Captain Rakusagi

[Captain Rakusagi]

Name: Rakusagi
Age: 40 Season
Birthplace: Mossflower Woods
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Species: Otter
Job/Position: General of the Long Patrol
Physical Description:

Rakusagi is a handsome, middle-adged otter, though it is hard to notice under his garb. When going into battle he is fully armored, and provided with some of the finest crafted leather. When not in battle, he wears red pants and a long greenish vest. His “father” found two long light brown leaves, about the same size, and presented them to Rakusagi as a gift. He has a joker hat that is Green, blue and red. There are two holes cut for his makeshift hare ears. His fiddle, is blue.

As a whole, this otter prefers to spend his time as a hare. While the facade is more comfortable to him, it also helps him feel at home in the mountain stronghold. The only time he can be seen not in his bardic clothing and hare-ears are when he is training (which is actually quite often).

Belongings:

Fiddle, Lute, Longbow, 27 arrows, Greatsword

Personality:

Rakusagi is a fun-loving creature. He loves to joke and have fun, but can also be almost to serious when in battle. When he’s battling, his true otter qualities take over. Not in battle however, he’s just like any other hare. He loves to make music and loves to play the fiddle. If he’s not playing, he’s either fighting, figuring out a new battle plan, or composing a new song. He rarely notices that he is an otter anymore and is very sure of his life in the Patrol.

When he was younger, he used to be very particular about his name, but as he grew, he let down and doesn't mind the nicknames as much. He loves to play with the hares he lives with, even as an older mate. In fact, in his off time, he can be seen sitting int he fields with younger hares dancing around him or singing while he practices his music. All of the babes like the 'funny looking hare'.


Strengths:He is a very strong fighter and is very skilled with his sword. His second weapon of choice is his longbow or his halberd, depending on his range.

Not pertaining to his fighting strengths, he is a very good musician, specializing in the fiddle and the lute, as well as singing. Unlike hares, however,many of his ballads are not comical or revolving around food (although a great deal of them are).

Weaknesses: He is teased by his foes a lot about his heritage and though he tries not to let it get to him, sometimes he will lose it. He is also very strict when it comes to other beasts using or touching his sword, as it his only real possession.

Physically, he isn't as fast on foot as his hare counterparts and often will fall behind in a pure-footed race. This made his times as a runner very difficult but he struggled through.

History:

The young otter was found near the River Moss by three Hares of the Long Patrol. The Hares, still young and fresh from training, decided to take the otter back to their mountain. they also took the majestic sword that lay beneath the otter-babe.

The then-ruler of the mountain decided that such an opportunity was not one to be wasted. A hare who had never found the perfect mate asked to look over the young otter. When the boy was five seasons, he was given his hare-ears as a gift from his father. When he was seven seasons, he began to train in the fighting arts, determined to prove his worth to the hares he lived with.

And he did. It didn't take long for the naturally gifted swords-beast to raise through the ranks. Although due to his species, the Mountain will not allow him to raise any higher than major, which doesn't really bother him too much, as long as he can still fight to protect the good-beasts of the surrounding country.


Very little is known about his life before the mountain. Not even he is sure completely. All he remembers are flashes of light loud noises and a very unpleasant smell. Seasons later, his adoptive father took him back tot he place where he was found and from there, Saki was able to trace his way back to the place that he assumed had been his home.

it had been torn to shreds and although it looked like someone had come back after the wreckage to try to clean it up, they had left, the project too large to bother with. There were a few belongings left, mostly books but he did find one thing that triggered a memory.

A small brown blanket, now gray from the seasons of disuse lay in the corner. When he touched it, he was flown back to that night so many seasons ago. The stench of sea rats, the shine of metal on metal, the clinks of clashing swords. And then it was gone. his parents had been murdered by rats.

Taking the blanket, he and his father returned to the mountain. The next day, Saki began his training.

The following seasons sprouted nothing but determination and hard work from the misfit otter. He dueled with anyone or anything that would stand still long enough. Even the great Ashstripe had taken an interest in him at one point. he was undefeated umongst the age group he was in and he had even beaten many of the older members of the Lon Patrol in friendly battles.

But his father was his only constant loss. Nearly every day, Saki would challenge his father. Sometimes he would refuse, and other times he would accept and win quickly. But there was never a win in those battles for the otter-hare.

As time wore on, he began to get even better then the sheer talents he'd been given by the Gods. he honed skills and practiced his ranged shots. He ran and scouted for the Long Patrol and went out to battle with them. Until the day came that they told him he could ammount to more then just a runner. For the first time in Lon Patrol history, a non-hare was given a rank in the Long Patrol.

At the age of 25 Seasons, he became Corporal Rakusagi, with pride. He continue to fight hard and well and soon, he was promoted again. Although he was farther behind then the others his age (and despite the fact that he was just as good if not better of a fighter), he could never be farther advanced then the hares. But that didn't matter to him.

When he was about 39 seasons, they appointed him Captain of the Long Patrol and that is where he has served for the last two seasons. He continues to do his best to work his way up, although he knows deep down they would most likely never let him get past Major. But that will never stop him.