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|It might be said that [Charlie] had a way with words. In that words often got away from him.
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'''Charlie''' is a citizen of [[Diggen's Point]] on [[Lumar]], and son of the island's [[duke]].{{book ref|tress|2}}
'''Charlie''' is a citizen of [[Diggen's Point]] on [[Lumar]], and son of the island's [[duke]].{{book ref|tress|2}} When Charlie displays romantic interest in [[Tress]], he is shipped off the island by his father to find a suitor among the nobility instead.{{book ref|tress|2}} 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.{{book ref|tress|5}}▼
== 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.{{book ref|tress|2}} 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.{{book ref|tress|56}}
== History ==
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=== As [[Huck]] ===
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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.{{book ref|tress|9}} 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."{{book ref|tress|11}}{{book ref|tress|61}} The seethe stops, and Tress carries Charlie on her shoulder and they walk together to the ''Crow's Song'', climbing on board.{{book ref|tress|12}}
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.{{book ref|tress|18}} Tress asks him to spy on Laggart's private conversation with Crow, which he does, and insists on reenacting it with Tress.{{book ref|tress|19}} 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.{{book ref|tress|22}} 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.{{book ref|tress|21}}
Hoid tries to tell Tress and [[Ulaam]] that "Huck" is important, but Tress comes to the wrong conclusion after Ulaam tells her about [[familiar]]s, figuring that "Huck" is a normal rat that was [[Invested]] by the Sorceress.{{book ref|tress|28}} 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.{{book ref|tress|29}}
When Tress uses the [[Luhel bond]] to transfer her consciousness to [[Midnight Essence]], she
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