Howard Lotor

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Howard "Howie" Lotor is the player character and main protagonist in Tails Noir. He is one of the four main characters in Tails Noir Preludes.

His mother's name is Helen Lotor. He comments on a picture of her, "Taught me everything I know. And I've spent years trying to unlearn half of it." His father wasn't around.

## Kind

As a raccoon, Howard is considered a second-class citizen. He is called a "striper" or "rac" on multiple occasions, and isn't let into a nightclub, the reason being, “No entrance for raccoons. Goodbye.”

## Biography

Howard Lotor (a.k.a. Wallace Brotor, the name he uses when 'undercover') is a male racoon. He majored in Photography during college. His final project submission was called ‘Places of Absolute Solitude’. While in college, he meets Larry, and lives with him in dormitory (room 304). His dormitory in college with Larry, Niles, Freja, Wisconsin and Liv was 06b. They can nickname it a variety of things, but Freja suggests ‘The Shitheap’. After college, he fell in love with another raccoon named Pianetty. He describes her as a ‘beautiful renegade’. They were only together for a short while. It’s implied she’s on the run from the law, as the picture Howard has of her is a prison mugshot. Their relationship might be what pushed Larry away, as Howard kicked him out. He has taken at least 147 cases since he began as a private investigator. Most of them involve insurance fraud, cheating spouses and other non-violent crime and intrigue.

His voice is similar to Nicholas Cage, as stated by the developers. He is bisexual, and something of a hopeless romantic. He seems to crave affection from others, which he often denies himself behind a professional mask. He has suffered with suicidal thoughts before, and a want to blend into the world and be forgotten. His time in the streety camp seems to have given him an outlet for these bottled up feelings, and he expresses enjoyment in their approach of just living day to day. He often uses alcohol to drown his anxieties and sorrows, though rarely to the point of blacking out.

He enjoys reading, and engages with it as a pastime. This further endears him to Renee, who is an author. He listens to jazz music, but also inherited Larry’s love for funk and rock music. His favourite music artists include The Cuttleboys (his and Larry’s college years were forged in their music), Tony-Roo & The Tricksters, Smooth Nikki and Luna Hong. He dabbled with playing guitar back in his college years (surprisingly good at harmonica!). Has a strange connection with geese (or geezers in the setting), and can seemingly understand the rather intelligent avians. Alternatively he just talks to himself at them, as a brick joke. Regardless, he genuinely respects and cares about them. He has picked up a habit of smoking (smokes Red Apple cigarettes). He doesn’t appear to start college with this, and may have picked it up from Larry. His mother wants him to drop it. He has a strained relationship with his mother, but there does seem to be genuine affection between the two. He finds her overbearing nature stifling, and he struggles to make her proud. One of his most cherished memories is of his mother’s smile and the warmth of her hands, when he was a child. Preferred beverage is whiskey, though he is also partial to gin and hibiscus tea. Meets Renee for the first time at "The Bite" nightclub. Works with Renee as a partner in a big investigation about "The Bite" and Clarissa Bloodworth.