sometimes I feel like fleshing out the families of my characters. It seems to make them more interesting/ sheds some light on why some of them are so retarded. here are the parents of Q and the dudes.


Stratus's mum Florina: a more modern sort of satyr, Florina remarried after Stratus was born (usually the father just up and leaves and the mum just has to deal alone until the child is of age to be dumped in another part of the forest so she can have some peace and quiet) to a human pharmacist . as he is usually out of town (they converse mostly by letter) Flo has taken over most of the business, and is now pretty much the town nurse. She dotes on stratus constantly and considers him to be the perfect son. This is probably because she's the only one in town who has no idea about the drugs, the drinking, and the fact that despite his satyr heritage girls of any species generally think he's gross. She enjoys polkadots.

Q's mum Granita is Florina's little sister and Stratus's aunt. She sometimes has severe flare-ups of OCD which makes it impossible to live in their forest home (who can sleep when they need to count every leaf on every tree?) and so she's currently staying in town, across the street from Flo. she's very mellow and easygoing when she's 'normal' but when shes not and Q can't calm her down, he prefers to hang out at the local pharmacy where he gives out relationship advice to the townsfolk. She likes flowers with even numbers of petals and cleaning.

Nimbus's mum Lima is more despondent than the other two. Nim grew up much farther away from town in a more dangerous area of the woods. Lima didn't really care for him as much as she 'protected' him from the world. After a while though she grew tired of the whole having a child thing and dropped him off near town. From then on he was pretty much on his own. She stops by from time to time to make sure he's still alive and mostly well. They are polite and even friendly with each other during these visits, but they aren't really that close.

James's dads Mr. and Mr. Crowe are creepy talking roosters that operate the only law office in a 300 mile radius. They originally belonged to one of the local farmers and becoming unsatisfied with their lot in life, held a bloody uprising. Afterwards they took control of the barn (the only thing left standing on the property) and settled in to think their evil rooster thoughts on how they would further ruin humanity. In this barn they found stacks upon stacks of books and in one of the books (a bestiary) they learned of a creature called a cockatrice. born from the egg of a rooster it was insanely venomous and could kill with a mere look. surely this creature would be the perfect destructive tool for their cause and so they set off in search of one. sadly, they could not enlist the help of any of the cockatrices they encountered as cockatrices are notorious about not giving a shit. Faced with this new obstacle, they decided to just make their own destructive heir, and after many failed attempts at gettin' busy, Mr Crowe (the one with the tie) laid an egg. 21 days later their dreams were crushed when out popped James. He didn't even look like a chicken, let alone a cockatrice. He didn't distinctly look like any particular sort of bird at all. It seems cockatrices are accidents of nature and the natural order didn't liked to be fucked with by evil egomaniac roosters. James can't even do the neat killer eye trick (though he can make you very nauseous if he smiles at you juuuuust right). After this Mr. and Mr. Crowe decided to just give up on he ruination of humanity and open up a law office (this was always their second choice). they settled down in cold unfeeling domestic bliss and raised James to be an awful person. They love him and are very proud of him. He loves them too even though most of their time together is spent saying terrible things to each other.


notes: I know the roosters are pretty crappy. they will be not so crappy in the future.
why do I insist on covering up the nipples on creatures where I routinely draw the males with their wangs hanging out? lol I dunno. It's more fun I guess. And in fantasy stuff you mostly see it the other way around. :B