Non-player character

In Guild Wars, (as well as many role-playing/adventure games) this is an abbreviation for Non-Player Character, and describes any character in the game that is not controlled by a human player.

Strictly speaking, NPCs include both friendly and hostile types, though in practice, players will often use the term "NPC" to refer to friendly NPCs, and the term "Mob" to refer to hostile NPCs, although this is not always the case.

A list of all hostile NPCs can be found in the Bestiary.