Ailsa Tuwish

Ailsa's childhood was split between two worlds that never quite merged—her mother's people taught her to read the land like a language, to move through scrubland and canyon with the patience of stone, while her vaquero father's side gave her horses, rope work, and the hard knowledge that survival meant being indispensable to those with power. The mountain lion scar on her jaw came not from recklessness but from a deliberate choice at nineteen: she tracked the beast alone to prove something to herself about fear, and the beast left her marked but alive, a truth she wears like a credential. Years of contract tracking have made her wealthy enough to refuse work, and she keeps meticulous count of the jobs she's declined—not out of morality exactly, but out of a tracker's need for precision, for knowing the exact weight of her own compromises. When the Alcalde hired her publicly to hunt Habil Loba, she accepted because the pay was substantial and because she'd never refused a puzzle, but what she found in the dust outside La Oveja Negra shattered her understanding of the hunt itself: wolf prints that belonged to no wolf, overlaid with a woman's careful footsteps, and the unmistakable signature of someone walking in two skins at once. The wolf is not a mask in her traditions—it is a guardian that chooses, not something that can be worn like a vaquero's hat—and Ailsa now finds herself tracking not a criminal but a mystery that might require her to choose between the law that hired her and a spiritual truth her people have protected for generations. For the first time in her career, the hunter realizes she may have to decide not just what she will kill, but what she will protect.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

18, modifier +4

Constitution

16, modifier +3

Intelligence

12, modifier +1

Wisdom

16, modifier +3

Charisma

10, modifier +0

Quick Shot

Ailsa can make a ranged attack with her short bow as a bonus action, dealing 1d8+4 piercing damage.

Dual Track

Ailsa can track two targets simultaneously, gaining advantage on checks against both for 1 minute.

Hunter's Mark

As a bonus action, Ailsa marks a target, dealing an extra 1d6 damage on her attacks against it for 1 hour.

Silent Approach

Ailsa can move stealthily at full speed, making no noise for 1 minute, requiring concentration.

Tracker's Instinct

Ailsa has advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track creatures.

Spirit Sense

Ailsa can sense the presence of supernatural beings within 60 feet.

strength

+5

dexterity

+7

constitution

+6

intelligence

+4

wisdom

+6

charisma

+3

Poison

Psychic