Charlie

Charlie
by Howard Lyon
Family Parents Charlie's father Relatives Dirk
Aliases	Huck
Profession	Pirate, Duke's Heir (formerly)
Residence	Diggen's Point
Homeworld	Lumar
Universe	Cosmere

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“It might be said that [Charlie] had a way with words. In that words often got away from him. ”

—Hoid

Charlie is a citizen of Diggen's Point on Lumar, and son of the island's duke.

Appearance and Personality

Charlie has soft, un-calloused hands and neatly-cut hair, both of which tip Tress off to the fact that he's the duke's son. He is a genuine person and smiles a lot. He's fiercely protective of Tress, going so far as to have Hoid throw the Crow's Song's food overboard to prevent her from reaching the Sorceress's island.

History

When Charlie displays romantic interest in Tress, he is shipped off the island by his father to find a suitor among the nobility instead. Hoping to come back to Diggen's Point empty handed to be with Tress again, Charlie sabotages his meetings with the princesses by boring them with anecdotes and throwing up on one who was deaf. The duke catches on to Charlie's plans and has him sent to the Sorceress to be rid of him. The Sorceress then curses him, which turns him into a rat; the curse can only be broken if Charlie brings Tress to the Sorceress to be cursed.

As Huck

by Howard Lyon

Huck

Charlie tries to go back to Diggen's Point as a rat, stowing away on the Oot's Dream. He's caught eating their rations, and is captured and put in a cage in the ship's hold. Tress happens to be put there as well, and when the Crow's Song attacks the Oot's Dream, sinking it, she rescues Charlie from his cage. Since, due to his curse, he can't tell her that his name is Charlie, he tries to say "Chuck," but it comes out as "Huck." The seethe stops, and Tress carries Charlie on her shoulder and they walk together to the Crow's Song, climbing on board.

On the Crow's Song, Charlie mostly sits on Tress's soldier, making observations and helping her figure out the crew's secrets. After Tress discovers the forecannon's hidden compartment, Charlie catches Laggart sneaking cannonballs into his pack. Tress asks him to spy on Laggart's private conversation with Crow, which he does, and insists on reenacting it with Tress. Laggart and Crow notice Charlie spying on them, and when the Crow's Song stops at Shimmerbay, they get a cat to fend him off, which he becomes terrified of. He tries to pressure Tress to leave the ship and abandon the crew, but she disagrees, and he reluctantly stays on the ship with her.

Hoid tries to tell Tress and Ulaam that "Huck" is important, but Tress comes to the wrong conclusion after Ulaam tells her about familiars, figuring that "Huck" is a normal rat that was Invested by the Sorceress. Charlie denies this, but after more questioning from Tress, he's able to exploit a loophole in his curse to explain to her how the Sorceress's curses work.

Notes

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