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This section is for characters who appear in multiple works, are in government and thus may show up in other stories (though only as a cameo).  There will be repetition between this section and the author-specific ones.
 
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''Winthrop Fitzgerald''
 
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''Wallace Ramsey
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* Profession: Corrections Canada Officer
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* Place of Residence: Ottawa, Ontario (formerly Regina, Saskatchewan)
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* Species: Moose (Male)
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* Year Changed: 2006
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* Notes:
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** He is currently the officer 'in charge' of Changed within Canada's prison system, and tends to go in person to handle events involving Changed within CSC's domain, though his actual rank/position is more junior.
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** His moose form is tall, nearly 7ft, but his original human form was short, just over 5ft.
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** He works closely with Winthrop to help handle various Changed issues.
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==United States==
  
 
''Phillip Sandrick''
 
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''Wallace Ramsey
 
* Profession: Corrections Canada Officer
 
* Place of Residence: Ottawa, Ontario (formerly Regina, Saskatchewan)
 
* Species: Moose (Male)
 
* Year Changed: 2006
 
* Notes:
 
** He is currently the officer 'in charge' of Changed within Canada's prison system, and tends to go in person to handle events involving Changed within CSC's domain, though his actual rank/position is more junior.
 
** His moose form is tall, nearly 7ft, but his original human form was short, just over 5ft.
 
** He works closely with Winthrop to help handle various Changed issues.
 
* Has Appeared in:
 
** [[User:Jetfire/Doing Hard Time|Doing Hard Time]]
 
  
 
''Nora Rand''
 
''Nora Rand''

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Jerome Slater/Janice Slater-Janssen

  • Born: 1976
  • Profession: Academic Librarian.
  • Place of Residence: North Providence, RI
  • Species: Whitetail deer
  • Year changed: 2007
    • Trangendered in 2008.
  • Notes: Married Tara in December '07. Role reversal with Tara.
  • Has appeared in:
  • Mentioned in:

Dr. Tara Slater/Thomas Janssen

  • Born: 1978
  • Profession: History professor at same university Jerome works.
  • Place of Residence: Abington, MA.
  • Species: Whitetail deer
  • Year changed: 2007
    • Transgendered in 2008.
  • Notes: Married Jerome in December '07. Tara had a baby two months before Change Day '08. Role reversal with her husband.
  • Has appeared in:
  • Mentioned in:

Brandon/Brittany Derringer or BD

  • Born: 1977
  • Profession: Medical equipment salesman.
  • Place of Residence: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Species: Lynx
  • Special: Gender-changed. Female to other furries, still male to humans due to RDF. After October 2007, strangers now see her as her physical gender with the human ghost image changed to match. Friends, family, and others who've known him still see the same old Brandon.
  • Year changed: 2006
  • Has appeared in:

Derek/Danielle Lowe or DL

  • Born: 1974
  • Profession: Unknown
  • Place of Residence: Bellevue, WA.
  • Species: Coyote
  • Special: See BD above.
  • Year Changed: 2006, to coyote. 2007, to female.
  • Has appeared in:

Dr. Edward Frasier

  • Born: 1963
  • Profession: MD at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, general surgery.
  • Place of Residence: Renton, WA.
  • Species: American Marten
  • Year Changed: 2008.
  • Special: Ask before using. Can see through the RDF/Veil if he looks at things the right way. It's very weak for him, regardless. In his late teens/early 20s he was a stoner, mostly hallucinogens like LSD and mescaline. Well-known furry artist, mostly drawn from life.
  • Note: 16-year old daughter in 2006, changed into fox when she was 13. Widower, wife died in an auto accident when daughter was 4. Not interested in remarrying, so it's a family of two.
  • Has appeared in:

Annette Frasier

  • Born: 1990.
  • Profession: Entering Reed College in Portland for Fall 2008.
  • Place of Residence: Seattle, WA and Portland, OR.
  • Species: Red fox.
  • Year Changed: 2003.
  • Special: Mother died at age 4. It's been just her and her father since, and they're very close. Level-headed kid, not a troublemaker.
  • Has appeared in:


Minor characters of interest

Patricia Jones (Maiden name: Dale)

  • Born: 1980
  • Profession: Housewife
  • Place of Residence: Gilroy, CA.
  • Species: Red Panda, female.
  • Year Changed: 2005
  • Special: Transsexual who got gender-changed just as she was starting HRT. Overjoyed at the new changes to the RDF in 2007. Changing careers and place of residence to take full advantage. Married her boyfriend soon after Tall Tales Con, moved to where everyone would see her as a woman, then promptly got pregnant. Now everyone, human and not, see her as a she.
  • Has appeared in:

Col. Peter Hoover

  • Born: 1949
  • Profession: USAF, Ret. Flew B-52s during the Cold War.
  • Place of Residence: Duluth, MN
  • Species: Whitetail buck
  • Year Changed: 2005
  • Special: Has a right ear with a few notches in it from a hunting accident. This character is loosely based on a buck named Peter in The Gift of the Deer by Helen Hoover.
  • Has appeared in:

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Bryce Clay, M.D.

Jenny Clay

  • Profession: Unknown
  • Place of Residence: Tulalip, WA
  • Species: Schimiter Oryx
  • Year Changed: 2008
  • Has appeared in:


Winthrop Fitzgerald

  • Profession: Assistant Commissioner in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Place of Residence: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Species: Horse (Chestnut)
  • Year Changed: 2004
  • Special Notes: As of 2007, fur with the highest known position in the Canadian government. Travels extensively across Canada. Has wide contacts with other government furs worldwide.
  • Has appeared in:

Phillip Sandrick

  • Profession: Congressman, United States House of Representatives
  • Place of Residence: Washington, D.C., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Species: Badger
  • Year of Change: 2002
  • Special notes: Highest known fur in US Government prior to 2008
  • Has appeared in:

Sheldon Buttes

  • Profession: Congressman, United States House of Representatives
  • Place of Residence: Washington, D.C., Olympia, WA
  • Species: Horse (Percheron)
  • Year of Change: 2008
  • Special notes: Chairman of House Ways and Means
  • Has appeared in:

Alan Saylor

  • Profession: Reporter/Editor for UPI
  • Place of Residence: United States, but city undetermined.
  • Species: Hare
  • Year of Change: Unknown, prior to 2006
  • Special notes: British born and raised, living and working in U.S. Has extensive contacts in fur community.
  • Has appeared in:

Wilhem Pickford

  • Profession: Judge
  • Place of Residence: Everett, Washington
  • Species: Bighorn sheep
  • Year of Change: Unknown, prior to 2006
  • Special notes: Extensive contacts in higher fur community.
  • Has appeared in:

Tim Anders/T.A./Tea'

  • Profession: College Student (Freshman 2005)
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Black Jaguar (female)
  • Year of Change: 2005
  • Special notes: Hates the initials, stayed stable though 2006. Pregnancy with twins born in 2007. Avatar changes, goes by Tea' full time by February 2007.
  • Has appeared in:

Dusty Hollows

  • Profession: College Student (Freshman, 2005)
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Moose
  • Year of Change: 2005
  • Special notes: Very protective of Tea', bordering on obsessive. Engaged in 07, father of her twins.
  • Has appeared in:

Trinidad Weathers

  • Profession: College Student (Freshman, 2004)
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Sea Lion
  • Year of Change: 2004
  • Special notes: Absolutely always cheerful, bouncy. Loves to swim, looking for his soul mate in an aquatic species, but for now willing to feel up anyone female.
  • Has appeared in:

Ela Dean

  • Profession: College professor, economics
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Alpaca
  • Year of Change: 2002
  • Special notes: Local organizer for San Luis Obispo County. Previously lived in Madison, WI.
  • Has appeared in:

Paul Michelson

  • Profession: Washington State Patrol officer, Governors Security Detachment
  • Place of Residence: Lacey, WA
  • Species: Jackrabbit
  • Year of Change: Unknown
  • Has appeared in:

Art Hollows/A.H.

  • Profession: Auto mechanic
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Otter (female)
  • Year of Change: 2007
  • Special Notes: Was able to see through veil after November 2006, but with difficulty. Roommate with Trinidad Weathers.

Minor Characters of Interest

Sheila (no last name)

  • Profession: Owns costume jewelry kiosk in mall, makes custom pieces
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Red Fox
  • Year of Change: 2006
  • Special Notes: Won't reveal her real age, but has grown children.

Rupert Manassas

  • Profession: Manager, womens clothing store
  • Place of Residence: San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Species: Chipmunk
  • Year of Change: 2005
  • Special Notes: As human, was unusually tall (about 6"5") but is considerably shorter as a chipmunk (about 5' even.)

Kate (no last name)

  • Profession: Veternarian, Point Defiance Zoo
  • Place of Residence: Tacoma, WA
  • Species: Skunk
  • Year of Change: Unknown, probably 2005.
  • Special Notes: Has boyfriend, Vincent, in U.S. Navy out of San Diego who is unchanged/unknown.

Roger Shotts

  • Profession: Unknown
  • Place of Residence: Gary, Indiana
  • Species: 2003-2004: Female Norwegian Rat
  • Species: 2004-current: Male Black-Footed Ferret
  • Special Notes: Wife killed in surgical "Misadventure"
  • Has appeared in:

Steven Capri

  • Profession: Teenager
  • Place of Residence: Eastern Washington, farming community
  • Species: Lemming
  • Year of Change: 2006
  • Special notes: Attempted suicide before realizing he wasn't alone.
  • Has appeared in:

For a complete list of characters from my Veil series and related stories, please see The Veil Bestiary.

Adam Zimmer

  • Profession: Lab Tech
  • Place of Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Species Male Brown Bear
  • Year Changed: 2006
  • Has Appeared in:


Alex T (known as AT)


Chris, Jessica and Daniel Ford

  • Professions: Skateboard shop owner (Chris), seniors home worker (Jessica), Terror of Chatham (2 year old Daniel)
  • Place of Residence: Chatham, Ontario, Canada
  • Species: Unchanged Human (Chris, Jessica), Monkey (Daniel)
  • Year Changed: 2007 (Daniel)
  • Has appeared in:
  • Note:
    • Chris is the cousin of Joe Ford.
    • When Daniel changed, Chris and Jessica were able to see him as a changed child, but they were unable to see other changed until their Changed friend, Sheila introduced herself as one. Even after that, they still mostly see the ghosts of other Changed they know.


Eric Hayward

  • Profession: Canadian Coast Guard
  • Place of Residence: Lark Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada ( a small community about 1 hour east of Corner Brook)
  • Species: Arctic Wolf
  • Year Changed: 2006
  • Has Appeared in:
  • Notes:
    • His father changed into a Polar Bear in 2000, and disappeared/was presumed dead on the ice while Sealing in 2001. After Eric himself changed, he realized what happened to his father, and set out to try to find him, signing up with the Guard to help make his search easier.

Joseph Ford (Joey, JF)

  • Profession: Software developer
  • Place of Residence: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Species
    • Aug 05 to Aug 06: Male Mountain Goat
    • Aug 06 to Aug 07: Female Cougar
    • Aug 07 to ??: Male Mountain Goat
  • Year Changed: 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Has Appeared in:


Justin (Justine) LeBlanc

  • Profession: Con artist/Scammer/Fraudster, now Prisoner
  • Place of Residence: Fort McMurray, Alberta (before capture), Drummondville Penitentiary (Drummondville, Quebec), Nova Institute For Women, Truro, Nova Scotia (as of March, 2008)
  • Species: German Shepard (female)
  • Year Changed: 2007
  • Has Appeared In:
  • Notes:
    • She was the first TG change to occur in a Canadian prison, and had subsequent trouble when the TTC TG Effect took hold on her.


Michael

  • Profession: Geologist
  • Place of Residence: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Species: Silver Fox (Male)
  • Year Changed: 2005
  • Has Appeared in:


Rebeca Hayward (maiden name unknown)

  • Profession: Canadian Coast Guard
  • Place of Residence: Lark Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada ( a small community about 1 hour east of Corner Brook)
  • Species: Black pawed Ferret
  • Year Changed: 2007
  • Has Appeared in:
  • Notes:
    • She married Eric after both of them changed and they found Eric's changed father.


Shiloh Watson

  • Profession: Reporter (Junior)
  • Species: Raccoon (female)
  • Place of Residence: Officially Ottawa; but she travels from Coast to Coast to Coast.
  • Year Changed: 2005 or 2004 (unspecified)
  • Has Appeared in:
  • Notes:
    • She is a recent graduate from Journalism studies at Carleton in Ottawa.
    • She is a freelance reporter, who mostly works for CTV.
    • She's been meeting Changed on the side, recording their stories about the Change and living as a Changed for the Future.


Wallace Ramsey

  • Profession: Corrections Canada Officer
  • Place of Residence: Ottawa, Ontario (formerly Regina, Saskatchewan)
  • Species: Moose (Male)
  • Year Changed: 2006
  • Has Appeared in:
  • Notes:
    • He is currently the officer 'in charge' of Changed within Canada's prison system, and tends to go in person to handle events involving Changed within CSC's domain.
    • His moose form is tall, nearly 7ft, but his original human form was short, just over 5ft.

Minor characters and organizations of interest

Boris Dementyev

  • Profession: Mob inforcer/Body Guard
  • Changed in 2004 or 2005 (he won't confirm)
  • Species: Zebra
  • Place of Residence: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; Kingston Penitentiary, Drummondville Penitentiary (after the December '07 Riots)
  • Has Appeared in:
  • Note:
    • May be one of the first post-Change people to be arrested and convicted. (He was captured and imprisoned in early 2007 for kidnapping Changed hoofed-women to 'form his own herd')
    • Actually very intelligent, but he plays the 'dumb muscle' to make people underestimate him.


Sherry (last name unknown)

  • Profession: Unknown
  • Place of Residence: Saint John's, Newfoundland
  • Species: Unknown; probably cougar.
  • Year Changed: 2008
  • Has Appeared in:
  • Notes
    • She has a twin sister living in Toronto who changed in 2007. After her sister changed, she found she could see through the Veil, something she often used to surprise Furs.


WATFUR

  • A Support group founded at the University of Waterloo to help out the Changed and Known on campus.
  • Has connections with similar groups at other Ontario universities and growing.
  • Characters of Note:
    • Keith Brodie, mouse morph, Secretary of WATFUR
    • Lisa, white tail doe-morph, club Treasurer
  • Has appeared in:

Christopher Mattiaz (known as Chris or CM)

  • Profession: Student in Mathematical Statistics
  • Place of Residence: Blacksburg, Virginia (as of 2002)
  • Species: Changing...
    • Aug 96 to Aug 97: Male Rottweiler
    • Aug 97 to Aug 98: Female Donkey
    • Aug 98 to Aug 99: Female Brown Bear
    • Aug 99 to Aug 00: Male Brown Rat
    • Aug 00 to Aug 01: Female Rottweiler
    • Aug 01 to Aug 02: Female Donkey
    • Aug 02 to Aug 03: Female Brown Bear
    • Aug 03 to Aug 07: Unknown
    • Aug 07 to Aug 08: Female Brown Rat
  • Year Changed: 1996
  • Year Born: 1976
  • Has Appeared in:


Robert 'Rob' Hallman


Walter Lundh

  • Profession: Partner in Lawfirm
  • Place of Residence: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Species: Longhorn Bull
  • Year Changed: 1999
  • Year Born: 1949
  • Has Appeared in:


Linda Blayless

  • Profession: Accountant
  • Place of Residence: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Species: Suffolk Sheep
  • Year Changed: 2000
  • Year Born: 1940
  • Has Appeared in:


Angus McArdle

  • Profession: Restaurant Owner
  • Place of Residence: Irwin, Pennsylvania
  • Species: Groundhog
  • Year Changed: 2000
  • Year Born: 1957
  • Has Appeared in:


Carter Ryan

  • Profession: Demographics specialist for polling company
  • Place of Residence: Buffalo, New York
  • Species: Black-furred Wolf
  • Year Changed: 2002
  • Year Born: 1976
  • Has Appeared in:


Patrick Faughn

  • Profession: Virginia Tech Student
  • Place of Residence: Blacksburg, Virginia
  • Species: Human
  • Year Born: 1981
  • Special Note: Childhood friend of Robert Hallman and an early Known.
  • Has Appeared in:

Tim 'Blue' Fredrickson

  • Profession: Sales Clerk
  • Place of Residence: Downers Grove, IL
  • Has not changed, but can see.
  • First to have the field break down completely.
  • Will not change until the last round.
  • Has Appeared in:

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This section is for characters who appear in multiple works, are in government and thus may show up in other stories (though only as a cameo). There will be repetition between this section and the author-specific ones.

Canada

Winthrop Fitzgerald

  • Profession: Assistant Commissioner in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Place of Residence: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Species: Horse (Chestnut)
  • Year Changed: 2004
  • Special Notes: As of 2007, fur with the highest known position in the Canadian government. Travels extensively across Canada. Has wide contacts with other government furs worldwide.
  • Has appeared in:

Wallace Ramsey

  • Profession: Corrections Canada Officer
  • Place of Residence: Ottawa, Ontario (formerly Regina, Saskatchewan)
  • Species: Moose (Male)
  • Year Changed: 2006
  • Notes:
    • He is currently the officer 'in charge' of Changed within Canada's prison system, and tends to go in person to handle events involving Changed within CSC's domain, though his actual rank/position is more junior.
    • His moose form is tall, nearly 7ft, but his original human form was short, just over 5ft.
    • He works closely with Winthrop to help handle various Changed issues.
  • Has Appeared in:

United States

Phillip Sandrick

  • Profession: Congressman, United States House of Representatives
  • Place of Residence: Washington, D.C., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Species: Badger
  • Year of Change: 2002
  • Age: 48 in 2007.
  • Special notes: Highest known fur in US Government prior to 2008
  • Has appeared in:

Sheldon Buttes

  • Profession: Congressman, United States House of Representatives
  • Place of Residence: Washington, D.C., Olympia, WA
  • Species: Horse, grey Percheron
  • Year of Change: 2008
  • Age: 66 in 2008.
  • Special notes: Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee.
  • Has appeared in:

Anthony Rowe

  • Profession: Congressman, United States House of Representatives
  • Place of Residence: Lawrence, KS; Washington D.C..
  • Species: Pronghorn
  • Year of Change: 2008
  • Has appeared in:

Paul Anders

  • Profession: Senator, United States Senate
  • Place of Residence: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Species: Whitetail deer
  • Year of Change: 2008
  • Has appeared in:

Nora Rand

  • Profession: President, United States of America.
  • Party: Republican
  • Born: 1948
  • Year Changed: Not Yet...
  • Notes: Details to be determined. However, it's safe to assume that the policies are broadly similar to our own world, but more competently executed. I will try and avoid too much controversy here, but I think a female Republican President is one of the Major Differences due to the butterfly effect caused by the Change.
  • Has appeared in: