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The first design sketch for the runts of the all-cat gang, The Clowder!
Some features have been changed, primarily the zipper shape as well as the characters having pants beneath the hoodies.

The Clowder is possibly the most prominent gang in the city, due to its incredibly expansive operation and its budget. By their means of operation, some might say that calling it a mafia is much more accurate.
As a strict rule, all members of the gang are cats. Even larger felines very seldom make it in.

Cats recruited for the gang tend to primarily be homeless alley cats, as well as other small-time slum criminals. Those who end up working in the city as hustlers, hitmen, bodyguards and thieves will be given a very high-tech hoodie free of charge, as well as even offered a place to stay in the gang's surprisingly sleek hideout!

Tamer housecats sometimes end up working as runts too, though the majority of them find themselves more comfortable assigned to the gang's other wing: The Ninth, a casino owned by the Clowder's boss.

Clowder Runts are usually male, as the female members of the gang tend to prefer the less rowdy environment that the casino staff enjoys. Female cats who stick to the runts tend to be hard-boiled and fierce as a result, as though to not let the restless males harass them.

This particular grunt illustrated here is called Russel! More on him at a later point.♥