall of windows in Derek's loft. They can also Dodge attacks from gunshots or arrows.
* **Superman Durability:** Although Werejaguars are susceptible to lacerations and scarring, they possess remarkable resistance to blunt impacts. This enables them to withstand powerful blows without suffering significant harm. Kate demonstrated this durability when she leaped through a wall of plate-glass windows without any noticeable reduction in speed.
* **Accelerated Healing:** Werejaguars have accelerated cellular regeneration which allows them to heal from mild to moderate wounds almost instantly. This ability is even more advanced than the average shapeshifter. They also have immunity to human illnesses and conditions and cannot get drunk or high due to their rapid healing.
	+ **Longevity:** Werejaguars and other shapeshifters have an enhanced healing ability that constantly replaces aging and damaged cells, which results in an extended lifespan and youthful appearances.
* **Super Senses:** Werejaguars have very sharp senses of sight, smell, and hearing. They can see things that humans can't, including supernatural things like a Kitsune's aura or a concealed Nemeton. They can also see in the dark, track scents for miles, even distinguish between different human scents, detect approaching enemies, and find missing people. They can also hear sounds that humans can't, like whispers from far away. All these senses make Werejaguars skilled in battle. They are also nocturnal, which is why they can as they fight in the dark.
* **Jaguar Instincts:** As an animalistic shapeshifter, Werejaguars possess the same animal instincts as their jaguar counterparts, giving them intuitive instincts as to how a real jaguar would behave.
* **Magic:** Werejaguars apparently can generate magic or perform some version of it.
	+ **Ritual magic:** Kate Argent is the only Wear Jaguar in the series who had the ability to perform certain rituals.
		- **Age Manipulation:** They can use rituals that manipulate a person's age. Her first ritual was one involving wolfsbane. Kate Argent used a ritual to magically de-age Derek from his mid twenties man into a 16-year-old boy again. Not only did his body decrease, his mental capacity did as well. Derek didn't remember Scott or any of his pack mates, the fire or how to control his transformations during a full moon.
* **Berserker Conversation:** She performed a ritual to turn Scott McCall and presumably several other innocent people into Berserkers. She performed a ritual to turn Scott McCall into a Berserker despite him being an alpha werewolf. The ritual also includes wolfsbane and a special room in La Iglesia, where she used a bear skull.
	+ **Power Granting:** turning a person into a Berserker also gave them the Berserker's powers.
* **Accelerated Healing:** Werejaguars have accelerated cellular regeneration which allows them to heal from mild to moderate wounds almost instantly. This ability is even more advanced than the average shapeshifter. They also have immunity to human illnesses and conditions and cannot get drunk or high due to their rapid healing.
	+ **Longevity:** Werejaguars and other shapeshifters have an enhanced healing ability that constantly replaces aging and damaged cells, which results in an extended lifespan and youthful appearance.
* **Super Senses:** Werejaguars have very sharp senses of sight, smell, and hearing. They can see things that humans can't, including supernatural things like a Kitsune's aura or a concealed Nemeton. They can also see in the dark, track scents for miles, even distinguish between different human scents, detect approaching enemies, and find missing people. They can also hear sounds that humans can't, like whispers from far away. All these senses make Werejaguars skilled in battle. They are also nocturnal, which is why they can as they fight in the dark.