Katarina von Ehrenfeld

"A glory-hound cryptid hunter who desires above all else to find a worthy opponent"

Katarina von Ehrenfeld is a wealthy Russian-German aristocrat born into a long lineage of hunting enthusiasts. Her ancestor, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, amassed a fortune in distilleries and sugar refineries. His wealth funded extensive global expeditions to hunt big game across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. This passion soon became a strict family tradition, with every subsequent generation training their heirs in the art of the hunt, regardless of gender.
Following the political turmoil of 1917, the family was forced to abandon their Russian estate. They migrated first to Germany before eventually purchasing the private Caribbean island of Cayo Culebrón in the 1920s. Over the decades, the family pivoted their enterprise into the arms industry, particularly during the onset of World War II. By the time Katarina inherited the estate in the 1950s, the von Ehrenfelds had successfully restored their wealth and influence, even operating their own rum distillery on the island.

Beneath her public persona, Katarina hides a much darker obsession. She is a prestigious member of The Gévaudan Hunting Club, a secret society dedicated to tracking down cryptids for profit, prestige, or the sheer adrenaline rush. Katarina falls entirely into the latter category. Deeply bored by the mundane predictability of hunting ordinary apex predators, she was completely reinvigorated upon discovering a hidden world of far more lethal, supernatural prey.
She has since transformed Cayo Culebran into her private hunting reserve. Every few years, Katarina hosts highly exclusive events on the island, releasing abducted (or occasionally, voluntarily hired) cryptids into the jungle...

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TIME: August 21, 1986, ~9:30 PM
LOCATION: Cayo Culebran Island, near Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea
CRYPTID: British Big Cats (Katarina side), Unknown (prey)
STATUS: Classified
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Intro I The grand hunt is only a few days away, and Katarina dedicates nearly every waking hour to preparing Cayo Culebrón for the event. Yet, taking down a rare cryptid is only half the thrill. Before the spectacle begins, sh