Precinct 1 | The Count's Court | Other Crime Lords | Other Characters | Drabble Characters
The other crime lords of Zootopia and their various quirky gang members. Note that many of those gang members end up joining the Count eventually, but are listed here for better organization.
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The Big Mafia
Mr. Big
The Short-Lived Shorty
"I am a mogul of transportation. I get mammals and goods where they need to go, make sure everything is in order and that all debts are paid. Otherwise, mammals don't like where they go so much."
The crime lord of Tundratown. His role is even smaller than it was in the movie, but his death marks the beginning of the Crime Lord Killings.- Alas, Poor Villain: When Judy learns that he was killed, she is genuinely distraught and has a hard time hiding it from her fellow officers.
- Death by Irony: He is "iced" by Simon, the very same fate he delivered unto his victims.
- Demoted to Extra: He had a small, but significant role in the movie. Here, he doesn't even get any lines before his untimely death.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His final words are a plea to Simon to spare him for his daughter's sake. Unfortunately for him, Simon is doing this for his own kit and those words only seal his fate.
- Even Evil Has Standards: For all of his traditional mob boss antics, he found the Vixens a bit too provocative for his organization.
- Killed Offscreen: He is the only permahussed crime lord whose death is not shown. Finally averted in Drabble 23, over five years later.
- Mister Big: The original.
- Posthumous Character: His body is found at the end of the second chapter, kicking off the main plot. He isn't even seen alive at all until Drabble 10.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Eventually accepts John Wilde's favor to watch over his son after seeing how desperate he is...in exchange for all of his assets and fully expecting the young Nick to pull his own weight. And he reneges on that deal as soon as Nick pulls the skunk butt rug stunt.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Literally. He's killed offscreen in Chapter 2, but it's his death that sets the entire plot in motion.
- Villainous Legacy: While Mr. Big himself doesn't get much of a showing, his former bodyguard Koslov becomes one of the Count's most prominent lieutenants.
Koslov
The Beary Big Bruiser (Mr. Big not included)
"I miss the simple days. I tell mammal to listen, he listen."
The former bodyguard and head of security for Mr. Big. After the Count manipulates him into his service, he is complicit in Big's murder and goes on to serve as one of Reynard's most loyal supporters.- A Day in the Limelight: Drabble 1 is all about him and how he came to work for Reynard.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the original movie, he worked for Mr. Big. Here, he betrays Mr. Big and joins the Count. And then, he turns out to have been a sleeper agent for Crypsis.
- Bears Are Bad News: A hulking polar bear with mafia connections. He initially worked for Mr. Big, then betrayed his master and joined Reynard as one of his most dangerous followers.
- Bits of Me Keep Passing Out: He gets tranqed to high hell saving Reynard from the ZPD. They were using tranqs appropriate for a fox, but he still got hit with so many of them that he ends up feeling their effects soon after. This leads to him getting into a minor brawl with Finnick while half of his body is going numb, and only passing out completely when he's just steps away from their escape helicopter.
- Bodyguard Betrayal: Any loyalty he once had for Mr. Big goes out the window as soon as Reynard gets into his head and convinces him that he actually hates the shrew. He then allows Big to be killed and becomes Reynard's chief enforcer instead.
- The Brute: The most physically intimidating member of Mr. Big's, and later Reynard's, gang. This is actually how Reynard recruited him in the first place, appealing to his strength and pointing out how little he gets to make use of it as a mere bodyguard.
- Climax Boss: Becomes Judy's inside Wilde Times.
- Determinator: Deconstructed, as his sheer refusal to stay down no matter how severely he's injured is Played for Horror rather than being presented as a noble trait. It's enough to convince Judy Hopps herself that maybe it is good to know when to quit sometimes.
- Dramatic Irony: Is referred to as Mr. Big's "eternally faithful bodyguard" in Drabble 10. Needless to say, he isn't. In that same drabble, he openly dislikes John Wilde and is more than willing to get rough with him before Mr. Big tells him to stand down. (Which is implied to be how the future Reynard figured out his insecurities.)
- Evil Sounds Deep: Is implied to have a deeper voice than most other bad guys.
- Face–Heel Turn: He was already a gangster, but Mr. Big, the boss he betrayed to work for the Big Bad, was a cordial mafia boss who became an ally to Judy and Nick in the original movie.
- Genius Bruiser: Despite being recruited for his strength, Koslov is fairly intelligent.
- Husky Russkie: A very large and strong polar bear carrying this world's equivalent of Russian decent.
- Made of Iron: Takes a few dozen tranq darts from the ZPD and still has the strength to carry Reynard all the way to the roof of the Palms Hotel, barricade the door, and hold a casual conversation for a while before finally passing out. Come Chapter 36, he survives an entire ice castle/playground structure collapsing on top of him, albeit just barely.
- Manchurian Agent: He is implicitly revealed to be one of Crypsis' sleeper agents in chapter 36, explaining some of his more surprising decisions.
- National Animal Stereotypes: Has a Russian name and accent, and even owns a borscht restaurant.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In Chapter 34, Nick utters a certain Trigger Phrase in front of him. From that point on, Koslov suddenly gets way more talkative, takes less interest in Reynard's goals, and develops an obsessive fixation on killing Judy Hopps instead. Both Judy and Reynard alike are baffled by this.
- Secret Test of Character: Reynard uses one on him, challenging him to a shell game that he naturally cheats at. Once Koslov discovers this, he physically assaults Reynard, proving that he never backs down from a challenge, values his physical strength to assert himself, and refuses to be made a fool of, all traits that conflict with his current job as a passive bodyguard. Reynard pointing this out is what finally convinces Koslov to join him.
- Undying Loyalty: To Reynard. Ironic, considering how quickly he sold out Mr. Big. It's implied that his Crypsis programming played a role in this.
- Villain Override: Even after being injured to the point of having to crawl, his Crypsis programming will not let him stop coming after Judy until his mission is fulfilled, even if it kills him.
- You No Take Candle: Speaks in stilted, broken English for most of the story. Notably, this trait disappears and he gets a lot more verbose once his Crypsis side kicks in, implying that it was being used as a form of Obfuscating Stupidity.
The Vixens
The Three Masseuseketeers (Jimmy always included)
Pearl: "Aw, look at the little guy! He is so adorbs!"
Crystal: "I could, like, snuggle him to death!"
Opal: "He is literally making my heart melt!"
Pearl, Opal, and Crystal, a trio of skilled and highly flirtatious arctic assassins/masseuses. Mr. Big fired them for their provocative nature and they later joined the Discards. Based on the three arctic vixens from the movie's original script.- Abhorrent Admirer: Not that they aren't attractive. Quite the opposite. But between how strongly they come on and the fact that they're assassins who are more than willing to cut you if you reject their advances...
- Affably Evil: They're technically assassins and antagonists during the Narwhalter arc, but with most of their scenes dedicated to fawning over and cuddling Jimmy, it's pretty easy to forget that.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: They come to admit that while they initially chased Jimmy just because he was "adorbs", they ultimately stayed with him because he treated them like mammals and not just pretty faces.
- Combination Attack: Being assassin triplets, they specialize in these, best shown during their fight with Piper.
- Covered in Kisses: They leave Jimmy like this after their first encounter with him. They do the same to Wallace in Drabble 15.
- Cuteness Proximity: They go into squealing, cuddling fits over anything they deem "adorbs". Unfortunately for Finnick, and later Jimmy, this includes them.
- Cute and Psycho: Usually cute, but quick to turn psycho with the right provocation.
- The Dividual: Aside from their distinct Verbal Tics, they're pretty much all the same character and are never seen apart.
- The Ditz: They're all pretty airheaded and the way they talk does not help the impression.
- Genius Ditz: However, it’s implied they may be smarter than they seem, since it’s them who explain the science behind why busting a window on the underwater Sea Train would be a very bad idea. After which, they go right back to cuddling Jimmy.
- Early-Bird Cameo: They first appeared in RJ, another of Berserker's Zootopia fics that is heavily-inspired by BtBW, but not canon to it.
- Establishing Character Moment: As soon as they show up, most of the other mammals present fawn over their looks. They then squee over how cute Finnick is and cuddle him, responding to his protests by pulling knives.
- Even The Girls Want Them: It's specifically mentioned that their arrival attracts the attention of every male, and some females, in Reynard's gang.
- Foxy Vixen: Sexy, flirty arctic vixens dressed in skimpy outfits.
- Happy-Ending Massage: Referenced when Reynard orders his troops to give Felix a "happy ending" and Pearl reacts with disgust. Presumably, this is just because it's Felix and not because they have any actual problem with the idea.
- Hidden Depths: Despite how strongly they come on, it turns out they actually do have some boundaries. They halt their pursuit of Jimmy when they realize how terrified he is of them, and are willing to slow things down and take a prospective relationship at his own pace. The last scene of Drabble 15 has them just hanging out with Jimmy and his folks and chatting amicably around the kitchen table.
- Hospital Hottie: When disguised as nurses, quite possibly in Naughty Nurse Outfits, though that isn't made clear.
- Identical Triplet ID Tag: Their distinct Verbal Tics are about the only way to tell them apart.
- Like Is, Like, a Comma: Crystal's Verbal Tic.
- Mood-Swinger: They act incredibly girly and flirtatious up until you make the mistake of insulting them (which includes not letting them cuddle you), after which they'll be happy to remind you that they're assassins.
- Ms. Fanservice: Very blatantly so. But to be fair, they use nearly the exact same designs from the original concept art.
- Offscreen Teleportation: About the only way to explain how they keep catching up to Jimmy in Drabble 15.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: In Drabble 15, they disguise themselves first as nurses and then as old ladies to fool Jimmy. It's blatantly obvious who they are, but Jimmy falls for it anyway, apparently because he doesn't recognize them with so much clothes on.
- The Paralyzers: They can easily immobilize most targets if they get close enough. Not through any kind of nerve-blocking ability, but just because their massages are that relaxing.
- Polyamory: Being The Dividual that they are, all three simultaneously develop a crush on Jimmy, and after their Relationship Upgrade are all referred to as his girlfriends, plural.
- Professional Killer: Their job when not giving sensual massages. Or sometimes while.
- Relationship Upgrade: As of Drabble 15, it's implied that they are actually dating Jimmy now, albeit taking things slower for his sake.
- Species Surname: Animal names are pretty standard for Zootopia, but their last name actually being "Vixen" is especially blatant.
- Theme Naming: They are named after white gemstones.
- Verbal Tic: They each possess a unique one based on obnoxious Valley Girl stereotypes. Pearl frequently emphasizes "so", Crystal overuses "like", and Opal misuses "literally".
- Villainous Crush: At first, they seem to be fixated on Jimmy only because of how "adorbs" he is, but it becomes increasingly apparent that they really do like him and want to get to know him better. Tellingly, they never pull knives on him when he resists their advances like they did with Finnick.
The Outback Outfit
Damien Thornbrush
The Koala Kingpin, er, the Drop Bear Don
"Now, I don't judge you for choosing to wear clothes, Nicky, but I must express concern over your choice of color. Blue doesn't suit you, I'm afraid."
The crime lord of Outback Island. Thornbrush is the mastermind behind the Feral Dream operation, as well as a fervent naturalist.- Arc Villain: Of the Thornbrush arc.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He initially seems like he could be a major antagonist, as the head of the Feral Dream operation that has dominated the story up to this point, but he is ultimately killed off by the minions of the real Big Bad in the very same chapter he's introduced.
- Cigar Chomper: A cigar made of eucalyptus.
- Death by Irony: The supposed drop bear has his own decoration dropped on him.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: How he meets his end - Lucy cuts the supports of a disco ball, which falls right onto Damien and crushes him like a bug.
- Insistent Terminology: He insists that he is a drop bear, not a koala.
- Mister Big: Guarded by the much larger Fangs and Boomer.
- Villainous Legacy: Even with Thornbrush gone, Feral Dream lives on, and Reynard immediately orders the drug reproduced for his own purposes. Fangs and Boomer also become a prominent (if short-lived) part of his gang.
- Yowies and Bunyips and Drop Bears, Oh My: Claims to be a drop bear, even wearing a pair of fake fangs.
Fangs & Boomer
The Dingoroo Duo
Fangs: "Are ya sure this is a good idea?"
Boomer: "Better than seeing what happens if we come back empty-pawed."
Fangs: "Fair dinkum."
A pair of Outback drug runners. Their level of effectiveness, at anything they do, varies greatly.- Avenging the Villain: They are quick to blame Nick for Thornbrush’s death and take Feral Dream to kill him in revenge. They come scarily close to succeeding too.
- Boxing Kangaroo: Boomer isn't, but Nick makes the connection anyway and "challenges" him to an impromptu boxing match. As Boomer has turned himself feral at the time, Nick gets pummeled.
- Bumbling Henchmen Duo: Serve as this under Thornbrush, and later under Reynard.
- Butt-Monkey: When not feral/savage, they tend to be played more often as a joke than a serious threat. And sometimes even when they are feral/savage.
- Cosmic Plaything: Fangs starts to suspect they've become this when they are once again beaten in Drabble 19. Fortunately, things get better for them afterward.
- A Dog Named "Dog": "Boomer" is a slang term referring to a large male kangaroo. Boomer himself is a large male kangaroo.
- Dual Boss: Whenever they fight, it's always as a duo. Played to its logical extreme when they're fought as Carla's first Belfry challenge.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: While they ultimately become members of F.R.E.N.E.M.Y. and tell Nick they have no hard feelings about what happened at Dream Time, they also give no indication that they plan to stop being criminals outside of giving up the drugs themselves for personal reasons.
- Higher Understanding Through Drugs: While their drug trip in Drabble 19 mostly just results in nonsense, Fangs becomes unusually existential just before going down, reflecting on his and Boomer's status as recurring joke villains and wondering if they will ever serve a greater purpose.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: Come the Grand Finale, they finally step up to the plate and prove they can handle themselves without the drugs by taking out Russ and Sprock.
- Mushroom Samba: While savage, they get into a huge pile of unspecified drugs and start tripping out while still under the Night Howler's effects. Hilarity Ensues.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Zigzagged. They start out as a typical bumbling duo, but become a lot more dangerous once exposed to Feral Dream, nearly killing Nick and hospitalizing him for a week. After that, they go back to being a typical bumbling duo. Reynard then decides they're more useful when drugged and turns them both savage, where they once again prove themselves dangerous against Carla. Then they appear again in Drabble 19, still savages, but played much more comedically while still being a threat. Lastly, they become members of F.R.E.N.E.M.Y. as a bumbling, but efficient, part of the team.Chief Farrow: "What is with those two? It's like they can't decide if they're dangerous or just comic relief."
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Riley Warrigal is never called anything other than Fangs. His and Boomer's full names are only revealed in the above image.
- Psycho Serum: They both become feral/savage not once, but twice throughout the story due to consuming Feral Dream/Night Howlers.
- Punny Name: Male kangaroos are commonly called boomers.
- Put On A Van: Are completely absent from the story for over ten chapters, thanks to Reynard drugging and imprisoning them.
- The Bus Came Back: They finally return in Chapter 27 as Carla's first challenge in the Belfry.
- Running Gag: While savage, they get one of communicating to each other through "savage speak", which is helpfully translated for the readers (but not the other characters).
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: A subversion. They are forcibly turned savage by the Count when he decides that their normal selves are no longer useful.
Tractor
"Wow, son, you are in for a rough night."
A tattooed hippo and torturer for the Outback gang. He ends up on the bad side of Carla and becomes the source of an infamous string of innuendoes.- The Brute: Seems to serve this role under Thornbrush, threatening Jimmy and Carla with his physical strength.
- Butt-Monkey: While his introduction is fairly intimidating, both of his major appearances have him humiliated in battle and becoming the source of Carla's most infamous Running Gag. Even in his drabble appearance, he gets beaten up by a young Felix.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Implied to be what he was planning for Jimmy. Fortunately, Carla rescues him before we can find out.
- Giant Mook: The largest at Thornbrush's disposal.
- Groin Attack: How he finally goes down, courtesy of a broken chair leg to the crotch.
- Pipe Pain: His weapon of choice is a steel pipe.
- Tattooed Crook: Is covered with tattoos, including one of Thornbrush with fangs and an early hint to the existence of sapient reptiles.
- The Bus Came Back: Makes an appearance in Drabble 10, having not been seen at all since the Thornbrush arc.
Drummond Rane
"The name's Drummond Rane! Outbacker, CEO of Wallabeanie Inc, and the mammal who's gonna burn this place to the ground!"
The CEO of Wallabeanie Inc. and a former business partner of Thornbrush. After Thornbrush attempts to con him, he leaves his organization, only to join up with the Discards after Reynard gets rid of him.- Archenemy: Seems to have become Chief Bogo's by the finale. Bogo himself has no idea why he's so deadset on him and just wants the guy to leave him alone. Eventually subverted as Drummond reveals himself to just be looking for a good Worthy Opponent more than anything.
- Awesome Aussie: Not surprising, since he's based on the page image.
- Badass Boast: Several. His most prominent, shown above, is taken straight from his inspiration.
- The Bogan: Aggressive, loud-mouthed and Australian, he certainly qualifies.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Wallabeanie Inc. was mentioned during the Thornbrush arc, as was Damien's plan to pull one over on it. Drummond is its CEO, and it turns out he was none too pleased by that.
- Climax Boss: Becomes Chief Bogo's inside Wilde Times.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Being the CEO of a toy company and a direct ally to the likes of Thornbrush and Reynard, this is par for the course.
- Deus Exit Machina: Felix invokes this by taking him out immediately when he attacks the Discards, successfully keeping him out of a fight that would've been much harder for him otherwise.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He shares Reynard's hatred of naturalists, who are probably the equivalent to hippies in this verse.
- Implacable Man: He becomes absolutely fixated on picking a fight with Chief Bogo and spends most of Chapter 35 chasing him. The fact that Bogo is driving a tank at the time does very little to slow or deter him.
- Noble Demon: Upon Bogo proving himself to him, Drummond happily hands over Narwhalter's key and leaves him be.
- No One Could Survive That!: Subverted, as no one really believes that being trapped in an underwater train car as it exploded would actually kill him. He is later trapped inside of a tank as it explodes and Bogo considers that he might have died for about half a second before he takes off running. Sure enough, he survives that too.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Wallabies aren't particularly big, yet he may be the physically strongest character in the entire story.
- Professional Killer: Not as overt about it as the other Discards, but he is referred to as an assassin nonetheless. Presumably, it's one of his hobbies when not running a toy company.
- Serious Business: He may be a grown mammal, but he takes his stuffed wallaby business very seriously. As in he will literally kill over it.
- Shout-Out: He's a very unsubtle parody of Saxton Hale, right down to the name, design, and even dialogue.
- Worthy Opponent: Comes to consider Chief Bogo one. It's the main reason he even came after him in the first place!
The Lang Family
Lady Lang
The Moonlit Matriarch
"The moon will be up soon. I wonder...how many more times will I be able to see it?"
The crime lord of the Rainforest District. Annemarie Luna, better known as Lady Lang, is the alpha and "mother" of the Lang Family, a huge pack of biker wolves who specialize in mechanics, extortion, and wanton destruction of property.- Action Girl: The only female crime lord in the story and the Drabbles show that she was one of the few who actually did the fighting for themselves.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Though only when her children are threatened.
- Alliterative Name: Subverted; Lady Lang is merely an alias, while Annemarie Luna is her true name.
- Anti-Villain: Is arguably the most sympathetic of all the crime lords, with her scenes mainly focusing on her love for her children and the depths she'll go through for them, as opposed to the shadier actions that made her a crime lord in the first place.
- Badass Teacher: Felix is one of the best fighters in the story, excelling in armed (guns and improvised weapons) and unarmed combat (seven lupine martial arts) with many victories and feats under his belt. Lady Lang personally trained him.
- This is elaborated in the Drabbles. In one of them, she's personally training Felix in martial arts. In another, she brags to the crime lords about how she was the one who taught Felix everything he knows about fighting after he takes down Tractor despite the size and age difference.
- Break Them by Talking: A more benevolent example than most. When accosted by a mugger, Lang responds by calmly and gently talking him down, explaining why his current course of action isn't in his best interest, sympathizing with him, and after learning that he's an orphan, recruiting him.
- Combat Stilettos: Averted. Sandcat Serena implies that if she wants to kick your ass, she'll take them off first.
- Cool Bike: Shows off her own to Marian in Drabble 18, Artemis.
- Death by Irony: Inadvertently sold out by one of her own beloved sons, then kicked through the window of her own office under the light of a full moon.
- Defiant to the End: Even though she submits to Reynard's demands, she taunts and belittles him all the way through. Even her last words are another insult, one that visibly rattles him.
- Destination Defenestration: Reynard kicks her through a window and she falls to her death.
- Dramatic Irony: Drabble 18. Anyone who's been paying attention can tell who "Annie" really is the moment she appears, but Marian remains oblivious to her true identity, even after figuring out that she arranged to meet her on purpose.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Inspires this attitude from her children, who are clearly devoted to her despite being a hardened gang of biker thugs.
- Even Evil Has Standards: She may be a ruthless extortionist, but she takes issues of family very seriously, rejecting John Wilde's favor to watch over Nick purely on moral grounds.
- Evil Old Folks: She's certainly past sixty by the time of Born To Be Wilde.
- Family-Values Villain: She despises people abusing children and will kill them on the spot. She also scolded John for wanting Nick to be raised by criminals if he ran away rather than returning him to his mother.
- I Have No Son!: Does this to Paxton, not without difficulty as she loves all of her children, the action driving her to tears. Of course, she still has plenty of other sons.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Guns down four wolves with four bullets without even looking at them.
- Mama Bear: She kills the parents of both Felix brothers for abusing them. She also does the same to their friends for enabling the abuse.
- Never Mess with Granny: After fawning over Junior being injured from his fight with Judy earlier, she knocks him to the floor with a single punch despite already being on her sixties.
- Noble Wolf: Despite being a crime lord, she has a sense of honor and a genuine love for her pack. Her final moments are dedicated to keeping them safe however she can.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: She doesn't oppose any of the heroes directly, and once he locates her, Reynard kills off Lady Lang fairly easily. However, multiple drabbles imply that she was a lot more dangerous than she seemed and things could have gone much worse for Reynard had he not been able to hold her children hostage.
- Not So Stoic: She is normally very softspoken, but will still go off on someone if incensed enough.
- The One Who Wears Shoes: Sports a pair of high heels. She does sometimes go barefoot though, as shown in a few drabbles.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Being a crime boss of a family consisting of wolves that she adopted, Lady Lang endured the tragedy of losing her children repeatedly across her career.
- This happens to her in the chapter where she dies. She watches as her bodyguards are killed and Simon is about to kill Felix, which causes her to give control of her family to Reynard.
- Discussed in Drabbles with Marian as she relates to Marian's grief over Nick leaving her, recounting how many of her children died serving her.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Her disguise in Drabble 18 involves her simply dressing down to biker gear, dirtying up her fur a little, and using her Real Name as an Alias. Nevertheless, it works because Lady Lang is a reclusive figure and Marian likely doesn't know what she looks like or have any reason to suspect that she'd be hanging around Happytown of all places.
- Parental Favoritism: She considers all of the Lang Family wolves to be her children, but she clearly had favoritism towards Felix and Junior, to the point of personally training Felix about fighting.
- Parental Substitute: She may proclaim herself as "mother" to the whole Lang Family, but the two members she genuinely sees as foster children are the Dire brothers. Fittingly enough, she took out their real, Abusive Parents.
- Parents as People: Lady Lang is easily one of the best parents in the story, having adopted and taken care of each member of the Lang Family. However, she is not perfect, and this shows in some chapters.
- Though she is respected and beloved, some of her children can disobey and break her rules, such as Junior getting into a fight with the ZPD.
- While she loves all of her children, the Parental Favoritism that she shows Felix and Junior caused some resentment from other wolves. Paxton tried to kill Felix in a duel because he was offered to be her bodyguard despite him being the better fighter of the two.
- As shown in her death scene and elaborated on the Drabbles, Lady Lang had to watch many of her children die, which is a heavy burden for her. Though she provided her children with a home in the Lang Family, she still had to put them in a life with a high mortality rate to adopt them.
- Pet the Dog: The Drabbles reveal that she secretly befriended Marian to prevent her from committing suicide. Not only did Lady Lang befriended her, but they also hung out with each other in secret.
- Real Name as an Alias: Introduces herself to Marian as "Annie", a shortened version of her real name, Annemarie.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives John Wilde a furious tirade about how shitty of a father he is in Drabble 10. He listens. Sort of.
- Serious Business: Family is an important matter to Lady Lang. As a result, she hates Abusive Parents and will resort to killing them on the spot, as she did with the parents of the Felix brothers for abusing them. She also gave John a "The Reason You Suck" Speech because he'd rather have his son Nick be raised by criminals rather than returning him to his mother.
- Sound-Only Death: In the Drabbles, she kills the last visiting wolf of the Felix parents offscreen since she ran out of ammo. The narration has Felix flinching at the same time a cracking sound is heard. It's not clarified if Lady Lang cracked his skull with her gun or snapped his neck with her hands.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: Even after Marian is able to piece together that their meeting was no coincidence, "Annie" is still able to avoid admitting the full truth by latching on to what Marian said about her knowing her situation in advance and claiming that her relatives in the area told her.
- Undignified Death: As a result of Lady Lang humiliating him in front of the crime lords and having Felix try to kill him over 20 years ago, Reynard has a personal grudge against her over the other crime lords. As such, not only does he kill her himself, he makes sure that her death, while ironic is as humiliating and emotionally devastating to her as possible.
- She's Forced to Watch as her bodyguards are killed by Simon and then Felix himself is shot by Simon while she's powerless to do anything to help them, just like Reynard was powerless to help his own son and was nearly killed by Felix under her own orders years ago because the former disgusted her with the favor he asked her.
- She's forced to give her family under the command of Reynard and denied the chance of telling her love to them one last time, whereas Reynard did get to have Mr. Big to take care of Nick for a while and he also got to say a proper goodbye to his son when he left his family.
- Lady Lang knew how to fight with guns and with seven lupine martial arts, and even at her old age she can still floor Junior with a single punch. Reynard while capable of holding his own in a fight, constantly uses his wits, trickery, and gadgets to get an edge against his adversaries. It is implied that in a fair fight, she could have beaten Reynard Easily. However, with her family held hostage, she's held at gunpoint and then forced to take a kick to the chest that throws her out of a window, an embarrassing end for anybody who mastered both styles of fighting against a weaker enemy.
- She gave Reynard a "The Reason You Suck" Speech twenty years ago, as shown in Drabble 10, and dedicated her last words as an insult to how he failed Nick. Unfortunately, Reynard has been living an Ignored Epiphany since their first meeting and it's implied that her words only inspired him to kick her out of the window rather than shoot her, which would have been a more merciful death.
- She was fond of the moon, using it as an emblem for her family, and even musing how many times she was going to see it again before she passes away. As Reynard points out, there was a full moon when she dies, but she doesn't get to enjoy it since he throws her to her death so her last sight is watching the moon as she falls screaming as she has a fatal fall to the ground.
- She trained her family to repress their howling instinct. Sadly, when she's knocked out of the window, she's screaming as she fall, with her death cry being the last her family hears of their beloved mother.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The tirade that she gave John Wilde led to him becoming Count Reynard, which led to the death of two crime lords, some of her family members dying, her own death, and her family under possession of her murderer.
- Where Did I Go Wrong?: Says this word-for-word after being forced to disown Paxton as her son.
Felix Dire Junior
"Looks like the ZPD finally decided ta up an' show its face. Sure took ya long enough!"
One of the lower rungs of the Lang Family, particularly the "wanton destruction" part. He commands a gang of biker goons who enjoy weaponizing their rides with various junk and then smashing them together in their local derby.- A Day in the Limelight: Drabble 2 explains how he and his brother were adopted by Lady Lang, with particular attention given to him.
- Arc Villain: Of the Lang Family arc. Lady Lang herself isn't really against the heroes, and never even meets any of them personally, but Junior is their single biggest obstacle to gaining an audience with her and serves as the Climax Boss.
- Badass Biker: True of most of the Lang Family, but especially him. To boot, one of his bikes is armed with twin chainsaws and another with flamethrowers.
- Cannot Keep a Secret: In Drabble 18, his child self nearly blows Lang's cover multiple times, and Lang's efforts to stop him end up cluing in Marian anyway. Becomes a bit more tragic in hindsight when you remember how Lang eventually died.
- Chainsaw Good: One of his main bikes has two chainsaws attached to each side.
- Cool Bike: Both the aforementioned chainsaw bike and Cerberus, a larger bike with an attached steamroller and twin flamethrowers that he uses in the honor duel with Jimmy.
- Dumb Muscle: He isn't very bright. Felix outright says that Junior got his parents' brains (the same parents who named them both Felix).
- Graceful Loser: Even though he's incredibly brash and short-tempered, he honors the terms of his duel with Jimmy once he's defeated and doesn't make much of a fuss over it.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: It's very easy to set him off.
- I Gave My Word: He owns up to the conditions of his honor duel with Jimmy, telling him where to find Lady Lang after he's beaten. Given the result though, it might have been better if he hadn't.
- Jerkass: He's pretty loud and obnoxious, quick to pick on those he considers weaker.
- No-Sell: He and his gang are completely immune to the cops' attempts to start a howl. Lady Lang trained that impulse out of them long ago.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Because their drunk and uncreative parents gave both him and his brother the name Felix, he is called Junior to differentiate them.
- Savage Wolf: Seems to be a much more straight example of this than his older brother.
- Shout-Out: His outfit and choice of weapons are based on Leon Bell from Dead Rising 2.
- Talks Like a Simile: Given his prominent southern drawl, it comes with the territory."Dang! She's scarier than a momma bear with six cubs in a pizza place parking lot!"
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: As a pup, he was as spunky and energetic as ever, but much less of a Jerkass.
- Verbal Tic: Aside from his frequent similes, he also has a growl that sounds like a revving engine, and even sputters like one when he's surprised.
Felix Dire Senior
"This is Lang Family business, and we will take care of it ourselves. If you know what's good for you, you'll stay out of our way."
Junior's older brother, as well as Lady's Lang's personal bodyguard and second-in-command. After Lang's death, he sets out on a personal vendetta against the Wilde family.- The Ace: By far the most threatening of the wolves, physically imposing, mechanically gifted, and a master of several lupine martial arts. The rest of the Lang Family respects and fears him in equal measure and he is able to go toe to toe with the likes of Koslov and Simon.
- Assassin Outclassin': Reynard hired the Discards specifically to kill him. They failed spectacularly. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't stand up quite so well against an outright Zerg Rush.
- Badass Biker: Less pronounced than his brother. As in, he's more a "badass who also happens to be a biker".
- Big Brother Instinct: Displays a very strong one towards Junior, repeatedly throwing himself in harm's way to protect him to the point of nearly getting himself killed in an honor duel with Paxton just because Paxton threatened him.
- Climax Boss: Becomes Jimmy's inside Wilde Times.
- Cool Bike: Fenrir, a large black bike with external engines and a wolf skull hood ornament. It's also somewhat of a Badass Normal bike compared to the usual Lang Family fare, with no other tricks or gimmicks. Felix doesn't need them.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: His battle with the Discards. They manage a few minor injuries, but Felix more or less tears right through them to get to Reynard.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Him wanting to kill Reynard is understandable. Wanting to kill his entire family, including his completely innocent ex-wife, not so much.
- The Dreaded: His arrival in Chapter 12 causes the rest of the wolves, who had been right in the middle of trying to run down the cops, to immediately stop what they're doing and go dead silent. Even his own brother is a bit intimidated by him.
- Emotion Suppression: His default personality is the result of him choosing to do this to himself, against Lady Lang's wishes, out of fear of losing control and hurting his loved ones. With Lady Lang dead and his usual tactics not being effective, he eventually decides to lift that suppression. With mixed results.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Reynard telling him the story of how he burned five children alive without a shred of remorse is enough to convince him that the fox needs to die, regardless of his current dire circumstances. Though the fact that Reynard followed this up by immediately insulting his late mother probably helped too.
- Genius Bruiser: An enormous, muscular, and very eloquent wolf.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: Uses Opal as a club to batter Piper with during their fight.
- Honor Before Reason: Defied, as he doesn't accept Jimmy's challenge of an honor duel until the fox does give him a reason.
- Made of Iron: As Junior points out, he was shot in the chest, thrown out a window several stories high, carried Lady Lang's body for miles, buried her, and only then decided to deal with the bullet wound. No wonder Reynard assumed No One Could Survive That!.
- He later takes several more shots as he flees from Reynard and his forces in 29. He is said to be heavily injured, but still well enough to escape.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Said almost verbatim after a Breaking Speech from Reynard makes him realize that he's put the rest of his pack in danger by pursuing his vengeance against the Wildes.
- Noble Demon: For all his ruthlessness towards the targets of his vengeance, he's pretty reasonable towards anyone else. When he comes across Jimmy inside Wilde Times, Felix is perfectly content with just letting him go on his merry way up until Jimmy challenges him to an honor duel and provokes him into accepting it.
- Noble Top Enforcer: Is this for the Lang Family, who are mostly loud, crass thugs by comparison.
- No-Nonsense Nemesis: When he attacks Reynard and the Discards, the first thing he does is immediately and decisively remove Drummond Rane from play, recognizing him as the biggest threat.
- No One Could Survive That!: Reynard assumed the fall from Lang's compound killed him. He was very wrong. So the next time they clash, he sends several of his thugs after the retreating and critically injured Felix just to make sure. He still fails to kill him.
- No-Sell: The Vixens' paralyzing massages have no effect on him."I don't believe in relaxation."
- Revenge by Proxy: It's implied that he is targeting Reynard's ex-wife and child for the purpose of hurting the fox himself through his loved ones. Given how Reynard takes the news of Marian's shooting, he probably had the right idea.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Goes on one against not just Reynard, but the entire Wilde family.
- Sophisticated as Hell: Compared to his younger brother, he has a rather extensive vocabulary, to say the least.
- The Stoic: He's usually soft-spoken, collected, intense and serious.
- Taking the Bullet: Does so for Lady Lang. Not that it saves her.
- The Unsmile: Once he actually does try letting his emotions in again, he's less than accustomed to expressing them, and his attempt at a joyful smile is directly compared to Reynard's. It's only after being beaten by Jimmy and freed of his grudge that he manages a genuine smile.
- You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: Dutifully refers to Lady Lang as just "Miss Lang", despite her requests for him to call her "Mother." He finally does so...when Taking the Bullet for her.
Timber
"Y'all don't know what yer talkin' about! Lady Lang cared for us, raised us, taught us the ways of the pack! She won't go down that easily, you'll see!"
One of Junior's gang members who ends up hanging around with the cops after inadvertently being left behind.- Guest-Star Party Member: To Judy's team during the Lang Family arc.
- Saying Too Much: He accidentally gives the cops info about the bike derby going on that night, where they previously had no lead.
- Token Good Teammate: Downplayed. He's the only member of the Lang Family who cooperates at all with the ZPD's investigation, but even this takes some convincing and he doesn't seem interested in actually changing his ways once all is said and done.
Fast Tony
Tony: "So I says, 'Buddy, you're messing with the wrong guy. I'll show you what happens when someone messes with our mom.' So I smacked him down good! Gave him a nice black eye to go with his black heart!"
Also Tony: "Please don't kill me!"
One of the Lang Family's lesser-liked sons. Fast Tony is a "messenger" for the family who is obnoxious, cowardly, and makes it no secret that he would much rather be alpha himself.- Dirty Coward: Completely sits out of the bar fight in Chapter 13, making excuses not to participate, refusing to come to the aid of his superior, Felix, and in fact rooting for his demise. Becomes all the more blatant once he's added to the Discards.
- Fauxdian Slip: Makes a few of these during his first appearance, immediately making clear his stance on the rest of the pack."Go get 'em, Dumbass-I mean, Felix!"
- Hate Sink: Tony doesn't do much to endear himself to others, what with being a completely selfish coward who seems to feel zero love or loyalty towards anyone, even his fellow Lang family members.
- Miles Gloriosus: A fast-talking, boastful member of the Lang Family that, contrary to the rest, is all bark and no bite. It comes of no surprise, as he was all too eager to join the Count, and become his top enforcer among the Langs.
- The One Who Wears Shoes: Technically the second among the Lang Family to wear them, but he wears a pair of track sneakers to match the rest of his outfit. Even when he puts on one of the Count's suits, he keeps his shoes and headband.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: He doesn't exactly get the respect he wanted from selling out the Lang Family to become their new alpha. Now the pack has gone from merely hating him to actively wanting him dead, and Reynard himself quickly gets sick of him to the point of sending him on a blatant Suicide Mission.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Attempted repeatedly after he gets conscripted to the Discards. He eventually succeeds, only to run right into Felix.
- The Starscream: Is not-at-all subtle about his desire to be the new alpha. He actually succeeds too, albeit through no merit of his own.
- Suicide Mission: Reynard makes very little effort to hide that putting him on the Discards is mainly just to get rid of him.
- Uncertain Doom: He is last seen running into Felix at the end of Chapter 28. In 29, Felix appears again, but Tony doesn't. No one asks what happened to him, but given their relationship, it likely wasn't anything pretty.
Danger Dan
"We have got one heckuva show here tonight, fellas!"
The host of "Danger Dan's Destruction Derby of Danger!" who commentates the biker duels that take place there.- Alliterative Name: His name and the name of his derby.
- Combat Commentator: His role in the derby.
- Large Ham: His commentary is very enthusiastic, even when it really doesn't need to be.
- Shoo Out the Clowns: Invoked, as the Lang Family keeps him out of the honor duel between Felix and Paxton due to concerns that his presence would detract from the mood.
Danielle Redding
"The pack does what the pack needs."
A red wolf, responsible for most of the weaponized bikes the Lang Family uses.- Deadpan Snarker: Establishes herself as the Langs' personal snarker very quickly.
- Emotionless Girl: Emotes very little about anything, showing interest or excitement only in her personal projects.
- Precision F-Strike: Delivers the only outright f-bomb in the entire story, which immediately earns her a scolding from Marian. Using "fox" doesn't sit well with her either. She finally gets away with it by using "frick" instead.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She debuts long after the Lang Family's own arc is concluded, yet is stated to be responsible for their habit of attaching weapons to vehicles, something they had been known for from the outset, and she does the same for F.R.E.N.E.M.Y. in the Grand Finale. However, she is confirmed by the authors to play a bigger role in future stories.
- Wrench Wench: A female mechanic for the Lang Family, and a particularly talented one at that.
The Sanchez Band
Sandcat Sanchez
The Tone-Deaf Tabby
"I must sing for you a song of troping."
The crime lord of Sahara Square. Sanchez is a casino owner and fight promoter who runs an underground Lucha Libre ring. He is indirectly responsible for Carla becoming a cop and the less-than-moral actions she had to take to get there.- Alliterative Name: Sandcat Sanchez.
- Arc Villain: Of the Sanchez arc, being perhaps the most actively villainous crime lord in the story outside of Reynard himself.
- Asshole Victim: Of all the newly introduced crime lords, he's the one you’re least likely to shed a tear over when he kicks the bucket. His role in crippling Carla's partner and his clear lack of remorse over it makes it pretty hard to feel bad for him.
- Cats Are Mean: A sleazy, malevolent sand cat.
- Cats Are Snarkers: Sanchez has a penchant for making dry quips about things he finds to be foolish.
- Chekhov's Gunman: He is mentioned briefly in Chapter 2 long before his introduction.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: As a kitten. This translated into his horrid singing as an adult.
- Death by Irony: Killed with his own weapon in an illegal wrestling match rigged against him. It was almost with his own instrument too, but Carla let him off easy.
- Dreadful Musician: Only his own gang thinks he's a talented singer. Everyone else finds his singing annoying at best and grating at worst. Notably, he broke up with Piper because she actually is a good singer.
- Enemy Mine: Attempts to get ahead of Reynard's plans to kill him by allying himself with the ZPD for protection. Doesn't exactly help when one of the very officers assigned to do so is The Mole.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: His love of singing is implied to have come from his mother, who sang to him as a kitten to calm him down.
- Evil Is Hammy: He's a mariachi-themed crime lord who constantly, and loudly, sings about his feelings.
- Faux Affably Evil: He tries to put on a veneer of a polite, romanticizing gentlemammal, but shows his true colors as soon as someone gets in his way.
- Freudian Excuse: Defied. He implies that he became a crime lord due to critics constantly disparaging his singing, but when Jimmy guesses this, he is confused and says that he became a crime lord because he's cruel, greedy, and selfish.
- Hypocritical Humor: "Life is not a comic book! Now sit back and watch my masked friend in tights save the day."
- Iconic Item: His violin. He is very displeased when Carla breaks it, but he does have a backup.
- Mad Libs Catch Phrase: "I must sing for you a song of X", where "X" is whatever seems relevant at the time.
- Mister Big: He's a diminutive feline usually flanked by much larger minions.
- Running Gag: Announcing that he's going to sing a song about something, and then doing so. This usually comes completely out of nowhere.
- Villainous Breakdown: "I must sing for you a song of unyielding rage." Followed by a long string of caterwauling at the top of his lungs.
- Younger Than They Look: He's a screaming infant in Drabble 10, which would put him in his early 20's in the main story.
El Orgullo
"WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE? EL ORGULLO IS UNSURE IF HE SHOULD LAUGH."
Sanchez's personal bodyguard and champion luchador. He is the one responsible for crippling Priscilla in the ring on Sanchez's orders, which gives both her and Carla a major beef to pick with him. Plays the trumpet in Sanchez's band.- Badass Boast: Gives one before his wrestling match against Carla."I AM THE PRIDE OF THE PRIDELANDS! I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA AND I'M NOT EVEN A WOLF! I... AM EL ORGULLO... AND I...AM GOING...TO MAUL! YOUR! FAAAAAAAAACE!"
- Boisterous Weakling: For all of his boasting and impressive showmanship, Carla and Priscilla both whup him pretty easily in the ring, despite the latter being crippled. Lampshaded as the commentators point out that his name is "The Pride" not "The Talent."
- Butt-Monkey: He gets pretty easily pushed around and dismissed by others, and spent his match with Carla being owned by her, Priscilla, and Lucy who was acting as his partner. In the finale his brief moment of triumph over Gomez is immediately undercut by him getting run down by most of the remaining F.R.E.N.E.M.Y. members at once.
- Evil Is Hammy: If his incessant bellowing in the ring is of any indication. Made more jarring by the fact that he was The Voiceless until that point.
- Masked Luchador: One of the Sanchez's most prominent.
- No Indoor Voice: Fitting for a lion wrestler, he roars his sentences.
- Punny Name: "The Pride," on two levels.
- The Voiceless: Played with. Serves as a strong, silent bodyguard to Sanchez up until the moment he steps into the ring. Then it's completely thrown out the window.
- Third-Person Person: His wrestler persona talks entirely in third person about himself, with the exception of his Badass Boast where he briefly uses first person.
- The Worf Effect: Drummond Rane literally turns him into a crater when he makes the mistake of badmouthing him.
Gomez
"That's right, Jefe. Damaged property, food fights, puns! They must be stopped."
Sanchez's head of security, who makes a valiant (failed) effort to stop Nick and Reynard at the Palms Hotel. Plays the maracas in Sanchez's band.- Brutish Bulls: With his short temper, black coat and matador outfit, he definitely qualifies.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns several chapters after he was buried under a pile of instruments, proving instrumental in saving Carla from the Belfry. He later joins F.R.E.N.E.M.Y.
- National Animal Stereotypes: A Spanish bull dressed in a matador outfit.
- Undying Loyalty: To Sanchez. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the gang isn't so loyal.
- Villainous Rescue: He unexpectedly shows up just in time to give the Rodentriguez's the info they need to find Carla. In the process, he ends up rescuing the commentators from them as well.
- Visual Pun: A bull dressed as a matador with a red cape.
Irwin “The Devil” Devin & Michael Vole
Devin: "Ohhhhhh! Pride before a fall!"
Vole: "That pun was terrible, Devin.
Devin: "You're terrible, Vole. That's why no one likes you."
A pair of commentators who are brought in to oversee Carla's challenge of El Orgullo.- Combat Commentator: Their profession, commentating on the two-on-two lucha match in Chapter 23.
- Distressed Dudes: Upon returning to the abandoned ring in Chapter 25, they are swarmed en masse by the Rodentriguez family and dragged under the ring, where they are interrogated for information. They are still this by Chapter 35, but now under Reynard as he has forced them to give commentary on the battle between his forces and F.R.E.N.E.M.Y.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: As soon as things start going south after the match, they both take off. For their sake, they really should've stayed gone.
Piper Piedmont
The Musical Murderess
"I never wait until the end of a performance to demand my cut! Which, come to think of it, may be why I can't find work in showbiz anymore. Well, food for thought."
Sanchez's girlfriend, until he dumped her for being more musically-talented than him. She also happens to be a skilled assassin and later a member of the Discards.- Alliterative Name: Piper Piedmont.
- Blow Gun: Can use her recorder as one.
- Brown Note: Not as extreme as other examples, but her flute can produce notes so high-pitched that they instantly cripple any canine in the vicinity.
- Cats Are Mean: A very nasty cheetah assassin.
- Contrived Coincidence: She is a musically-themed assassin who just so happens to have a spot pattern made up of musical notes. The narrative itself calls it "impossibly-contrived" when describing her.
- Evil Is Hammy: She speaks in a flamboyant, posh manner, and treats contract killing as if it were a concert recital.
- Flash Step: When pushed to the very edge by the Vixens, she snaps and starts moving so blindingly fast that they can only see her as a blur. It proves effective, but also greatly tires her out.
- Graceful Loser: Surprisingly so. When finally beaten by Jimmy and the Vixens for good, she hallucinates a crowd cheering for her and gives an appreciative bow before passing out. Even they can't help but clap.
- Instrument of Murder: She uses a variety of musical instruments containing deadly, built-in weapons.
- Panthera Awesome: A cheetah assassin with an assortment of musical weapons.
- Poisoned Weapons: Par for the course from an assassin. Her darts are poisonous enough to melt through wood.
- Professional Killer: Her main occupation.
- Punny Name: Piper Piedmont. Switch those two bolded words around and see what you get.
- Red Baron: When on the job, she goes by the alias "Melodía."
- Super-Speed: Exaggerated with her being a cheetah. Judy notes that she's actually faster than her.
- Terms of Endangerment: Often calls people "darling", regardless of the context but especially when she's trying to murder them.
- There's No Kill like Overkill: Lampshades this when Judy complains that her corrosive darts are overkill."Then it's a good thing my managers only care about underkill."
- Villainous Breakdown: Quickly loses her cool as Felix keeps destroying her Instruments of Murder one after another. Also takes place when she's beaten in the train battle, where she's reduced to a sniveling heap."STOP BREAKING MY SHIT!""No! But I'm a star! Why?!"
- Woman Scorned: She is clearly not over Sanchez dumping her. It's probably in his best interest that he's already dead by the time she shows up.
The Narwhalter Society
Piers Narwhalter
The Conspiracy-Cracking Cetacean
(narwhal noises)
The crime lord of the Docks. Narwhalter is an information broker who runs a vast underwater network of spies.- A Father to His Men: Not heavily apparent, but it says something that even after his descent into paranoid isolation, he still trusts his followers. Granted, he admits that it took some effort.
- Animal Talk: Speaks in actual narwhal vocalizations, which is only understood by his followers and requires an interpreter to translate for others.
- Ass Shove: Implied to threaten Reynard with one.Reynard: But now I'm gonna kill you just because you're being a massive pain in my ass!Narwhalter: (narwhal noises)Dolphonics: Mr. Narwhalter expresses his desire to redefine that term in the most literal fashion possible.
- Conspiracy Theorist: Among other things, he once believed that predators are secretly plotting to cannibalize marine mammals just because they happen to like seafood. Yes, really.
- Crying Wolf: Due to his habit of dropping wild conspiracy theories on a moment's notice, his fellow crime lords pay no attention to his claims anymore, even when one of them turns out to be very much real.
- Death Seeker: As a result of learning too much for him to handle, he has given up on life and outright welcomes his inevitable murder by the Count. He doesn't even care who does it, as he lets the cops into his domain mainly because he suspects they might kill him too. Nick talks him out of it...by giving him a cheesy speech until Narwhalter would rather do as he says than listen to him any longer.
- Fantastic Racism: He despises predators - believing that their appetite for seafood means they would eat marine mammals. He dropped this attitude in time after debunking that theory, and now just Hates Everyone Equally outside of his gang.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: His fellow crime lords don't much care for him, which probably has something to do with his abrasive attitude and the whole "thinks they all want to eat him" thing.
- Foreshadowing: By the end of his arc, it's clear that there is something other than Reynard to worry about, but he cryptically refuses to tell Nick what exactly, on the basis that it would be too much for him to handle right now. But see below.
- Go Mad from the Revelation: Indicates that his current paranoid state is the result of "digging too deep" in his pursuit of information and discovering something so terrible that it drove him mad. And this from someone who was considered a nutty loon to begin with. The revelation in question is later implied to have been about Crypsis.
- Hypocrite: Chastises terrestrial predatory mammals, despite being a predatory mammal himself.
- The Paranoiac: A Conspiracy Theorist who lives underwater in solitude, generally distrusts everyone except his inner circle, acts like a complete Jerkass to those he distrusts, and it's implied that he would have no problem silencing his own allies to protect himself.
- Properly Paranoid: With the knowledge of exactly what kind of enemy he is so afraid of, his extreme distrust around others starts to make a lot more sense. Even before all that, one of the conspiracy theories he mentions investigating in Drabble 10 is "brainwashed foreign spies disguised as migrant workers". That one was actually real, and Narwhalter would drive himself insane in his pursuit of it.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He eventually decides to do as Nick suggests and flee from Reynard instead of waiting to be killed by him. Granted, this is partially because he just didn't want to listen to Nick's speech any longer, but he later implies that to have just been an excuse.
- Uniformity Exception: Aside from being a cetacean, a completely different breed of mammal from the previous crime lords, he's also the only crime lord on Reynard's list to successfully escape his wrath.
Dolphonics
"Mr. Narwhalter did not allow you this conversation out of any sense of trust. He allowed it because he has nothing left to lose. Either you kill him, or someone else does. It makes no difference to him anymore."
Mr. Narwhalter's personal interpreter, translating his marine tongue for others to understand. Perhaps too well at times.- Deadpan Snarker: Snarks rather heavily at those he's talking to, whether on Narwhalter's behalf or not.
- Devious Dolphins: A villainous dolphin that works for Narwhalter.
- Disregard That Statement: Has a moment like this in Drabble 10 when he accidentally interprets a little too much.
- The Dragon: Narwhalter's, more or less by necessity given his job.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Is stated to wear spectacles and is Narwhalter's right-fin mammal.
- Sophisticated as Hell: His translations of Narwhalter's speech are highly verbose and refined, even when the actual words he's translating are implied to be pretty crass in nature.
- That Makes Me Feel Angry: Goes out of his way to translate Narwhalter's tone as well as his words, making sure listeners understand, for instance, how much he hates talking to them.
Captain Sam Smokey
"Narwhalter isn't my boss. He's a friend of mine who I do odd jobs for every now and then, but Captain Sam Smokey is a Lion of the Sea and he doesn't throw down his anchor with any mammal! Got it?!"
An old and mischievous sea captain working as an associate of Narwhalter's.- The Alleged Car: A nautical version with his tugboat: the S.S. Blowhole. It is noted by the cops to be in extremely poor condition, to the point of wondering how it's still moving. Turns out the answer is a giant whale ferrying it from underneath.
- The Atoner: As a result of guilt over his past crimes, he seeks to help others and dials down his former violence to harmless pranks.
- Banana Peel: Trips Chief Bogo with one.
- Cool Old Guy: He's an odd combination of a jaded sea captain and a playful prankster.
- Fantastic Racism: Seems to share Narwhalter's paranoid beliefs about predators, at least in part, and outright states that he hates foxes. He lightens up pretty quickly once Nick earns his favor.
- Father Neptune: He is a stereotypical old sea captain with a pipe and a Seadog Beard (which may be fake).
- I Surrender, Suckers: Attempted with a hidden joy buzzer, but Nick catches him before he can use it on Jimmy.
- Karma Houdini: Chief Bogo considers him one for turning over a new leaf without actually facing justice for his crimes.
- Mad Bomber: His former job under Narwhalter.
- The Prankster: He engages in several juvenile pranks as means of defense, including pantsing, banana peels, and a joy buzzer.
- Shrouded in Myth: Seems to have quite a few urban legends surrounding him, as even Nick isn't sure he actually exists until they find him.
- Sweet Seal: Very much inverted at first, but he soon shows that he isn't such a bad guy after helping out the officers instead of using the chance to escape.
Bella Bleu
"You know, zis is really not ze place to see ze glass half-empty."
Smokey's best friend and means of transport.- Alliterative Name: Bella Bleu.
- Big Damn Heroes: Emphasis on big. She wakes up in the nick of time to save the cops and Smokey from Reynard.
- Crash-Into Hello: She met Smokey when he crashed his tugboat into her back. Played somewhat more seriously than most examples as this greatly injured her and required days of treatment to heal. On the bright side, they've been inseparable ever since.
- Deus Exit Machina: Has a bad habit of falling asleep at really inopportune times, which prevents her from bailing the cops out against Reynard's forces until Smokey wakes her up. Later lampshaded when the cops are forced to leave her behind and expect to be immediately ambushed, which they thankfully aren't.
- Giant Woman: As a blue whale, she is by far the largest character in the story.
- Gratuitous French: Speaks in a high-pitched French accent and phrases. Her surname is also French for "blue."
- Making a Splash: A literal and mundane version. Being as large as she is, she can effectively weaponize water, making massive waves with a splash of her tail powerful enough to bowl over Reynard and the Discards.
- Swallowed Whole: When the Sea Train is no longer an option, the cops are forced to get to Narwhalter's sanctum by letting Bella carry them there...in her mouth.
- Vocal Dissonance: Implied to have a high-register voice, despite her sheer enormity; this is partly Truth in Television, given how high-pitched whale sounds can get.
Manfred
"Apologies. It is very difficult to know who to trust these days."
A tubby manatee that protects the Narwhal Nexus from intruders.- Fat Bastard: Downplayed, but he is rather chubby and he does work for Narwhalter.
The Nocturnal Mob
Vladzotz Fangpyre
The Barbaric Bat Baron
"I thank you all for welcoming me into the fold with this conference of the Zootopian crime lords. I may not have been a part of this for very long, but if I didn't know any better, I'd almost feel as if my inclusion were planned from the very beginning. Almost."
The crime lord of the Nocturnal District. He once ran a vast criminal empire literally beneath the surface of Zootopia, until it went up in flames along with him. Revealed to be alive and quite well in Drabble 21.- Adaptational Nice Guy: The original Vladzotz was a major antagonist, but this version is peacefully retired and never serves a villainous role towards Nick or any of the other heroes. Due to the happier circumstances of his life, he's also a good deal nicer in general, though aspects of his darker side remain.
- Bat Out of Hell: He's a crime lord, and while tamer than his original version, still a definite example.
- The Cameo: From fellow Zootopia fic When Instinct Falls, which makes extensive use of Lucy Sang as Vlad’s crime partner and mate.
- Classical Movie Vampire: Dark, mysterious, and lives in an equally dark and mysterious mansion. Also very well-dressed.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His family. Luckily for him, this Vlad still has those loved ones and chose to keep it that way.
- Evil Power Vacuum: His apparent demise at the height of his power caused the entire Nocturnal District to get sucked into one. As Lucy describes it, the place is less of a crime haven and more of a crime clusterfuck now. Such chaos speaks for the amount of power he had.
- Faking the Dead: Drabble 21 reveals that he had survived the fire that consumed Castle Fangpyre, then disappeared with some of his trusted henchmammals and allowed the rest of the city to think he was dead.
- Faux Affably Evil: Despite appearing charming and polite on the surface, he harbors a deep cruelty that he expresses through his power as a mob boss.
- Foreshadowing: In explaining his reasons for Faking the Dead to Lucy, he gives her a lengthy speech about realizing what he stood to lose as a crime lord and wanting to get out while he still had the chance, all without once mentioning his deceased family. Anyone familiar with the character from When Instinct Falls should be sensing something off around this point.
- Horror Hunger: Aside from draining the blood of his enemies as a method of execution, he also demands weekly payments of blood from his own henchmammals.
- Lack of Empathy: Views killing as just another part of the job. He even bottles and sells the blood of his victims.
- Laughably Evil: Despite being as sinister as he is, he has quite a sense of humor, as evidenced by the beginning of the crime lord meeting.
- Posthumous Character: Unlike the rest of the crime lords, he is presumed dead before the story even began, and was never replaced either, which is why Reynard doesn't even bother mentioning him until late. He makes his first living appearance in Drabble 10. Subverted in the revelation of his survival in Drabble 21.
- Remember the New Guy?: There was no indication of Vlad being in this story or there being more than five crime lords until Lucy and Reynard separately bring it up in Chapter 27. Then he shows up in Drabble 10 right alongside the rest, twenty years prior. His above quote lampshades this.
- Retired Monster: After Faking the Dead, this is what he's become. He's still a criminal, but on a much smaller scale and only trying to secure what he needs to live in peace.
- Transplant: He was one of the main crime lords of Zootopia in When Instinct Falls, and he's one of the main crime lords of Zootopia in Born to Be Wilde, the only one (besides Mr. Big) shared between the two stories.
- Wicked Cultured: Enjoys music and art, and treats his guests to wine. His sophistication does little to hide his cruelty though.
Russ & Sprock
Sprock: "Kidding! That one never gets old!
Russ: "Shut up, you idiot."
A badger and raccoon duo that serve as Vlad's enforcers and bodyguards.- Ascended Extra: After making only a brief appearance in Drabble 10, they end up being brought back for the Grand Finale, representing the Nocturnal division and facing off with Fangs and Boomer.
- The Cameo: They followed their boss here from When Instinct Falls.
- The Gadfly: Sprock. He plays a mean-spirited prank on all of the assembled crime lords by making them think they're drinking blood. It's implied that he's done this more than once.
- Locked Out of the Loop: They sadly don't seem to be aware that their old boss is still alive, especially as they complain about working for Reynard in comparison.
- The Quiet One: Russ. His only line in Drabble 10 is telling Sprock to shut up.
- Worth It: Sprock, after being told to clean up the result of his aforementioned prank.
The Meadowlands Syndicate
Doug Ramses
"Hey, so I've been getting some mixed signals about this. You want your son to come here for his birthday, right? But you're also getting all these guys together to stop him? So I'm not really sure what the actual plan is."
One of Bellwether's former stooges, as well as a member of the Meadowlands crime family, joining up with Reynard just prior to the finale for mostly pragmatic reasons.- Avenging the Villain: Implies that his main reason for joining Reynard is to get back at the ones who took down Bellwether. Ironically, he doesn't actually end up facing any of them and is taken out by someone he's never met before.
- Fantastic Racism: He still doesn't like preds, in spite of working with Reynard, and gladly uses them as living cover when being shot at by Smokey.
- Only Sane Man: Due to joining so late, he doesn't really jibe with Reynard's usual methods and is confused by what he's actually planning with his seemingly conflicting orders.
- Uniformity Exception: The only named member of Reynard's mega-syndicate to come from the Meadowlands crime family, which has been almost completely untouched in BtBW otherwise.
- Why Am I Ticking?: Smokey lays him out by swiftly planting a time bomb under his hooves and watching it blow.
