Tod the Fox

Tod the Fox was a thief, outlaw, and rebel in the time before the Age of Warlocks. His exploits against the Clarati rulers of Ynys became legendary, and tales of his adventures are told to this day. He is best known for playing tricks and pranks that humiliated the Clarati, and undermining their air of invulnerability among the populace. During the rebellions that followed the destruction of Sange, Tod the Fox became a symbol of the rebellion, with prominent rebels wearing fox masks and bearing foxes on their shields. One remnant of this time is in the arms of Bernicia, which bears three foxes on field of white.
Tod the Fox stole money and artifacts from the Clarati, focusing on crimes that would become widespread. He seemed to have no interest in gaining wealth from these thefts, and instead distributed the money among the peasants. He then used the goodwill he had earned to request favors, such sheltering for prisoners he had liberated from Clarati dungeons, or encouraging his allies to stage distractions and diversions that supported his schemes. He was a master of disguise, and would sometimes impersonate the Clarati themselves in order to give nonsensical orders. In one of his most notorious escapades, he engineered the release of the Ellyll Gwynn ap Lludd from his magical bindings, stealing the necessary keys from each of the seven Clarati who had imprisoned him.
The ultimate fate of Tod the Fox is unknown, although many bards have what they call the "true" tale of his demise. The most common myth is that he sought to wake the legendary King Cailtram to fight the Clarati, and was caught in the magics that kept the King of Dreams asleep. In these stories, Tod the Fox will also return, at some point in the future. More prosaic tales suggest that Tod's luck eventually ran out, and he was captured or killed by the Clarati, who chose not to feed his legend with a tale of his martyrdom. Most people are unconvinced by this version of the story.
While the stories depict Tod the Fox as a Human, some people suggest that Tod the Fox was actually a Kitsunejin named Higa Chikara. This speculation is not corroborated by the Kitsunejin themselves, who disavow any knowledge of Higa Chikara being in Ynys, and point out that the only person of that name they have on record would have been over three hundred years old during the period Tod the Fox was active.

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Kitsunejin