Basso (descendant)

Well connected to the shadiest of businesses, Basso is the nearest thing Garrett has to a friend. His hideout is located in the The Crippled Burrick in the Clock Tower Plaza in Stonemarket.



In game events
Basso is the first person Garret sees after returning to the clock tower. Basso introduces Garret to Orion and also seems to follow him. Basso is later imprisoned and was to be inspected by the Thief-Taker General. This suggests that the General knows of Basso and Garret being friends. Basso brings Garret to Moira Asylum in the beginning of chapter 5. Basso gives Garret side jobs and is found in the Crippled Burrick or the Sirens Rest.

Bio
Basso is a former boxman, a safecracker-turned-fence, who uses his vast connections to The City's underworld to organise thieving jobs for Garrett. Anyone in the city of a less salubrious persuasion knows Basso, who is as gregarious and affable as Garrett is distant and mysterious.

It is said that Basso knows almost everyone in The City and even if he doesn't then he will certainly have something to say regardless. He communicates with those below the legal line using trained magpies to carry brief messages from his shady base of operations behind the Crippled Burrick tavern. His favorite bird is the ill-tempered Jenivere and the main reason for the numerous bandages on his fingers.

He has a weakness for drink, cards and women, which often gets him into trouble when it comes to paying the Thief Taker General's ‘Black Tax'. He's also a big chess player and is surprisingly good, often testing out his love for the game with the Queen of Beggars.

Basso was instrumental in Garrett and Erin's strange relationship, patching up several disagreements and convincing the master thief that he could help the girl. Yet in a pinch he'll side with the master thief. The City's most infamous fence has been pulled out of trouble by Garrett more times than he might admit and, although the master thief considers himself a loner, Basso is the nearest thing he has to a friend.

Trivia

 * Basso was apparently once married the year before, but after sobering up, he vowed to never again.
 * He still loved the name Jenivere for some reason, and its the reason why he named his bird the name. He may have named the bird after a previous girlfriend, or his ancestor the original Jenivere.
 * Basso and Jenivere are inspired by characters in Thief: The Dark Project/Thief Gold and Thief II: The Metal Age (see here and here for more information.
 * Basso may in fact be a descendant of the past characters. His idle dialogue makes mention of "Basso" being his surname rather than his given name.