Katie Aalto

Katie Aalto (カティ・アールト, Kati āruto) is one of the main characters in Reign of the Seven Spellblades who attends Kimberly Magic Academy. There, she met Oliver, Nanao, Chela, Guy, and Pete, having since formed a strong bond of friendship with them.

Background
Katie was born and raised in the northern nation of Farnland. Her parents were once self-proclaimed "devout Utopians" in their youth, and according to Oliver, are quite infamous even among the civil rights movement. Kate's parents put a lot of effort into researching a reality where creatures like demi-humans and magifauna could live in harmony.

However, their stance changed once Katie's mother got pregnant with her. Wanting their child to grow up healthy, they narrowed their civil rights beliefs down to the protection of demi-humans, and thus, Katie grew up with meat on the dinner table like other families.

Katie grew up around a lot of creatures at her childhood home. Dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, large magical beasts, and even demi-humans. She was closest with a troll named Patro. Patro had been her protector since she was small. When she would cry, he would put her on his shoulder and take her for walks to calm her down. On nights when she couldn't sleep, he would sing her lullabies until she finally drifted off. While reminiscing with Oliver, Katie describes a troll's singing voice as "a flute made from a big seashell".

Appearance
Katie is described as a lovely Farnish girl of relatively short stature. Her most notable features are her hazel-colored eyes and her soft curly hazel brown hair.

Katie wears the Kimberly girls uniform; consisting of a tiffany blue collared shirt with black trim, silver buttons, and a crimson bowtie, coupled with a black skirt with crimson and gold trim. Over this, she wears black robe with ruffled hems, silver trim, and crimson lining, coupled with large leather straps that wraps over her right shoulder and reaches down at her sides which holsters her wand and athame respectively. During her second year, her robes lining, her skirts trim, and her signature bowtie become emerald green.

Personality
Katie is a kind-hearted girl with a strong sense of justice and a love for demi-humans and magifauna, being an adamant supporter of their civil rights.

Due to Katie's sheltered life, she can be quite naive, gullible, and argumentative with others when their beliefs directly oppose hers, mostly regarding demi-human rights. Katie can also be very reckless when her emotions get the better of her, willing to risk getting into trouble or throwing herself in danger if it means protecting a demi-human or magifauna from potential harm. However, after sharing a heart-to-heart with Oliver on the matter, she becomes more willing to listen to reason over time and begins learning to view certain things from a more gray perspective.

Katie has shown to possess an unwavering resolve. No matter the hardship, the pain, or the abuse she endures during her time at Kimberly, it only serves to further motivate her into putting her dreams into action and seeing it through to the end.

Since meeting them at Kimberly, Katie has spent a considerable amount of time with her friends and thus has grown to cherish them a great deal. When a friend is in need, if she is unable help them out directly, she will find other ways to show her support. When Pete was captured by Ophelia Salvadori, Katie tearfully begged Kimberly faculty members to help find her missing friend, eventually enlisting the help of former foe-turned mentor Vera Miligan to help guide Oliver, Nanao, and Chela through the labyrinth.

Out of her five friends, Katie appears to be closest to Nanao as the two share a dorm room together, becoming close enough to where Azian girl can confide in Katie about her inner turmoil. Whenever Katie gets hurt or is in any kind of trouble, her friends will spring to action without a moments hesitation. Oliver and Chela will raise a fuss if Katie is injured, both tending to dote on her like parents would a child. However, whenever Katie acts recklessly, they will not hesitate to reprimand her. Although Katie and Guy are constantly at each other's throats, the farm boy has shown to care a great deal about Katie, even rushing in to fight a group of bullies alongside Oliver and Nanao to defend their friend's honor.

It is heavily implied throughout the series that Katie harbors a crush on Oliver, evident from her constant blushing or stammering whenever he interacts with her directly, even kissing him on the cheek as a reward for saving her from Vera Miligan. When the group reunites with Marco in the labyrinth, the troll remembers Oliver and states that Katie "...talk lots..." about him, to which the curly-haired girl gets flustered and tries to silence him. Katie has also shown signs of jealousy when other girls are affectionate with Oliver, such as when his cousin Shannon Sherwood hugged and kissed him in front of the group. Even witnessing the special bond Nanao shares with Oliver seems to bother her a bit. During Year 2, following a Sword Roses meeting regarding sex ed, a curious Katie asks Nanao if she loves Oliver, feeling an ache in her chest as her best friend confirms her attraction to the boy. Despite that, Katie seems to bear no will-ill towards Nanao and still cherishes her.

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