Furry detective agency

The recurring NPCs should gradually remember the player's actions.
For example:
• If the player frequently visits Jo's diner, she starts preparing their usual drink before they even order.
• If the player helps Daniel several times, he gradually becomes more willing to share police information.
• If the player repeatedly treats Morgan badly, she may start publishing unpleasant articles about the agency.
• If the player becomes a regular at Sam's bar, he may begin sharing information without asking for payment.
• If the player helps Lily, she may start bringing them useful information she discovers during her deliveries.
• Harry remembers almost every conversation.
And eventually, Harry might suddenly say:
"You've asked me that question before."
The player is absolutely certain they've never spoken to him about it.
This should create a subtle feeling that something about Northvale isn't quite normal.

🐢 6. Harold "Harry" Walsh
Age: 68
Species: Tortoise
Role: Antique shop owner
Appearance:
An elderly tortoise with a dark green shell, gray eyebrows, and small round glasses. He moves slowly but has an exceptionally sharp memory.
Biography:
Harry owns a small antique shop in the old district of Northvale.
He collects old documents, photographs, maps, and objects connected to the history of the city.
Whenever an investigation involves Northvale's past, Victor almost always pays Harry a visit.
The strangest thing is that Harry occasionally tells stories about things that he couldn't possibly remember.
Facts:
• Remembers events that happened in the city decades ago.
• Never explains where some of his artifacts came from.
• Loves chess.
• Calls Victor "young man," despite Victor being well past his youth.
• May know the true history of Northvale's founding.

🐦 5. Lily Harper
Age: 26
Species: Sparrow
Role: Courier and occasional informant
Appearance:
A small sparrow with brown-and-gray feathers, large black eyes, and slightly messy plumage. She usually carries a colorful backpack and wears headphones that look far too large for her.
Biography:
Lily works as a courier and spends most of her days traveling across the city.
Because of this, she accidentally witnesses an incredible number of strange events.
She's not a criminal or a professional informant — she's simply extremely curious and has a habit of sticking her beak into other people's business.
Sometimes she shows up at the agency's office and says:
"Guys, you are never going to believe what I just saw."
And usually, she really does have something worth hearing.
Facts:
• Knows the city better than most taxi drivers.
• Constantly runs late.
• Is afraid of large predators, but strangely fearless around criminals.
• Can deliver documents or small packages almost anywhere in the city.
• Occasionally becomes a key witness in an investigation completely by accident.

🐍 4. Samuel "Sam" Cole
Age: 51
Species: Rattlesnake
Role: Owner of "The Rusty Snake" bar
Appearance:
A tall, thin rattlesnake with dark olive scales, amber eyes, and several noticeable scars across his face. He wears a vest, a rolled-up shirt, and an old cowboy hat.
Biography:
His bar is located in one of Northvale's oldest districts.
The place is popular with mercenaries, former criminals, off-duty police officers, and people who prefer not to ask unnecessary questions.
Sam knows too much.
He never gives information away for free, but his "price" isn't always money.
Facts:
• Can spend hours telling stories about old Northvale.
• Knows practically every local criminal.
• Victor regularly visits him for information.
• Claims he never gets involved in other people's business.
• In reality, he constantly does.

🦊 3. Morgan Fox
Age: 34
Species: Red fox
Role: Investigative journalist
Appearance:
A slender red fox with green eyes and a white chest. She wears a long coat, glasses, and carries an old camera almost everywhere she goes.
Biography:
Morgan works for an independent newspaper in Northvale.
She regularly crosses paths with the agency's investigations and somehow manages to learn about new cases almost as quickly as the detectives themselves.
Morgan can be either a valuable ally or a complete headache.
She isn't afraid to investigate places and people that other journalists would rather stay away from.
Facts:
• Excellent at getting information through casual conversations.
• Constantly tries to get Victor to reveal details about ongoing investigations.
• Eddie considers her "the human equivalent of a computer virus."
• Once investigated a case that the police had closed years earlier.
• May know more about corruption in Northvale than she should.

🚓 2. Daniel Reeves
Age: 45
Species: Doberman
Role: Northvale police detective
Appearance:
A tall, muscular Doberman with black-and-tan fur and a permanently tired expression. Usually wears a slightly wrinkled police uniform and an old coat.
Biography:
Daniel has worked for the police for more than twenty years.
He has known Victor since Victor's days in the police department. Despite their constant arguments, Daniel respects Victor's professional skills.
Sometimes he secretly gives the agency information he technically isn't allowed to disclose.
However, their relationship becomes much more complicated when Blackwood Investigations starts getting too close to corruption within the police department itself.
Facts:
• Can't stand Eddie.
• Occasionally asks Macy for help with investigations.
• Knows more about Victor's past than he lets on.
• Always insists that he works "strictly by the rules."
• Nobody at the agency believes him.

☕ 1. Joan "Jo" Miller
Age: 39
Species: Capybara
Role: Owner of the 24-hour diner "Jo's Diner"
Appearance:
A large capybara with short brown fur, small rounded ears, and kind dark eyes. She usually wears an apron over an old T-shirt and almost always has a coffee mug in her paws.
Biography:
Her diner is located across the street from the Blackwood Investigations office. Jo knows all of the agency's employees and has long since gotten used to them showing up at all hours of the day and night.
Her diner has become the detectives' unofficial second office.
Jo knows an enormous number of rumors because customers tell her absolutely everything.
Facts:
• Remembers every regular customer's order.
• Can tell when the agency's employees have had an argument before they even admit it themselves.
• Never lets Eddie take food on credit.
• Sometimes leaves a cup of coffee for Victor at the window table.
• Claims she is "not interested in crime," yet somehow always knows the latest news.

Northvale is a city of contrasts.
Luxury skyscrapers stand only a few blocks away from neglected neighborhoods. Expensive restaurants overlook dirty alleys. Politicians give speeches about justice while criminals conduct business beneath their offices.
The city is at its most beautiful at night:
rain — neon signs — wet asphalt — subway stations — police sirens — old diners — dark alleys — jazz bars — skyscrapers disappearing into the fog.
The world should not have a simple "predators are evil, herbivores are good" division.
Criminals, police officers, politicians, victims, billionaires, and ordinary citizens can belong to any species.
In Northvale, you never know who is hiding behind the face of a harmless little rabbit — or a terrifying wolf.
And sometimes, the person who hired the detectives isn't actually the victim.

CASE #1 — "THE LAST CAR"
For several weeks, passengers have been mysteriously disappearing from Northvale's subway system.
There seems to be no connection between the victims. They have different species, professions, ages, and live in completely different parts of the city.
However, surveillance footage reveals one strange similarity:
Every missing person was last seen entering the same subway car on the same train line.
The police believe the disappearances are unrelated.
Victor disagrees.
There is just one problem.
According to the official subway records, that particular car does not exist.

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CASE #2 — "HOUSE NUMBER 17"
Several families living in one of Northvale's wealthiest neighborhoods begin receiving identical anonymous letters.
The letters contain information about events that have not happened yet.
At first, the residents assume it is some kind of blackmail scheme.
Then the predictions start coming true.
The final letter contains only one sentence:
"In three days, someone in House Number 17 will die."
The family living in the house hires Blackwood Investigations.
The team has three days to discover who is sending the letters — and whether the threat is real.

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CASE #3 — "BLACK SNOW"
An abandoned warehouse is discovered on the outskirts of Northvale.
Inside are dozens of crates containing an unknown substance.
When it comes into contact with water, the substance turns it into a thick black liquid.
The documents found inside the warehouse point toward a chemical company that officially shut down years ago.
But Evelyn discovers something strange.
The substance was manufactured recently.
The investigation leads the agency to a massive corporation that finances half of Northvale's city administration.
The deeper the team digs, the clearer it becomes that this is more than simple smuggling.
Someone powerful desperately wants the investigation to stop.

5. Tommy "Tom" Bishop
   Age: 22
   Species: European rabbit
   Role: Intern
   Appearance:
   Tom is a young rabbit with soft light-brown fur, long ears, and large hazel eyes. He usually wears a slightly oversized shirt, a tie that is never properly adjusted, and a messenger bag filled with notebooks.
   Biography:
   Tom is the youngest member of the agency.
   He recently graduated from college and dreams of becoming a real detective.
   At first, the others considered him far too naive for Northvale's criminal world. However, Tom has an excellent memory and an extraordinary ability to recognize patterns.
   Sometimes his supposedly "stupid questions" are exactly what helps the team solve a case.
   Facts:
   • Talks extremely fast when nervous.
   • Maintains a huge database of all the agency's investigations.
   • Looks up to Victor and considers him his mentor.
   • Is terrible at lying.
   • Occasionally turns out to be the most useful person in the room completely by accident.

4. Dr. Evelyn Crow
   Age: 36
   Species: American crow
   Role: Forensic expert and consultant
   Appearance:
   Evelyn is an elegant black crow with glossy feathers, sharp dark eyes, and a slender build. She usually wears a long dark coat over formal clothes and often carries a leather briefcase filled with medical equipment.
   Biography:
   Evelyn officially works as a forensic pathologist at a city hospital, but she has been cooperating with Blackwood Investigations for several years.
   She helps the agency analyze evidence, substances, injuries, and unusual circumstances surrounding crimes.
   Despite her profession, Evelyn has a surprisingly dry sense of humor.
   Facts:
   • Has an excellent sense of smell.
   • Loves classical music.
   • Collects old coins.
   • Hates pigeons.
   • Sometimes visits the agency simply to drink coffee and argue with Victor.

3. Eddie Martin
   Age: 31
   Species: Raccoon
   Role: Technician, hacker, and information specialist
   Appearance:
   Eddie is a short, slightly scruffy raccoon with gray-brown fur and a characteristic dark mask around his eyes. He usually wears a large hoodie, cargo pants, and headphones around his neck.
   Biography:
   Eddie is the agency's main technology expert.
   He deals with computers, surveillance systems, databases, electronics, and pretty much anything else that requires technical knowledge.
   In the past, he was involved in some rather questionable computer-related activities, so Victor prefers not to ask exactly where Eddie gets some of his information.
   Eddie insists that everything he does is completely legal.
   Nobody believes him.
   Facts:
   • Can repair almost any piece of electronics.
   • Constantly eats something while working.
   • Knows an enormous number of rumors and secrets.
   • Always has several tabs open on his computer.
   • Once accidentally hacked the city's parking system and is still afraid of the consequences.

2. Macy Rivers
   Age: 27
   Species: Eurasian lynx
   Role: Detective and surveillance specialist
   Appearance:
   Macy is a lean young lynx with reddish-brown fur, dark spots, and distinctive black ear tufts. She has amber eyes and usually wears a dark jacket, practical trousers, and worn boots.
   Biography:
   Macy grew up in one of Northvale's poorest districts.
   As a teenager, she got involved in petty crime. After being caught, she was given the opportunity to work as a police informant.
   Later, Victor offered her a job at the agency.
   Macy knows the streets of Northvale better than almost anyone. She is excellent at following suspects without being noticed and has an unusual talent for noticing tiny details that others overlook.
   Facts:
   • An excellent shot, although she rarely carries a gun on assignments.
   • Hates being called "kitten."
   • Loves old detective movies.
   • Always carries a small notebook.
   • Knows dozens of people throughout the city's poorer districts.

1. Victor Blackwood
   Age: 42
   Species: Black wolf
   Role: Founder and lead detective
   Appearance:
   Victor is a tall, broad-shouldered black wolf with dark gray eyes. His fur is beginning to turn gray around his muzzle. He usually wears a white shirt, a dark vest, a long black coat, and a slightly worn tie.
   Biography:
   Victor used to work as a detective for the Northvale Police Department. He left after a major corruption investigation was shut down by his superiors.
   Using his savings, he opened his own private detective agency.
   Victor knows the city's criminal underworld extremely well and has contacts in almost every district — from wealthy restaurant owners to street informants.
   He rarely raises his voice and almost always seems calm, even in dangerous situations.
   Facts:
   • Doesn't like guns and prefers solving problems with words.
   • Drinks extremely strong black coffee.
   • Keeps his old police badge in his office.
   • Knows people in both the police department and the criminal underworld.
   • Often says: "Every lie has a tail. You just have to find where someone pulled it."

Northvale is a huge American metropolis where anthropomorphic animals of all kinds live side by side. Predators, herbivores, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many other species make up the city's population.
From the outside, Northvale looks like an ordinary modern American city. Skyscrapers dominate the downtown area, while suburbs stretch far beyond it. But beneath the neon lights lies a much darker world.
Corruption, organized crime, illegal businesses, political conspiracies, and disappearances are common here. The police are often either overwhelmed or unwilling to investigate cases involving powerful people.
This is where Blackwood Investigations comes in.
The agency takes cases that the police cannot — or simply do not want to — handle.

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