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Basta
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| Basta | |
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| Occupation |
Fire-raiser (formerly) |
| Physical Description | |
| Fate |
Stabbed by Mo, and turned in to a Night-Mare |
| Gender |
Male |
| Hair colour |
Black |
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Basta was Capricorn's old knife wielder and most loyal henchmen from the Inkworld.
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Apperance
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Basta is described as being in his late twenties or early thirties, with a rasping voice and greasy black hair. Throughout the first novel, he is shwon to be wearing a black jacket like the rest of Capricorn's men, and wearing a white shirt underneath it. However, in the second book, he abandons the jacket for the Adderhead's silver cloak. He always chews peppermint leaves, after being told by a girl he fancied that he had bad breath.
PersonalityEdit
Basta is known to be extremely suspicious. He is also deathly afraid of fire, after being nearly killed in a blaze as a child. He is described as ruthless and cunning, although he cannot read but only write his name BASTA.Basta is blood thirsty and adores his knife.He is also extremely persistant.
It is often mentioned in "Inkheart" that Basta was very loyal towards Capricorn and would do anything for him. An example of this is when Mortola takes away his keys and it is said that he will do anything at that point to please Capricorn. Even though Capricorn is just using him he can't think that. He was with Capricorn when he was younger than Meggie and Capricorn was a father to him. That's why he adores him so much.
After being stabbed by Mortimer Folchart, Basta returned as a Night-Mare in the third book, before finally being "named" by Dustfinger near the end of Inkdeath.
HistoryEdit
He used to be infactuated with Roxane, Dustfinger's wife, but she preferred Dustfinger to him, so he got his revenge by cutting three lines on Dustfinger's face, which were healed by fairies but would remain for years as three pale scars.
At some point in "Inkheart" it's said that his past before he met Capricorn was sad and he was an "unhappy" child; he felt useless and terrible, because other people called him so. He decides to go with Capricorn at an early age(said to be even younger than Meggie when she was told this) and looks up to him as a father-figure since then.
PlotEdit
InkheartEdit
Basta was one of the first villians to manifest themselves in Inkheart. He is read out of the book by Mo, along with Dustfinger and his master, Capricorn. Basta serves as a supporting antagonist through much of the first book. He, along with Cockerell and Flatnose, are the ones who raid Elinor's library and burn her most prized books. He repeatedly threatens the main characters with his knife, which is stolen repeatedly by Dustfinger. Basta is revealed to be extremely supersitious, and afraid of fire, despite having been Capricorn's chief fire-raiser for many years. It is also revelaed that Basta is the one who gave Dustfinger the three scars on his face, as retrobution for Dustfinger not giving Basta his wife, a woman named Roxane. Near then end of the book, Basta is imprisioned by Capricorn to be killed by the Shadow, but somehow survives and escapes to live another day.
InkspellEdit
Basta kills Cloud-Dancer and Farid. He is later killed by Mo.
InkdeathEdit
Basta returns to the Inkworld as a Night-Mare, the Night-Mare from Jacopo's book which was read by Orpheus. When Dustfinger faces the Night-Mare, he notices that it retreats from his fire, just as Basta would. Dustfinger calls Basta's name and the Night-Mare is destroyed.
AbilitiesEdit
EquipmentEdit
Basta always carries either a small knife or a dagger, which he used to cut Dustfinger's face. Though, when Basta first came into the real world, he also carried a sword....
Whenever Basta's knife/dagger is stolen, he quickly replaces it.
RelationshipEdit
Whenever Basta falls in love with a woman, the woman would sooner or later make Basta mad or insult him. So, eventually Basta would be single, yet again....
Basta also loved Roxane, but Roxane preferred Dustfinger than him. In despise, he cut the 3 scars in Dustfinger's face.
TriviaEdit
Basta can only write his name shown in Inkheat on a dresser after kidnapping Meggie and Foliage. He wrote it BASTA.
QuotesEdit
" Ha you hear that Flatnose this ones firey" Talking about Elinor.
"You aren't going anywhere, Princess" Talking about Meggie after he Kidnapps her and Foliage.
ReferencesEdit
Inkheart. By Cornelia Fluke
Inkspell. By Cornelia Fluke
Inkdeath. By Cornelia Fluke
Inkheart. (Film 2008)
Inkspell. (Film 2009)
