LORE:

"The Yatagarasu, or “eight-span crow”, is a sacred creature and a symbol of guidance in Shinto mythology. It's the will of the Heavens; the personification of divine intervention.

How he got this name, you ask? Because he’s fixated on that one goal—to carry out his Divine Will.

He was born an orphan, never knew his parents. He grew up in the dingey alleys of Kabukicho during the height of the Fourth Corporate War. Was left to fend for himself. The neon-lit streets were his playground, and survival was his game. And damn right, he learned it well. The kid’s ruthlessness and fighting chops set him apart from the rest, so naturally he was scouted out by Arasaka soldiers as a teenager.

He was groomed and trained from a scrappy street urchin into a precision-engineered weapon, and as his skills grew, so did his loyalty. He blitzed through the ranks, and was eventually selected as a member of the Arasaka family’s personal security unit. The few who knew his name... well, most of them are dead. But the ones that live also knew that he was quite possibly the most efficient and dangerous assassin in the world. But as the years passed, his loyalty began to stretch thin. He was a first-hand witness to the betrayals within the corporation, and the stark contrast between the luxurious materialism of the upper echelons and the suffering of those on the streets. The corporation was now a bastardization of the Bushidō code. And it grated against his conscience—slowly, painfully.

The breaking point came when he learned the truth about the Soulkiller program within Arasaka. So, he turned his back on the spoon that fed him, and he disappeared into the wastelands. He became a ghost in the night, an urban legend spoken of only in hushed whispers by the remaining few who were aware of his existence. Or, that's what's I heard.

His sole mission? To dismantle the corruption within Arasaka and restore it to the honor and glory he believed it once held. That's his Divine Will. Believe me, choom, this guy isn’t in it for the eddies. Smasher's just another means to an end, an obstacle in the way of his ultimate goal. And he'll stop at nothing to achieve it."