"Well, Felix Jaeger, pleased as I am to make your acquaintance, I would appreciate it if you could hurry up and remove these chains from my arms."
"What's Tilea like? Beautiful. Rugged. Poor. Wealthy nobles, ancient city states. Corrupt. There are many prejudices, many superstitions. There are many wars. Our men become mercenaries and bandits and seafarers..."
- —Katja Murillo to Felix Jaeger[1]
Katja Murillo is a Tilean witch who disguised herself as a sea captain from the city-state of Tobaro. She's the leader of the ship called the Golden Gull.[1]
Tall, with raven-black, curly hair that extends over her shoulders, and with a deep, hoarse voice, she pretends to be the daughter of the pirate Redhand but is actually his wife and a witch. She uses Gotrek and Felix to acquire a certain gem called the Heart of Fire.[1]
When asked, she speaks with candid affection about her parents, sayingher mother was just a simple Tilean farmer's daughter and her father lived like a prince and was generous when he often returned to their village, and her relatives were always pleased to see them.[1]
The last time Katja saw her husband he was departing for the sea ten years before, to find new sailors for his crew. He mentioned that there was something that lived in some strange ruins around the Coast of Araby, a monster that guarded a magical gem as big as a fist. It was too powerful to be overcome by his crew. After Redhand's departure, Katja never heard from him again. But this has not prevented her from trying to accomplish what her husband left unfinished.[1]
After being freed from Uragh Goldtusk's Orc pirate ship by Felix Jaeger and Gotrek Gurnisson, she deceived them into helping her recover Red Hand's treasure.[1]
Once on the island where she knew she would find the Lizardmen temple where the Heart of Fire was kept, she stole it from an Elemental of Fire bound by the Old Ones to guard the gem, leaving the two adventurers and their crew to deal with the perils of the collapsing temple.[1]
Notes[]
- Note 1: Redhand's Daughter short story by William King is quoted by Graham McNeill in the novel Lords of the Lance as the phrase “beautiful, rugged and poor” is referenced by Sir Bastien a former knight errant who tells to have read it in a book, before 2276 IC.