Snarsht, the head of the Beastmasters Guild, is the reason there are cats. He is also the reason there are no bells in Chaos; for he chases them. He does not get along entirely well with Dworkin who is a more fishy person.

Snarsht changes size quite radically - from small kitty-cat to nuclear-carrier-scale cat - but generally tends to stay felinoid. Even his larger forms tend to fit in smaller spaces than they should, although there is an aircraft-carrier scaled pace in Thelbane. (He has been known to use a lizard form during an attempted coup at the Beastmasters Guild.) Snarsht has acknowledged a vague ancestral relationship with the Sha’um and the Morganti Kittens. It is believed that Snarsht founded the Healers Guild so that he would have fewer demands on his time; the re-formed Healers Guild is under his tutelage.

In the past, Snarsht has kept Tir na nog’th from fading out while the moon was blocked by cloud (the PC theory is that Tir was afraid of upsetting Snarsht). After getting bored playing with Hillbilly Dworkin (locked inside a Fringe Power crystal with bells attached), he buried him between Shadows for later playing. (At Shiryu’s insistence, Hillbilly Dworkin was moved onto a promontory before the Shadow Purge.)

Snarsht’s rivalry with Rainbow is legendary and long-lasting, and he is believed to be responsible for the Fudgesicles and the incidents surrounding them. Rainbow and Snarsht have recently buried the hatchet (with Rainbow conceding defeat) for the good of Chaos and the multiverse.

After the Shadow Purge, Snarsht, all but one member of the Beastmasters Guild, and the Healers Guild are all missing, presumed misplaced, probably in the same place, wherever that might be.