Parish Ansel (Woodsman)

Weight: 200

Apparent Age: 60

Archetype: Street Samurai

Preferred Weapon: Combat Axe

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 Bio: The Woodsman is one of the meanest old bastards to rule the streets during the dark days of the late 2040’s. His exact reign is hard to pin down as stories of this man have been herald through the ages. The Woodsman is a street samurai and this man hunted not within the urban sprawl but within the rural outer regions of Seattle. He is a highly skilled tracker, hunter and man of the wild this killer is the bane of the natives, and those that he considers prey. This man is a shadow operator that would mostly take jobs that allowed him to work in his chosen territory, he would hijack convoys, raid native camps, assault military operations and just stalk the wilds as the ultimate predator. Legend even says the Woodsman has been able to even speak with the creatures of the land, and he wrestled with a Dire Kodiak and bested the beast asserting his dominance over the great beast.

         This man moves like the wind across the wooded landscape, and lurks within the shadows as the ultimate judge of mankind, he hunts the ultimate pray and doesn’t seem to ever leave a trace of his existence. The Woodsman might not be at home within the urban sprawl, but this hunter does travel into Seattle from time to time. When the Woodsman does enter the city, it’s normally for work, to find supplies he can’t procurer in the wild and occasionally unwind in a local tavern. This man otherwise can be found lurking around wooded outer regions of Seattle and occasionally in the wastes. Legend says that after the capture and execution of Blaine, the Woodsman has taken it on himself to lead the raider camps and keep a watchful eye over the traveller’s through his regions. Though this is nothing more than speculation, the actually travels of the Woodsman are unknown and so are his motives.

         This man is a killer, unlike Blaine who would try to spare life, the Woodsman will not thin twice about ending life. This man kills in a very gruesome manner using his beloved a to dismember his opponents and leave them to die from blood loss. He will then skin and gut the victim like one would a deer and leaves their body strung to a tree as a greasily warning to any who dare enter his territory. This man has been known to send the severed heads of his victims back to their families as a warning, the wilds do not welcome you nor do they forgive. This man even uses old fashioned bear traps, dead fall traps and snare traps to capture his prey, and once he has you in his trap the real torture will begin. The Woodsman doesn’t have a humane bone left in his body, though some say he has heard the whisperers in the wind and is working as a guardian for the New Breed though this is hard to believe after hearing the tales of this hunter.

          So when if there weren’t already enough reasons to avoid the wilds, between natives, raiders, and paranormal creatures the Woodsman is the final piece of the puzzle to just avoid these regions. Though if you are looking for a master of this region to guide a group safely and you can find him maybe you can hire the Woodsman. Though remember this man is very primal and he doesn’t take kindly to many city folk encroaching on his territory and will defend the woodlands with all his might. The Woodsman is a master in the martial combat arts, anything that he is holding is lethal, he is a master of the firearm and his skills with a bow are only matched by the likes of Orion, Arrow and Panama. So be very cautious when dealing with this man, he is very distrustful and boarder line paranoid. He also might have a very large Kodiak bear that he has trained and will protect the Woodsman at any cost, so do yourself a favour this is one man where it is safer to believe the legends and tales as factual, this could very well save your life one day.

         Another legend that comes from a local native trader named Running Waters “It is said that a beast man lurks the dark, he wears the skin of the white man and moves like a machine. He has the heart of the cougar, and the cunning of a fox he lurks the dark looking for the corrupter’s of the Mother to bring to their final end. This beast man, is the wheel and he brings man back into the flow of life.” Also from the same trader, “I have seen the beast in the night, his eyes glowed with fire, his warm breath rose a steam as he cloaked himself in shadow and watched me as I traversed the trail. I could see the other beasts in the night watching me, I heard the snarls of the bear and growls of the wolf as I walked passed the beast with fear flowing through me showing him and the land the utmost respect. I heard the growls of a cougar from behind me as I walked with my weirs down the darkened trail. I knew I was being followed and I could feel the burning eyes of the Beast man and his pets gazing upon me until I cleared those woods.” Some might not believe the Woodsman to be real, but after that night I will never again travel that route again. He is very much real and he is very much in control of the creatures that lurk in those woods. He is an apex predator and I but a simple man, never have I been that scared for my life, I was almost something’s dinner.

       When Running Waters was recalling the tale and his encounter with the Woodsman, he was visibly shaken and had actually turned a few shades lighter during the telling of this story. He also tells many others of his tribe have had similar tails to tell, involving the Woodsman, though he was the bravest to actually come forward to be interviewed for this article. The Woodsman my readers is very much real, his abilities are unknown to most, though he is someone that needs to be watched out for. He needs to be respected and his land needs to be respected, this man will not think twice about killing and it seems that even a chance encounter is not so random as he does have some sort of connection to the animals and paranormal beasts of the Seattle wilds. My readers you have been warned, the beast man does lurk the wilds, and he will either grant you permission to travel through his land, or he will deny you travels and bring you back into the natural wheel.

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