Damara Lodge

Damara Lodge is a beaver and a corporate registrar operating out of Sahara Square in We Can Fix Pawbert. She unknowingly processed incorporation paperwork for multiple shell companies connected to the Vladifrostok network during the Icener crisis.

Background

Lodge operates a corporate services office in Sahara Square, handling routine incorporation paperwork for clients who pay fees and provide documentation. Her business represents the kind of legitimate service that can be exploited for illegitimate purposes---a fact she discovers only when Nick and Judy arrive to interview her about the shell company network.

Series History

Season 5

Lodge appears in "Traceback" when Nick and Judy travel to Sahara Square to interview her about the shell companies traced back to Arctic Dawn Enterprises. Their visit comes after they notice surveillance following them from the precinct---a gray van that breaks contact when spotted.

During the interview, Lodge proves cooperative and nervous, clearly unaware of what she had been facilitating. She explains that the mammals who hired her came in separately on different days, each requesting standard incorporation paperwork for generic "import-export" businesses. She never would have connected them without the pattern the detectives showed her.

When asked if she kept copies of their identification, Lodge confirms she followed standard procedure. However, the IDs turn out to be professional forgeries, none matching anyone in the ZPD database. Before Nick and Judy leave, Lodge asks if she is in trouble. Judy reassures her that she followed proper procedures and had no way of knowing what she was really setting up.

Personality

Lodge is cooperative, thorough, and understandably nervous when confronted with the implications of her unknowing involvement. She represents the ordinary service professionals whose legitimate businesses can be exploited by sophisticated criminal networks.

Key personality traits:

• Cooperative --- Readily provides information and documentation to investigators
• Professional --- Follows standard procedures for record-keeping
• Nervous --- Anxious about potential legal consequences
• Thorough --- Maintains proper documentation of client identification

Key Relationships

Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps

Lodge's interaction with the detectives is brief but productive. Her willingness to cooperate and provide documentation helps advance the investigation, even though the IDs turn out to be forgeries.

Notable Quotes

• "They came in separately. Different days, different mammals. I never would have connected them if you hadn't shown me the pattern."
• "Import-export. That's what they all said. Generic enough to cover anything."
• "Am I in trouble?"
• "If there's anything else I can do to help..."

Trivia

• Lodge's office processed paperwork for at least four of the shell companies in the Vladifrostok network.
• The IDs she retained are professional forgeries, indicating significant resources behind the shell company operation.
• Her situation illustrates how legitimate business services can be exploited by criminal organizations through standard procedures that ask no questions.
• Judy's reassurance that Lodge is not in trouble reflects the reality that she was a tool rather than a conspirator.