Kattalin Scanagatta

> *"You should realize by now, your highness - a cat has no duty but to do exactly as they please."*
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## Origin and Living Status

### Place of Birth

Rhode Island, The United States of America

**Kattalin Scanagatta** is a cat supervillain with the anatomy and physiology of a cat. While deemed as a supervillain under the eyes of the law, in truth, Kattalin does not consider herself as one because she simply does whatever she pleases.

## Attributes

### Powers

**Feline Physiology**: Kattalin possesses the traits, attributes, characteristics and abilities of a cat.

* **Cat Falling**: She can land on her feet softly, even if she falls from great heights.
* **Claw Retraction**: She can project and retract sharp claws from her fingers.
* **Camouflage**: Kattalin can blend into the dark thanks to her cat-like nature.
* **Seismic Sense**: Kattalin is able to pick up even the slightest vibrations when she moves her head to the ground, enabling her to perceive her surroundings as precisely as normal sight.
* **Tapetum Lucidum Manifestation**: Just like all felines, Kattalin has Tapetum Lucida, which gives her the simulation of bioluminescence within each of her eye sclera, even though it only functions in the darkness or when she's communicating with felines.
	+ **Night Vision**: Kattalin can see in the dark. Her vision is shown as blue.
* **Pheromone Generation**: Secrete powerful pheromones that have a variety of effects on others, all related to behavior.
* **Vertical Pupils**: Generate vertical pupils in her eyes.
* **Nictitating Membrane Protrusion**: Generate nictitating membranes for her eyes, usually for eye protection while maintaining vision.
* **Cat Transformation**: Kattalin can transform herself into a small, black/dark-blue housecat.
* **Cat Communication**: Kattalin can speak to or otherwise understand felines. This is usually shown with her eyes glowing.
* **Hyper Climbing**: Kattalin is a master of climbing, able to climb and otherwise move effortlessly and smoothly on angled and vertical surfaces and take advantage of any handholds she finds, no matter how small, on trees, rocks, walls, etc. This is mostly done as a type of vertical ascent.
	+ **Wallrunning**: Kattalin can scale walls by walking or even running on them, providing she builds up and maintain enough momentum to fuel her vertical ascension.
* **Wall Crawling**: Kattalin can scale walls and ceilings, no matter how rough or smooth they are. She *does not* deny gravity, but adheres to surfaces unaided. With her super strong and dense claws, she can simply dig her claws into a surface, then propel herself upward and dig in again, generating the effect of wall-crawling.
	+ **Ceiling Cling**: She clings to the ceiling to either hide or ambush enemies.
	+ **Wall Jump/Wall Kick**: She sticks to a wall and proceeds to jump off of it, often doing so between two walls.

**Feline Manipulation**: Control various cats. She controls them to do her bidding, help her during situations, use them against foes, see locations and get information about a particular place, use them for battle, use them for spying on others.

**Feline Companionship**: Kattalin can form a powerful connection and bond with Felines. The bond between her and Felines is so strong that nothing can drive them apart. This ability doesn’t just apply to the Domestic Cat; it can also extend to other members of the Felidae Family, such as tigers, lions, leopards, jaguars, ocelots, pumas, cheetahs, etc.., or even mythological or otherwise supernatural felines.

**Animal Empathy**: She can sense and/or understand the emotions of all kinds of felines and vice versa.

## Trivia

* The surname Scanagatta probably means "cat killer", from the Italian scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and gatto "cat", with the figurative meaning of "cheat, scoundrel".
* Kattalin is a female name of Basque origin, meaning “pure,” which is sometimes associated with cats’ cleanliness.
* Kattalin is a pescatarian.

## Quotes

* *"You made the cat angry. You do not want to make the cat angry!"*
* *"I speak cat, not pigeon. Caw caw?"*
* *"I'm getting pretty good at this tree traveling business."*
* *"Monogamy is so 1917..."*
* *"I do what I want, when I want, why I want. I bow down to no one, especially not those fat, hairy pedophiles who run this country."*
* *"Oh you've got me all wrong. I'm not a villain. I just don't like being told what to do."*
* *”Here, kitty kitty. What’s the matter? Afraid of a little bad luck?”*