This started when my best friend told me I needed to draw kitten version of my Khajiit thief in Skyrim, Mrrsizha. Somehow it turned into this.

So, from left-to-right: Mrrsizha as a little kitten. She's far too bouncy and excitable to be a very good thief yet, but she is adorable enough to distract you while her parents clean your pockets out.

Teenaged Mrrsizha, probably about fourteen or so--she still lives with her caravan by this point, but for some reason she always seems to acquire a bunch of shiny, expensive things whenever they camp near cities...

Adult Mrrsizha, finally broken out of the merchant caravan life and a fully-fledged thief in her own right. Got out into the world, earned her scars in a bar-fight, joined and started leading the Thieves' Guild...all in all, life is good and all your shinies are belong to her.