Captain Sharpes

**Alignment** | Evil

**Captain Johno I. Sharpes** is an Alternate UUniversal Juelfuskan from Planet Chronicus. He is a cyborg elegant-haired bird being with a lot of charisma and quite the ego, but also has some sense of honor to him. He was once the first mate of Captain Wu Granse, the arch-nemesis of Taran Pan, until he committed a mutiny because of how much Granse placed his revenge on Taran over their career as pirates, especially with how incompetent he was even with the power of his own father Captain Nothingverse in the past. He even enlisted help from Taran to do this, but he persuades him by threatening to kill Sunber by tying her to the bottom of a tidepool and having her eaten by reefsharks, as even though she can breath underwater, she can't survive tied up in a shark attack, ordering him to help make it happen before the tide gets suitable for the sharks. When this decision came back to bite him, his attempts to take over as captain cost him his right arm and he was thrown off the plank to his death by the same reefsharks Sunber managed to befriend after they nearly ate her, leaving him a torn-up husk. But he was resurrected as a cyborg by the pirates who joined him and he in turn took them over as their captain and became a minor enemy for Taran in the process, and yet one who did well against him regardless, even with a bumbling boatswain Mr. Creebe who is usually clumsy and too nice to even be a pirate. But Sharpes knows how to bring discipline to his crew, even if someone has to die to make the point clear. His cybernetic arm is actually the arm of a Skeletron that was modified to fit Sharpes' needs, such as having a hand made of liquid metal which allows him to shift it into many forms except complex machines like guns. His status as an underrated enemy for Taran earned him his place with The Villain Legion as one of their Councilmen and even a friend for Kroop. Aside from Vu Granse, he is the AUU version of Captain Hook with some other qualities of Long John Silver.

## History

Sharpes was born on Chronicus at an island of pirates. Growing up, he achieved much with his captain father until his untimely demise. From there his crew separated an Sharpes intended to make a name for himself as a captain. Unfortunately, he faced stiff competition. This is why he became his own captain for a time. With years spent gaining experience and wealth, he came this close to achieving his dream. But he found himself instead cheated out of this title as captain by another who spent more time gaining experience than he did, embarrassing him so badly, he abandoned his home. He sailed off with his treasure hoping to find the right place to make his name as a captain. He then came across one on Young Island, which he accessed from the ocean below via a magic waterfall and came across the crew of Captain Vu Granse, whom he only heard of a few times. Vu Granse, however, only remembers him as the one who was tossed aside by the experience of another pirate captain and yet placed him as his cabin boy even when he paid him his entire wealth. Angry, yet willing to do what it takes, he did what he could and he finally earned the title of first mate, but at a price. He lost much of his complexion to Vu Granse' first rematch with Taran Pan, and he even noticed how much his goals against Taran was affecting his crew who wanted to be pirates instead of having to take orders for revenge. He soon found his chance to become captain once and for all and managed to rally up many pirates in Vu Granse' crew to plot a mutiny, and even took another chance.

The day before Vu Granse actually came up with a surefire plan to kill Taran, Sharpes had him tied up in his own captain's quarters and stole the plans for himself. He lured Taran out into the open alone and unarmed, even at the risk of being hurt by a very cautious Taran. He proposed they help him get his pirate friends away from Vu Granse in the hopes that they'll finally leave Young Island and be real pirates, but Taran refuses to help because he helped Vu Granse with so many of his costly tricks and nearly killed both Noina Bell and Sunber. When all arguments failed to persuade him, Sharpes was forced to go to Plan B and threaten Sunber's life, claiming that he has her tied up in a tidepool, and even though Sunber's powers allow her to breath underwater, they cannot protect her when she is tied underwater and at the mercy of a pack of reefsharks. He thus gives him an ultimatum: help the crew leave Vu Granse for good and set Sunber free, or refuse and let her die, claiming it's for the best since Vu Granse will have little to help him. At first this persuades Taran and even slowly makes him agree with him, especially when he discovers that he outsmarted Vu Granse, at first believing him to be a joke and learning of his history before Young Island.

Taran thus does what he wants, but once it's done, he did what he expected him to do: double-cross him and still leave Sunber to be eaten. He knew about Sunber's animal whispering talents and she would manage to persuade the reefsharks to help her get payback on Sharpes. Thus they all arrive at the ship and swarm it in a feeding frenzy. Sunber and Taran free Vu Granse with a 10-second headstart to get payback on Sharpes, and this allows Vu Granse to cut off his right arm and feed it to the sharks, enticing them to tear up the ship unless they gave Sharpes to them. They did so and tossed him overboard where he was eaten alive, leaving him a meaty husk. But he was soon resurrected as a cyborg by the pirates who were on his side including Mr. Creebe. He was digitally regenerated and made into a powerhouse who wanted revenge on Taran along with the other pirates for costing them their chance to be free of Vu Granse with a reputation to uphold. Sharpes knew that the only way to restore his honor as a respected captain was to finish the job and kill Taran, knowing that he now had the power to do so. He has thus went into hiding intent on making his move when he is ready, willing, and able.