Scratcher Flinthorn

Scratcher is a Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) character created by ElderCrowbot in July 2017 and the protagonist of the storyline "Eat A Crow". He is a Rogue Kenku with a Chaotic Neutral alignment and a Criminal background.

Appearance
Scratcher is a Kenku with a height of 5'3 and a weight of 102 lbs, and he is 23 years old. He has dark-brown eyes and glossy black feathers, and he has a scratch inflicted across his upper beak by a sword.

Personality
Scratcher is impulsive, profane, and greedy, and his pride often gets in the way of common sense.

Speech and writing
Scratcher is able to write in Common based on a child's education. However, he is only able to talk in Mimicry like other Kenku, where he is only able to communicate through speech with sounds that he had already heard.

Biography
Born as Renault Charwing, he was troublesome for his family from an early age. Despite a commonplace religious upbringing, he avoided school and snuck into bars to work with criminals for pay, often being turned upon and abandoned in return. After an altercation with an orc over an argument over fair pay, his beak was slashed at and was inflicted with a scar, hence the name Scratcher. When his father Pinecutter told stories of his early pickpocketing life, Scratcher was inspired to pursue a life of pickpocketing of his own, contrary to his father's efforts to steer him away from such a lifestyle. With the belief that he is destined to become the greatest pickpocket, he left his home to start his career.

Pinecutter
Scratcher reveres his father for his tales of pickpocketing but looks down upon him for leaving his criminal background behind for a mundane life. Pinecutter wishes that his son grows to become sensible and forget his dreams of becoming a famous pickpocket, and he is devastated and guilty when Scratcher leaves the home.

Efnera
Scratcher is looked upon in shame by his mother for mirroring the infamous reputation of their race. She is often in shock by his blasphemous quotes against her religious values, and she is stressed from having to shield Scratcher from negative influences. Scratcher views her as a weak example of how a Kenku should behave.

Richand
Scratcher often feuds with his brother due to their contrasting personalities. Richand views Scratcher as a destructive force for their parents' wish to pursue a safe and mundane life, and Scratcher mocks Richand's dutiful values and his pursuit of becoming a priest.

Quotes

 * Saying his name: [sound of a crow's talon scratching a wooden fence post]
 * Mockery: "Mighty good lookin' lady."/[cawing resembling laughter]
 * Agitated: "Bear scat!"

Character revisions

 * Scratcher's surname, Charwing, was changed to Flinthorn on September 17, 2017.