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“ Ooh... Mistress... I, Josephine, knew that you would one day return to our side. ”
Josephine is the Chief Butler of Wuthering Heights and is a minor antagonist in Canto VI: The Heartbreaking.
Appearance[]
Josephine has the appearance of an old woman with long, knotted black hair pushed out of her face with long strands of gray hair throughout and wears a monocle on her right eye. She wears a brown suit customary of Wuthering Heights Butlers, with a ribbon around her neck and large house crest on her left lapel. On her left arm, she carries a white cloth.
Personality[]
Josephine is an erratic woman who frequently falls into fits of what seems to be madness, ranting about the late lady of the house as if she were still present. Despite this, she is fiercely loyal and looks down upon those around her, talking down to Nelly and frequently outwardly disagreeing with the current state of the manor, seeing it as a former shadow of itself.
Background[]
At some point in her life, Josephine was hired by Mrs. Earnshaw to work as her primary Butler. Following the point of the the mistress' death, she would remain in service to the estate, though consistently believing herself to be hearing the voice of the late lady.
Through Catherine's journal, it would be known that Josephine knew of the fact of Wuthering Heights being built upon an ancient river- something that the contractors believed should not have been done. Because of this, both Cathy and Josephine believed to see the deceased lady's ghosts in the halls.
Story[]
Josephine would be present for the reading of Catherine's will, lamenting to the deceased lady over the state of the manor, thinking of it as rotting and decayed. Nelly would tell the Sinners that she is not worth paying any mind, and after a short refutation from the Chief Butler, she would idly stand by during the will reading.
Following the first strike of lightning, she would be transported along with several butlers to a corridor within the manor, the same that Hindley, Dead Rabbits Syndicate members, and the Sinners would be sent to. Thinking of Hindley as the cause for this, she began to plan his death, which is interrupted by the Sinners fighting Josephine and her Butlers. Following their defeat, the housekeepers would retreat into the manor.
Later, during the confrontation with Erlking Heathcliff in the heart of the manor's basement, Josephine would arrive in the midst of the situation, panicking. During her stressing, she would be impaled by Erlking Heathcliff, who would bring her into his Wild Hunt.
Trivia[]
- Josephine is based on Joseph from Wuthering Heights. Josephine's dialogue uses the older English pronoun "ye" and truncates "of" as "o'"; this is presumably intended to reflect Joseph's Yorkshire dialect in Wuthering Heights.
- The Echoes of The Manor debuff inflicted by Wuthering Heights Chief Butler Outis and Wuthering Heights Butler Faust references Josephine's supposed ability to hear the voice of the former lady, Mrs. Earnshaw.
- The "ancient river" mentioned to have been known by Josephine may be a reference to the river mentioned in Lobotomy Corporation, one of the supposed sources of Abnormalities. Both are said to be buried within the world and are considered dangerous due to their possible supernatural effects.
- Josephine was in a very intimate relationship with Mrs. Earnshaw. Mr. Earnshaw liked to watch.
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