Sniper/Lore

Kardel Sharpeye, the Sniper

Kardel Sharpeye was born deep in the mountains of Knollen where, since time immemorial, Keen Folk have survived by hunting the strange, cliff-dwelling steepstalkers above their village, shooting them from a distance and collecting the carcasses where they fell. Sharpeye was among the best of these strange mountain keens for whom projectile weapons are but another appendage, and to shoot is as natural as to touch. On his day of summoning, when he was to gain full standing in his village, Sharpeye took the ancient test: a single shot from the valley floor to strike a beast down from the cliffs. To miss was to be dishonored. With his entire village standing vigil, Sharpeye took his shot. A steepstalker fell; the crowd cheered. But when the carcass was collected, the village grew silent, for the elders found that the bullet had pierced its glittering central eye then fallen to be clenched in the steepstalker's mandibles. This ominous sign was the literal opening of a dark prophecy, foretelling both greatness and exile for the gunman who made such a shot. Sharpeye the Sniper was thus, by his own skill, condemned to make his way apart from his people—and unwelcome back among them until he has fulfilled the remainder of the prophecy by attaining legendary stature on a field of battle.

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Brag Sharpeye
Grandma Sharpeye

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Steepstalkers
Triple-Tailed Howling Wolf

Kardel is a highland Keen, and knows how to design and construct his own firearms.^[1]
Kardel can grow a full mustache in three days.^[2]
Kardel looks down on bow users, believing that guns are the future.^[3]
Kardel has had contact with the Frosted Winds Tribe.^[4]
Kardel enjoys hunting mundane creatures like hare,^[5] but also supernatural prey.^[6]
Brag Sharpeye is Kardel's grandfather.^[7] His grandmother is unnamed.^[8] Kardel has inherited heirlooms from both.
Like other Keen, Kardel inherited a gun from his father, the Killstealer.^[9]
Until Kardel makes the same perfect shot he did when he killed the Steepstalker, he cannot return to Knollen.^[10]
Rigwarl hates Kardel, for the same reason he hates all Keen; he considers them small and weak.^[11]

Kardel is particularly fond of Knollen's midsummer carnivals, especially its shooting gallery.^[12]

Relationships

Kardel has a rivalry with Snapfire.^[13]

Friendships and Rivalries

Allies meeting Sniper

▶️ r Cover me, Sniper.
▶️ r Okay, here's the plan. Look, I'll hit em, and you just stand there looking… small and…and weak.
▶️ u Leave Sniper alone!
▶️ r Cover me, Sniper.
▶️ r Nice to have you watching my back.
▶️ r I have a soft spot for primitive projectiles, Sniper.
▶️ r This way keen, there are enemies to slay.
▶️ r With an eye as keen as yours, you might have made a fine artist, Kardel.
▶️ r Can I borrow some powder, Sniper?
▶️ r Hey, you ever been shot?
▶️ r Stay away from me with that stink wagon.
▶️ r You don't seem to be friends with that wretched lady, Kardel. Maybe you're all right...
▶️ r Is that a real spitfire? I read all about those! Can I…touch it?
▶️ We give your kinfolk credit, Sniper. A small and fragile people, yet you prosper.
▶️ Your weapon may be without honor, Sniper, but so is the warrior who would attack one as small as you.
▶️ ▶️ r Nice mustache.
▶️ r It's funny because on one hand, look how you make war! But on the other, at least you make war...
▶️ r Nothing like going into battle a little shorthanded, eh? Hehehe.
▶️ ▶️ r Careful not to shoot me in the back, Sniper.
▶️ ▶️ r Just stay away from my kills, Sniper.
▶️ r I won't go so far as to call it cowardly, Sniper, but your weapon lacks a certain dignity.
▶️ r Best stay hidden, little friend. There's no place for you on the front lines.
▶️ r This is going to get bloody.
▶️ r I wouldn't stand too close, Sniper. Stench would knock you right over.
▶️ r You shoot something, Sniper, and I'll stuff it.
▶️ r There's flint needs fixin, Kardel.
▶️ r Never thought I'd have to pal on with you again, Kardel... Urgh.
▶️ r I was hopin' you'd cashed in your chips by now, Kardel...
▶️ r Got my war bag packed. You all ready?
▶️ r I know a lot your kin were hacked off with me. They still hold a grudge?
▶️ r Watch my back, but aim elsewhere!
▶️ r What do you say to some friendly competition, Sniper? Well, as close to a competition as you can manage.

Enemies metting Sniper

▶️ r I see yer bread jerker bobbin'. You scared, Kardel?
▶️ r Sniper! I'm callin' you out!

Enemies moving to Sniper

▶️ Hey, us little guys gotta stick together, allright, Sniper?
▶️ Sniper! Got your back, cousin!
▶️ Tanks, cuz!

Enemies attacking Sniper

▶️ Coming for you, Sniper!
▶️ Sniper!

Enemies casting on Sniper

▶️ ▶️ I'll fight you point blank!
▶️ ▶️ Defend your beard!
▶️ ▶️ Defend your mustache!

Enemies killing Sniper

▶️ Sniper, if you're done with all that gunpowder, I can use it.
▶️ r You fight like a coward, Sniper.
▶️ r I hate guns.
▶️ ▶️ r A Keen worthy to fight!
▶️ ▶️ r For the keen folk, you weren't half bad!
▶️ Only cowards hunt from a distance.
▶️ So little and weak, you know I almost feel guilty. Almost.
▶️ Who sniped who?
▶️ Sniper, calm your beard!
▶️ r Die you little runt...
▶️ r That gun was never gonna help ya...
▶️ Another Keen falls short.
▶️ r Cowards like you don't belong on the battlefield.
▶️ r You won't pick us off one by one!
▶️ The olden ways are best, Sniper.
▶️ Sniper, you're shot.
▶️ The hot shot, got shot.
▶️ r It was cruel to even give you a chance.
▶️ r That clever toy can't save you.
▶️ r You missed me, Kardel.
▶️ r A pathetic little man with a pathetic little toy.
▶️ Those scopes are no match for my view!
▶️ r See keen, shoot keen. It's simple really.
▶️ r Eat that, you powder-using puffer!
▶️ r One keen down, but plenty more to go.
▶️ The mundane is nothing to the arcane.
▶️ r Clever tricks, old man. But the mundane is nothing to the arcane.
▶️ r Nice boom stick.
▶️ A coward's toy will never beat a warrior's blade.
▶️ A belt knife would serve you better than that…thing.
▶️ r It's pretty sad you had an actual gun and still couldn't win this fight.
▶️ r Not sure if you can hear me down there in hell, but you missed your shot!
▶️ r You almost count for half a kill.
▶️ ▶️ r You think your toy levels the playing field?
▶️ ▶️ r That cowardly weapon has no place on my battlefield, Sniper.
▶️ ▶️ r Wrong kind of bullets, friend.
▶️ r What was he pointing at us? Beats me.
▶️ r It wasn't a sharp eye you needed, Kardel.
▶️ r Such toys are no match for a fine blade.
▶️ Too many targets for you, Sniper?
▶️ r You're annoying for a little guy.
▶️ r What's wrong? Gun jammed? Heh heh heh.
▶️ r Don't you point that thing at me.
▶️ r I'm not done with you, sniper. Not by a long shot.
▶️ r Your aim is fine. But this game is impossible to win.
▶️ r Stick to popping balloons and failing to knock down milk bottles.
▶️ r You're not worth a second thought.
▶️ r Not so dangerous when I'm right up close, are you?
▶️ r Sniper. Is that a keen word for coward?
▶️ r Shoulda kept six beans in the wheel, Kardel.
▶️ r Never could outgun me. But it took some brass to try the long-spoon.
▶️ r Lookin' for a dance partner?
▶️ r Guess that settles that. Loser.
▶️ ▶️ r Useless creation.
▶️ Sniper, hunting season is over.
▶️ Letting me out of your sight was your first mistake, Sniper!
▶️ You're not such a crack shot, Sniper.
▶️ I suffer you special, Sniper.
▶️ r You have to do more than wing me, little man.
▶️ r They said you're a deadeye. Hm they were half right.
▶️ r Your aim was true, any believe that you could beat me was false.
▶️ r This is as kind a death as you could hope for, small one. Others would do much worse.
▶️ ▶️ Your tiny featherless arrows can't hurt me, Sniper.
▶️ r The first snipers carried bows. The best snipers still do.
▶️ r I think I stepped on something.