Sharpe Toothsome



Sharpe Toothsome is an orphan who grew up in the rough and tumble back alleys of a seedy part of a minor city, an area known colloquially as "Fleabag End". To get by, he became a street musician and a cutpurse. He was a trusting kid, but was betrayed and disappointed too many times. He became a low-level smuggler who did some work for the Archaeon Crime Family. On one of these jobs, he met Osmo Briarpatch, a halfling rogue. He learned how to be careful, how not to make waves or draw too much attention to himself. He started to take his music more seriously and began studying independently as a bard. He started to think maybe he could leave crime altogether and become a professional musician. One day he met a young human boy in Fleabag End named Ecker Rivereyes. Ecker was an orphan, a little too clumsy to be a good cutpurse. Sharpe met him when the boy unsuccesssfully tried to cut his purse. Sharpe was charmed and took Ecker under his wing. He wanted the boy to leave the criminal life, maybe go to school, but Ecker just wanted to be as cool as his criminal mentor. One day Osmo came to Sharpe with a job--something more dangerous than smuggling. It involved stealing from the Archaeon Crime Family.

Normally Sharpe would have turned it down, but the potential take was too big. He got greedy. He told Ecker to keep out of it. Ecker didn't listen. Ecker got killed. Sharpe left the city immediately, before Lew Archaeon, patriarch of the Archaeon Crime Family could catch up to him. Now he sends Osmo 10 gp per adventure to keep him informed of the crime family's doings. He's taken up adventuring mainly to earn money and as a way to keep moving while he figures out how to get out from under the shadow of the archaeons. Sharpe is slow to trust people. He is haunted by the death of Ecker Rivereyes, for which he blames himself. In his heart, he hopes to go straight and become a true bard. The only people Sharpe trusts now are Osmo and The Pretty Cool Ones. HE WOULD DIE FOR THEM...probably.

Additional affiliations for Sharpe include an ambiguous romantic relationship with Roda Thaltani, and a protective guardianship over Tobias, who is the reincarnated UPS delivery golem vessel of Ecker Rivereyes.