Caterina Dellamorte

“There is no place for emotion in killing. It's sloppy. File it down. Make it useful.”

Caterina Dellamorte
Title	First Talon
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Class	Rogue
Specialization	Assassin
Affiliation	Antivan Crows
Family	Lucanis Dellamorte (grandson) Illario Dellamorte (grandson)
Appearances	Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Caterina Dellamorte is the First Talon of the Antivan Crows.

Background

Caterina took an active part in the training of her grandsons Lucanis and Illario as Antivan Crows. Their training was hard; Lucanis remembers being hit with her cane for making mistakes or spending days without food or water. Lucanis hated her for years but has since come to realize that cruelty was her way of ensuring his survival as a Crow. Lucanis is said to be Caterina's favorite, and the one she intends to name as her heir.

Andarateia Cantori is fond of Caterina, seeing her as the mother she never had, and calls her "Nonna."

Involvement

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This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights.

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The plot follows BioWare's own canon, meaning it may not follow some of the player's choices in the games.

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Eight Little Talons

Caterina, as First Talon of the Crows, calls for an extraordinary meeting of all Eight Talons to discuss ways to defend against the potential Qunari invasion. At their retreat, several Talons are murdered in quick succession—Lera Valisti, Giuli Arainai, and Dante Balazar. After Andarateia Cantori foils an assassination attempt on Viago De Riva, they expose Emil Kortez as the murderer. He reveals that the Qunari approached him to eliminate the other Talons as a prelude to peaceful invasion, believing them when they said Antiva wouldn't be forced to submit to the Qun. The four remaining Talons kill Kortez for his betrayal; Viago believes that Caterina will destroy House Kortez as well. Caterina, Viago and Teia then spend another three days formulating a plan of defense against the Qunari invasion.

Notes

• In Short Story: The Wake, her name is spelled Catarina.

Trivia

• By 9:44-9:45 Dragon, Caterina is described as well in her seventies with silver-white hair.