List of F.U.R. characters

This article is a list of characters who appeared in the F.U.R. franchise.

Maya
One of the two lead protagonists of the series. She is an anthropomorphic raccoon who aspired to be a dancer until an unfortunate incident ended her career before it could begin, thus she would steal in order to live. Luckily, she turns out to be the ideal partner for Reggie's investigation.

To be more specific, she had trained at the only interspecies dance academy where she had eventually gotten a spot in a staged performance for many to see. However, bigoted rumours about her success ultimately destroyed any further chances, prompting her to run off with little of value and live homeless in the city.

While both she and Reggie are very intelligent, she acts as a foil in that she's much more sensible, pessimistic, brutally honest and easily frustrated with his antics. Beyond all that, she does grow to care about him deep down and is thankful that his intervention helped her evade young adult detention, not to mention she finds it hard not to relate to someone who isn’t taken seriously despite their best efforts.

She applies what she had learned from dance academy to the quest, being very agile, reflexive and stealthy.

Reggie Brushtail
The other lead protagonist. He is an anthropomorphic red fox working as a detective, also searching for the transformative elixir.

While he too has his own brand of snark and verbal wit in general, unlike Maya, he acts more upbeat and gung-ho with his approach to things, not to mention a fair bit cocky and childish (much to Maya’s annoyance as it prompts her to assume he isn’t taking anything seriously) as well as not fully aware of/sensitive to the plight of the disadvantaged.

But beneath that seemingly bright and foolish exterior… lies someone with trust issues, disdain toward humanity and self-doubt as it turns out later that he’s both a fox and a werewolf! While he isn't so quick to mention it early on, that's part of his motivation to find the elixir.

On top of that, it's revealed that his lycanthropy is the result of a morally dubious scientific experiment in which the elder Mendelson was curious about whether or not Faunasapiens and humans could benefit from added biological traits of other species. At some point, he later escaped and sought to harness his increased senses by working to become a detective.

Even so, his smarts are still useful all the same, just that his sleuthing methods contrast quite a bit with hers, part of why they disagree a lot to begin with. On top of that, he does grow to care for her overtime, also partially because she knows how it feels to be misunderstood.

Ben
The only human character in the main cast and also a companion (of sorts) to Maya and Reggie. Being the son of an ambassador to New Faunaheven (who otherwise does little to help its residents yet denounces his son as "reckless"), he has a passionate drive to quell social tensions between humans and Faunasapiens. Too passionate for his own good, so to speak.

As such, he is very naïve despite (or because of) his good intentions, knowing little about Faunasapien society/culture despite his insistence that the stereotypes are hurtful. For his part, the longer he partakes in the elixir quest, the more he comes to realize where a true fight for others’ rights comes from and mellows out eventually.

Another key portion of his character arc is that Dr. Mendelson takes advantage of his altruistic disposition by manipulating him into handing over the elixir with the promise of a monetary reward (which he is free to spend on charitable acts) and assurance that his efforts will “help” Faunasapiens.

Given his naturally sympathetic, compassionate and well-meaning disposition, he pities Karla for her life situation to the point of a crush on her (despite initial hostility towards him) which later on comes full circle and she reciprocates.

Donna
A Turkish Angora cat nightclub singer groomed for showbiz from an early age. Being that she spent the better part of her life in the hands of a crime syndicate exploiting her, as well as indulging her 24/7 so they remain on her good side, she is quite clearly sheltered and naive to the world offstage.

While (sort of) nice to others, she’s also tremendously eager to accept whatever sounds interesting and/or beneficial to her, prone to thinking more about herself than anyone else, quite impulsive and lacking in basic common sense but she never means to be intentionally troublesome or ill-mannered.

Although she seems to be quite confident in her performance skills, her shady caretakers want her to do even better to make them more money and since she's not really able to learn better moves, she is hopeful that the elixir will improve her physical health, hence why she joins the quest.

It also turns out she is very close with Karla, looking up to the other cat like a big sister (for obvious reasons). Naturally, this helps soften the boss' daughter a lot.

Dr. Mendelson
The central antagonist. Being a charismatic and wealthy grandson of a renowned scientist, his goal to find the elixir is entirely for self-serving purposes.

Although he is indeed self-absorbed and intolerant of anything not going his way, he is still able to project a false polite and altruistic disposition (especially in public, where he does what he can to convince city residents he has their best interests in mind).

Initially hired to help deal with the city mayor’s condition, he sees a potential opportunity to try and utilize the elixir’s transformative qualities as part of a plan to “unite” humans and Faunasapiens alike by replacing the mayor, taking the elixir himself and “demonstrating” its efficacy.

That said, the true nature of his intentions are largely ambiguous, given that his usage of the elixir could help end conflict between Faunasapiens and humans, albeit not in an the most ideal turn of events and certainly not without consequences. His deceptive nature helps not one bit.

Moreover, it turns out that his motivation to seek out the elixir and use it for his grand scheme is that his prosperous life in a wealthy coyote Faunasapien family was cut short by suddenly turning human, causing them to immediately cast him out on his own until the elder scientist Mendelson adopted him, whereupon newfound interest in science progressively became an obsessive desire to cure himself and erase interspecies conflict... biologically.

Karla Quinn
A lioness Faunasapien who is the daughter of a crime syndicate’s boss and secondary antagonist.

She initially acts as seductress to meddle with Reggie’s search for the elixir before it turns out she desires to be her own independent Faunasapien and break free of the crime syndicate’s influence. As such, Dr. Mendelson offers her freedom and benefits for the mob if she helps him obtain the elixir by intrusion upon the quest.

When she realizes that Mendelson only used her for his personal gain and, in fact, threatens the city’s populace, she defects from evil, finding her path all along.

In the end, after many chance encounters, she fully accepts Ben’s earnest feelings.

Catalina Quinn
A lioness Faunasapien, mother of Karla and the boss of a crime syndicate with a seemingly maternal nature, willingly taking in downtrodden Faunasapiens off the streets with the caveat that they earn their keep by way of assistance with criminal schemes.

She is usually very affable on first glance but also has a very direct and no-nonsense (if not perfectionist) approach to managing her operations. Moreover, her limited patience suggests that others dare not cross her nor fail one too many times or else they will receive a penalty (intentionally unknown to the reader).

As for her relationship with Karla, she constantly pushes for her daughter to eventually become her successor but her obsessive micro-managing nature instead creates tensions between them both, as the younger lioness faces a conflict of morality and desire for freedom.