Rattleskull Hisaki

The Hunter Ranger was once a talented scout and tracker for the Hitori Kokka Shogunate. When his Sukauto-gumi unit was ambushed on a special assignment by the Tivecah, he was detained and broken. Once his new unit had broken free from capture he was a shell of his former self and nothing more than a highwayman.

Appearance
A brown furred rattian demi-human with blood-red eyes and a shaggy dark hair. Wearing a worn and damaged red/brown set of military leathers of the Hitori Kokka Shogunate. This is covered in places by scavenged rags and cloth. He wears a skull mask that covers the majority of his face.

Personality
Rattleskull specialises in tracking humanoids. It doesn't end particularly well for said humanoids. He is a solitary individual, preferring the solitary hunt. He also has a mean streak. This may be a result of the nights of torture he suffered in his past he now transfers to others.

"Look what we got ‘ere. More charitable donations.” ... “In that case we’ll ‘ave to do’um the favour of removing it along with there gold!"

Solitary
While Rattleskull Hisaki had collegues within the Shogunate, he preffered to keep to himself, and appreciated the solitude that a solo hunt provided him. This likely stemmed from being a rattian from a heavy litter, and wanted to get away from the bustling pack.

Bonesnarl Sugimoto
After escaping capture and torture, Rattleskull was part of a group that sided with the "Mad Dog" and took the group known as the Crooked Tooth Gang into a more violent direction.

History
Born into a heavy litter of a rattian family, Hisaki felt oppressed by the chaos of his family burrow, and took refuge in the open wilds. Noticed, these traits were nutured into a ranger and scout for the Hitori Kokka Shogunate during his conscription into military service. He served as part of a Sukauto-gumi scouting unit under the command of Badgian Kogashira, Applestasher Maro. On a fateful day his scouting unit was placed into a special unit with a Ton'neru-gumi tunneling unit overseen by Wolverian Kumigashira, Wildmaw Roka. Their mission was to infiltrate deep into and scout a region of the Mesoaldacian desert. They were ambushed however with casualties taken. Hisaki was one of those captured and taken to the desert gorge prison known as Garganta de le Muerte. For many nights he was tortured along with his comrades mercilessly. Within this confinement something broke within Rattleskull. He was never the same after this. Led by rattian Battlemaster Kogashira, Ash-hide Kossori they managed a daring escape into the unforgiving deserts. Travelling north they entered the Motherwood, where they garnered attention and repulsion from their violent scavenging by the local firbolg and fey denizens. Embarressed once again tensions were raised and Rattleskull aided his scout unit samurai, Bonesnarl Sugimoto in staging a coup and overthrowing Ash-hide for the leadership of the newly formed Crooked Tooth Gang, in turn taking a post as one of its commanders. While leading a scavaging party in Mellow Meadow County, taking a role as a petty highwayman, Rattleskull met his brutal demise at the hands of Tyrol Gravehearth when the former attempted to rob the monk and his party on the road leading towards Sweetfield.

Abilities and Powers
Being a rattian Rattleskull has innate advantages on climbing and burrowing, he also has a keen smell. Through training and time spent in the jungles of the Takiden Kingdom he has a primeval awareness and other skills for tracking, marking and breaking targets on the hunt. His weapon of choice is a heavy crossbow, but he also has a pair of sickles on him if ranged combat fails.

Misc
His first appearence was in The Unnamed Chapter One, Road to Springfield - 27/04/2017.

He liked to collect trophies from anything he could.

His crossbow was looted from his corpse by Tyrol Gravehearth who has since restored it.