Minor characters in Damy's story

This is a list of minor characters that appeared, or were mentioned, in the story of the Lion King fancharacters, Damy and Deirdre.

## Kurt

Kurt is a meerkat and Damy's deceased father. He made his first appearance at Lionking Fanart.org on June 25, 2004.

He was held captive and tortured by Damy's mother, and further sexual abuse led to her pregnancy.

Kurt came from a simple home and was the youngest of three sons. He was unusually kind, patient, and liked to be involved with others. Because his life was nothing out of the ordinary and Kurt had no enemies, his sudden kidnapping was considered a tragedy within his family.

At the age of 18, he was hunted down by the infamous local predator, Cheekah, and held captive inside her home. He never saw his family again after this and stayed her prisoner until his untimely death.

Kurt did not know why Cheekah targeted him and he never cared to ask. He wasted little words on her in general, which would only anger her more.

When Cheekah learned of her pregnancy, she planned on self-terminating, but Kurt tried to talk her out of it and convinced her to keep it by saying the baby could make her proud as a future ruthless killer. Kurt's reasoning for this lied in the fact Damy would be his first and presumed only child, and while the circumstances wouldn't have allowed for a proper family setting, he wanted to be a father.

Cheekah was persuaded, but didn't want to put any effort into Damy's care and trusted Kurt would raise him. He agreed to it, yet didn't hesitate to disobey her immoral demands; and raised his son to his personal liking.

Kurt never told Damy about the deal he made with his mother or her plans with him, and instead focussed on giving him a normal childhood the best he could. Because he was focussed on teaching Damy good values and the results of that were not kept a secret, he often got to meet with Cheekah's unrelenting violence as punishment. Kurt asked Damy to "play along" whenever she was around, but he was a bad actor.

Cheekah's behaviour proved that Damy's spirit wasn't hard to break and Kurt did his best to keep him mentally sane and optimistic. He kept having to convince him he was normal and wanted, as Damy doubted these claims the older he got.

Kurt once had the opportunity to flee the house when he found his chains to be loose, and considered leaving Damy behind to save himself. He got caught when trying to take him along anyway, which resulted in Cheekah permanently crippling him.

Eventually she lost her patience and he was killed in front of Damy for not following up on his promise of training him.

Kurt has a narrow face, big eyes, big ears, and black hair.

## Kurt's family

Kurt's family are regular meerkats, consisting out of Kurt's parents and his two older brothers.

They're only mentioned by Kurt at the start of Damy's story, though Damy visits his grandparents years later at Deirdre's request, only to see the pointlessness in building a relationship and abandon them again.

They made their first appearance at Lionking Fanart.org on September 8, 2004, and were redesigned in 2015.

### Collin

Collin is Kurt's father.

He was raised outside a meerkat colony, thus grew up a hard worker and surprisingly good fighter. His bulky stature helps him do chores many animals his size would team up or use other animals for. Having that said, Collin's family is very independent thanks to him, though this fact made it easier for his son to get abducted.

While many meerkats choose to eat bugs, Collin prefers small rodents and birds, if only because they give him more energy to do his work.

Collin has a dark orange coat, is somewhat muscular, has black hair, large ears, and thick eyebrows.

### Cara

Cara is Kurt's mother.

She is a loving mother, but equally a neat freak with heightened senses to ensure her home and family looks the most presentable of all the neighbourhood. After losing Kurt, she starts to mentally decline and thinks to hear him wherever she goes, even when he's confirmed to have been killed by his abductor. When his son comes to visit her home, she believes he's Kurt, despite not looking much like him; though it's insinuated he has a similar smell.

Cara is a pale furred meerkat with light brown patches and nose. In her original design she had long, blond curly hair, but after VampireMeerkat's female meerkat designs were decided in 2018 to be short-haired from then on, this is a change that still needs to be applied.

### Jesse

Jesse is Kurt's older brother.

He's much like Kurt in interests and behaviour, but doesn't share his social skills and is very introvert. When his brother went missing, he was given the task to console his mother by mingling with his family more often.

Jesse is skinny with messy black hair, long ears, and thick eyebrows.

### Judah

Judah is Kurt's older brother.

He's a carefree character who'd never act his age, and had always rejected the role his father wanted him to take as the eldest. When Kurt disappears and is later reported dead, he discards his sense of humor for guarding the rest of his family. Though he's become much more responsible, Collin regretted it took Kurt's death and him having to throw away his personality.

Judah is similarly built like his father, has messy fur, big ears, and blond hair.

## Cheekah's parents

Cheekah's parents were the previous king and queen of vampiremeerkats.

They suddenly disappeared and it's insinuated they were disposed of by their own daughter, just so she could have the throne, only to abandon it again.

They made their first appearance at Lionking Fanart.org on September 8, 2004, and were redesigned in 2015.

### Tamar

Tamar is Cheekah's mother.

She was unusually friendly and soft-spoken for a vampiremeerkat, especially a ruling one. She'd spoil her daughter and didn't have it in her to scold her for her outbursts.

When Cheekah revealed to her her interest in a mortal meerkat, she was willing to entertain the concept of abducting him and letting her keep him as some sort of pet, but her husband spoke against it.

She has long blonde hair, pointy ears, long eyelashes, a big lower lip, small nose, and always wears purple eyeshadow and a dress.

Because it's custom for royal family members and high-class vampiremeerkats to wear neck jewelry/armor from a young age, she has a long neck.

### Josic

Josic is Cheekah's father.

He was a stern and proud ruler who couldn't stand his daughter. Because he loved his wife, he tolerated her, though she was still showered with demands and expectations Cheekah never obeyed.

He was very rule-focused and disliked even minor disorder. Keeping the vampire world barred from mortals was what urged Cheekah to run away and settle there, just so she could get her hands on the meerkat she wanted to keep as a pet.

He has blond half-long hair, pointy eyebrows, a small pointy nose, a long muzzle, furry ears and tail, and dots on his back. He often wears jewelry and heavy armor.

Because it's custom for royal family members and high-class vampiremeerkats to wear neck jewelry/armor from a young age, he has a long neck.

## Dr. Doctor

Dr. Doctor is a scientist meerkat and a character that only appears in a few alternate endings of the main story; where he boldly seeks out Damy or has already met him before. In those latter instances it's not explained how or why, though it's likely that Doctor was once a victim and managed to persuade Damy to spare his life in exchange for scientific favours.

Nevertheless, it's made clear that Damy doesn't trust him and usually takes his life anyway.

Doctor is seen as untrustworthy, yet passionate and good at his work. Still, his curiosity makes him accepts the worst option as the best solution and he's considered unempathetic. He's willing to cooperate, only to make his subjects cooperate. He appears not to care much for morals and values in general, even so, he's more of a nuisance than a villain.

Dr. Doctor has brown hair, brown eyes, and wears a long white coat.

The exact date of his creation is unknown, but was presumably between 2004 and 2006. He's made no official online appearance.

## Anastasia

Anastasia is a meerkat and Deirdre's daughter from an alternate future. It's unknown who her father is, but it's open knowledge she wasn't born from love.

She is skeptic, snarky, sarcastic, and not exactly someone people like to befriend. She is very introvert and prefers to be alone.

Anastasia looks in every way like her mother, with the only difference being that she has black hair and rarely smiles.

The first time she and Damy met, he found her appearance to be familiar, but neither actually stopped to talk to each other.
Soon afterwards, Damy retrieved some of his memory and was able to find his old home, but found Anastasia was living there now. As they were strangers to each other, they began to argue about the house, giving them a bad start. Neither planned to give it up.
Before Damy thought about killing her to be done with it, his memories of Deirdre returned and he learned Anastasia was her daughter. While he wanted nothing to do with her and was upset that someone else fathered Deirdre's child, he still decided to spare her and not kick her out of the house.

Both their personalities are rather negative and most of their conversations didn't improve their spirits. Even so, after Damy learned there is no way to reanimate Deirdre like what was done with him, Anastasia also starts to understand the role he played in her mother's life, and both start to cherish each other more.

Concerning Deirdre, Anastasia only remembers seeing her sad all of the time. Deirdre's depression made her look aged, and she died when her daughter was in her early 20s. This implies that the both of them didn't have much of a relationship.

She was created around 2004, but made no official online appearances.

## Laetitia

Laetitia is Damy and Deirdre's daughter from an alternate future.

While her father is a half-blood vampiremeerkat and her mother a regular meerkat, her mortal genes are in many ways absent and give her no real flaws, much like what is the case with her father.

The character is quiet and easily spooked, and never understands her mother's jokes and possesses no sense of humor overall. She looks up to her father.

Laetitia has blonde hair, big eyes, a small nose, a wide face, and fuzzy cheeks.

She was designed in 2005, but never made an official online appearance.

## Trivia

* Jesse was originally named "Jhesse".
* Josic was originally named "Joshic".
* As meerkats are described to be animals that don't keep themselves busy with human practices, unlike vampiremeerkats, the implication is that Dr. Doctor might have or had a vampiric relative or connection;
	+ At the same time, it's clear he doesn't fully understand and apply human logic, as he calls himself "Dr. Doctor" unironically;
	+ He's not revealed to be a vampire and appears to be a normal meerkat.
* "Anastasia" and "Laetitia" are VampireMeerkat's own names.
* While Deirdre was originally designed to represent the artist, Anastasia is more accurate.