From the journal of Ardebast Raconteur:
The cavernous city complex that is the Burroughs employs many guards to keep watch over the cavern entrance. As a world traveler, I have found that it is good to make friends with as many city guards as possible. It makes gaining access to the various cities and towns easier. Of my friends within the Burroughs guardsfurs, I am closest to an odd character who goes by the name of the Big Oonch. As far as I can tell, it’s a nickname, but I don’t know where it started, or even if he gave it to himself.
Big Oonch is given to talking in the third person. Despite having rarely traveled away from the Burroughs, he conducts himself as a worldly fur. While he is one of the more eccentric furs I’ve ever met, he’s no fool. He knows when he’s in over his head and will cut his losses when necessary.
Carja’s Notes:
Big Oonch first appears in the second of a series of birthday stories I wrote for my friends. His story was written with a noir flavour. I originally considered making him a cat since the person the story was written for loves cats, but I already had a feline character in Sass (who appears in the story), so I decided to try something else, which ended up being a groundhog.
The Funnies version of Big Oonch is a distilled version of the character. I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to go with him at first. His vision of himself as a ladies man seemed to have the most comic potential. Even then, I can see that I’ll have to use him sparingly unless I come up with a really good idea for him to keep him from getting stale.