RipFur

**RipFur** is a major character in the Fox Scars Series. He is the son of the twisted DarkSoul and Vice-Chief/heir of the Skulk Tribe.

## RipFur

### Relatives

DarkSoul (Father)Unnamed mother (Deceased)

## Overview

**RipFur** is a young, charismatic and very strong fox living in the Skulk Tribe with his father, DarkSoul. Despite not being as sadistic as his father, **RipFur** is not a fox to mess with. He is intelligent, cunning and capable.

## Early Life

**RipFur** was born in the Skulk Tribe. He was raised by the blood thirsty DarkSoul who he had to address as a Chief rather than a father. **RipFur** was trained as a strong and unrelenting fox and became second only to DarkSoul in the tribe. **RipFur**  also at some point lost his mother.

#### Broken

While not seen, **RipFur** participates in the massacre of the Omni Tribe. Three days later **RipFur** questions his father DarkSoul about his plans of waiting to take over the Firefly Tribe but DarkSoul orders him to do what he says and not question him. They bring RainDrop out and **RipFur** tries to convince her with fresh meat but she still refuses to join their tribe. DarkSoul gets angry and tells his son to give her another three days. **RipFur** states that she will starve but DarkSoul raises his voice sounding like a monster, **RipFur** begrudgingly listens to him. After another three days **RipFur** brings RainDrop once again to DarkSoul. DarkSoul asks her again but she coldly refuses him again, by his order a Skulk attacks RainDrop. Two days later at nighttime, **RipFur** catches his father staring the sky with DarkSoul stating that RainDrop will not break. **RipFur** tells him she probably won't and asks him why he doesn't kill her. DarkSoul tells **RipFur** that she's too valuable to kill, he then sees LazyTear walking by herself from the cave. DarkSoul smiles getting an idea. In the morning, RainDrop is brought in front of the entire tribe **RipFur** included as DarkSoul addresses all the Skulks, he calls out LazyTear and tells RainDrop that her and LazyTear will fight to the death. RainDrop says she won't do it but DarkSoul tells her she doesn't have a choice and begins the fight. LazyTear attacks RainDrop, RainDrop says they can just leave but LazyTear says she can't and chases after RainDrop with **RipFur** looking away from the fight. The two fight as RainDrop begs her to stop with LazyTear demanding she fights back. Facing DarkSoul, RainDrop says that the only fox she will ever kill is him but suddenly she turns around as a fox screams in pain. Opening her eyes, RainDrop sees that she used her super-strength and sliced open LazyTear's body, RainBlood cries saying she didn't mean to do that. LazyTear dies as RainDrop mourns her friend when her tails begin to disappear leaving only one left. **RipFur** asks his father what's happening and DarkSoul tells him that her guidance spirits have formed which confuses him. DarkSoul then tells him it means that she's broken.

#### The Hidden Snake

n the Skulk tribe, **RipFur** enters a den where his father and Chief DarkSoul is waiting for him, DarkSoul asks if he understands his role in the plan and **RipFur** says that he does. DarkSoul tells him that he needs **RipFur** to hold his cover until he takes control of the Southern Skulk tribe and that once the Firefly tribe is weak they will strike. As **RipFur** leaves DarkSoul threatens him saying that if he betrays him it won't end well for him angering him, **RipFur** leaves angered. Outside the den Fury Skiles harshly teases **RipFur** hinting at his possible failure to complete his mission, when he brings up if DarkSoul will put him in his place again **RipFur** snaps and threatens FurySkies, **RipFur** says that he's ranked higher than him and threatens him, calling him scum before leaving him terrified. Hours later **RipFur** arrives at the border between the Skulk Tribe and the Firefly Tribe, he hides behind a tree seeing several foxes going down a rocky cliff, **RipFur** realizes that they are all heading into a snake nest and proceeds to follow them. **RipFur** arrives after SunStrider gets bitten by a snake and passes out. He crushes on of the snake's heads and then puts the smaller older fox on his back and runs up the rocky cliff successfully avoiding all the snakes. He manages to bring SunStrider to his group and sets him down. He is asked by a tense LashGrowl who he is as FireStone acknowledges that he saved SunStrider. When StoneScar tells everyone that SunStrider was bitten, **RipFur** quickly acts fast and bites SunStrider's leg, before tearing it completely off to remove the infected limb horrifying everyone. **RipFur** asks them to help him stop the bleeding at the group realizes that the medicine bag from WitherRunner is back in the snake's nest. After GhostToe fetches it for them they apply it to SunStrider's maimed leg as **RipFur** offers to carry him back to their camp. Some time later **RipFur** arrives in the center of the Firefly Tribe with a dying SunStrider on his back, he asks where the Medicine Fox is as StoneScar leads him to WitherRunner and the med den. **RipFur** brings SunStrider inside and gently lays him on a giant leaf. He then offers to leave but WitherRunner tells him that she can't let him roam around since she doesn't know who he is and needs his help. She asks for some cobb webs, **RipFur** obeys and looks at the medicine seeing a stick with spider webs on it, he takes it and gives it to her. WitherRunner thanks him and asks him to bring the garlic and to hurry. **RipFur** obeys helping WitherRunner and together they manage to stop the bleeding and save SunStrider's life. Afterwards at nighttime **RipFur** walks and stands behind HookScale as the Vice-Chief tells everyone that he is going to be watched tonight by him and two Guardians until the tribe can figure out what to do with him. **RipFur** is then taken somewhere to spend the night under careful watch.

**STATS**
 HUMOR | ?/10

## Relationships

### DarkSoul

**RipFur** and his father have a negative relationship due to the latter never acting like a true one towards the younger todd. **RipFur** likely does not love his father in any conceivable way but follows him out of sheer fear of his wrath like all the other members of his tribe. He questions his father's brutality and tries to get him to reconsider his orders but to no avail as he begrudgingly follows his twisted orders. After **RipFur** checks in with DarkSoul about his role in taking down the Firefly Tribe, DarkSoul warns him to not betray him saying that it will not end well for him or anyone referring to a past experience. This strikes a nerve with **RipFur** who has his back turned to DarkSoul, he becomes extremely angry at this saying that he wouldn't dream of doing a thing as he leaves his Chief to carry out his mission.

## Trivia

* RipRunner (The romantic pairing of him and WitherRunner is another popular ship in the Fox Scars series)
* TheStormingDragon (Creator) confirmed that **RipFur** was part of the massacre of the Omni Tribe but since he wasn't seen anywhere it is currently unknown what he was doing in that time.
* As confirmed in the character casting call and shown in The Hidden Snake, **RipFur** is abnormally strong for a fox as seen when he bites and tears off SunStrider's leg in seconds.