Vulture is a minor antagonist featured in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. He is a member of the Roobillies, a gang serving under Dementus’s Biker Horde.
He is played by Rahel Romahn.
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Vulture is one of the first main bad guys we see within the film, and the first face of a main antagonist we see in the movie when he takes off his iconic skull helmet.
Vulture is the one to catch and temporarily restrain Furiosa after catching her cutting his motorbike’s fuel lines after already cutting another member’s. In response she stabs his right thigh with her knife, he screams in the same vein as a vulture does hence his name. All the other times Vulture screams in pain sounds similar to of a vulture or like a vulture’s scream. From the pain of the stab wound, he would let go of Furiosa and would gain a limp in his right leg.
When the Misfit gang has to flee from the Vuvalini and Toejam successfully capture. Vulture lets another member ride with him as previously Furiosa sabotaged his motorbike. This member would jump off Vulture’s ride to another motorbike who’s driver has been sniped by the Vuvalini General.
Later when another member of the misfit gang gets sniped by Mary Jo Bassa, both remaining 2 members of the Misfit gang stop to assess the situation. Knowing there are snipers, Vulture steals the fuel tank from the recently dead member’s motorbike. Along with the front wheel, Vulture straps it behind his bike for it to constantly kick up a cloud of sand to obscure the sniper’s, Mary Jo Bassa, vision.
At Night, Toejam and Vulture both take a small rest stop. Furiosa was able to chew holes in Toejam’s fuel lines making him lose fuel gradually, so he steals one of Vulture’s fuel tanks from him. This results in a small scuffle until Vulture hears the motor roars of the Thunderbike he previously sabotaged. Both surprised, Vulture shouts to Toejam that he did “cripple” the bike when Toejam questions him about it. Then, Toe Jam tries to tell Furiosa who's going after them, assuming it’s “Furiosa’s Father.” While that was happening Vulture tries to take off early in his motorbike until Toejam shoves him off, Vulture explains that whoever is after them just wants the girl and they got horse meat to bring to Dr. Dementus. Toejam rebuttals telling him the horse meat won’t do anything, but what they’re after is the girl. They both celebrate with each other by hugging and jumping around believing in the fact that they won’t be “scummed”/taken advantage of anymore by the rest of Dentist's gang and Dr. D’s main top-dogs like Rizzdale Pell. There celebration is short lived as they fail to notice Furiosa running away, Vulture chases after her on foot but clumsily trips while pursuing her. Toejam is able to catch her the and the duo continue back to Dementus. However Vulture meets his end when he is shot by Mary just outside of the biker horde camp. His outfit is later looted and his bike is taken by Mary in order to sneak into the camp.