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Alexander Grey

Alexander Grey (previously Tori Belliachi, also known as Robomilk, Cartographer and querkmachine) 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, inflation, vore and transformation sub-fandoms.

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[edit] Fursona

Grey was named Tori Andrew Belliachi between 2006 and 2009. This was changed to Alexander Grey in February 2009.

Tori named himself after Tory Belleci of MythBusters fame as a means of honouring the man's work. One notable thing about Grey's various generations (or "eras") is that all of them have been grey in colour, as well as having long black hair — with the exception of the earliest Belliachi model (occasionally referred to as Tori Betachi) which was pink.

The name Alexander Grey was derived from the colour grey, which Grey considers to be a good fit for his personality.

" The colour grey is commonly associated with boredom, reality, seriousness, neutrality, dullness, mediocrity, undefinedness, contentment and intellect (as in "grey matter") -- all these words describe me "

He has a furry family which currently composes of Angelic Wolf, Chris Kitmyth, Daryl, Hiro Judgement, Samael and Silver R. Wolfe.

The character of Alexander Grey is written so that the species of the character changes every 13 months. In the character backstory, this is a regenerative process used to increase longevity of the character (akin to that of The Doctor from Doctor Who.) In reality, this is to allow the character's player to experience drawing and roleplaying as different animals while keeping to a set schedule - thus preventing changes occurring too irregularly.

[edit] May 2006 to June 2007

Before May of 2007, Grey'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.

Alexander Grey as a folf, illustrated by Bethy Chan.

[edit] June 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 August 2009

As of July 2008, Grey's fursona has changed to that of a bat, with some variations of the traditional Battiachi character, notably being four 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.

This newest incarnation has been much more influenced by the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, one of Grey's political heroes.

[edit] August 2009 to present

The next species change occurred on August 1, 2009. The species to be changed to was put to a public vote, in which a dragon came out the winner. Several weeks after the poll however, this decision was reversed and it was announced that the character would remain a bat, however some cosmetic changes would still occur. The primary differences included minor colouration changes, a change to the style of wings and a dramatic increase in the characters weight.

[edit] Real life

Grey's folf era recreation of Hiro Nakamura.

Shaun Hargreaves (born 1991) is the child of a Malaysian mother and English father; which has been reflected in his species as a Macroglossus sobrinus, a species of bat native to Malaysia - he was formerly also a Eurasian wolf. He based his fursona much on himself; so much so that any changes that occur to Shaun in real life tend to be reflected on his fursona.

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, Grey has been drawn in similar situations as Hiro and the Doctor on a number of occasions.

He is a member of the Liberal Democrats, a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Roles in the fandom

As a member of the furry fandom, Grey appears to have taken it upon himself to aid the progression of the furry fandom in the media through any means possible.

[edit] On websites

As well as his own range of websites, most notably FurteanTimes.com, Grey 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 head of graphic design at MyFursona from 2007 until 2009, 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.

[edit] At furmeets

Grey currently helps run the fatfur meets in Manchester with Little Wolf.

On his birthday, every year since 2007, Grey has held a private party within his home that is open to furries whom he is familiar with. In 2007 and 2008 this was marketed as the Party Belliachi, from 2009 onwards this has been rebranded to Birthdaycon.

[edit] In the YouTube Furry War

Following a lot of disruption on YouTube after a furry uprising against anti-furry trolls, Grey 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 Grey 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.

[edit] See also

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