Panthera/Characters

These are the main characters in the webcomic Panthera.

Beware: There are SPOILERS ahead.

Jason Quinn/Leo
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Seventeen years old, Jason was the first to transform at the hands of Ari. In addition to being a scholastic whiz, Jason is the "leader" of Panthera. "Jason: If you do ANYTHING to her, in any way, shape or form, I will quite litterally #%"Jason: If you do ANYTHING to her, in any way, shape or form, I will quite litterally #%{{quote|Jason: If you do ANYTHING to her, in any way, shape or form, I will quite litterally #%$&!$# EAT YOU. And you have NO idea just how DEEP I could BURY what'd be left of your sorry carcass. UNDERSTOOD?}}!$# EAT YOU. And you have NO idea just how DEEP I could BURY what'd be left of your sorry carcass. UNDERSTOOD?" !$# EAT YOU. And you have NO idea just how DEEP I could BURY what'd be left of your sorry carcass. UNDERSTOOD?"
 * Battle Couple: Together with Tigris.
 * Beta Couple: Jason/Kira versus Fletcher/Taylor.
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: A mix of Choleric and Melancholic.
 * The Hero
 * Knight Templar Big Brother: Poor Pardus.
 * My Sister Is Off-Limits: Although he was originally oblivious to Pardus and Onca liking each other until Kira pointed it out to him. More recently, though...


 * My God, What Have I Done?: Direct result of the above and.
 * Say My Name: Used for drama when.
 * Transformation Conventions: Obviously the leader is a lion. What did you expect?

Kira Hwang/Tigris
"Kira: What are you doing here, anyway? Jason: Uh, looking for you, actually. I just followed the burning mayhem."

Kira was the second to join Panthera. She's seventeen years old and has been described as "Bridgedale's athletic goddess", a member of the soccer, hockey and lacrosse teams since her freshman year. Put simply, Kira is in Panthera for the action.
 * Action Girl: Is she ever.
 * Battle Couple: Half of one with Jason,.
 * Beta Couple: Again with Jason.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: To Taylor over Jason for most of the first story arc. She only manages to calm down and warm up to the poor girl in the last five pages or so.
 * Deadpan Snarker: She has her moments in the second story arc.
 * Fighting Your Friend: Taylor hardly counted as Kira's friend at that point in the story, though.
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Somewhere between Choleric and Melancholic.
 * The Lancer: To Leo's The Hero.
 * Playing with Fire: To the point where Jason has accused her of having "raging pyromania".
 * Poor Communication Kills: A literal Cat Fight ensues between her and Onca when Onca tries to explain that.
 * Required Secondary Powers: Tigris seems to have hers, considering she noted that napalm "tickled a bit".
 * "Shut Up" Kiss: Tries this to Jason when he's having an identity crisis in chapter seven. Subverted when Jason gently pushes her away.
 * Sink or Swim Mentor: To Taylor, albeit very heavy on the "Sink"-bit.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Oh, yes.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Taylor's girly girl.
 * Tsundere: Very strongly type A, only opening up to Jason in the beginning.
 * Tsundere: Very strongly type A, only opening up to Jason in the beginning.

Fletcher Emerson/Pardus
""That's the "right behind you" look, isn't it. Man, I hate that look."

While Tigris is in it for the action, Fletcher is in it because being a leopard with control over air is seriously awesome. While he's capable of being sober, he's usually playful and light-hearted, always joking around (Fletcher is the first and foremost contributor to the cat-pun jar).
 * Beta Couple: He and Taylor are this to Jason/Kira.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Pardus gets quite dangerous.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He acts totally goofy until things get serious.
 * Blow You Away
 * Calling the Old Man Out: To : " "
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine.
 * Genre Savvy: Pardus shows plenty. Amongst other things, he's lampshaded Calling Your Attacks here, Let's Split Up, Gang! here and Right Behind Me here.
 * Nice Hat: Pardus seems fond of them.
 * Parental Abandonment:
 * The Smart Guy
 * Trust Password: Pardus is the subject of one. When Leo had to verify a message from him via Onca to Tigris and Pardus, Leo told her that.

Taylor Quinn/Onca
""Everything seems to happen so fast lately, and I'm so confused -- I don't wanna ruin this team more than I already have --""

Jason's younger sister and the team's final recruit on Jason's reccomendation. While she's by no means a warrior, she still has a strong sense of justice and she's pretty smart.
 * Beta Couple: Forms one to Jason/Kira with Fletcher.
 * Carnivore Confusion: As the newest member, it's to be expected. Tigris was not amused.
 * The Chick
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Supine.
 * Let's Get Dangerous: finds this out the hard way.
 * My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels: Onca just couldn't get the hang of Growl in the beginning.
 * Naive Newcomer: Very much so.
 * Poor Communication Kills: A result of My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels, Onca couldn't explain at all to Tigris why she was trying to tell them . Tigris responded violently.
 * Premature Empowerment: When Taylor is asked to join the Adventuring Club, she agrees... and then they knocked her out and injected with gene-altering treatments to turn her into a were-jaguar with elemental powers. It's only after that that she hears what the Adventuring Club really is.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Kira's tomboy.

Richard Reynder/Aristotle/
{{quote box| {{quote|"I am Aristotle. {{spoiler|I am ÆTHER!}}"}} Aged 39, Richard Reynder is the eccentric science teacher at Bridgedale High and in charge of the Adventuring Club. He is also a brilliant scientist and the man behind Panthera, aiming to take down the evil Ovid Pharmaceutical corporation. {{spoiler|In reality, he's Søren Oosterhuis, a person Panthera thought they tricked Ovid into blaming for the thefts. Serum 43 was originally an accident, but he decided to use Panthera to foil Ovid, which is actually a respectable company. He sold on the chemicals Panthera retrieved for quite some money.}}
 * {{spoiler|A God Am I}}
 * {{spoiler|Back From the Dead}}: Either this or {{spoiler|He's Just Hiding}}.
 * The Big Guy
 * {{spoiler|Broken Pedestal}}
 * Dead Little Sister: {{spoiler|His wife, Erica, died of cancer, so he set out to find a cure... by means of inhumane experiments on DisposableSexWorkers. Erica bears a striking resemblance to Taylor...}}
 * {{spoiler|Five-Bad Band}}: Seems to be setting this up.
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
 * {{spoiler|Nietzsche Wannabe}}
 * {{spoiler|One-Winged Angel}}
 * The Reveal: {{spoiler|Ari is Oosterhuis. Moreover, he suffers from a massive case of A God Am I and he's got powers stronger than Panthera when they're on their own.}}
 * {{spoiler|Treacherous Advisor}}
 * {{spoiler|Well-Intentioned Extremist}}: At first, anyway...

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