If the speculation elmegil mentioned above is anything like correct, he's a badass at survival, stealth, and/or disguise. Not all characters are *combat* badasses -- people have specialties. (And some people are lower overall power than others -- see, say, the circus, and the townfolk they entertain.)
The screaming is odd if he's an expert at survival. It seems contrived, as if he's trying to distract their attention from something else. Agatha said, "If you want people to believe what they see, show them what they want to believe." Monahan may know the same trick.
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