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These are the main characters in the webcomic Panthera.

Beware: There are SPOILERS ahead.

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Jason Quinn/Leo

" "Leo" is the lion mask I wear into battle. And yes, the mask is deeply a part of me. But my mind — my soul — is human. My name is Jason, and it's me who has to live with the things I do."

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.

• Battle Couple: Together with Tigris. Not anymore as of chapter seven, though.
• 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...

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?

• My God, What Have I Done?: Direct result of the above and dragging his little sister into Panthera only to find out they won't live past the age of thirty.
• Say My Name: Used for drama when Leo starts doubting everything he thought he knew about himself and his position in the team after North Korea.
• 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, until they mutually decided to break up in chapter seven.
• 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 they've been fighting for the wrong side all along and that Ari is actually Oosterhuis.
• Required Secondary Powers: Tigris seems to have hers, considering she noted that napalm "tickled a bit".
• Scars Are Forever: In 8.10, due to her carelessness, Tigris got half of her face blown off. While Pardus was there to heal her before she died, she still got scarred.
• "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.

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 Ari/Oosterhuis: " I only serve ONE God, and it ain't YOU."
• 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: Fletcher's mother was a hooker; she never even knew who his father was. He lived in foster care until his gay dads adopted him.
• 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 Pardus dyes his fur.

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: Aristotle 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 Ari is Oosterhuis. 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/Søren Oosterhuis

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"I am Aristotle. 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. 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.

• A God Am I
• Back From the Dead: Either this or He's Just Hiding.
• The Big Guy
• Broken Pedestal
• Dead Little Sister: 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...
• Five-Bad Band: Seems to be setting this up.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
• Nietzsche Wannabe
• One-Winged Angel
• The Reveal: 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.
• Treacherous Advisor
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: At first, anyway...