Shin Kuma

Shin Kuma (or more exactly Kotei o Mamoru Shin no Kuma), was a bearfolk from the Seiryu province that lived during the late 2nd Era. A plot was made on the Emperor's life, in which he and a group of samurai saved the Emperor. The leader of the band, a doshin or law enforcement officer, became the Emperor's honored servant. He was used to explore the Emperor's feats of fancy and curiosity, traveling the lands to chase down rumors of old magics and delve into the dark reaches of powerful monsters to do battle with them. 
Shin Kuma's people, a tribe of bearfolk with fur colorings not too dissimilar from panda bears, left the Material Plane to reside on the Astral Plane and fight in the War of Good and Evil on the side of the Heirarchia. Shin Kuma decided to remain and when the Covenant of the Ascended was forged, he was called upon by Drison Khila to serve the Balance, which the old bearfolk had always sought.