Nightclaw

Nightclaw is a male Zoroark, and a main character in the Fox the Brave universe. He is a former helper of Lyric. He has since been redeemed. He is also the father of Zorro the Zorua, Zak the Zoroark, and mate of Zinnia the Zoroark.

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Appearance: Typical Zoroark appearance

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Past: Nightclaw was originally owned by an elderly Mobian after he was abandoned by his old family. After Robotnik's takeover, he came under Rocket the Fox's ownership, and later traveled around before finding Shadow Woods Village after Rocket was killed by Sonic.EXE. The rest of his past is revealed in the stories.

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History:

In the Legends of the Megastone Rouges series:

Zorro's Tale: Nightclaw is revealed to be the father of Zorro and his older brother Zak. Nightclaw appears infrequently, making a deal with Nero to find his son if they were allowed to return to Shadow Woods Village after Zorro was found. However, Nero betrayed Nightclaw, locking him up. During his stay in the Outsiders, Nightclaw fell ill, but was cured by Reecko the Sceptile, and Splash. Afterward, he and Zorro returned home.

In The Legend of Fox the Brave:

Dawn of the Alliance: Nightclaw will make an appearance while helping Lyric after the destruction of [Nightclaw's] home-Shadow Woods Village. When Nightclaw sees that at least one of his family members is safe, he betrays Lyric, joining the Storm Fighters and later reuniting with Zinnia and Zak.

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Personality: Nightclaw is a troubled soul, deeply hurt by the mistrust of his own Teammates, but when he defended the Storming Alliance from Sonic.EXE, Nightclaw gained a confidence boost enough to resist his Teammates' lingering distrust. He is very loyal to his Team, and caring to his remaining son, Zorro. He has become more trustworthy since his mate Zinnia, and his elder son Zak were confirmed to be alive.

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Trivia:

Originally, there was to be no relation between Nightclaw and Zorro.

There were previous names for Nightclaw while he was in the works, but they all sounded like Pokemon attacks(Shadowclaw, Nightslash)

He was originally loyal to Lyric because of pleasure for causing trouble, but that was before he was given his tragic backstory.

He succeeded Sadie the Fox, and preceded Kai the Typhlosion as Lyric's helper, making him the second one to help Lyric, and betray him in favor of the Alliance.

He is the only one in his family whose name does not start with the letter Z, while Zorro is the only Zorua, Zak the only melanistic, and Zinnia the only female.

Nightclaw.EXE was going to appear in Zorro's Nightmare, but due to an attempt to avoid making the story too long, he did not.