Now... he is a ranger, with high DEX?. Why not start him off with 1 level ranger (keep with the original ranger lore) and a 1-3 level of barbarian with barbarian stats (way closer to what he was originally with high STR)?
I mean, you can do that yourself when lvling up. (minus retrain that you need to do to adjust STR).
I think some custom rage skill would be most fun.