Kateis

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## Kateis

* Traditional Piglin Outfit
* Grieving Outfit
* Casual Outfit
* Festival Outfit
* Formal Outfit

## Family & relationship(s)

### Children

Leather Boy (adopted)
Golden Child (adopted, deceased)
Crimie (adopted, deceased)
Oliver (adopted)
Evera (Daughter figure)

## Other information

### Builds

The Village Walls, Both Cave Spider XP farms, The Healing Room (destroyed and replaced with a home for his kids)

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**Kateis** is one of the first members of the Village. He attempts to be kind and understanding to all, but is often hot-headed, and distrusts easily, despite getting attached to anyone who shows him kindness.

He sees himself as a protector of the Village and its shield, determined to keep both its people and the villagers safe, no matter the cost. Hence, he has often butted heads with Order over what will keep the Village safe, often warning her about people he himself trusts.

He has suffered immense grief at the loss of his son, Golden Child, and for a time, lost what his true goal was - protecting the village - turning to people he would have sworn were enemies. After accepting his loss, he has begun to heal, and has once again raised his shield to solely protect the Village.

Kateis has two lives left.

## Appearance

Kateis is a piglin that appears human. He has white skin, blue eyes, and red hair. Casually, he wears a black leather jacket over cyan shirt, with rose gold chains crossing over the shirt. He also wears brown fingerless gloves, red pants with a geometric pattern, and brown ankle boots.

For casual formal wear, he wears a red shirt, a dark blue waistcoat with golden buttons, and a purple suit jacket over the top. He wears his normal pants with this outfit, and grey ankle boots.

For formal wear, he wears a loose fitting white shirt with a long blue morning coat over the top. He wears a red sash at his middle, green pants, and grey ankle boots.

All of these clothes have the Village flag stitched onto the right sleeve.

Kateis, while grieving, wears a black robe with grand golden jewellery (which consists of a shoulder piece, a sash, a headpiece, bracelets, and bands of gold wrapped around his ankles up to his shin). This type of clothing for grieving is a part of his culture as a piglin from a scholar community.

## Personality

### Main Personality

Kateis often tries to be nice and kind to everyone he meets, but will fiercely oppose anyone who is not kind in return, or anyone who has a vastly different mindset to him. He loves with his entire heart, and opens up easily to those who he cares about and is attached to. This often sets him up for grief that consumes him, or dramatic arguments when someone he cares about breaks his trust. He feels a need to protect things, almost as if it's his duty to protect his loved ones and his home.

### **Mental Health**

After Kateis lost his son, Golden Child, his mental health began to decline. His grief and being told repeatedly by others that he was a bad parent eventually led to him developing depression. He truly began to believe he was a bad person who had caused his child's death, despite not knowing how Golden Child disappeared. Due to the presumed dead status of his child, Kateis - for a long while - never stopped looking for Golden Child. He repeatedly checked the mines, the swamp, and the Nether - even going as far to check every baby piglin just in case it was his son.

After his favourite farmer and his panda, Aoife, disappeared mysteriously, and three foxes he was trying to take home died, Kateis broke down further. He went to Yodel and Lani begging them to sacrifice him to Friend because he felt like he deserved it after blaming himself for the deaths of everything he loved. When they refused, he went to Friend anyway, who didn't even look at him. This caused him to truly believe he was to blame, and was the final nail in the coffin. He stored all his things away, grabbed one piece of TNT, went out into the plains, and blew himself up.

After his suicide, he created a room under his chest room. Made from blackstone, glided blackstone, and crying obsidian, resembling how dark his life had become. He used warped signs to write on, detailing why he'd done what he did, why he felt that way, and how he wasn't ready to die again. After those signs, he wrote how he felt on Day 1, and gradually wrote more signs and even books about what happened on certain days and how he felt. He believed this was his way to heal, but didn't really do much more than make him static in his mindset instead of recovering.

A few weeks after making the room, a baby piglin followed him in the nether, and did not stop. Kateis quickly believed this was his child reborn, and rushed to take him home, housing him in the healing room. He named this baby piglin 'My Resurrected Child', and immediately began ultra protective over him. However, after Order and Kanny broke into the room, he declined even further, becoming completely distrustful of Order, and even considered self-harming. Then, two days later, Kateis found a book missing that he knew Order read. Believing her to be the culprit, he punched her and had a difficult conversation, with Kateis lashing out and arguing, to the point where he cuts ties with Order, intending on never seeing her again.

This, along with Yodel admitting to also breaking into the room - expressing concern for Kateis, resulting in another difficult conversation that circled around blame and reassurance - led Kateis to carrying two harming potions and three bottles of mead on him at all times. He often drank the mead when he was nervous, and splashed the harming potions when he wanted to punish himself or feel something other than emotional turmoil.

While drunk, he boasted to Evera that he was drinking mead, but immediately got worried when Evera downed the bottle, showing that despite his own pain and distrust, he was still protective over people during this period.

After having 'My Resurrected Child' for a couple days, Kateis realised he wanted Leather Boy home from the spider spawner. However, he specifically told Ria to harm him if his child died on the way back. Despite this self-destructiveness, Kateis successfully brought Leather Boy home. Though, he did accidentally get him damaged on the way there, as Leather Boy ran into some trapdoors, which caused Kateis to extensively self-harm.

A conversation with MC, however, reminded him of what was important, and that he wasn't alone. That support after cutting so many people off led Kateis to believe he could truly heal, and that paired with the emotional high of having Leather Boy home, made him realise he didn't have to hurt himself anymore. Having his first child back where he could see him very possibly let his fatherly instincts kick in, leading him to want to be better for his children.

He invited Ria to the Village and explained the situation, taking out his self-harming methods and a flint and steal. Using this, he burnt everything that could harm him, and truly began his journey of recovery.

However, before he could fully begin his healing, one last truth was revealed by the god, Zakynthos. When he was talking to everyone around the Village at the time, it was revealed that people couldn't come back to life without the help of a god. Kateis carefully enquired about this, saying it was sad, but knowing deep down what it meant. He excused himself, and went down to his healing room with the intent to harm 'My Resurrected Child'. He held out a sword, but he couldn't do it, realising that despite 'My Resurrected Child' not being Golden Child, he was still his son. He leant their heads together, and accepted him in.

Kateis took a nametag to the community anvil, and named his child Crimie. That was the moment he finally accepted Golden Child's death, and was able to move that little bit forward with his recovery. However, what truly helped him was Zakynthos and MC coming down in the the room, and once Zakynthos called it out for being grim for children, the two completely transformed the space, making it a home for Kateis's children. That moment, and especially once it was done, was the first time Kateis was truly happy in a long time and kickstarted his healing even more so.

Ever since then his healing has been going well, and his mental health is recovering.

## Ideology

Kateis believes in freedom - in the sense that everyone should be able to do what they want if it fits within their morals. That doesn't mean he thinks people shouldn't get in the way if someone is doing something horrible, as they are free to do what they want as well. He is not one who believes in leaders of a government, but more in natural leaders that are part of the whole and not above the rest.

This ideology comes from being raised in an escaped piglin community who taught about freedom and kept Kateis sheltered from the worst of the world. His community didn't so much as have leaders but rather people who took the lead in certain situations, hence this particular view.

That doesn't mean he's not a hypocrite about leadership either. Because he's one of the first members of the Village, he believes he has more of a say than most in what happens with things like villagers and what should be maintained or changed, especially since he's put so much work into it. Hence why he warmed to Order being the leader, and accepted it.

While he still hates leadership, especially over the Village, after seeing all Order has done for it, and all she has sacrificed, he is willing to believe in her as a leader, and that she could do genuine good for the Village.

## History

### Early Life

Kateis started life in the Nether, but barely remembers it now due to leaving when young.

He is a part of a community of piglin scholars that escaped the Nether when piglins were banned from doing magic by the Nether Church. In fear, his community took the risk of going to the Overworld to protect themselves, especially the kids, of which Kateis was a part of – at five years old.

These piglins used an ancient type of rune that didn’t completely stop them from becoming zombified, but allowed them to act like normal piglins even in the Overworld. This zombification risk was much less concerning than that of the Nether Church, so his community ran.

They created a secret place to hide, deep in a forest and mostly hidden in a cave. It was a haven of sorts that was very free with its knowledge and practiced its culture without fear.

One day, years later, when Kateis was a young teen, the scholars of his community began experimenting with runes to see if they could find a way to blend in with humans – since their people were being targeted by them for their gold. Kateis volunteered for the experiment, believing it would do good for the community and protect them, but it failed. However, in a way, it succeeded. Kateis now had the appearance of a human, but the rune made it so he couldn’t go back to his piglin features. From then on, he was stuck looking like a human, which distressed him greatly. So, his community abandoned the experiment.

The only part of Kateis that remains to prove he’s a piglin, is the ancient rune on his chest to prevent him from becoming a total zombified piglin. His memories of what he looked like with his piglin features are fading, and as the years tick on, he worries that one day he’ll forget completely, which he doesn’t want to do. Therefore, Kateis is still very much a piglin, but no one can tell bar other piglins who can sense and see it in him. Especially sensing that he is zombified. This is why piglin children follow him around and seem to trust him.

After this event, he used his human appearance to protect his community. Here, he developed the nature of being a shield, as he spent eight years of his life protecting his family from people who didn’t see them for the living breathing beings they are. During this time, he never killed a soul, instead he learnt how to build defences extremely well, and acquired a great skill with potions and protection enchants.

One day, he left the safety of his community to explore the Overworld, hence, he ventured out into the true wilderness for the first time.

### Joining the Village

Once Kateis had basic supplies, he stumbled upon the Village, upon seeing Order there and after a brief interaction, he decided to join Order in her mission to make the Village into a community and place to live. He instantly chose a house and set up base there, spending time to make it his own.

He came to like Order quickly, and after she was mugged by Wil and Tommy - to which Kateis hummed the Mario bros theme because he was scared - he became set on getting strong so he could protect the Village, and in turn, protect Order.

### Adopting His Kids

On his third day on the server, Kateis was spending the day at the spider spawner. To his surprise, the door opened behind him, but instead of another person, it was a baby piglin, holding a piece of leather. Kateis pulled out his sword, fully intending to kill the piglin, but something in him softened as he held the sword to the child's chest. He put his sword away and decided to adopt the child, pulling a name tag from his Ender chest to name him Leather Boy.

As Leather Boy ran around the room, Kateis became increasingly scared that sweeping damage would accidentally get Leather Boy killed. So, using the limited materials he had, he made a room from him at the end of the chest room. It had light blue glass so he could see his child at all times.

Three hours later, another child came into the spawner. Kateis wasn't intending to adopt another child, but when he gave the child a golden carrot, he instantly felt for the child and adopting him. Because of the carrot he named the piglin Golden Child and put him into the room with Leather Boy.

After Wil criticised Kateis for putting his children into a box, Kateis made strides to improve it, putting beds in and carpet, even a dispenser full of golden carrots. He wanted to do his best for his children, and wanted to be the best parent he could be.

#### Golden Child's Death

After leaving the spawner for an hour, Kateis returned to find Golden Child missing. Struck with grief, he searched everywhere in the spawner for his child. Order came to help to no avail, Golden Child was gone. Kateis built a monument to Golden Child by his house, writing signs that were full of grief, crying out for his child, wondering where he was and what happened to him. Gone, but not forgotten was the message that was most prominent. Kanny and Order were there to see the monument be completed. Kanny planted a poppy, the first of many flowers that would be planted there.

This was the beginning of his mental health decline.

### The Walls and Friend

With Golden Child gone, Kateis pressed on with the Village walls. He needed a purpose to keep his mind off his grief, and so he travelled thousands of blocks out to find green dye for the glass. As he spent all day building up the walls, things didn't get better for him, quickly realising his grief was choking him. He returned to the spawner to visit Leather Boy, and stayed to concentrate on making his armour strong.

But his grief got the better of him, and he wailed for his child, screamed for him. Most people supported him through this overwhelming moment of grief, but as Wil blamed him and called him a bad parent, Lani offered to take Kateis to Friend to find out what happened.

Kateis agreed and went with Lani to Friend. Lani asked Friend what had happened. After a second of silence, a baby zombie in full gold armour ran up to Kateis. He killed it on instinct, only realising after what it meant, that Friend had given a sign. Golden Child was dead.

Lani then pulled Wil into the conversation and tried to accuse him of murder. Kateis, who didn't believe the claims, refuted Lani and told Wil he didn't think he did it, due to his alibi. Afterwards, Kateis was left feeling like the only thing to blame was himself.

### First Death

On the 24th of May, Kateis attempted to bring a snow fox home as a pet. On his first try, the fox died to a wolf. The next died to fall damage. The third and last died when it jumped in front of Kateis's arrow when he was trying to kill a creeper. Distraught from the loss of three foxes, and his existing grief from Golden Child's death, Kateis went to Yodel and Lani, begging them to sacrifice him to Friend as he believed himself to be cursed. When they refused he request, ensuring that Friend wouldn't want that, Kateis visited Friend anyway.

When Friend wouldn't even spare a look at Kateis, he believed it was a sign that he had to pay for his mistakes. Due to him already feeling suicidal, he was sure he had to now go through with it, believing there was no other choice and no other way to pay. He took a piece of TNT from his house, stored away all his things, and went to an area just behind the location of the 1st Week Anniversary party - where his first piece of TNT was used.

He dug a hole and placed the TNT in it, ready to stand in. Last second, however, Order tried talking to him. He admitted what he was about to do, and when he saw Order running to help, he set off the TNT and blew himself up.

Therefore, he lost his first life.

### Teaming Up With Wil

The day after his suicide, Kateis witnessed Wil blowing up Evera's among us statue. The sound of the TNT caused him to have a panic attack, and when Wil brought up what he'd heard moments later, Kateis nearly had another panic attack. This then sparked an argument between Kateis and Wil, in which Wil said that Kateis wallowing in pity, and that hurting himself wasn't worth it.

Kateis didn't take kindly to that and began shouting, saying so what if he hurt himself. Wil shouted back, telling Kateis to live. Kateis, again, didn't see the point, slowing inching towards the nearby pond. He was adamant that he had no use if he couldn't protect those he loved.

Eventually, Wil got through to him, saying he had potential and that he could do great things. Wil also gave Kateis one of his totems, which Kateis tried to return, saying he had many of his own, but Wil insisted.

Then, Wil offered Kateis to join him. Due to Lowkey and Tommy being there, Kateis asked to talk more over on the distance hill for privacy. Despite his reluctance, and despite how much he hated how he had a small bit of trust for Wil, Kateis decided to join him.

As they parted, Wil told Kateis about plans Ancapistan had for the Village that were no good, which put Kateis on his guard, and gave him purpose.

### The Festival

Just before the festival began, Wil called Kateis to the festival grounds. There, Wil informed Kateis and Tommy of a plan, that under the stage were some 'big fireworks' and that if Wil said the word Killjoy, either Kateis or Tommy would have to place a certain level on a block and flick it.

Kateis was enjoying his time until Order made a speech up on stage, declaring herself the leader of the Village. Kateis verbally opposed this, trying to argue with Order not to do it, not to say it - as he believed her declaring herself as the leader put both the Village and herself at risk.

However, as an argument broke out between Wil, Yodel, and Lani, Kateis felt a panic attack coming on and hid in a nook of the stage. Both Tommy and Lowkey tried to support him, giving him a dandelion and a cookie, but it didn't stop his panic attack. He held onto his totem tightly and tried to calm himself, but only became more shaken as Wil killed Order.

Unsure of what to do now, Kateis watched from a distance as everyone surrounded Wil, only for the hiss of TNT to go off. Everyone scattered, and Kateis sprinted away, terrified. He watched the TNT go off as he was shaking, which sent him into another panic attack. He dug himself into a hole, briefly watching as Lani ran after Wil and Tommy, and rode out his panic attack.

Once he had calmed, he went in search of Wil and Tommy, finding them near the manor. Due to being so shaken up, he was silent as Wil and Phoenix argued inside the manor. As he heard of what Ancapistan had been planning, he only shut down further, barely keeping another panic attack at bay.

Afterwards, he gave into peer pressure and let Wil burn the flag, and had a lengthy conversation with Phoenix - in which Ria claimed that Kateis was acting like a dad to them. This conversation with Phoenix opened Kateis's eyes to the stark reality that others had mental health issues too, and that he could recognise the signs. Not wanting Phoenix to get hurt any more, he did not want to sway their decision too much, telling them to go with their gut.

Towards the end of the day, Kateis called Order to the top of the watchtower and told her he didn't want her to die. He said she should be careful with her life, and that she should do everything to live. He considered giving her a totem, but didn't.

### 'Resurrected' Child

One day, while in the Nether, Kateis was followed by a piglin child all the way to the portal. Due to being at his lowest point, he foolishly hoped that the piglin was Golden Child reincarnated. Carefully, he transported the child to his home, in the 'healing' room, where he then placed 16 signs celebrating his child's return, but would look like a breakdown to anyone who saw it.

Excited about his child being back, he gives a book to Order to tell her about the good news. However, Order and Kanny go to investigate Kateis's home, as Order was happy that Kateis had his child back. Although, when Kateis found them in the room, he took it as a betrayal of trust, especially after finding out that Order had read the books. Order proceeds to take all the blame, and Kateis only gets angrier at her, eventually huddling in the corner, telling her to go. She does, and Kateis doesn't look away from the wall until he's sure she's gone, as he was too upset to look at her.

#### Falling Out With Order

The following day, Kateis notices one of his book's from the 'healing' room is missing. He immediately assumes it was Order that took the book, due to her earlier betrayal of trust. He runs up to her, punching her twice, and accused her of stealing the book. Despite Order letting Kateis search her house, in which he didn't find the book, he still doesn't believe Order - even though Order insisted she didn't take the book.

They end up a top the walls, arguing about the newly built battlements. Kateis tells Order that she's not being careful enough around people that are likely to hurt her again - and tells her not to trust Wil, even though he himself trusts him. Kateis, frustrated and angry, ends the conversation by throwing a totem to Order, telling her to live a nice life. He intended to never speak to her again, but still wanted her to live a good and long life, hence finally giving her the totem.

Kateis watches Order leave the Village, almost following after her. Eventually, he does so, but once he's unable to find her, he assumes everything is okay.

#### Bringing Leather Boy Home

Having 'My Resurrected Child' in the 'healing' room and in reach at all times made Kateis long for Leather Boy, who was a fair distance away. Therefore, he decides to bring him home, but tells Ria that if he were to fail, they should harm him. Luckily, Leather Boy makes it home alive, much to Kateis's relief. He returns to the spawner and with a heavy heart, he destroys the room that had once housed both Leather Boy and Golden Child.

Due to bring Leather Boy home, and MC reminding him that he wasn't alone, Kateis calls Ria to the Village. He then sets the ground on fire and pulls out the harming potions and mead he'd been using to harm himself. He burns it all and proclaims he can be happy again now that his children are home. He promises that he won't hurt himself ever again.

#### Accepting His New Child

Days after realising that harming himself would never let him heal, the god Zakynthos visited the Village. While there, he had a lengthy conversation with the village people about resurrection, and upon him saying that nobody had been resurrected for a long time, Kateis excused himself. He went to his 'healing' room where he stood over 'My Resurrected Child' holding his sword. But he couldn't bring himself to kill his child, because despite him not being Golden Child, he was still his child.

He took a name tag and named his new child Crimie.

He invited Zakynthos and MC to come see his kids, to which Zakynthos said the room was grim for children to live in. Zakynthos and MC then proceeded to redo the entire room, brightening the place up with candles, cakes, carpets, jukeboxes, and little garden areas with moss and leaves, and ores imbedded in the walls for aesthetics.

Kateis was overwhelmed at the generosity and the kind gesture. He thanked them endlessly for it, feeling truly happy for the first time in a long time. It was this and finding out the truth that pushed Kateis into healing properly, and finally accepting Golden Child's death.

He changed the signs on Golden Child's monument to make it clear that he had died, making it clear that he missed and loved his child.

### Conversation With Phoenix

When Phoenix approached Kateis for a conversation, he quickly began to realise that they were searching for advice from him as someone they looked up to. He took off his helmet and opened up to Phoenix, trying to give them the best advice he could. He didn't want to lead Phoenix astray, so he was deliberately careful with his words, thinking through everything he said in depth before saying anything.

He trusted Phoenix enough to show them his kids, and worried for them as they paced while talking through their feelings. Kateis tried to act as warm as he could, and be a solid figure for Phoenix, realising that maybe Ria was right.

### Reconciling With Order

After Kateis began to truly get into a good mindset again, and after he had opened up to several people, he turned to making amends with Order.

He took off his helmet and apologised for what happened and how he treated Order. But as she accepted the apology easily, saying things that concerned Kateis, he called her out on her mental health, recognising that she likely wasn't in a great place mentally. As she insisted she was okay, Kateis told her to be watchful of her own mental health.

However, making amends wasn't Kateis's only aim for the conversation. Warming to Order again had allowed him to reconsider her as a leader of the Village. He took off all his armour and said that while he did not fully agree, he accepted that she was the leader and said he could warm to the idea even more in time. He proclaimed to Order that he was the shield of the Village and that he would protect her.

He opened up to her fully, allowing her to finally see his kids again, and properly meet Crimie.

### Apologising To and Worshipping Friend

A few weeks later, Kateis made his way to the Dome to apologise to Friend.

He apologised for everything that had happened, and for not listening to Friend properly when it came to his suicide, saying he used Friend's sign as an excuse.

He said he believed in Friend still, and when he did, they finally looked at him. This brought a great comfort to Kateis and he bowed to Friend, vowing to worship them.

### The First Two Village Meetings

The Village began to have meetings which covered any problems and such. Organised first by Order to assert herself more as Leader of the Village, they are always used to bring attention to things that keep happening but are never dealt with, such as the repeated raids - and this is what the first meeting went over.

#### First Village Meeting

This is the Village Flag.

The first Village Meeting took place on the 15th Aug, exactly three months after Golden Child's death. When Kateis realised this, it prompted Order and MC to hug him, which he greatly appreciated. Throughout the meeting, Kateis kept his armour on - to continue to be the Shield of the Village - but took his helmet off as a sign of respect for the others.

The matter of the raids came up, and Kateis easily agreed that putting chests outside the gates to the Village filled with milk buckets would be the best option.

The meeting caused Kateis no problems, and he was relaxed during it.

#### Second Village Meeting

For Kateis, the second meeting was infinitely more stressful than the first.

During the start, he spotted some invisibility particles and endeavoured to keep an eye on them, just in case it was his eyes playing tricks on him.

Again, Kateis kept his armour on, but took his helmet off.

This time, the meeting covered the angry signs that had been put next to each of the milk chest outside the villages, as well as of the wording of the milk chest signs themselves. Due to the wording, MC brings to attention that Lowkey had been scared to enter the Village. Khizuo questioning this prompted Kateis to fiercely argue with MC on Lowkey's behalf, saying it was fine, and he should be allowed to come in.

One of the members eventually spotted the invisibility particles and began beating the person up, to which Kateis kept telling them to stop and find out who it was, but people kept hitting until Evera revealed herself. Kateis immediately sprang to her side in defence and made sure no one else would continue to hurt her. As she was forced to leave, Kateis said he'd talk to her after the meeting. After she left, he reassured the others that Evera likely meant no harm.

Because of some recent violence, it was suggested a 'no holding weapons' rule be introduced. Kateis didn't like this idea, though he did get argumentative with MC as he was pointing a bow at people - which he eventually named to Pointing Stick. However, Kateis wasn't satisfied, standing in front of people with his shield when MC was aiming at them.

During this, Order reveals she's on low health. Kateis, along with others, threw down food at her, but she refused to eat. Worried, Kateis keeps insisting, becoming increasingly worried that her not eating, and being on such low health, was a suicidal attitude. Eventually, Order runs out of the meeting room and into the Village, to which most chase her, trying to get her to eat. Kateis was very insistent, even running to get health potions, which he threw on Order, and yet she ended up losing more health. Although, after being reassured that everything was fine, Kateis calmed, as did others, and they briefly paid attention to another sign speaking of doom above a chest filled with empty buckets.

At the end of it, Kateis found the meeting to be less useful than he would have liked.

#### Post-Meeting Conversation With Evera

After the meeting, Kateis met up with Evera to check on her. He stressed that doing something like that wasn't safe and that she shouldn't do it again. In turn, he wanted to ensure her safety, saying he didn't want to see her get hurt.

Evera then brought up another matter, and began talking about L, taking Kateis to his tower. Kateis was horrified by this, and even more horrified when Evera spoke about what L had done.

While Evera was telling Kateis to be careful, Kateis was more adamant that Evera was the one who had to be careful, due to her being involved. His protectiveness over her rose to the surface and he proclaimed that he didn't want her to die in this fight, even saying for her to stay away from L.

He realised, through this, that Evera was more than someone he had taken under his wing, but that he saw her as his daughter, one of his own.

### Khizuo's Interrogation

Kateis ended up missing the third Village Meeting due to being sick. However, in that meeting, he missed that the Village meeting room was vandalised with signs full of metaphors, and the discussion surrounding who was responsible. Kateis is noted down as one of the suspects due to missing the meeting.

This leads to Khizuo coming to his house a few days later to interrogate him on whether he was the one who did it. Khizuo questioned Kateis about the festival, knowing he was on Wil's side for it. Immediately, Kateis choked up, finding it hard to even start to explain, but once he did, he quickly broke down into a panic attack over it. Despite that, he got his side across, and he watched as Khizuo talked aloud, working it out in their head.

He tried to help with their line of thinking, breathing slowly to help calm himself down. Khizuo concluded that Kateis was not the one who did it and left, to which Kateis collapsed into his bed and slept his sickness off.

### Comforting and Protecting Evera

One day while Kateis was doing his rounds in the Village, he heard Evera call out softly. When he turned to her, he immediately noticed the scar at her eye. He asked what happened, to which Evera asked to go inside, due to the rain.

Once inside, Evera explained slowly what had happened while Kateis fretted over her. Once her story was done, he threw down 21 golden apples, tearing up. As he heard more he got angry at L, over the fact he'd killed Evera, and killed a child. He almost wandered into the territory of wanting to kill L himself, he was so angry. But he held himself back, and agreed with Evera that a trial had to happened.

After Dana, Kateis's fox, kept pestering and investigating Evera, he told her the story of Dana being the only surviving fox he has, the only one he brought home, and likened her to Evera, saying the two were survivors, that Evera, despite dying, was still alive, a survivor.

He then hugged Evera, comforting her in the only way he truly knows how. And when Evera asked about how her scar looked - which was okay at the time - he reassured her it was fine, and looked like it was doing well, and once prompted, he said it looked cool.

Kateis ensured that Evera knew his house would always be open to her as a safe place to stay, to which Evera asked if she could stay the night. Kateis said yes without hesitation, promising to keep an eye on Evera.

The whole ordeal made Kateis realise just how much Evera means to him, and how she truly is one of his own to him.

### Losing Crimie

On the 17th Nov, Kateis went to check on his kids after a long day of trading. He found Leather Boy easily, but after checking all the corners, his heart beating loudly, he realised Crimie was nowhere to be found.

He realised quickly that just like Golden Child, Crimie had disappeared. No trace. No armour or sword lying on the floor, just, gone.

He cried, hard, knowing that his son was well and truly gone. Once he recovered slightly, he questioned Leather Boy, wondering why it was always him that lived, why he thrived while the others died, how come he survived, and was he even his kid, what was he? But Leather Boy made a small noise and nodded when Kateis asked if he was his child, which reassured Kateis immensely.

While talking it all out, he realised that nevertheless, Leather Boy is his child, and he will hug him, hold him, and read him stories so he can sleep. He said he loved Leather Boy, and that he was sorry that he had lost his brothers.

Soon after, Kateis collected up some items and built Crimie a grave, back to back with Golden Child's. However, instead of being made of gold and diorite, it was made from emerald and amethyst to symbolism the colours Crimie wore. He used signs to engrave it with a similar message to Golden Child's grave, proclaiming his love for Crimie and that he was sorry.

Distraught, Kateis grabbed a book and walked out of the village, trudging through the overgrown festival area, and up the nearby mountain. He wrote within it about how he had lost his third child, saying that he was sorry Crimie had to see so much of his suffering. He hoped Crimie would find peace, and that his life in death would be better. He also hoped Crimie would have a chance to meet Golden Child.

He ended off the soul destroying day by telling Crimie to rest well, and that Friend would guide him, as well as other Gods.

He loved Crimie. He loved both the children he lost.

### Checking On Evera

After not seeing Evera for a month, on the 3rd Dec, Kateis went to the Ancap Manor to check on her. Instantly upon seeing her, it was clear to him that her eye had gotten worse, and once she admitted she was going blind in it, Kateis felt his heart drop. Knowing now that he saw Evera as a daughter, finding out she had been so awfully injured hurt him greatly.

Evera then questioned why Kateis was wearing new and different clothes, to which he went silent, whispering that he needed to show her something. He took her through the village to Crimie's grave, letting it do the talking. Evera sympathised with Kateis, and their small chat about Crimie led to Kateis venturing into why he was wearing the clothes he was.

Slowly, he explained to Evera that he wasn't human, that he was exactly a piglin disguised as a human, and the clothes he was wearing were traditional grieving clothes. Evera accepted this, even telling Kateis about something she kept close to her chest, her illness. Both of them shared a moment of sadness for each other, and Kateis was pained to hear of Evera's struggles.

Evera takes Kateis to see the big boat outside of Ancap, which impresses him greatly. Evera then shows him the Amendments detailing the laws of the SMP for the sake of the courthouse. Kateis is again impressed and even proud of Evera. He welcomes what the Amendments detail, and know they will be important for the future, thinking of L's trial.

The two return to the Village where Evera places a blue orchid at Crimie's grave, to which Kateis thanks her quite emotionally. They go and see Leather Boy, in which Kateis watches the two of them interact, watching with love as Leather Boy looks up to Evera as she plays with the xylophone. In that moment, he realises Evera is the only sibling Leather Boy has left, in a way.

Evera spots a tamed cat in the back, and apologises for stealing a block of diamond ore that was used for decoration, replacing it with cobblestone. Because of this, Evera decides to name the cat Cobblestone, giving it a name tag.

The two then make their way back to the manor, and Evera shows Kateis the flag of her true home. Kateis takes note how it's the same base colour as his true home flag. They part ways in Evera's room, and as he's leaving, Kateis says I love you to Evera, firmly cementing in just how much she's a daughter to him.

He leaves reluctantly, hoping for her to stay safe.

### Telling Lowkey The Truth

One day, while Kateis was on his way to the Dome to see Friend, Lowkey spotted him and began to follow. Kateis noticed this, turning around to check what was up, to which Lowkey began acting strangely, saying things like he was beating around the bush.

Kateis locked on to what he was saying, realising that Lowkey could sense his rune. Having heard that Lowkey was from the Nether, this came as both a surprise and not at the same time. He began to admit things carefully and slowly, trying to see if they were on the same page without saying anything at all.

Eventually, he suggested and halfway admitted that he had escaped the Nether because of its dangers, namely the Nether Church. Lowkey then clocked on that Kateis was a piglin, and knowing he was caught out, Kateis admitted this was true.

Lowkey was overjoyed at this, happy to have found someone else that had escaped, and Kateis was comforted by the display, knowing that even so far from his old Overworld home, he had someone close who understood what it was like to run. When Kateis said he was from a scholar community, Lowkey became even more ecstatic, happy to have finally met a piglin from that type of community, as they weren't easy to find.

When Kateis was about to leave to go to the Dome, Lowkey finally realised what his clothes meant, apologising for his loss and handing a wither rose to him. Kateis, while tearing up, thanked him for this.

The two parted ways, and Kateis, on his way to the Dome realised he wasn't quite as alone in his experiences as he thought.

### Losing Dana

Fucking hell, fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. Fuck my curse on this server, fuck it all, fuck it, fuck fuck fuck fuck. Shit and fuck. Fuck this, fuck that, fuck everything.

Kateis lost Dana on the 25th Jan 2022... Upon watching his beloved and only surviving fox die due to an accidental bungee jump, the poor lad went into shock, saying nothing as he picked up Dana's lead. Slowly, he made his way to the village anvil naming the lead "Dana's Lead". He sluggishly made his way back, popping out a note from one of the item frames in his house, and replacing it with the lead.

This loss not only put Kateis into shock but made him worried for Evera, as he had once compared the two. If Dana, a survivor, could die, then... would he one day outlive Evera too?

### Adopting Oliver

While Kateis was on his way towards a Pillager Outpost, he noticed a baby piglin had climbed into his boat.

## Personal Items

While he has personal items, at this point, it's his attachments to people and animals that matter to him most, not his belongings. Losing items is not the same as losing those he loves, so it matters to him less, they don't mean anything to him.

## Quotes

"Love is all." - to Wil while they clashed over different mindsets

"Just know, no matter the outcome, you will always be safe in the Village." - to Kanny during the first trial

"A child came into the spider farm, I have adopted him." - to Order about Leather Boy

"DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHILD?!" - to the sheer universe after noticing Golden Child was gone

"Do you think I have not searched every inch of the mines, scoured the Nether, hoped and wished and wanted to die a thousand times, just to bring my child back home? I would suffer more than any person in these lands just to bring him home. I would suffer a thousand deaths." - to Wil after he called Kateis a bad parent for Golden Child's death.

"I am keen on love, Wil, unlike you, of course. But even still, if it would bring my child back, I would suffer the worst of everything." - to Wil after being told suffering wasn't worth it

"Friend has given a sign. Golden Child is... dead." - to the world

"Five times? Five times is not an accident. Five times is a curse." - to Order moments before Kateis killed himself

"I'm never getting a pet again, never adopting another child... what I have is what will be, and I will never move them from where is safe." - to Order after committing suicide

"There was nothing you could do, Order. I had made my choice." - to Order after committing suicide

"YEAH BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN'T PROTECT THEM, WHAT USE AM I?! WHAT USE AM I...?!" - to Wil about hurting himself and not wanting to live

"I hate this... fuck... I have this little bit of trust towards you and I hate it, but I do and, fuck it, I'll join you." - to Wil while accepting his offer to work together

"Order... if you read the books then you... God, you've read the signs! The books!" - to Order after Kateis caught her in his 'healing room'

"I'm sorry. This was my place, my room of healing... Just. Go." - to Order in his 'healing room'

"Have a nice life, Order..." - to Order after thinking she stole one of his books and therefore completely broke his trust

"Sorry, ignore me. Leather Boy can stay, he can stay at the spawner. He's safe there, but I want him home. I want him... My son..." - to Ria about bringing Leather Boy back

"I'm gonna bring my son home, if at any point you hear a guttural scream, that's just the wind." - to the world when preparing to bring Leather Boy home

"MY SON IS HOME! MY SON! MY SON! MY SON! MY SON! HOME, HOME, HOME!" - to the world as he was successful

"Lately, alone is all I know, even in a village full of people." - to MC

"Well, I realised him being home means... I don't have to hurt anymore. Like, I can be happy again because he's home, and I don't have to risk my life every time I want to see him." - to Ria

"All gone. No more hurting. Never again." - to himself after burning his self-harming devices.

"I think it's time to do some redecorating down here." - to Zakynthos and others about his 'healing room' after naming Crimie

"My heart is so warm." - to Zakynthos and MC during the redecorating

"It's acceptance." - to MC while changing Golden Child's grave to accept his death

"My focus is on the Village and my kids now." - to Evera, MC, and Lua when talking about the history of the area

"Sometimes... I thank Order in my mind for building the battlements. I fear war is always at threat with Ancapistan just over the hill." - to Evera, MC, and Lua when talking about history

"I mean, I'm healing. I think I can open my heart up again one day." - to MC about Order

"After I realised some truths, I've been turning things around." - to MC in order to reassure them

"I accept you as the Leader of the Village." - to Order atop the watchtower

"I'm the Shield of the Village." - to Order after reconciling with her

"I came to you for a sign, but I did not listen to you properly. I ignored what you were truly saying because I was hurting so much, and I didn't want to hurt anymore. So I used your sign as an excuse, and I'm sorry. I believe in you, Friend, I hope you can forgive me for my ignorance." - to Friend when apologising to them

"This is the Village Flag." - to everyone during the village meeting when Kanny had a flag on her shield that wasn't the Village Flag, but Kateis did have the flag on his shield

"Be careful. I don't want you getting hurt." - to Evera about L

"Why would he kill a child?!" - to Evera after hearing about L killing Melite

"If you need a safe place to stay, you can always come here." - to Evera

"I know you're just my child, I know you're just my kid. But why is it you who lives? Why do the others perish and you thrive? What do you have that they don't...?" - to Leather Boy after losing Crimie

"I'm so sorry if something happens, but I promise, I promise it's safe, I promise it's safe, I promise this time it will be safe, it will be safe...!" - to Oliver after finding him in his boat

"And you will be safe... in a- in a loving home, and you won't be abandoned again, okay? You won't be abandoned, okay?" - to Oliver

"You can smell it on me, can't you? You can tell I'm piglin, right? The kids always do..." - to Oliver

"I'll protect you. And you'll have a home. And you'll have a father. I'll protect you." - to Oliver

## Trivia

Fun And Only Trivia Fact: None of Kateis's lore would have been possible without Golden Child disappearing. If the server never glitched him out of existence, Kateis would be an entirely different character!