Rauch Bahaeding

Rauch and his pet, Emerald

**Rauch Bahaeding** was one of the two primary antagonists in the life story of Whups. He was a green dragonborn ranger who was an esteemed warrior of the Bahaeding clan, rival to the Knifineye clan. Rauch was raised by his older brother because his parents abandoned the duo of siblings from an early age. With enough time, Rauch climbed the ranks of the clan and positioned himself as the patriarch and enslaved his Knifineye rivals. He was the man responsible for killing Whups' sister and giving Whups his iconic eye injury.

## **Relationships**

### *His Brother*

Since Rauch and his brother spent a lot of time depending on each other for survival, the two green dragonborn had a huge respect and admiration for each other. After their parents were exiled from the Heartlands because of an attack on the Knifineye family carried out by secret assassins, the Bahaeding clan's advisors advocated for Rauch's brother to step up to the position of leadership, since he was the older brother. Rauch was excited for his brother and he knew that he needed to train really hard in order to help him in their new conflict against the Knifineye Clan.

Rauch's brother constantly strived for peace, but as Rauch began training with a bow and a shortsword, he realized how gifted he really was. Though it was good for his confidence, some arrogance was also picked up with that transition as well. Matters were made even worse when the Knifineyes retaliated, killing one of the Bahaeding clan's advisors. Rauch was thirsty for blood and his brother could do nothing to stop it. They never agreed on any matter after that.

Rauch soon usurped the throne to fulfill his vision of a genocided Knifineye tribe. He defeated his brother in combat, but still wished to keep him alive as a prisoner. Rauch would try to convince his brother that he was doing this for the good of everyone, but he never listened. Their conflict finally ended when Whups gathered an army of slaves to storm Bahaeding land and kill Rauch once and for all. His brother was found in a nearby hut and freed by Whups. The only reason Whups let him go was because he looked so broken that "killing him would have been a mercy."

### *Emerald*

Rauch first met Emerald when he was scouting a camp of Knifineye soldiers. The lonely pseudodragon was bothering Rauch because he had a bag of meat chunks on him at the time and he realized he could use the beast to his advantage. He threw some meat chunks out into the camp, causing Emerald to fly in for them. This distracted the guards, while Rauch came in and began to pick them off one by one. Rauch gave Emerald a few meat chunks as a reward and the pseudodragon followed him ever since.

Emerald was a helpful distraction a lot of the time, but Rauch soon came to treasure him like a best friend. When he was reigning patriarch of the Bahaeding clan, Rauch would talk to Emerald like he could reciprocate language, a feature of Rauch that made many people think he had lost it. Whether that was true or not, it REALLY came true when Whups raided Rauch's manor and snapped Emerald's neck like a twig. Rauch was heartbroken and rage-induced, but his fate was sealed.

## **Trivia**

* This entire character was created just to explore the psyche of someone crazy enough to stab a dude in the eye and feel good about it.
	+ Also, the Historian never actually called Rauch "the One Who Knife-in-eye'd the Knifineye." In fact, he had no prior knowledge about this character.
* AnerexoMexo came to associate Rauch with fried rice because after he created the article for this page, he went out to eat at P.F. Chang's and had a great dinner there.