They allowed him to bring the sum of his skills to bear...or maybe *cat*, on his foes. - Gerolt

Palico

Summon your Palico minion. Very punny.

Hailing from a land so distant it does not appear on any map, this catlike hunter has traveled to far eastern Othard in pursuit of his quarry─the fire-breathing Rathalos. How he came to fight by your side is a story better told over a roast leg of wyvern.