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The Dog Knights
General
Rory
The Leader and all-around grump
Breed: Dobermann
Class: Berserker
The leader of the Dog Knights. A former member of a mercenary group who decided to strike out on her own. After barely surviving a group of monsters using her old group's berserker rage-inducing abilities, she chose to form her own group of adventurers. Rory is known for her indifferent personality, stone-faced emotion, and unhealthy fixation on gold, but deep down she really cares for her team.
- The Berserker: Rory's class, though she's only been seen actually berserking in a flashback to before she started the Dog Knights.
- Cutting Corners: She is adamant in wasting gold that she does anything to save spending it. Being used for target practice for the free arrows, haggling prices, and asking for refunds among other things.
- Embarrassing Animal Suit: Was forced to wear a magical white rabbit costume to help Jeane entertain at birthday parties. She only did it because it paid good and because Jeane said so.
- Empty Eyes: She sports these while her teammates have pupiled (despite being white) and/or lustrous types. Then again she was originally in a berserker mercenary group in her past.
- Gold Fever: To say she has a strong love for gold is to say Maci is short. A Berserk Button of hers is trying to steal gold from her. It's even lampshaded on a strip where Maci believes that Rory may be a dragon because of her obsession with it.
- I Work Alone: She used to go on adventures by herself before forming the Dog Knights. It was deconstructed, as Rory was barely able to survive fighting a group of monsters by herself. Realizing her limitations, Rory decided to create the Dog Knights to survive her next adventures.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite her stoic personality, Rory cares enough for the Dog Knights to protect them when they need her help. Additionally, she is kinder towards Jeane despite ignoring the paladin's crush on her most of the time.
- Perpetual Frowner: Always shown with a deadpan frown on her face. It's very rare to see her smile.
- Wax On, Wax Off: She believes that her strength was born from cutting wood.
Jeane
The Lancer and Nice Girl
Breed: Golden Retriever
Class: Paladin
The Lancer and The Heart of the Dog Knights, she was once part of an Order of Knights until she was dismissed for being too nice (and stupid). Known for her enormous size, cooking skills and her unrequited crush on Rory.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She may be the nicest member of the Dog Knights, but she can easily plow through enemies with her shield. She also literally carried Rory in her arm out of frustration after Rory refused to go shopping with her.
- Chef of Iron: She is the Team Chef and one of the best fighters in the Dog Knights.
- Dumb Blonde: A golden retriever and not the brightest bulb in the box.
- Everything Sounds Sexier in French: Jeane has a French accent in the dubbed version of the comic, and she keeps trying to get Rory's romantic attention.
- Gentle Giant: The biggest Dog Knight with a equal big heart to boot.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Blonde-haired with a kind personality.
- Hero with an F in Good: She used to be a member of an Order of Knights but they kicked her out due to her being so nice (and dumb).
- Ignored Enamored Underling: Has a rather hopeless crush on team leader Rory, who once bit her on the nose when she asked for a kiss.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Has them to symbolize her kindness, but also her inexperience.
- Jousting Lance: She uses a lance when she fights, which fits her paladin position.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: Good-natured and nice, but also not the sharpest sword in the arsenal. Best exemplified in the "Egg" comic strip.
- Nice Girl: Her most defining characteristic. She protects the group, feeds them, and is very affectionate.
- Painful Body Waxing: Was an accidental recipient of this when Hama offered her services to apply healing salves only for the cephalopod's powerful suction cups on her tentacles actually ripped the fur off Jeane.
- The Paladin: Her class, naturally, as she uses a lance and shield, and enhances them with magic.
- Supreme Chef: The chef of the party, having been taught how to cook by her father. Sadly, she doesn't get to eat her meals as much as she wants because the rest of the party finishes them first.
- Victoria's Secret Compartment: Due to her size, one comic shows Rory taking up residence behind Jeane's chestplate for protection, head poking out under her chin.
Maci
Gremlin and Team Butt-Monkey
Breed: Pomeranian
Class: Rogue/Scout
A short-statured member of a clan of an equally-short adventurers, she is her world's main target when it comes to slapstick and misfortune. Carries a shield as big as she is and has a mischievous attitude to off-set her small size.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Despite an adult, she acts more like an immature little kid.
- Butt-Monkey: To say she's always getting the short end of the stick is an understatement. Rory uses her as a shield, forces her to take boring quests, gets swallowed whole by a variety of monsters, among other indignities.
- Childhood Friend Romance: She and Bruno were close friends as children and are now in a relationship as adults.
- Counter-Attack: Maci's Counter is her most powerful shield move, but it requires her to attack at the same time her enemy does.
- Fiery Redhead: Has red hair that matches her orange fur, and she's very emotional.
- Height Angst: She has some qualms about her short height, such as having angry tears at Nix being taller than her for about a head despite being the second shortest member of the group. She also dreams of being taller while having Rory be as small as her.
- Human Shield: Wears an oversized shield on her back, which her taller teammates take as license to pick her up and use her as a shield, even though her extremities are still very vulnerable.
- Idiot Hair: Has a large strand of hair that curls from her hair. Not because she's stupid, just makes stupid decisions and is generally unlucky.
- The Napoleon: The shortest member of the group. She's also the first one to get angry or excited. Natch.
- Older Than They Look: Despite her size, she is the oldest member of the group.
- Shield Surf: Thanks to her short stature and oversized shield, she can use it to surf down slopes.
- Swallowed Whole: An annoyingly regular occurrence for her being the right size for any hungry monster, fortunately the rest of the party usually cuts the monster open before she's digested.
- Throw Down the Bomblet: Uses bombs of different sizes as her main attack, since her shield is not enough to do the necessary damage during fights.
Nix
Breed: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Class: Fighter
A former pit fighter and gladiator, Nix is always looking for a fight. Known for her oversized gauntlets and perpetual grin. Despite her brave and energetic attitude, she does seem to get flustered around those bigger than her.
- Awesome Aussie: In the dub she has an Australian accent and is a brutal fighter.
- Ax-Crazy: Nix gets unhinged when she's in the zone, brutally killing monsters and smiling as she gets covered in their blood.
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Excluding her gauntlets, she prefers to fight by using the brawling skills she learned as a pit fighter.
- Blood Knight: She loves a good fight as much as Rory loves gold. Her first canon appearance shows her fighting at a coliseum and enjoying the fights, smiling even as she's injured.
- Competition Freak: A very competitive type, challenging Maci to a push up contest and Rory to see who kills the most mooks.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Her preferred fighting style, with no weapons other than her gauntlets.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The only times Nix doesn't smile and actually blushes is when she sees characters with large breasts, such as when Jeane worked part-time for a Fanservice with a Smile establishment.
- Perpetual Smiler: She always sports a toothy smile on her face paired with half-lidded eyes, leaving her with a relaxed expression.
- Pointless Band-Aid: Played with. She sports one on her left cheek since she has a cut there from her gladiatorial days, but keeps it despite possibly already healed and scarred.
- Power Fist: Fights by using oversized gauntlets for punching.
- Tombstone Teeth: Always has her teeth bared in a smile or frown. It's very rare to see her with a closed mouth.
Orinette
Inept Mage and Chew Toy
Breed: Borzoi
Class: Mage
A magical prodigy but spending her entire life isolated, she is the mage of the Dog Knights. However, due to her sheltered upbringing and lack of practice, her spells often than not provide problems for her team. Also a Chew Toy extraordinaire.
- Affectionate Nickname: The Dog Knights and others tend to call her "Ori" rather than her full name.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Her most powerful spells, such as Freezing Touch and Hell's Pillar sounds awesome on paper, but they're more trouble than they're worth in practice. Rory gets half frozen while fighting a monster, and Jeane gets burned into a crisp when Orinette was supposed to light a fire to cook dinner.
- Chew Toy: Ori tends to suffer many physical injuries during tough quests. Not even Maci suffers as much slapstick as she does.
- Cross-Cultural Kerfluffle: Her original name was going to be Orina, until the author figured out this trope was going to be lampshaded.note
- Elemental Powers: She can use fire, lightning, and ice spells when she fights her opponents.
- Gag Nose: As Orinette is a Borzoi, her long muzzle is usually treated as such with certain strips, especially when it is held in one's paws or even booped.
- An Ice Person: Among her spells, she has a Freezing Touch spell that freezes the weapons of another person.
- Inept Mage: Friendly fire is a regular occurrence with Orinette, even when she's not trying to use Hell's Pillar to light a campfire.
- Mind over Matter: She can use her magic to levitate others, as seen when she levitates Baby Rory to look at her.
- Playing with Fire: Orinette's Hell Pillar creates a column of fire. She once used it to light a campfire.
- Robe and Wizard Hat: Played. Ori wears a leather outfit instead of the standard magic user's robe but more than makes up for it with her hat. Just look at the size of it in the illustration!
- Shipper on Deck: Ori ships Jeane and Rory, even writing fanfiction stories about them.
- Shock and Awe: Ori casts lightning bolts when fighting against marine monsters in a mission with Jeane.
- Spell Book: Carries around a spell book from her teacher that is full of high leveled spells for her to use.
- Squishy Wizard: Is the wizard of the dog knights, and the first one to fall down in a fight because of her frail physique.
Allies
Celia
Breed: Bernese Mountain Dog
Class: Cleric
A cleric who serves a mystical order known as the Covenant of the Judge, she was gifted extraordinary white magic but at the cost of her eyesight as does every cleric in her church. She is an honorary Dog Knight, but is not a permanent member. She offers her healing services to the needy... for a little financial profit.
- Blind Mistake: While hoisting Maci up from a cliff, she mutters about how the little Dog Knight got so heavy. Turns out Orinette was holding onto Maci which increased the weight Celia was pulling up.
- Healing Hands: Celia is a cleric whose main specialty is healing the party. That being said, she charges for her services.
- Here We Go Again!: In one strip, she had just finished healing Maci and Ori, only for them to get smashed by the hand of a giant monster. Naturally, Celia is very upset at this happening.
- The Medic: Celia's main role in the Dog Knights is to use her White Mage powers to heal the group during or after a fight.
- Ms. Vice Girl: As said above, she is a cleric who uses her powers to heal those who need it...but is greedy enough to charge for her services.
- Prophet Eyes: Due to her holy order of the Covenant of the Judge, she was gifted great holy and healing abilities at the cost of her eyesight, same as other clerics of that order.
- Sixth Ranger: Celia occasionally goes in adventures with the Dog Knights, but she's not a permanent member of them.
- White Mage: Celia is a Cleric who uses holy magic to heal the party.
Bruno
Maci's very very big special guy.
Breed: Samoyed
Class: Barbarian
A childhood friend and boyfriend of Maci. Has yet to be formally introduced in the comic sans for a few flashback scenes.
- BFS: Wields a large sword fitting his barbarian class.
- The Big Guy: Absolutely towers over everyone else (especially his tiny girlfriend, Maci).
- Childhood Friend Romance: Maci and Bruno were close friends as children and are now in a relationship as adults.
- The Ghost: He has only been seen in flashback strips when he and Maci were kids. He had yet to formally appear in his giant adult self except for one final panel.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: His eyes glow white when he fights.
- The One Guy: The only male "main" character of the strip where all the others are female.
- Rescue Romance: Bruno and Maci's relationship began when he saved Maci from monsters when they were kids.
Hama
Always happy to lend a hand-er, tentacle.
Species: Octopus
Class: Blacksmith
A character that originated from one of Ceehaz's former series ideas, she is currently in the Dog Knights' world making a living as a blacksmith. A cheerful and optimistic girl despite owning a very vicious cat.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Averted. Unlike the other members of the cast who are dogs with fur and pads on their feet, she is a sea creature without these additions and wears sandals.
- Canon Foreigner: Was once a character in Ceehaz's previous idea, Yokai Fighter.
- Cats Are Mean: Owns a very vicious and cranky cat who scratches her face and even slices off a tentacle when she attempts to pet him.
Good thing octopi can regenerate missing tentacles. - Does Not Know Her Own Strength: The suction cups on her tentacles are very adhesive since she accidentally ripped Jeane's fur off while applying a healing salve. She excuses herself saying she is used to applying the salve on non-furry customers. Rory wants a refund.
- Eyes Always Shut: Hama has her eyes shut most of the time, only opening them when she's surprised.
- Multiarmed And Dangerous: Hama, as an humanoid octopus, has six tentacles which she uses (besides holding her smithing tools while working) to fight with a hammer to obtain monster parts for tempering, as well as generally attacking when she wields a full set of armor.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: Hama is a blacksmith capable of making weapons out of monster parts.
- Weapons of Their Trade: Hama uses a hammer when she needs to fight to get supplies for her blacksmith job.
Others
Rebell
Species: Hyena
Class: "Hyena Queen"/Thief
- Awesome Aussie: In the dub has an Australian accent and is a really buff fighter.
- Heinous Hyena: The "hyena queen" Rebell and her pint-sized gang, rivals of the Dog Knights.
Saphira
Breed: Husky
Class: Spellsword
- Elemental Weapon: Saphira has three swords that are made of fire, lightning, and ice.
