AAaA Madam Arfa
I can see the spirit of the original question: Madam Arfa might worry if someone other than herself had too much power and sway over the fortunes of her people. The Champion of the Fuzzy Peoples is an old title, and it could confer some improper political power onto a Tr Iver-like personality. Not so much that he’d be a real threat to the pack alpha without a lot more work, but enough to pose a political problem.
Fortunately, Auraugu is about as far from that as you get. He revels in the spotlight, but he has no desire to administrate and plenty of respect for those who do.
There are some blanks in Arfa’s account of the history of the Fuzzy Peoples that she probably wouldn’t have filled in even if we had more scenes with her. How did the tourney go from multiple races competing to just one race competing? “We hunted them all,” she admits elsewhere, but was that strictly out of aggression, the limits of other resources, or did the race that considers itself the predator at times become the prey? No matter what the answer is, Madam Arfa would rather not go into it.
Got to love how the referee just happened to have a pattern of fur that matches your stereotypical earth referee… Just pure coincidence, I’m sure.
Oh, I assumed that was body paint. Or, I guess, fur paint.
That’s what I call a ref-fur-ee! ;-)
Since Flo’s not around to do it, I give you this totally unofficial, official-knock-off Kamino Neko Gold Star. 🌟
I feel like even besides Aurugu’s lack of ambition, Arfa is the kind of leader who prefers to lift up strength in others, to help her people as a whole. Not that she wouldn’t put the paw down on someone trying to usurp.
It’s so refreshing to see a savage race of man-beasts practice a contact sport while showing good sportmanship and class
And that last panel has me thinking of the old lady from Ready to Rumble. “Get me a t-shirt. A really tight one!”