How do you counter the incredible media presence of the Human-Anthro Coalition? Why, get your own of course! This realization leads to Sifiso and his pro-int allies making their way to Omar Fayek, a hyena from Libya and the owner of a major media company. While he may not have nearly the reach or influence of official Coalition media, Omar has a lot of eager viewers/listeners/readers and Sifiso wants to be able to reach those. Omar himself is not particularly interested in the message Sifiso is spreading, but sees an opportunity for some good business - and to bully the Coalition higher ups a bit. Omar has never been too keen on following authority figures and has had to deal with the Coalition's bureaucracy more than once while handling his own independent company. Fitting for his species, the hyena is the type to crack a lot of jokes and laughs, but behind that he's got a keen mind and a good sense of how to effectively get a message out to the masses. And so, Omar ends up joining with the integration gang, even if he's more along the ride than truly invested. Though getting humans to work on his offerings could be a boon of it's own...

New party member for Team Sifiso! Omar here was something of a spur of the moment character, but I realized Sifiso would really need a media expert of some kind on his team. I'd also long been thinking of getting a yeen character so hey, two birds with one stone! He was designed by the always amazing Kurumiken! They have turned up a few times already here doing art, but this is Kurumiken's first time doing one of my character design. And what a design it is! Absolutely love how this man came together. His smile makes me all weak in the knees~ And Kurumiken even went above and beyond my request and added some fun facial expressions to the side. Huge thank you to them for the amazing job they did with Omar! You can find them on both Bluesky and twitter:

https://bsky.app/profile/kurumiken.bsky.social
https://x.com/kurumiken

And here's their skeb, where you can (and should) ask some art for them. Just remember to carefully go over the guidelines!
https://skeb.jp/@kurumiken