Empress

The Empress is a cunning, deceitful character, who uses her accumulated wealth and many underlings to keep Nyakuza Metro under her complete control by any means possible.

The Empress appears to be a cat, although exact breed is unknown, But she looks very much like a siamese. She seems to be unnaturally tall in comparison to other Metro Cats, as well as sporting black and grey fur and a slick of white hair between her two large ears. Her scleras are neon yellow, with the left eye sporting a blue iris. The left side of her face has a lightning-shaped scar across it, spanning the top and bottom of the eye. There is a scar along the left side of her neck and has an X-shaped scar on the back of her right hand-paw. From her torso region to her ankles, her body is light grey with darker gray accents on her paws and face, resembling that of a siamese cat. She sports a long, kinked tail, further suggesting she's no stranger to cat fights.

She wears a black, fur-lined coat that ends in a deep red. A golden three-toed cat's paw image is on the back of the coat, alongside other various golden decals. She wears 3 rings on each of her hands and has two long, frayed whiskers on each side of her face. Beneath her coat is what seems to be three golden necklaces.

As the major antagonist of the chapter, The Empress is often seen belittling Hat Kid and exploiting her need for Time Pieces to add to her own collection. She also generally makes things harder for the player rather than assist them in collecting Time Pieces, often letting them go about their business collecting them before sending some of her gang members to take away the Time Piece.

She is almost always found behind the desk in her personal shop "Le Félin", where she stores away her millions and works her crime ring out of. It is here that she instructs Hat Kid on where to go for the next Time Piece. It also serves as the location where the player is placed after they collect any new Time Piece, as the Empress pays out for the new addition and instructs them to the next Time Piece's location. If Hat Kid attacks The Empress, she will scratch Hat Kid leaving her dead. She still kills you even if you manage to escape, such as by using the Time Stop Hat, and will kill you even if you have 9 health using Assist Mode and a combo meal.