To introduce our purveyors to the characters of our scene would give a further clarification of just how black the souls of the city had become.
The governor, a walrus by the name of Terrence Hughes, had held his office for the better part of three years and in his time the city had prospered with the help of his small council.
Meryl Keeokoko, his mouse secretary, never heard but always seen, ran at the exhausting pace her employer kept. Yet the Asian originating mouse never seemed to tire.
Just below Governor Hughes lay a more twice as vile, Seamus O'Malley. Seamus was a loud bulldog as round as he was tall. His features were never clear to anyone for the bulldog smoked enough cigars to keep his visage clouded. His baritone voice couldn't be missed and often rang boisterously through crowds, uncaring who heard him speaking, let alone the subject matter.
Next up was the Chief of Police, a bayou born gator by the name of Lucius Beaudreaux. The gator was fat in belly and mean in spirit, often to the dismay of the officers who answered to him. There wasn't a day that went by without a death threat upon the militaristic gator but for some reason, the male continued to frequent the streets. Some murmured he'd killed his wife several years ago but others stated that his wife never existed. The gator was shroud in mystery and hated by all equally. His force was left to fend for themselves more often than not and it was never definitive which family held the strongest hold.