Tori Belliachi

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Tori Battiachi, as depicted by Loupgaros.

Tori Andrew Belliachi (also known as Robomilk and Reverend Belliachi) is the fursona of Shaun Hargreaves, a furry artist and writer known for producing a variety of websites and videos, as well as being a WikiFur administrator. He is a member of the fatfur and inflation sub-fandoms.

1 Fursona
2 Real life
3 Roles in the fandom
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Fursona

Tori named himself after Tory Belleci of MythBusters fame as a means of honouring the man's work. One notable thing about Tori's various evolutions is that all of them have been grey in colour, as well as having long black hair - with the exception of the earliest Belliachi models.

He has a furry family based around the world which currently composes of Kbryme, Daryl, Angelic Wolf and Hiro Judgement.

[edit] Until May 2007

Before May of 2007, Tori's fursona was a wolf, often described as "a vampire wolf with the mentality of a fox," highlighting his love of foxes and bats without physically being one. The earliest versions of this character were more akin to kemonomimi - with a mostly human looking fursona possessing canine ears and a tail.

Tori Belliachi, illustrated by Bethy Chan.

[edit] May 2007 to July 2008

Following a meeting with his spirit guide via a psychic it was concluded that he was actually a folf, a 82% wolf, 18% fox hybrid species. The character was changed accordingly, however many of the original attributes were retained, the tail and muzzle structure being the only major changes.

During this time a different form was also used occasionally: a one foot tall fruit bat affectionately named Tori Battiachi.

[edit] July 2008 to present

As of July 2008, Tori's fursona has permanently changed to that of a bat, with some variations of the traditional Battiachi character, notably being five foot tall rather than just one. This change is cited as to being bored of having been a canine for over two years - as well as the general lack of bats in the fandom.

[edit] Real life

Shaun Hargreaves (born 1991) is the child of a Malaysian mother and English father. He based his fursona much on himself; they both share the middle name of "Andrew" for example. He first found the furry fandom in November 2005 after doing a Google search relating to Scooby Doo and finally decided to become an active member in May 2006.

Shaun has a strong interest in the concept of time travel, particularly characters such as The Doctor from British drama Doctor Who and Hiro Nakamura from American series Heroes. Because of this link with his fursonas abilities, Tori has been drawn in similar situations as Hiro and the Doctor on a number of occasions.

[edit] Roles in the fandom

As a member of the furry fandom, Tori appears to have taken it upon himself to aid the progression of the furry fandom in the media through any means possible. He has also ran furmeets; including a private, all expenses paid meeting on his birthday in 2007.

[edit] On websites

As well as his own range of websites, most notably The Furtean Times, Tori works on a number of other furry and non-furry related web design projects.

These include being an ex-moderator of The InflationNation's forum and the current head of graphic design at MyFursona, as well as a number of small or temporary jobs on other furry and non-furry related websites and forums. On June 10, 2008, he was made an administrator on WikiFur for his continual contributions to the site. Towards the end of the same month he was admitted into the web developers group on UKFur.org as their usability coder.

[edit] In the YouTube Furry War

Following a lot of disruption on YouTube after a furry uprising against anti-furry trolls, Tori entered the action without even noticing; he posted up a video reply to one troll and was soon inundated with comments. More videos followed and a small following gathered around. Soon he was directly challenging trolls and teased them to fight him so he could "defuse you like the time bomb of stupidity you are." In August 2007 he announced he left the war for lack of any good arguments being made against him.

[edit] As the Furry Guru

Mere days after the end of the YouTube Furry War series a new series began named Furry Guru, in which Belliachi answered questions from people both in and outside of the fandom. This series has been endorsed by a number of "celebrity" furries including Silentwulf and 2 Gryphon. It is also credited for creating a number of new furries, notably Tamias, a long-term furry spectator. This series ended in March 2008, due to personal commitments.