TPaw Corporation

TPaw Corporation, or simply TPaw, is a foreign technology and media conglomerate that produces many goods and services across the world. It puts emphasis on brand loyalty and shareholder values. The company reluctantly has offices in Nethington. The "Multi" brand is one of their successful lines of devices, encompassing everything from smartphones to speakers. Despite many in Nethington praising their devices and loyalty programs, they often criticize their attempts to work around or outright remove the labor rotation policy.

Background

TPaw Corporation has its roots in Tony Bark's real-life organization of the same name that was meant to house his creative endeavors. At the time, it was known as Tigerpaw Studios and was named after his Second Life avatar's surname, "Tigerpaw." It was eventually shortened to just TPaw and focused more on services based on open source software due to financial limitations and limited resources. At the time, Bark had a more capitalist mindset and had once been envisioned as a small company. However, these attempts often met with failure, and so Bark shifted back to a more personal focus, putting his efforts into building the Caseyverse instead.

Bark reused the TPaw name and branding for more internal usage, while it gained more prominence within the Caseyverse. It serves as a modern Acme-style corporation, serving gadgets and entertainment. However, instead of being played for laughs, Bark decided to make it a greater-scope villain that is constantly attempting to mold Nethington in its image.