Kendricks Redtail

From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia.

1 Origins and development
2 Beliefs
3 Redtail sightings
4 Other tidbits
5 External links

Kenneth "Kendricks Redtail" Trayling, also known as Chakat Redtail, Kaen Raelin, and Redtail the Oddfellow, is a furry from Chicago, Illinois and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served 5 years with two tours in the Gulf. Ken currently works as a corporate loss prevention manager for Allied-Barton Security, currently contracted with Duke Realty in Rosemont. Ken has been involved with furry since around 1999 and is an active member of Lake Area Furry Friends. He is currently mated to Deanara.

Ken's character is an American Red Fox modeled after his behavior and personality, incorporating elements from his real life appearance. Ken's normally ordinary fox coloration also features blue eyes, a blond hairfluff and glasses in most of his forms. He can often be seen in chat rooms as a quadruped, a 60' tall macro fox or even in the form of a fox-colored dragon. His dragon form is prevalent on Second Life, where he is a Guardian on the High Council of Wyrms, ruling body of Second Life's number one dragon community, the Isle of Wyrms.

Both of Ken's parents, Karee Bunda and Arigon the Golfing Dragon, are furries.

Ken's reference page, drawn by Rayven Wolffe

Origins and development

Ken has had many various furry incarnations in the past, including a tomcat, a goose, a tiger, and a chakat. It was as Chakat Redtail that the name Redtail first appeared; about that time, Ken derived a new fantasy character named Kendrix Redtail, based off a fox, an animal he loved and always admired for its beauty. Kendrix was intended to be a barbarian of some sorts, but in time he adopted it as his own persona and eventually lost the fantasy themes, as well as altering the name to Kendricks. Ken navigated the labyrinth of LiveJournal, IRC, and other mailing groups, meeting several other furries like him, as he established himself as The Sailor Fox. He longed to go to conventions and see others like him and meet with others, but Ken's furry contacts remained limited until he chanced upon Meetup.com on a local fur group in Virginia.

Over the next couple of years, Ken made fast friends with most of the group Furginia, most of whom he keeps in contact with - including Hiromi Kitsune, who brought Ken fully into the mainstream fandom. Ken became further involved with the fandom after meeting and courting a fellow furry who was also beginning to explore the depths of the fandom. Together they went to Anthrocon 2005 and attended several functions of the Lake Area Furry Friends. Ken later got into the fursuit scene, donning several in a short time, including his own fox fursuit, a raccoon fursuit and a lion. He moved back to Chicago to room with Rayven Wolffe and her mate at The Fox Box before moving in with friend, furry fan and gamer Ultima, also known as Mognooka or Mister Moggy. This living arrangement lasted several months before Ken moved again, this time into his own apartment.

Ken surrounded by his animal totems Coyote, Loon, Tiger, Dog and Fox

Beliefs

Ken is an avid spiritualist outside of his own Christian beliefs, and believes in unifying spirits and totems entwined in a great pattern, somewhat consistent to Druidic/pagan teachings. He believes himself to commune regularly with several totems, which include the Fox, Coyote, Dog, Tiger and Loon. Ken is also a transformation fan, often fantasizing about being changed into something else. Ken also holds viewpoints and opinions consistent with a right-wing conservative member of the Republican Party, but keeps his political affiliation as separated from the furry fandom as possible.

Redtail sightings

Ken can be found in many corners of the Internet. On Neopets, he owns a pet of the same name and is an avid Neo-avatar collector. Ken contributes to the local fandom on the official LAFF website as a bureaucrat.

Redtail the Oddfellow, Ken's dragon form, by Arazia

Elsewhere, he can be found playing as a Tauren warrior named Oddfellow on World of Warcraft or on Maple Story on the Scania server as the swordsman KenRedtail. Ken is also a retired Seal Clubber on Kingdom of Loathing, where he enjoys veteran and ninja status.

Ken is a co-founder and co-moderator of Chakat Heaven, the official fan club for chakats and other taurs. Started in 2001, it is one of the largest Yahoo! furry groups, with over a thousand members as of September 2007. He is an editor and administrator on WikiFur, having began editing articles in April 2006. Initially focusing on articles about local furries and events, he later branched out, being named an administrator in mid-February 2007. Ken, alongside with Samii Tiger, is the founder and co-moderator of RenFurs and himself enjoys going to Renaissance Faires and even dresses up in costume there.

Off the web, Ken is an avid convention-goer and has attended Anthrocon 2005 and Midwest FurFest 2006 and 2007. He has also worked as volunteer con security at Rocket City Fur Meet 2007.

Ken in his fursuit by Caitlyn Lillo

Other tidbits

Ken is a virtual databank on comic books and can spend hours lecturing on both Marvel and DC continuities. He is also a major history buff and often spends time teaching others about various points in history. His favorite periods include the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. Ken is also a large fan of Dr. Who, to the point that he often portrays his fursona in a similar fashion to the Fourth Doctor.

Ken is an aspiring writer, responsible for the Phoenix Squadron short story series, as well as several other tales, which he posts on LiveJournal.