This indicates that above all else, he will not win the heart of rosy-cheeked eighteen-year-old Katrina. Plus, Ichabod is a pretty smart guy and he knows that marrying Katrina means he'll receive a piece of Van Tassel's vast fortune. In fact, the whole town knew that Katrina was "universally famous, not only for her beauty, but also for her vast expectations" (quote). Irving points out that Ichabod and Katrina couldn't be more different on the outside. On the other hand, Brom Bones, another man fighting for Katrina's love, is "broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short, curly black hair and a bluff, but not unpleasant, face with a look mixed with amusement and arrogance. Due to his herculean figure and great powers in his limbs, he had received the nickname "Brom Bones" (quote). Making these two men so different in stature, as well as fighting over the same woman, adds to the central storyline of the war against Katrina Van Tassel. The plot of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is primarily about battle; one for the heart of Katrina Van Tassel and one deeply rooted in the history of Sleepy