Lucas Sharpe

Lucas was born on 5 Ombra, 82 ADT to a tavern barmaid in Rin Caad who went only by the name of Lilly. His father was never determined to anyone's satisfaction and Lilly never told the same name twice. It was clear, however, that she was not ready to be saddled with a baby and passed off her son to the other tavern ladies for care when 'business' called, sometimes forgetting about her son for days at a time.

On Lucas' eighth birthday, the tavern where he and his mother were living burned to the ground. The fast acting fire raised many suspicions, but due to the seedy nature of the business, it was not investigated and no one mourned the deaths of the sleeping residents. No one. Not even the small boy who had snuck out of his bedroom window earlier that night to break into the house of his mother's partner for the evening. A job that the lad was well accustomed to doing.

Frightened and alone, Lucas spent the next couple of months breaking and entering into people's homes, watching a target until he was sure that they were gone and the place left unoccupied- long enough for him to get inside and steal food and small amounts of currency. At each residence, the child would take out a small, dirty book of parchment that he would scribble two notes on. The first note was ripped out of the book and placed in the exact spot that he had removed his necessary items from with the child's scrawled words "Im sry I wil pay u bak sum day I promis". While the remaining note was kept safe inside the small book and contained the name of the people he had robbed, what street their home was located on and the items that he had relieved them of.

The boy spent his nights huddled inside a woolen blanket amidst the dust and rubble of an old building not far from where the tavern had stood. By day he made plans for his future. One day, he would become something special and he would repay all of those people that he had hurt.

One evening, about three months after his mother had died, Lucas was climbing into the house of his newest target and found a blade to his throat. It had only been a matter of time before word would get out about the break-ins and the scribbled apologies left at the scene of the crimes. People were on the alert and this man in particular was ready for the youngster. In fact, he had been following the boy's progress as he made his way through the lower district in a pattern of attacks that soon followed a predictable path. At least it did to the aging thief who had caught the lad.

Cromwell took the boy in, seeing a kindred spirit in the small thief and he introduced Lucas to the motley, close-knit group of orphans that he had under his wing. Boys and girls that had no homes and had had no one but themselves to care for them. His new charge fit right in, but only on the surface.

For the next six years, Cromwell taught Lucas and all of 'his children' everything that he knew about the life of thieving and the art of stealth, weapons, fighting in close combat situations and even a special form of primarily defensive martial arts.

But Lucas never forgot who he was or where he had come from and his habit of leaving apologies remained his calling card. And so it was that the young teenager happened to take particular interest in the Uen Roug, often just sitting across the street of the local Chapter House and Roug Headquarters for hours at a time, watching the comings and goings of people. He started to day dream about one day becoming a Uen Roug Officer and paying back all of those that he had taken from.

And Cromwell Sharpe never missed a beat.

Though not surprised by his most adept pupil's desire to join the elite Uen Roug Force, Cromwell was nonetheless unhappy about Lucas' decision and told him so when the boy finally could stand it no longer and informed his 'family' of his choice. No one could persuade the strong willed teenager however, and he promised them that he would keep in regular contact with them all and packed up his meager belongings.

Lucas was pleasantly surprised and touched when his mentor offered to escort him to the Chapter House and handed him over to the Roug as the boy's uncle and sole living relative. Less than a week later, at 14 years of age in 96 ADT, Lucas Sharpe was enrolled and on the student roster at the Uen Roug Academy in Pallahade.

Lucas studied hard and impressed his teachers and instructors, especially the Armsmaster and his Close Combat Instructor. Also very gifted in his art classes but miserable when it came to Ethics and Drama. He was friendly and driven by his own secret goal to pay back all of the people in his little book tucked at the bottom of his clothes chest. So it was no surprise to anyone, except for he himself, when he Bonded five years later to the taciturn wildborn, Void, at 19 years old.

Lucas and Void had their Y'Cha in 101 ADT, Graduating with the Crystal Class. They went on their First Circuit the day after their Graduation and have been in the field ever since, until only just recently.

Lucas and Void recieved their Lieutenant Rank in 107 ADT and returned to the Academy in 111 to assist the current Armsmaster, Lt. Coul MacFinn. Void likewise began to assist Coul's Bonded Tempest, the Unicorn Close Combat and Horn-fencing Instructor.

29 years old in 111 ADT, Lucas paints models as a hobby. Since returning tothe Academy, he has taken up art once more, sitting in on Lt. Daenara Riordan's lessons when he can find the time. One of his true personality quirks is his tendency to be far too apologetic if he fears he has offended someone, a trait that his Bonded finds particularly annoying. He has also stayed in close contact over the many years, with Cromwell, who is now retired and still very fond and proud of 'his boy'.

Skilled in  martial arts, close combat and weapons.

(Void's Portrait by Rebecca Engelmann)
 

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