Is Katherine romance mandatory?

[LazyConfy]

I've avoided her, didn't find her interesting, just very ♥♥♥♥♥♥, she is a good allied, but i don't care about her as a character. But in the end of the game, at the end of the siege, she throws herself at Henry and Henry reciprocates, then sex scene.

Is this a bug or is she mandatory? I don't get it. I've not romanced anyone else, i've never choose a romantic option with her, i've avoided talking to her, all the conversations were as brief as possible, but still she is now in a full romance with Henry.

Is this because i've completed the murder mystery side quest? Or because i've said "hi" during the siege? I don't care about her or her pancake nipples.

[ProfessorSpanky]

Agreed, I too did not 'romance' her yet she's throwing herself all over Henry; did not speak to her unless I had to, found her dull so made no efforts at pursuit. I believe some part of it is finding her stalker when you are in the army camp, on my 2nd run I didn't bother with that quest (didn't even pick it up) and I did not have to become involved with her at the end, so maybe that's where the game thinks you/Henry is interested??

[Tenchuu Khan]

At the end of the game, you get a dialogue option that has the romance option.

On top of that, you can't romance her afaic unless you did all of her side quests.

In my first run I didn't do the serial killer questline and even though I did everything else "perfectly" she didn't bang me on the battlements.

[Bad Brad]

Not mandatory at all. I ignored the old bath wench's advances because I didn't want to catch something

[Tenchuu Khan]

Tried it out, there's another thread about it:

At the end of the game when you optionally say goodbye to her you have 3 options:
Either ignore Zizka and then say goodbye to her
Talk to Zizka and don't say goodbye to her
Ignore both

If you did all of her quests and you talk to Zizka and then to her, you get screwed ;)

[Dansoprazole]

Originally posted by LazyConfy:

I've avoided her, didn't find her interesting, just very ♥♥♥♥♥♥, she is a good allied, but i don't care about her as a character. But in the end of the game, at the end of the siege, she throws herself at Henry and Henry reciprocates, then sex scene.

Is this a bug or is she mandatory? I don't get it. I've not romanced anyone else, i've never choose a romantic option with her, i've avoided talking to her, all the conversations were as brief as possible, but still she is now in a full romance with Henry.

Is this because i've completed the murder mystery side quest? Or because i've said "hi" during the siege? I don't care about her or her pancake nipples.

No, it isn’t mandatory.

Romancing Katherine locks you out of the secret (and rather forced) Theresa ending. To avoid this, you can’t select the heart option when you say goodbye to her. You might be able to go straight into your mission without saying goodbye, which would guarantee she doesn’t spend the night with you.

That said, she is the most natural romance option given the way the game plays out. Even Ziska approves of them, and she’s been sleeping in his room the entire game.

My prediction is that those whose Henry chose Theresa can’t play the third game, which will involve Henry continuing his adventures with Ziska, and Katherine will likely be along for the ride. They could reintroduce Rosa to those who pine for the redhead, but the Theresa ending implies Henry went back to Sasau instead of fighting in the Hussite Wars.

[Galactic-Tactics]

Can't sleep with Katherine if you sleep with Hans ^_~

[Vezner]

Originally posted by LazyConfy:

I've avoided her, didn't find her interesting, just very ♥♥♥♥♥♥, she is a good allied, but i don't care about her as a character. But in the end of the game, at the end of the siege, she throws herself at Henry and Henry reciprocates, then sex scene.

Is this a bug or is she mandatory? I don't get it. I've not romanced anyone else, i've never choose a romantic option with her, i've avoided talking to her, all the conversations were as brief as possible, but still she is now in a full romance with Henry.

Is this because i've completed the murder mystery side quest? Or because i've said "hi" during the siege? I don't care about her or her pancake nipples.

I find Katherine to be annoying. She has this high and mighty attitude all of the time that makes her hard to even stand. Worst part of the MQ story IMO. Now Klara, on the other hand, was the best romance option but that got cut short in the story. Ugh.

[Vertical Mouse]

Originally posted by LazyConfy:

[...] pancake nipples.

[Bad Brad]

I banged her but didn't call her afterwards.

[duncanjmcintyre]

Originally posted by Bad Brad:

I banged her but didn't call her afterwards.

Did you get a 'pizzle preserver' potion from the old herb lady afterwards?

Don't want the 'old man' rotting away!

[Das_Noobi]

Originally posted by Bad Brad:

I banged her but didn't call her afterwards.

like any soldier in the field camp, its just a ordinary spy and ♥♥♥♥♥ :) rosa is my favorite :D

[Eisbär]

Not a single romance is mandatory.
I consider her the most attractive romance option by far. I've seen many here call her old. I don't know what age she's supposed to be but I think I'm older. There are young girls who can bring something akin to the experience of an older woman, but not many. I can't judge Katherine's nipples yet as I didn't romance her in my first playthrough. pancake nipples would be a deal breaker.