Thear is a dwarf of quixotic nature who
loves the fun and danger of stealing by
night, from the rooftops. She is short and
bearded (female dwarves are almost all
bearded, though many shave). Thear finds
her appearance a useful disguise; with an
axe and mailshirt, no one suspects that she
is a thief, and few will reach a rooftop to
snitch shirt or axe while she?s in the build-
ing beneath, acquiring wealth (gold is her
favorite loot). Thear is good, resists greedy
impulses to over-indulge at her thievery,
and likes to pick on visitors to the City (such
as adventurers). If caught, she might offer
to train a thief of lesser skills for free to
make amends, but will otherwise have nothing
to do with player characters, except to
rob them whenever they bring home lots of
gold. She has an uncanny ability to sense
(90% of the time) when mechanical traps
are present, even when actually finding or
removing them is beyond her skills, and will
leave guarded treasure alone, to seek easier
loot elsewhere. Thear will prove an elusive
foe if chased, doubling back over sewers
and rooftops until she can don mailshirt and
axe and become a ?typical male? dwarf
drinking in a busy tavern. She has seen Ilph
(q.v.) from afar on the rooftops, but avoids
him.