Bootstrap is Charda's extremely-unwilling right-hand man, so to speak. He hates her more than anyone else in the world, because she is cruel to him all day long.

Bootstrap's duties include the following:
A) He serves as Charda's mouth-piece to the rest of the tribe.
B) He is a test subject for her experiments.
C) He entertains her using various skills.
D) He is her diplomat, sent to other tribes when she is in the rare mood required to negotiate. He is recognised as a diplomat by every tribe on Goblicus, so they will not harm him. He is often used as a messenger for this very reason.
E) She takes out her frustrations on him, by beating him within an inch of his life.

He hates working for her, but things get worse if he refuses to do as she says. She once killed him and then brought him back to life to show him the price of disobedience.

Bootstrap has survived as long as he has for several good reasons:
A) Common Sense = Not doing stupid things to anger Charda.
B) Danger Sense = Knowing when to duck.
C) Enhanced Dodge = Knowing how to duck.
D) Intuition = Knowing which of multiple paths to take helps him to not get in trouble when Charda hasn't spelled things out completely, which happens all the time.
E) Pitiable + Charisma = Looking pathetic in just the right way to avoid being killed by Charda when he does screw up. Also, being able to suck up to the boss is handy.
F) Diplomacy + Fast-Talk = Knowing how to deliver bad news to Charda in such a way that she doesn't kill him.
G) Intimidation = Knowing how to get the others to do what he asks, so they don't all die at Charda's hands.

Bootstrap has developed a variety of skills to entertain Charda, because she tormented him with magic until he got better at them: Singing, Dancing, Hobby Skill (Juggling), Performance and Stage Combat.

One day she decided she wanted to see him eat fire. He learned the Fire Eating skill to avoid hurting himself the next time.

On another occasion, she threw a bag of puppets at him and demanded a puppet show. She seems quite fond of this, so he spent a great deal of his spare time learning how to throw his voice and mimic the sound of others, to improve his show. He's got a routine that looks vaguely like a Punch and Judy show; this is one of Charda's favourites.

He actually saved Charda's Elite Guard from being killed one day by insisting he needed them to put on a puppet show. They followed his lead and now respect him, at least as much as any goblin can respect another.

He picked up Sleight of Hand on his own, because he thought putting on a "magic" show might make her laugh and not kill him. One of the tribe's women serves as his assistant if he's doing a show for Charda.