Well I did it. I finally gave in and made a fursona. Does that mean I'm going whole-hog furry now?I'm honestly not sure. Pokemon will always be first and the rampant sexuality are kind of turn-offs, but I've already started poking my head inside.Fordham was made for a specific universe, but he can be adjusted for any sci-fi, sci-fantasy, or Dieselpunk setting. I may release more stuff about the setting, I may not. I've got a lot of stuff written for it already, it would be a shame not to.For those looking for his non world-specific information, skip hisandand go straight to------: Western Grey Squirrel: 23: Male: Muted. Not to say that he is, but rather, muted. It's rather obvious that he's been brow-beaten into his place in life and that's kind of, for lack of a better word, stunted his personality. This goes away quite a bit when he's in an on-the-job mood, but his fear of authority is still apparent even then. At least he doesn't go so far as to snivel.: 5'4", Light black/dark grey fur. Black hair, usually tucked mostly underneath his hat. Scrawny, but with enough muscle at least on his arms that is enough to show that he is putting at least some effort into staying in shape.Arbori Free Rangers (1125 - Present)-Imperial Arbori Rangers (1127-Present)Imperial Intelligence Agency (1127-Present)Cartridge: 11mm ConfederateRate of Fire: 630 RPMFeed System: Dual 20-round detachable box magazinesAfter the dogs of Forest Edge introduced their M1123 "Bassett" rifle, no one took more interest in the fledgeling concept of the "assault rifle" than the Arbori squirrels did. A simple platform for long-ranged automatic fire was just what their forest-dwelling Rangers needed to fill the sizable gaps between close and long range fighting, particularly against deadly wildlife like the Lonely Men or Graceful Deaths . Plus, if such a weapon could be created that could handle both jobs then they would need to manufacture less. Less manufacturing meant less pollution, and less pollution meant a healthier Great Forest. The Ferrum Company came up with a design suited to the squirrels' needs in 1124, which was adopted by the Arbori Rangers in 1126 as the M1126 "Sequoia". Sequoia rifles continue service with the Imperial Rangers after the Arbori were conquered by the Lambos Empire.The odd-looking top-fed weapon is aimed via a set of sights between its two diagonal magazines. Rangers are generally trained only to utilize one of the two magazines, reloading when the first runs dry and treating the secondary one as an emergency store. Spent casings are ejected out of the bottom, from where they are often caught by a bag or some other apparatus to facilitate their recycling.Cartridge: .450 BassettRate of Fire: Semi-automaticFeed System: Removable 7- or 10-round detachable box magazinesThe history of Arbori military firearms is basically a long list of them retooling other people's designs for themselves. Such is the Ferrum M1010 pistol, which is basically a simpler, more rugged version of a firearm created in Forest Edge and used by their military around 100 years ago. Where Forest Edge has moved on to weaker, higher-capacity options, the Arbori Rangers have simply never found a reason to drop their favorite sidearms and continue to use them to this day.Ten-Ten pistols have an above-average level of power for automatic pistols used on Mainland. Even better, their .450 Bassett ammunition is now considered civilian-grade in its country of origin and so is easily bought in bulk from Forest Edge without the need to manufacture it locally. As is usually the case, if the Arbori can cut down on their own industrialization, they will. The capability of acquiring large quantities of .450 Bassett from Forest Edge is gone now that the two states are enemies, but the Empire has taken up the lead to fulfill the Arboris' military needs.Fordham Yates spent a lot of his childhood in the shadows of other people. Not that he wasn't good at anything, but he was rarely the best and he always felt like he was struggling to not be out-performed by his peers. He began to measure himself very often by his success compared to others, and it frustrated him that he felt he could never find a niche to fill that someone else couldn't do better. He proudly served in the Rangers as a transport pilot, which was a life he enjoyed very much, but he didn't ever feel like he was making a huge difference on his own.By the time the Imperial Lambosian decree of Bovine Manifest Destiny came in 1127, Fordham had been serving with the Rangers for two years. He was among the first of the Rangers to capitulate peacefully to the Empire. Fordham lived in the Lambos Arbori enclave on the continent of Lambos, where not only much of the population was politically aligned with the Empire anyway, but the local Rangers knew that they had zero chance to resist them. Ford himself was always more open to industrialization than most others of his culture was, and so he partly welcomed the Lambosian occupation for the likely upswing in modernization it would bring.Most of the squirrels living in Lambos Arbori were of the Eastern Grey type, where the Mainland Arbori were primarily of the Western type as Fordham was. The Empire thus began recruiting a number of Western Greys living in Lambos Arbori as agents, to be disseminated into Mainland Arbori to spread pro-Imperial (or at least pro-surrender) dissent in the independent Mainland Arbori communities. Fordham was among those that volunteered for the job. He believed it would be the right thing to do to convince the other Arbori to stand down without a fight, so that they could all protect their Great Forest by keeping the fighting away from it. It seemed everyone would win, and who knows? Maybe he would make a name for himself like this. Perhaps he could even do something to be seen as the hero that stopped war from coming to the Forest.And make a name for himself he did, unfortunately for him.Anti-Imperial Rangers did not take kindly to the Pro-Imperials whom they regarded as traitors. Imperialized Arbori agents were often hunted down with impunity. His initial approach of publicly trying to convince others to accept the annexation was no longer possible. Fordham tried to avoid violence, but as the Empire refused to let him return home until the job was done, he had no choice but to defend himself. His skillful instances of self-defense didn't go unnoticed by his Imperial handlers, whom put him under their direct control. In other words, if he ever wanted to see his home again, he would need to remain under the Imperial Intelligence Agency's thumb for as long as they saw him as useful. Under Imperial direction, self-defense became preemptive hunting of would-be assassins, and preemptive hunting would then turn into straight-out assassination missions of their own. It wasn't long until the jobs he was given escalated to the active repression of any dissenters.Eventually it became apparent that a peaceful annexation would no longer be possible and the Lambosians launched their invasion. The Lambosians knew of the Rangers' long-term potential to cause trouble, and so they threatened to burn down the Great Forest with the Great Ancients' technology if the squirrels did not surrender. The Rangers could indeed wage a guerilla war in their massive Great Forest for decades if need be, but how much of their home would be destroyed if by such time they actually ever even succeeded? For Fordham and for many others, the Forest was too important for them to lose.Fighting broke out even before the Imperials landed, and Ford was at the forefront fighting with and against fellow Rangers all for the chance to surrender. He'd never participated in guerilla warfare before despite the Rangers' supposed propensity for it, and in it he had finally found something he was good at. His handlers were consistently impressed with his performance in both air and land and constantly lauded him for it-- with words occasionally peppered with the odd threat to remind him what awaited him if he everdoing his job.By 1128 the fighting was over and Lambos had conquered the last terrified Arbori cities with very little fighting. The remaining Rangers were forced to pledge loyalty to the Empire, with the agreement that the Great Forest remained untouched and relatively unexploited for resources. The Arbori would handle harvest from it for tribute to them. The Empire kept their word and did not touch it. After all, with their newfound super-technology, they needed little of what the dangerous Forest could offer them anyway. Ford tried to return to Lambosian Arbori to live in regret as he was promised he could, but the Empire gave him a 'better deal'. He would be promoted to a relatively high-ranking agent within the Imperial Intelligence Agency-- which they made him a formal member of-- and be kept in Mainland Arbori to aid the Empire in suppressing further squirrel rebellions. Ford 'accepted' and was let to live comfortably in one of the Arbori's most luxurious captured cities (which is not saying much, as the Arbori don't exactly make lavish cities anyway ) until such time that he was needed to bash some heads.Ford became a relatively well-known Imperial Enforcer largely to his detriment. While never particularly brutal, he was still one of the Empire's 'domesticated' pets, and was often called in for violent jobs. His fellow Arbori saw him as a backstabbing traitor and his Imperial benefactors used him as little more than a tool-- a well-fed, appreciated tool, but in the end just a tool. It seems the only way forward for him now is the path he chose. Or, rather, the paths that he is set to.Non World-Specific-Fordham isAlways open-carries whenever he is able to-Has a thing for cow and sheep girls which... might explain a few things-Likes guns, hiking, and aviationWelren-Depressed from his experiences in the Imperial Intelligence Agency-Likes guns, hiking, aviation, television and radio. It's nice to have those things after the cows moved in