Pocketcat

Pocketcat is an NPC and vendor in Fear & Hunger.

Location & Behavior
The Pocketcat can be found in the cavern next to some crates and barrels. The first time they speak to the player, they will ask the player about their experiences in the dungeon and aspects of light and dark. They explain that they are a merchant, but that they accept human children as currency instead of using silver coins.

Second time he'll appear in the Village of cave dwellers. Before the deal he will ask if you want to chat a little (you can refuse) and, depending on the answers, the player would get a status with an eye icon: happy or depressed. What it affects is unknown.

Later on, after defeating the Nameless Figurine, he will appear outside the entrance to the Golden Temple after entering through the area if you have the Little Girl with you. He will ask you to hand her over to him. You can relent and hand her over and it'll be the last time you will see of Pocketcat and the Little Girl. After that, as you leave and enter the map again, there would be a catnip rolled into decorative candy wrappings in place of the Pocketcat. If you refuse, he will become angry, mutating into a larger form, saying that you barely know the girl and that you are denying him this one little 'pleasure', asking again to hand over the girl. Refuse him again will force Pocketcat relent, asking his master, Rher, on what to do. After that, he'll go on a rant about how heartbroken he is towards you and eventually leaves for good.

Trading
The player can bring a child (Girl or Demon kid) to the Pocket Cat and trade them in exchange for one of three valuable items: The Pocketcat thanks the player for trading with them and tells them that they'd like more human children, but will not offer to trade again if another child is brought to them.

Lore
"A servant of the trickster god – the Moon. His motivations lie in the path laid out by the older god. Unfortunately even we don’t understand his mysterious ways… - New Gods, about Pocketcat" Pocketcat is a minor influence compared to the influence of Gro-goroth's mages, Sylvian's marriages & sex cults, and All-mer's enormous following, but he's unique in that he's an actual creature spawned by his older god, rather than an adherent. Being a creation of a trickster god, his purpose and origin aren't detailed, and there's not much information about the Moon God either. "Trickster god, also known as the Moon god. He is one of the last older gods to still observe mankind. He is a jealous kind. He would not share the godhood and the world order with humans and the new gods. He has many ploys to diminish our influence. -new gods, about Moon/the trickster god"Children are used in the game as sacrifices, and in the Girl's case, vessels in the greater scheme of things. It's possible that Pocketcat eats and buys children as a way of subverting the power of other gods by keeping them from being used for other religious purposes.

Trivia

 * Pocketcat seems to be a general reference to the many-children eating boogeyman present in children's stories to make them behave better, albeit a much more grotesque version of said boogeyman
 * Pocketcat begins to scratch his crotch when he is traded the Girl.