Jana Cleaver

Jana Cleaver is Katja's mother, mentioned in the first episode only as "Mom" and not yet named 7M E1·02:07:23. Katja's father Karl tells her that if Mom was in the picture, someone would have been there to get Katja to graduation and get everyone done up 7M E1·02:07:23.

Jana Cleaver is Katja's mother. Karl mentions "Mom" when Katja's graduation comes up 7M E1·02:07:23. Katja later finds a small framed portrait of a Half-Orc woman in a drawer of her father's desk, 7M E2·01:23:50. Rekha later calls it "that picture of her mom" 7M E2·01:55:52. At the masquerade Michel addresses Katja as "Jana?" and she answers "Yes." 7M E6·02:33:00 7M E6·02:33:05.

At the ball Jana appears as a masked figure in a tuxedo and swallowtail coat who walks up to the dais next to Tectonya and slashes her with a greatsword 7M E7·00:31:04 7M E7·00:31:17. She wears a silver mask and has her hair up in a bun, and she meets Katja's eyes with a look of recognition 7M E7·00:51:43. Brennan describes Katja as having just discovered that her mother may be at the masquerade 7M E7·00:03:07. She stabs Tectonya, and Brennan says the Superintendent is dead 7M E7·01:26:44. Brennan calls her Katja Cleaver's mom, Jana 7M E8·00:01:38. Her first line to her airborne daughter is "I'm at work" 7M E8·00:19:52.

In the next episode she takes out a crystal palimpsest to trap Tectonya and makes an attack of opportunity on Danielle for 15 7M E8·00:09:10 7M E8·00:11:36. After 99 damage she is left with 8 hit points, and Katja sends her over the edge; she dies from the fall 7M E8·00:29:52 7M E8·00:31:22. Later her soul appears in the Abyss behind Karl, and Gelgador traps it in a gem 7M E8·02:12:00. In a vision she is dead on an abattoir table 7M E9·01:48:37.