Diane Steelclaw

Diane Steelclaw is a Red Fox who hails from Fort Collins, Colorado. An heiress of the powerful Steelclaw family, who is renowned for their work in the railroad business, she was one of Ricochet Rabbit’s lovers, but was forced to call off their relationship due to her father, Elijah Steelclaw, running him off. She is a minor character in Blazin’ Trails Redux.
== Personality ==
Described by Ricochet as a “classy force of nature”, Diane’s cultured upbringing did little to contain her adventurous, feisty personality. Kind and proper she may be, but she won’t hesitate to call someone out for any uncouth behavior, regardless of their standing, nor will she hesitate to defend herself; in her younger years, her father joked that he had no reason to worry about her being abused since she’d beat them black and blue. Unlike most heiresses of her day, she has no issue mingling with the common folk—an attitude instilled in her by her father, who similar to Alfonso Falconeri, Sr. never wanted to forget his humble roots. She is a bit of a romantic, and would prefer marrying for love rather than for money, a notion that she and her father contended over. 
== History ==
== Trivia ==
* Diane is one of many characters created by iheartgod175’s author friend, Vulaan Kulaas. She had the idea to introduce an ex-lover of Ricochet’s with whom he had several children with, but never married, in order to bring a dramatic angle into the series. 
** According to a post appearing on the author’s own blog (now titled GLORIOUS HORIZONS), iheartgod175 brainstormed this exact storyline minus the predator/prey interracial angle, albeit several years earlier. In the brainstorm, the author had planned on creating another child for Ricochet, but wanted to go for a dramatic angle, where he’d have one with one of his many ex-girlfriends. Aside from a short story that the author never posted, nothing came of the storyline and it disappeared into the archives. Iheartgod175 would reblog this story idea years later after Vulaan Kulaas came up with the idea, featuring a tease at her friend stating that they were on the same wavelength but only a few years apart. 
* Iheartgod175 envisioned her as a cross between Vixy Reinard and Vivian Hare, two female characters from the Star Fox series, in terms of personality. 
Category:Female Characters
Category:Original Characters
Category:Love Interests
Category:Minor Characters
Category:Romance
Category:Vulaan Kulaas' Characters
Category:Mothers
Category:Deceased Characters