Every Catherine

Catherine is portrayed as a woman of short stature with an average build and a fair complexion. She has wavy dark blonde hair that reaches her upper back, and chocolate brown eyes that often gaze sideways.

Her typical attire consists of a floor-length layered ballgown dress. The bottom layer is frilled and white, while the top layer is warm brown with gold trim and floral embroidery. The dress features a high collar adorned with a brown cravat connected to it, embellished with a shiny gold pendant. Catherine also wears a gold, rounded necklace that depicts the head of a spanner, possibly an award for her career as an inventor. Catherine is typically shown wearing dark gloves.

.although Every Catherine's appearance is identical to Catherine's, with a pale and spectral look to her. She appears completely gray with a mournful expression on her face, and her eyes appear pupil-less and perpetually tearful. She has pointed, clawed fingers, and longer hair that reaches to her waist. Her silhouette appears indefinite, with her hair and dress ending in ghostly shreds.

Every Catherine is a variation of Catherine who has been thrown into utter despair by the knowledge of Mirror Worlds, overwhelmed by grief over her actions seemingly bringing nothing but tragedy to the one she loves, whose pain she feels as hers. She is frequently thrown into outbursts of wailing and crying, and manifests a profound hatred towards all other Catherines, whom she seeks to kill to remove the sources of unhappiness in Heathcliff's life. She is single-minded in her goal, refusing to hear out her alternate self's reasons and not stopping even when faced with her loved one from the Mirror World of the main story.

Every Catherine was first encountered by Catherine through the Mirror given to her by Nelly. Having met the Catherine of the main story, Every Catherine supported her suicidal mindset by telling Catherine that in no Mirror World she and Heathcliff are able to find happiness, with Catherine instead always being the cause of Heathcliff's sorrow. Having successfully convinced her, she suggests Catherine invite her to her world to allow Every Catherine to kill her, to which Catherine agreed to. Every Catherine's presence, already strong thanks to the underground River beneath the manor, grew further at this point, with Catherine's diary entries beginning to use plural pronouns, suggesting Every Catherine had already burrowed deep into the original Catherine's identity. These actions led Catherine into her contract with Hermann, and the creation of the laboratory under Wuthering Heights.

During the events of Canto VI, Every Catherine's presence was felt all through Wuthering Heights, being perceived by Heathcliff upon entering the manor, as well as by Dante, who describes it as a "stubborn, lingering gaze", while her Identity slowly began to connect with the world of the main story, growing stronger with each strike of lightning. This was later remarked upon by Heathcliff, who recognized that Wuthering Heights, taken over by Every Catherine, has been pushing him away since the moment he entered the manor, while the diary, which appears to be in control of Catherine, has continued to soothe him.

After the seventh strike, Every Catherine manifested physically by taking over Catherine's body, at which point she joins the fight against Limbus Company to defend Erlking Heathcliff. After the battle, Every Catherine was erased from the Mirror Worlds together with all other Catherines, fading away while reaching out for Erlking Heathcliff.

Catherine was raised in Wuthering Heights. A sheltered child, Catherine often claimed to see ghosts, particularly that of her late mother, much to the Butler Nelly and her brother Hindley's disbelief and annoyance. One day, Catherine's father, Mr. Earnshaw, returned home from a trip to the City with Heathcliff, an orphan he had found alone in the Backstreets. Mr. Earnshaw announced that the boy would be staying with them at Wuthering Heights from that day forward, to the displeasure of Catherine and Hindley. However, her resentment towards Heathcliff was short-lived, as the two soon became friends.

At some point, Mr. Earnshaw passed away, leaving Hindley as heir to the Earnshaw family fortune and estate. Following this, one day, as Catherine and Heathcliff were playing together, Catherine was wounded by the hounds of a neighboring mansion, and taken in by the owners, the Edgar family, to tend to her injured ankle, while Heathcliff, overwhelmed by remorse and feelings of inadequacy in the face of the Edgar family's wealth, fled back to Wuthering Heights. Catherine stayed at the Edgar family home for five weeks, forming close bonds with Linton Edgar and his younger sister, Isabella. Meanwhile, Hindley's abuse towards Heathcliff reached new heights, leading him to order Nelly to neglect Heathcliff's care entirely. As a result, when Catherine returned to the mansion recovered and sought out Heathcliff, she was shocked to find him miserable and unkempt due to neglect. With Heathcliff feeling a deep sense of alienation and jealousy, Catherine's comments on his appearance were misconstrued by him as mockery, prompting him to flee in tears.

This marked the first true fracture of their bond. Hindley's abuse towards Heathcliff and cruel treatment of his sister persisted throughout the two's teenage years, with Hindley frequently locking Heathcliff outdoors as punishment, beating him and disparaging him together with Linton Edgar, and relishing in seeing Catherine's pain over it, as she remained the only member of the household who would defy his orders and try to help him. Even during Linton's visits to Wuthering Heights, Catherine would often inquire about Heathcliff, wishing for her old friend's company, as he would avoid her whenever Linton was around.

In the years, the fracture in their bond led Catherine to believe Heathcliff would one day leave her, something she resigned herself to and began preparing for quite early, deciding to decorate her room with heath flowers as a way to remember him. One day, Catherine confided in Nelly about her intention to marry Linton Edgar, as Linton's affluence, particularly after the departure of his eldest brother, would secure financial and social power for her. When Nelly inquired about Heathcliff, Catherine dismissed the idea of marrying him, fearing it would lead them to destitution. Unbeknownst to Catherine, Heathcliff overheard their conversation from another room. Heartbroken by her words and determined to prove himself worthy of her, Heathcliff resolved to leave Wuthering Heights in pursuit of becoming a man of significance and value. As Catherine continued, expressing her belief that marrying Linton would provide her with the means to support Heathcliff emotionally and financially, Heathcliff had already fled.

Catherine initially clung to the hope of his return, but as time passed she gradually lost faith in his eventual comeback. In a moment of frustration captured in her diary, she confessed to wishing to never see his face again. As time wore on, Catherine's grief over Heathcliff's absence consumed her, causing her to become extremely ill. She refused to eat or rest, with Linton and Nelly's attempts to comfort and coax her back to health proving futile. Catherine's condition worsened to the point the family feared they may need to make arrangements with a mortician prematurely.

Nelly recalled that Catherine's illness came to an end when she received a golden flower from Linton, a gesture that, to Catherine, seemed more self-serving than genuinely meant for her, as it was, while very expensive, not her favorite. However, the true catalyst for Catherine's recovery was Nelly's gift, a mirror given to her by N Corp. Director Hermann. Nelly presented it as a magical mirror capable of reflecting the deepest desires of the viewer's heart.In reality, the mirror revealed alternate realities, countless Mirror Worlds where Catherine began searching for a version of herself and Heathcliff that could be happy together. Upon gazing into the mirror, Catherine witnessed the recurring pattern of their lives ending in misery, and driven by a longing to discover a glimmer of possibility where Heathcliff could find happiness, she became obsessed with the mirror, gazing into it until she would cry tears of blood.

Eventually, Catherine encountered the most desolate and wrathful version of herself: Every Catherine, a Catherine who was Heathcliff's murderer in her Mirror World. Every Catherine, similarly burdened with witnessing Heathcliff's suffering across multiple realities, convinced Catherine that her mere existence was the root of Heathcliff's anguish in every universe, leading her to question if her death could bring happiness to every Heathcliff. Every Catherine confirmed her suspicions, urging Catherine to invite her into this world to carry out the deed, and wipe herself out of existence entirely.The prospect of her own demise marked a profound shift in Catherine's illness. Driven by the unwavering conviction that her sacrifice could bring solace to Heathcliff across the Mirror Worlds, she appeared to be healing, while she fell further under the mirror's influence.

Having been accosted by Hermann of N Corp., Catherine devised a plan to invite Every Catherine into their world. She asked Linton's hand in marriage, which put a considerable wealth at her disposal, and obtained his compliance to her plan; then, leveraging Nelly's connections in the Backstreets, Catherine orchestrated Hindley's downfall, rigging a card game and leading to his financial ruin. When Hindley was forced to put Wuthering Heights up for auction to salvage his finances, Catherine purchased the house.

With the assistance of the Director and her researchers from The Ring, Catherine began a radical transformation of Wuthering Heights. Together, they converted the basement into a laboratory concealed behind the fireplace, while Linton began collaborating with the Ring to procure test subjects from within the Nest. The laboratory's purpose was to facilitate the transfer of consciousness of alternate individuals from the Mirror Worlds, creating perfected Identities. The experiment came at a heavy cost, as each Identity required a 'dough'—a corpse devoid of 'dregs', allowing for the application of any Identity. As payment for her collaboration in the experiment, Hermann requested Catherine allow her researchers to create one such dough.The experiment necessitated the use of two Golden Boughs as energy sources. Linton invested a significant portion of his vast wealth in acquiring one of the Boughs, while Hermann provided the second one, a Bough stolen from the Sinners in Branch D-02: one of the Boughs would be placed on the rooftop to act as a lightning rod and store the electricity, while the second would be placed inside Catherine's coffin to power the summoning. Hermann specified that the lightning, which was tied to Catherine's pain, would activate the Golden Bough atop the rooftop after striking seven times upon her coffin. Upon the seventh strike, Every Catherine would be summoned into the world.

Before beginning the experiment, Catherine wrote her will, outlining her final wishes for Linton, Hindley, and Heathcliff. Catherine designated Linton as the inheritor of Wuthering Heights, and Hindley was given a WARP ticket to begin rehabilitation at the Abyss Trauma Correctional Facility in M Corp. for his gambling, extreme debt, and alcoholism. As for Heathcliff, after the seventh lightning bolt struck during her funeral, he would be bestowed Catherine's Golden Bough.