Octopath Traveler Episode 1 (Primrose's Path)
TyfusTwelve for Rufus (Left-handed Man)
In contrast with the brutish Helgenish, Rufus is a fairly polite man and is capable of respecting the prowess of others. He acknowledges that Geoffrey Azelhart was a skilled and intelligent man who wasn't easy to bring down, and offers his respect to Primrose after she defeats him in battle. Nevertheless, his manner of speaking is subtly patronizing, betraying a haughty personality beneath his polite exterior. His respect for others' prowess is balanced by his confidence in his own abilities, telling Primrose that she is not the first person to stand up to him, nor will she be the last. Ironically, he is eventually defeated and killed by Primrose.
Rufus is a practical man, and is the only one of the Crow Men to tell Primrose that there was a practical motive to murder her father, beyond Albus' ambition to make more money from joining a criminal organization or Simeon's sadistic delight in ruining others' lives — namely, that her father had discovered classified information about the Obsidians that was strictly forbidden to outsiders. In the post-game, it is eventually revealed that the classified information Geoffrey had discovered and was murdered for discovering, was the Gate of Finis and the Obsidians' ultimate goal to resurrect Galdera.
[in the flashback where Primrose was just a young child that witnessed her Father Geoffrey Azelhart's death, Rufus talking to Geoffrey] ""Funny how it works, isn't it? Everything that happens in this world falls into one of two neat little categories. Things one's better off knowing, and things one's better off...not. Geoffrey Azelhart, I'm afraid you've been poking your nose into the latter."
[before leaving from the Sunshade Tavern] "...And if that's all, I'll be taking my leave."
[while talking to Helgenish] "You will bring the women I need--won't you, now? Competent help is so hard to come by these days. Whatever is a man to do?"
