Katrina
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| Katrina Ismirasdaughter | |
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| Physical | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 16 |
| Hair Color | Copper |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Political | |
| Affiliation | Carvahall, Roran |
| Other | |
| Film Portrayer | Tamsin Egerton |
Katrina was a villager from Carvahall who was the daughter of Sloan and Ismira, grandaughter of Alden. She joined the Varden and married Roran.
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[edit] Role in Eragon
Katrina was the daughter of Sloan and Ismira, and was betrothed to Roran. Roran is in love with her, and it is mutual, but Roran worries about how he is to provide for her, and marry her. Their relationship was difficult, as Katrina's father, Sloan, was against the idea of marriage between them from the beginning. After Roran's family's house was destroyed by the Ra'zac, he was also in a bad position economically. Nevertheless, Katrina was set on marrying him.
[edit] Role in Eragon
Kartina is introduced when Eragon goes into Sloan's butcher shop to buy meat. Her father adamantly refuses to even touch it, Katrina tries to reason with her father, but he speaks sharply to her, and she tosses her hair and leaves, offended. Roran meets her secretly, and they exchange a kiss. Eragon comments on it, and Roran tells him that he is going to Therinsford to earn enough money so he can provide for a wife. He send Katrina a message later, saying she is the most beautiful woman in the world and he thinks of little anything else.
[edit] Role in Eldest
When the Ra'zac, accompanied by Imperial troops, attacked Carvahall, Roran is worried. Katrina is desperate to be married to him, and tells him that her father Sloan is pushing some suitors at her. Katrina tells Roran that if he does not ask for her hand, she will marry another. Roran is hurt by this, and later, after another soldiers attack, proposes to her, and she accepts.
Later, when it is clear that Carvahall will lose its battle against the soldiers and the Ra'zac, Roran begs Katrina to hide in the Spine along with the rest of the children and some of the women. Katrina objects, because she wants to remain with him, and doesn't want to worry about him and not know if he is all right. They come to an uneasy compromise-Roran will never ask this of her again, and Katrina will go.
On the day the children depart for the Spine, Katrina comes with a bundle on her back, and her father sees her. He grabs her, and demands an answer to why she thinks she is going into the Spine. He shakes her, and starts to drag her along the ground in the direction of their house.
Roran hits Sloan, and saves Katrina from his clutches. Sloan dives for her, and she dodges. Sloan angrily demands to know why Roran is interfering, and Roran then reveals their engagement.
Sloan is furious, and forces Katrina to choose between them. Katrina is heartbroken at that demand. She loves her father, and she loves Roran. In her grief, Katrina tears at her hair, but she ends up choosing Roran.
Sloan then disowns her, weeping, and denies her her mother's inheritance. He walks off, obviously heartbroken.
Katrina is comforted by Elain and the village spoke words of comfort, advice, and adonishment to the pair. Katrina is brought into Horst and Elain's house, and Roran is threatened by Elain that is he should not marry and provide for Katrina.
Roran is sent away while Katrina sobs for the loss of her father's love, or so she thinks. Elain comforts her, but it has little affect. She goes to bed early, and then later, when Roran return to the house and goes into his room, Katrina joins him, and they make love before falling asleep in each others arms.
Katrina is awoken when the Ra'zac and the soldiers break into Roran's room, and grab her from Roran. Roran is enraged, and kills every one of the soldiers, but the Ra'zac run off, holding Katrina while she screams for help.
Roran pursues them, but then one of the Ra'zac grabs his arm, breaks it, and pecks at his shoulder, damaging it badly. Roran has no strength to chase after them, and Roran is forced to watch as Katrina disappears.
Some villagers run to the scene, and say they found Byrd, the watchman; dead. They help him up, and they follow the trail to the soldiers camp. One of the soldiers stands up to the Ra'zac, and they kill him. They then take Katrina on their steeds, and Sloan tries to take her, but they double cross him. Sloan had made a deal; him killing Byrd and betraying the village in return for Katrina and her safety. However, the Ra'zac just take him along.
Katrina is takes to Helgrind, and kept captive. She is interrogated, and kept out of the sun, and away from her father. She is pregnant, and eventually finds that she and Roran are going to have a baby, if she doesn't lose the child due to malnurishment.
Roran is determined to save Katrina, but in good concience he cannot leave Carvahall to their fate. So, he convinces the village to leave, and seek safety with the Varden. After a long and hard journy, they make it. After Roran was united with Eragon, the two cousins resolved to rescue her. However, when Eragon scryed her, he and Roran saw her locked up somewhere and they think it is possibly Helgrind.
[edit] Role in Brisingr
In Brisingr, Katrina was rescued from Helgrind by Eragon, Saphira, and Roran, the two Ra'zac and the two Lethrblaka are killed in the rescue. At first, she cannot bear to be in the light, after her long imprisonment in Helgrind, but Eragon tears a part of his tunic and makes a blindfold for her. Katrina is then introduced to Saphira, and becomes the first female human to ride her, albet a pregnant woman.
Roran and Katrina ride on Saphira back to the Varden, and there she meets Nasuada and the rest of the Varden. Nasuada is curious about Katrina as is most of the Varden, as Roran went to such great lengths to save her.
Katrina later reveals to Roran that she was pregnant and she and Roran plan to get married as soon as possible to save her and Roran's honor.
Later, when Roran and Katrina are talking together under the sky, they see the little ship Arya made of grass, and watch it float away.
Since Katrina does not have her mother's inheritance, or her dowry, Nasuada has a light blue dress with a lace train twenty feet long made for Katrina, and gives her a fine dowry, in order to keep Roran loyal to her. Arya asks two doves to fly over Katrina's head, and they drop a circlet of daffodils on her crown of hair before flying off.
They have Eragon marry them, and he gives them two rings as a wedding gift, that will do three things. 1. If they twist the ring once around their finger and say 'Help me, Shadeslayer; help me Brightscales' Eragon and Saphira will hear their call and come to them. 2. If either of them is close to death, it will also alert Eragon and Saphira. 3. As long as the rings are touching their skin, they will always be able to find one another.
Eragon also gives Roran an extra gift, he gives Roran his horse Snowfire. Roran is pleased to have such a fine horse, and thanks Eragon.
Katrina had not yet had the child at the end of Brisingr. but her and Roran had agreed that she would leave the Varden to raise their unborn child elsewhere in Surda. They at first argue, but she states that it is not unlike when he begged her to stay safe in the Spine. Katrina says that she doesn't want to leave him, but that she must if their child is to live. Roran agrees with her, and they dread the day when Katrina must leave.
She became very angry with Nasuada after it is clear that she planned to punish Roran for insubordination. She begs Nasuada to reconsider, but Nasuada is adamant. When Katrina visits Roran, he begs her not to stay and watch, he doesn't want her to see him suffer and in turn, to suffer as well.
After he has been flogged with fifty lashes, enough to kill any man, Roran is mostly healed by Trianna and Angela. When it is revealed that Nasuada allowed this as to send him on another mission, Katrina questions her sanity. Roran tries to placate her, but she shrugs him off and angrily lectures Nasuada.
Nasuada responds with ringing authority, and it is not well matched against Katrina's fury. Katrina does not attempt to be polite to the leader of the Varden, despite the gifts she had given Katrina for her wedding. However, when Nasuada appoints Roran as a commander, seeing his insubordination was justified and knowing he would get himself killed next time if he disobeyed.
Katrina is overjoyed at Roran's success, and seems less angry with Nasuada, but probably is still furious with her. Perhaps she will get even in the fourth book.
[edit] Role in the film
Katrina was played by Tamsin Egerton in the Eragon movie, but was entirely cut from the movie later on. Though she was featured in two deleted scenes on the DVD, one where she distracted Sloan and gave Eragon meat as she pretended to chase him out of the store, and the other where she leaves Carvahall with Roran. In the deleted scenes, it appears that Eragon has something of a crush on her. It is unlikely that she will appear in any subsequent films, especially because the Ra'zac, her captors in the books, were apparently killed in the film.
[edit] Description
Katrina was a tall, slender girl, of approximately 16, with long copper hair, smooth white skin, and a pretty face. She was considered to be very attractive, with strong boned, and a certain force of gaze and bearing that made Nasuada think Roran had been the one captured. Katrina is also known for her stance, and courage. She faced the entire Varden upon meeting them without a flinch.
It is said that all the Varden had eyes for Katrina including the dwarves. They later recounted tales of Katrina's charms to their comrades-in-arms before the night was out.
