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"Remember this, old man... Next time I'll skin you like a stag... And let the wolves pick your bones!!" -- Cutter. Chief of the Wolfriders.

Cutter
Cutter
Biographical information
Soul name

Tam

Race

Elf

Tribe

Wolfriders

Status

Mortal, Deceased

Cause of death

Bitten by a "spiritmaker"

Physical description
Gender

Male

Hair color

Pale Blond

Skin color

White

Relations
Wolf-friend

Nightrunner
Warfrost
Holdfast
Filcher

Grandparents

Mantricker & Thornflower

Parents

Bearclaw & Joyleaf

Children

Ember
Suntop
Shuna (adopted)
Goldruff

Grandchildren

Korafay

Lifemate

Leetah
Skywise

Lovemate

Kahvi
Nightfall and Redlance (three-mating)

Aunts/Uncles

Treestump
Moonshade (unconfirmed half-aunt)

Enemies

Rayek, Winnowill

Weapon of choice

New Moon

Chronological and political information
Position

Chief

First appearance

Template:OQ01

Last appearance

Elfquest: The Final Quest #24

Cutter is chief of the Wolfriders, lifemate of Leetah, and father to fraternal twins Ember and Suntop, and Goldruff. The blood of ten chiefs flows in his veins.

His soul name is Tam, and is known by Leetah and his "brother in all but blood" Skywise.

Character Sketch[]

Cutter gained his chief's lock and the mantle of leadership as a teenager, following the death of his father, Bearclaw. While his name denotes his skill with a sword, he is not a cold and merciless death-dealer. Cutter has always led his tribemates, some of whom are many hundreds of years his senior, with a gentle but firm hand. Strong in his beliefs, he will nevertheless bend even the most fundamental of them if the health and well being of his tribe is at stake. Skywise, his closest friend, believes that the traits setting Cutter apart from all past Wolfrider chieftains are his imagination and ability to not only accept change, but take advantage of it.

Though Cutter had early on been described as "... artless, frank hearted, and wild as a beast of prey ...", age and Leetah's influence have mellowed him. After the quest to recover the Shards of the Palace, Cutter bid farewell to his daughter, Ember, at Howling Rock Holt so she could lead her own tribe of Wolfriders. Cutter, Leetah, Suntop, and most of the older Wolfriders returned to live at the site of the original Father Tree Holt -- the place of his birth.

Physically, Cutter has blond hair, blue eyes, and a mesomorph body he retains with seeming little effort despite long periods of supposed hardship. As with most elves, though he's a forest dweller he is always completely clean, has no viable physical defects and isn't missing any teeth or body parts, despite the ongoing theme of "life is hard, and often short."

Genealogy[]


Timmorn Yellow-Eyes
 
Murrel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rahnee the She-Wolf
 
Zarhan FastFire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Softfoot
 
Prey-Pacer
 
Wreath
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Willowgreen
 
Two-Spear
 
Huntress Skyfire
 
Dreamsinger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kahvi
 
 
Nightstar
 
Freefoot
 
Starflower
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tanner
 
Stormlight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acorn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodtree
 
Lionleaper
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Speedwell
 
Brightwater
 
Mantricker
 
Thornflower
 
unknown parent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Moonshade
 
Bearclaw
 
Joyleaf
 
Treestump
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CUTTER
 
Leetah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Suntop
 
Ember
 
 


XXX represents extended family
XXX represents a chief of the Wolfriders

In other languages[]

Language Localization Meaning
French Fine Lame Thin blade
German Schnitter Cutter
Dutch Snijer Cutter
Swedish Skarpegg Sharp edge
Norwegian Skarpegg Sharp edge
Danish Ilder Polecat
Russian Рубака (Rubaka) Slasher/Swordsman
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