#kataleya

Full Name: Kataleya

Pronouns: She/Her

Fandom: Genshin Impact

Kataleya was born in Fontaine to a Fontainian mother and an Inazuman father. She was their second child, with an older brother, Cedric. They were a happy family when she was young, but unfortunately, their happiness was not to last. When she was fifteen, her mother died from a severe illness. Heartbroken, her father could no longer bear to live in Fontaine, and moved the three of them to Inazuma to be closer to his family. They then became trapped there after the Sakoku Decree took place.

Kata and her family fought with the Resistance during Inazuma's civil war, defending their ancestral homeland and its people from the Vision Hunt Decree. This, too, would prove disastrous for the little family. Her father lost his life protecting his children, holding off the shogunate army so they could escape. After the loss of their father, her brother Cedric would accept a Delusion from the Fatui in order to protect his little sister, draining his life force in the process. Kata wouldn't find out until it was too late and the damage was already done. She begged him to stop using it, but he lied when he promised her he would - he couldn't risk losing her, too.

She has a cryo vision with the ability to heal. This, too, she gained in a painful way - her brother took a hit for her during a fight, resulting in a mortal wound. As she cradled his bleeding body in the middle of the battlefield, desperately trying to keep him alive, she was bestowed a vision in her hour of need. As a result of the miracle, she not only kept him alive, but healed him as good as new - the wound that should have killed him not so much as leaving a scar. No one else would die fighting for the Resistance as long as she was present.

Unfortunately, there was one thing that she couldn't heal… time itself. They won the war, but she lost the one thing she had left shortly afterwards, as her rapidly-aging brother passed away as a result of using the Delusion.

Distraught and desperate for a way out, she did the very thing her father had done years ago - she buried her family and fled the country as soon as the Sakoku Decree was lifted, returning to Fontaine lost and alone.

She did some odd jobs to keep herself alive for a short time before stumbling across Lyney and Lynette's magic show. She was immediately smitten with the magician, and drew the two of them in her sketchbook during the performance. After the show, she approached Lyney with her art, asking if they needed someone to do marketing for them. He hired her on the spot - much to the displeasure of Lynette, who wasn't consulted. She made art of the magicians, designing posters and fliers advertising for them, and their shows became more popular than ever before. She soon worked her way up, helping with prop design, and eventually she would become their prop manager, working tirelessly from the sidelines to ensure everything runs smoothly and safely.

In the meantime, she slowly won Lynette over with her bright personality and the way she cared for both the magicians and the set - as well as the abundance of tea and snacks she provided. She would also win over Freminet in a similar fashion, often joining him in the audience while the twins practiced their magic.

Several months of ceaseless flirting later, Lyney would finally make a move and ask her out, in part because Lynette talked him into it after growing tired of hearing him talk about Kata all the time. They made the perfect pair, but there was one slight problem… Kataleya didn't know that Lyney was part of the Fatui. The truth came out during the trial after the disastrous performance, shocking her to her core. It took him quite some time (and several comedic attempts at apologizing) to earn her trust back, but eventually, she was convinced that not all of the Fatui were bad people. She's still wary of Arlecchino and the other Harbingers, but she trusts Lyney and his siblings with her life.