Masao

a satori, and a very troublesome one, at that! masao can, even when his third eye is shut, easily be distinguished from a common macaque. he is much larger, stands upright, and has a particularly smug aura about him. masao was never restricted by any sort of law or code, simply running off by himself and doing whatever he could get away with. by all means more beast than man — he doesn’t lack intelligence, he simply doesn’t care about the consequences of his actions, and never will. 

only when masao once did fail to simply get away with eating the face off of the umpteenth mountain traveler, did he think to pursue a different path. he trimmed his fur, donned the clothes of a man, and began to set up shop along roadsides, posing as a fortune teller. now, he did have abilities similar to that of fortune tellers. with his third eye, he could easily see into the minds of his customers, and lay a deep secret of theirs out in front of them to earn their trust. judging by his customer’s personality, he then simply estimated what the future held for them, so far as they could influence it. it was ludicrously simple. almost boring, even if it made him plenty of money!

until the circus came along, a century or so back. a bunch of lunatics doing tricks, for money, for fame?! now that sounded like his cup of tea. masao instantly demanded he be permitted to join, and set up a tent near the entrance of the circus.

even then, eventually, he got caught committing heinous acts, and was promptly forced to flee once more. this time, however, due to the circus traveling all across the country, he could go nowhere he wouldn’t be recognized. and so, he was forced to flee the dimension, and entered the uncharted lands.

this is where he met another agent of chaos, much like himself: franklin alatamaha. a conman with no conscience whatsoever, the two became fast friends, though even today, do not trust one another in the slightest. for the past decades, the two have been running a traveling cart with rare beast materials, some real, some fake. depending on how much money you cough up, they may even give you the directions to their sources... whether that actually leads to the territory of some legendary animal, or a death trap so they can loot your corpse, is for them to know, and for you to find out.