However, disaster struck a few years later. Rhemis' wife caught a devastating disease, and died a few weeks later. Catherine, only five at the time, was heartbrokened, realizing that her mother would never come back to sing, feed, or play with her anymore. When her mother passed away, Catherine learned the importance of life, and vowed a life of priesthood. When the family relocated to Stormwind, she turned her attention to the Cathedral of Light, and found herself being able to manipulate the light as if she was an expert.