Forestwalker: Called Forest for short, shi is a chakat (feline centauroid) and the central character for the Forest Tales series. Fur colour and pattern resemble those of a jaguar and hir head hair is black and a little over shoulder length. Like all hir species, shi is a full hermaphrodite. Although outwardly resembling females, chakats are almost equally attracted to either sex of other species, with only small personal preferences showing. Forest stands about 5' 6" tall, but is far bigger when measured from hir head to the tip of hir prehensile tail. Forest and hir family live in Australia where the species was created. Shi works for the Department of Conservation & Environment in hir capacity as a biologist.
Goldfur: Forest's older sister. Hir colouration closely resembles that of a cougar with its golden-brown fur, plus shi has long, light-golden hair which shi almost always has in a ponytail. Shi is electronics expert and is Head Technician in the Star Corps.
Katrina Snowfox: Always just called Trina, she is an arctic fox morph, digitigrade and possessing fur that changes from pure white in Winter to shades of light brown in Summer. She is one of Forest's Lifemates and has taught hir many new skills from her interests in bushwalking and rock-climbing. Her profession is architectural design. She has a brother named Mikael who hasn't been in any story yet.
Kris Fletcher: Kris is a human. Although small in stature (~5' 8"), he is surprisingly strong and has great endurance, achieved mainly though his keen interest in sports. He coaches athletics and also has paramedical training. He is also one of Forest's original Lifemates.
Midnight: A chakat with solid black fur and crystal blue eyes. Introduced to Forest by Goldfur, shi became Forest's mate and sired their twin cubs. Midnight works for the Star Corps as a scout and first-landing expert.
Snowcloud & Patchwork: The twin cubs of Forest and Midnight. The first has fur patterning resembling that of a snow leopard, the second has random patches of various colours.
Garrek Redfox: A foxtaur of the Mountain Glade clan in California. He has the typical red fox fur patterns but with an unusually intense hue which earned him the nickname "Red". He is the lifemate of Goldfur whom he met on a starship in his capacity as an engineering expert. Rather shy and self-effacing at first, Goldfur has got him to open up and socialize a lot more. He has a talent for flute playing.
Quickpaw: Teenage sister of Forest and Goldfur. A high spirited and active nature earned Quickpaw hir name. Shi has a calico coat pattern and the typical green-gold eyes of hir species. Shi absolutely dotes on hir new nieces.
Eudora Whitepaw: Child of Goldfur and Garrek, shi is nevertheless a full chakat despite her foxy colouration which resembles that of hir sire, except for the very unusual white 'socks'.
Longstripe & Desertsand: Parents of Goldfur, Forest and Quickpaw. Longstripe is Goldfur's mother and Forest and Quicpaw's sire while Desertsand is Forest and Quickpaw's mother and Goldfur's sire.
Rikandor & Jaleth: Garrek's father and mother.
Malena: Garrek's younger sister. Opposite to her brother in many ways, she is a vivacious and confident young vixen with typical red fox markings but with an usually pale hue. She finds chakats fascinating.
Miktar: Garrek's teenage brother. Typical young boy.
Dilenna the Archer: Foxtaur vixen of Garrek's clan. Expert archer and huntress. Finds a kindred soul in Midnight.
Taleta: Foxtaur vixen from another clan whom Goldfur and Garrek met first on the same starship where they mated. At first jealous that Goldfur had won Garrek's heart, she later has a change of heart and wins the affection of both.
Purteshka the Leatherworker: Foxtaur vixen of Garrek's clan who has a mastery of working with leather goods.
Ketta: Foxtaur vixen of Garrek's clan. She sees Goldfur in particular, and chakats in general, as a threat to the status quo and has extremely bigoted views of all other species.
Admiral Boyce Kline Human Starfleet officer and extremely close friend of Forest and Goldfur. He was inducted into their family and is very fond of the new cubs.
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