Doctor Katherine "Kate" Corrigan is the current liaison to the enhanced talent agents of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Kate is a normal, human member of the B.P.R.D. who was initially hired on for her expertise in scholarly knowledge of folklore and the occult. Through her tenure in the series, she has gradually became almost exclusively involved in the practicalities of running the Bureau. First appearing in The Wolves of Saint August, Kate was present in a number of the early Hellboy (series) comics, and is featured as a main character in B.P.R.D..