Depends on where they grow up. A tengu is just as capable of creativity as a normal human, but they also can easily adapt into kenku culture, assuming they’re accepted. And all Hurrik can recall about his reincarnation was that he was a tengu soldier working for the Majadan before his sudden death and eventual revival. Dwarves, Halflings, and gnomes aren’t treated very well on the empires though, which leads to Hurrik turning to piracy. 

As for what killed him or how he even got reincarnated, again he doesn’t recall. He doesn’t even remember much details of his old life, sometimes musing that maybe he’s making it up. For the most part Hurrik doesn’t really talk about his past.