The Cat

The Cat is a Human Body fighter at Tier 3. He is a non-player character.

the Cat (artist's rendering).

## Background

Little is known about the Cat's background, other than that he, his brother Arrick, and his sister Belle grew up as orphans. At some point, they came to Tier 3, seeking a steady living and an escape from the city streets.

## Tier 3

The Cat is a Body fighter, but he was intimidated by his fellow Body fighters, who were larger and older, leading to him quietly spending most of his time with Arrick and Belle, both his siblings and now his teammates. His teammates The three rose in status despite their young age, as they were quick on their feet and good at thinking outside the box. He first encountered the party during an Objective game in which his team were their primary opponents. He grabbed the objective, a golden ring, from atop its pedestal shortly before River could reach it, and he managed to see through her Minor Illusion later on when she attempted to convince him she had tossed the ring into the brush.

The Cat was present at Tier 3 when the bomb threat was announced, and he and his siblings quickly became involved in trying to solve Rico's trail of clues. He skipped the Farewell Ball in order to continue working on this task.

Arrick, Belle, and the Cat entered a tentative alliance with the party to solve the bomb puzzle, but after Bingle swiped Arrick's journal due to a lack of mutual trust, they began working separately once more. However, the Cat remained good friends with Kefz, who he had bonded with during their time as investigation partners, and although he likely knew Bingle had stolen the journal despite it being returned anonymously, he never informed his siblings of his suspicions.

The teams worked separately from then on, and the Cat and his siblings were not present when the riddle was solved. However, due to their work up to that point, Rico considered them to be good potential candidates for apprenticeship, and abducted them as well.

## Rico's Labyrinth

The Cat and his siblings participated in Rico's labyrinth, making good time in the earlier mental challenges but losing time in the physical and spiritual ones. It is not known how the Cat fared during his time in the Labyrinth.

Due to Io's transmission delaying the party, Arrick, Belle, and the Cat arrived in the Minotaur Room first, but struggled defeating the monster. In an effort to kill the Minotaur, the Cat scaled its back and attempted to grab it by the horns: it is not clear if he acted autonomously or on his siblings' directions. However, he was not able to keep his grip, and he ended up falling to the ground, where the Minotaur struck him with its axe.

The Cat appears to be dead. It is possible he might have been revived in the same way Rico saved Bingle when Bingle was attacked by the Centipede, but Bingle was not yet dead when River and Kefz were given the option to bargain for his life, whereas the Cat is assumed to have died instantly, a much more costly and difficult process to reverse. The Cat's last conscious action was to flash the party a knowing smile as his grip failed.

## Personality

The Cat comes off as strange, speaking only in the third person and often only saying short sentence fragments or rhyming statements. His voice is soft and high, like a bell. He is insightful and curious.

Belle has a tendency to speak for him.

## Appearance

The Cat has a messy thatch of medium-length dark hair, blue eyes flecked with brown, and fair, slightly sallow skin. He is tiny and wiry in stature. He wears his lightweight blue Tier 3 armor, although he has augmented it for a greater range of movement.

The Cat is most likely between ten and twelve years old.