Mike

Mike is a male Fox Keidran. Mike has lived the entire of his life in slavery, having been born into it. Soon after he reached working age, he was purchased by the Vaughan Family along with his now best friend and fellow slave, Evals. When his original masters died, their son Eric took ownership over him and for many years since Mike has worked with Evals as a ship hand for their master.

After Eric was asked by the former Grand Templar for assistance, Mike and Evals manned the ship taking the protagonists to the Basitin Islands. During the journey to and from the islands, Eric reconsidered the ownership of his slaves, eventually setting them free once they reached the mainland. Now free, Evals suggested that the two of them travel back to his home Dog territory. However, Mike wasn’t too sure of his plan due to the apparent tension between the Fox and Dog tribes and the fact that he had spent all of his life in slavery to humans, away from Keidran culture and society.

During the events of chapter 10, Lady Nora utilised an illusion spell to 'transform' mike into a female version of himself for her own amusement. This greatly upset Mike and lead to Evals trying to flirt with him. Mike wrongfully assumed due to earlier events in Chapter 9 that the curse orginated from 'Black Basitin magic' and thus was incredibly warey of Keith afterwards.

Personality
"He used to be perfectly satisfied with his lot in life, until the fateful day he came across a black-magic-wielding Basitin."

Biography
"Mike used to be one of several slaves working under Eric. His job was primarily to maintain Eric's ship. He is good friends with Evals, another ex-slave on Eric's ship."

Appearance
Mike is a fairly average looking fox. He has mostly light orange fur with black accents at the tip of his hands, feet, ears, hair and tail as well as a black nose. White fur runs along the bottom half of his muzzle, most of his torso and down to his groin. Mike has a scar on his left cheek that was later explained in a side sketch to be from physical abuse by Eric's brother, Rodrick. Mike's appearance has mostly stayed true to the original design even as the art style of the comic evolved, however his eye colour was eventually changed from Grey to Brown.

In female form, Mike's fur colour and pattern is similar but with some subtle changes. Of course, being a woman, Mike has a far more curvaceous and feminine appearance. The tufts of fur around his ears are longer and his eyes are blue instead of brown. He also gains a white furred heart shaped fur pattern on his rear. There has only been one canonical appearance of this female form during the comic, however it has become a running gag within the fanbase and mike is often presented in this form in non-canon material.

In 2020 there was an additional design for a female mike drawn in several Patreon sketches, known as 'very vixen mike', this version of the design boasts a far more curvaceous figure than before, much larger breasts, longer hair and even longer ear tufts.

History
Mike was born into slavery and presumably separated from his parents as a result. While still young, he befriended another slave, Evals, and the two became close friends. Unlike Mike, Evals hadn't been born into slavery and knew what it was like to be free. Soon after, the two friends were both purchased by the Vaughan family.

Mike and Evals spent the next few years of their lives working predominately as ship hands aboard Eric's boat. At some point Eric's older brother, Roderick, hit Mike for apparently "slacking off", leaving a permanent scar on his left cheek.

Chapter 9
During a situation when Mike and Evals were watching Keith and Natani sparring on the ship, Natani's bandages rip, thus revealing his secret to the two observers. Keith, reacting quickly to cover up Natani's secret, claims he used "Bark Basitin magic" to turn Natani into a woman. Fearing for their manhood, Mike and Evals run out of the room Keith and Natani were practicing in.

Chapter 10
When he and Evals are watching Trace and the rest leave the ship to enjoy themselves, Mike tosses a bottle overboard which lands beside Lady Nora (who was resting nearby in the form of an unassuming cat) causing her to wake up from her nap. As reveneg, she cast an illusion which turned Mike into a female version of himself. After seeing his new female form Evals began to flirt with mike, obviously attracted to his new body.

Evals repeatedly begged Mike to show him her body unclothed, which resulted in a flustred mike punching Evals in the face. Mike was then able to come to the conclusion that his female body is merely an illusion due to the fact that when he punched Evals he still managed to reach him even though his arm was much shorter.

Later, after having beaten Evals in a scuffle, Mike believes that he owed Evals after hurting him so badly to induce bleeding. He pays this debt by letting Evals see his female body naked.

Chapter 11
Tired from the day, Mike falls asleep. Evals tail was caught on mike's arm and instead of waking him up (and due to being attracted to Mike's body) Evals climbed into the bed with Mike. While Mike was having a dream about an attractive vixen he accidentally kisses Evals in his sleep which causes both of them to wake up only to discover that the illusion had worn off, causing them both to scream in shock as Kat walks into the room.

Later, despite their awkward situation, Mike and Evals agree that they are still good friends. After along silence the Mike admitted that Evals was his first kiss but before the two could talk further they are surprised by the distant explosion of the Templar Tower.

In the chaos during fire on Eric's ship he assumed that Mike and Evals had used the opportunity to make their escape however it turned out the pair had actually been attempting to save much of the ships cargo long with Eric's personal positions showing how they were still loyal.

Chapter 19 +
TBA

Personality
Mike is soft spoken and polite, no doubt due to his slave upbringing. He mostly keeps to himself and is a bit skittish, wishing to avoid conflict, however he does not immedietly put his own saftey above others; when hiding from Basitan Guards under the deck, Mike refuses to leave the Islands and abandon everyone else. However when told they would be killed if they did not leave, Mike along with Evals were not so hesitant.

Mike is shown to indulge in drinking alcohol quite a lot (typically liquor such as rum) often though he is more of a social drinker rather than a drunk; he seems to be able to hold his alcohol quite well.

He's a bit silly, still wearing his shackles of bondage because he was supposed to even though he could easily remove them and escape. He even offered to put them back on so that Flora could remove them for him.

Mike feels very distant from from Keidran culture. Having been born into slavery and spent most of his life around humans, Mike has little to no real understanding of Keidran traditions and even admits he can barely speak Keidran. In his reference sheet, it is revealed that Mike is secretly ambitious and dreams of being a merchant.

Abilities and Powers
(None of note besides high alchohol tolerance)

Trivia

 * Mike used to have grey colored eyes during his early appearances however, as the art style became more detailed throughout the comic, he is now shown with brown eyes.
 * While in Female form, Mike was afraid of Eric's pervesion. In fact, he is so upset that he becomes teary-eyed just thinking about it.


 * Mike and Evals are a popular ship amongst the fandom, there are multiple non-canonical sketches in which Mike kisses evals.


 * After kissing Evals in his sleep, Mike claims that it was his first kiss. The relationship between the two of them seems to only be good friends, Evals was only interested in Mike romantically while in his female form and mike doesn't seem to give any indication of being attracted to Evals romantically at all.
 * Despite the fact that the Dog clans often capture members of the Fox clans and sell them into slavery, Mike bears no ill will against Evals.