Shugwar is my straight room mate in Ballerina Mafia. He is a real person (non-furry), and the character Khaziael (in the background) is mostly his creation (with a few bits of help here and there from me).
He's a panther :U He's not a wolf, he's not related to Joel at all. I am confident that if you actually look at a photo of a panther and a wolf, you'll see that he looks like a panther in this picture.