Rhys was [[Noshiko Yukimura|Noshiko]]'s boyfriend at the [[Oak Creek]] internment camp in 1943. He got caught up in a riot when the prisoners learned that the doctor was stealing medicine from them, and a [[werewolf]] set him on fire.
Rhys died from his wounds in [[Eichen House]] and was going to be buried with [[Noshiko Yukimura|Noshiko]] in a mass grave. When she called to the [[kitsune]] spirits to send down a [[nogitsune]] so she could take vengeance, the spirit inhabited Rhys instead.
[[Noshiko Yukimura|Noshiko]] ran him through with a [[Noshiko's katana|special katana]] in order to kill the [[nogitsune]].