Other Characters

Syam Hylauss 

162.5 cm

20 years old 

Kaltheix

Kalkamax City

Syam Hylauss is 20 years old and lives in the suburbs of the city of Kalkamax in the modern day Ixokai Maxotlan. He is a middle-class Kaltheix that loves going online and participating in subcultures, specifically the furry subculture. He is a furry and his fursona is a mouse, which he identifies with because of his short height. He owns a fursuit head, paws, and a tail which he had commissioned and he frequently draws his fursona. Despite being Kaltheix, he cannot fluently speak Kyshen.

The Kaltheix have been a part of the Ixokai State for over 4000 years now, and while they have been largely concentrated in Northern Antelor, there have nonetheless been migrations to other regions of the Ixokai State, including the Center. So there are Kaltheix populations that have migrated to the Ixo Huëy Plain and have inhabited it for thousands of years, making them their own subculture. These endemic Kaltheix populations usually do not even speak Kyshen anymore and if they do, it’s either very limited or in their own dialect. They speak Ixokai natively, are usually Huëy-adjacent culturally but with clear traces of Kaltheix heritage, and are sometimes products of admixture, both with the indigenous Huëy population that surrounds them and with other immigrant populations like the Akopet. 

Syam is one of these Ixo-Huëy-Plain Kaltheix people. His family has inhabited the plain for generations and he has never been to Kalthatlan nor does he have any connection to it. He is now completely endemic to the Antelic Center. Ixokai is his native tongue though he remains distinct from the Huëy people that surround him. He also has traces of admixture in his blood from ancestral interbreeding with the Akopet. This is why his hair is dirty blonde instead of golden and his eyes are green instead of the Kaltheix signature blue. Despite mongrel ancestry, his racial heritage is overwhelmingly Kaltheix.

Syam speaks with a lisp thanks to his buck teeth which played a part in him choosing a mouse as his fursona: rodent teeth resemble his own. Thanks to his lisp he cannot actually pronounce his own name properly, managing only "Thyam Hylauthh".

Because of his physical slightness and softer personality, he dreaded military service but thanks to his mental health he was actually exempt from serving (which he was extremely glad of). Today he works at a supermarket and lives in a suburban home with his boyfriend who is also a furry.

His boyfriend, Tazamanti Kravadan, is the son of immigrants from Sylane. They have known each other for years. Him and Syam pay the rent of the house together, with Tazamanti covering the greater portion. Because his heritage is Sylenne, he is a Myzanite, so he has a physicality approximating that of a Huëy man but with golden hair. He towers over the mouse. Together they attend many parties, conventions, and clubs, along with Ryatriz (his best friend).

He enjoys doing yoga which he takes classes for. On his free time, he consumes an extraordinary amount of digital content, both on the web and on social media. Most of his accounts are furry related. 

Ryatriz Phryxin

170 cm

20 years old

Huëy

Kalkamax City

Ryatriz Phryxin is a lower class Huëy living in a tiny apartment in Kalkamax City. He is Syam’s best friend and has known him since secondary school. Ryatriz belongs to alt subcultures and together with Syam he is a furry. His fursona is a skunk, which matches with the black and white stripes of his fashion (leg warmers, arm warmers, stockings, sleeves, etc). He is rebellious and generally unpredictable, often hanging around urban delinquents. Ironically, his current on-and-of relationship is with a police officer named Trayadan Kalza. 

He had no excuses or special needs that exempted him from conscription, so he was obligated to serve. Being physically unremarkable, he had a miserable time and got into trouble often because of his brattiness.

He lived in an MHB unit for a long while mostly because he didn’t feel like working or going to school. He would exploit the welfare system for housing while getting guys he would date to pay for his meals so he wouldn’t have to eat the national ration. He only has the apartment he has now because 1. he got a job at a fast food place and 2. his police officer is paying most of his rent. The only reason he ever get a job is to save up for a partial fursuit, but even then he might just end up getting some guy to buy it for him.

At 170 cm, he is pathetically small for a Huëy man, which he loves because it lets him get away with a lot of teasing and emotional manipulation. He plays into his physical helplessness.

His jet black hair already fits his aesthetic, but he has straightened it and dyed a part of it with black and white stripes. It’s cut with heavy teasing at the crown, severe side-swept bangs, and choppy, razor-cut layers that taper thin at the bottom. He often wears a lot of cheap jewelry and a choker, with future intentions of getting snake bites.

His face is very androgynous with softened features and is extremely pale. Sometimes he wears eyeliner.

Ryatriz is terrified of the prospect of war with Athnogaula, as are many people. Due to rising tensions in the 15 years since Athnogaula’s reunification, war seems to be a real threat on the horizon. He pretends he doesn’t care about geopolitics, but he is actually mortified by the idea. Listening to the news or seeing headlines makes him extremely anxious.