Rukis Croax

Rukis Croax is an American anthro artist and writer who lives near Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

Fandom involvement
Rukis was a guest of honor at Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2011, Furry Weekend Atlanta 2012, Furnal Equinox 2013, and Central Plains Fur Con 2013. She is to be a guest of honor for Furrydelphia 2019.

Convention attendance

 * Anthrocon - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
 * Arizona Fur Con - 2013
 * Central Plains Fur Con - 2013
 * Eurofurence - 2010
 * FA United - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
 * Furfright - 2009, 2010, 2011
 * Furnal Equinox - 2013
 * Furry Connection North - 2009, 2010
 * Further Confusion - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
 * Furry Weekend Atlanta - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
 * Midwest Furfest - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
 * Rainfurrest - 2009, 2010, 2012
 * Rocky Mountain Fur Con - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
 * Texas Furry Fiesta - 2009, 2010, 2013

Art
Rukis Croax is the creator, writer and illustrator of the Cruelty comic and its sequel Unconditional, and the co-creator, writer and co-illustrator of the Red Lantern comic.

Rukis' first comic, Cruelty, was published by FurPlanet, and debuted at Anthrocon 2010. At 44 pages, Rukis considered this a "practice comic". However, it sold out within the first day of the convention, and Rukis went on to create a sequel (Unconditional).

In 2009 she started Red Lantern. The second volume of the comic, which is planned to be made in four volumes, is currently in writing and is released on Fur Affinity before its printed release which will include sex scenes. The first volume was co-drawn by Alector Fencer, however, she was replaced by Myenia since 2012.

Rukis and Myenia also made a 24-page comic entitled Strong, done in 48 hours only (24 for each) as a challenge.

Other artwork
In March, 2014, Rukis' adult anthropomorphic art folio Instinct was published by FurPlanet.

Literature
Published by Furplanet, Rukis released her first novel titled Heretic in 2013. The book follows Captain Luther, detailing events in the Red Lantern world preceding the first comic volume.

In 2014, Furplanet released her second novel in the Red Lantern world, titled Off the Beaten Path. Due to the length of the story, it was divided into three books (Off the Beaten Path, Lost On Dark Trails, The Long Road Home). This book follows female leopard protagonist Shivah traveling alongside her two male companions (who are close to one another) Ransom and Puquanah.

The third novel set in the Red Lantern world, Legacy was released in 2017, divided into two books (Dusk, Dawn). The book is set before the time of all previous books, twenty years prior to Red Lantern, telling the story of Kadar, father of Amon, the protagonist in the Red Lantern comic series.

Awards
Rukis' artwork for the cover of Kyell Gold's Green Fairy won the 2012 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration.

At a ceremony at Morphicon 2015 on May 1, 2015, Rukis' story Off the Beaten Path was awarded the 2014 Ursa Major Award in the category of Best Anthropomorphic Novel.