Overview
Inspector Felix Frohe is a vole police inspector in Claudia Braun and the Disappearing Sable. He works from the government office in the station markets at Plumwald Station, where Claudia Braun can ask him to search official records for the missing sable.
Frohe wears a blue uniform and a black-brimmed cap. He is overworked, and station conversations connect his office’s limited help to budget cuts.
Official records
Frohe’s records are useful but narrow. He can search by a name, a partial name, or a government identity number. He cannot identify the sable from gloves, voice descriptions, or general witness impressions. He also notes that his dog partner is on furlough, limiting what his office can do with scent evidence.
If Claudia brings Frohe the temporary identity code from the Shadow Express ticket, he can trace the record. If she brings him the surname Oblaka, he can search by name. Either way, the relevant ledger entry identifies Aleksei Oblaka as a young male sable with dark fur from the Khomyak Empire, added to the records three days earlier.
Genoveva’s card
Frohe initially has little patience for Claudia’s request. Genoveva Geist’s card changes his response. When Claudia presents it, Frohe treats her with wary respect and becomes willing to help.
The card does not solve the case by itself. Claudia still has to bring Frohe a searchable name or identity number before he can produce Aleksei’s full record.
Role in the story
Frohe connects Claudia’s informal detective work to official Dormouse records. His office is one of the places where the mystery can become specific enough to name Aleksei, but only after Claudia has gathered usable information elsewhere in the station.