Appearance

Physical Description

They are scrawny, bean-pole thin, and this makes them seem a little taller than they actually are. Often dressed in oversized and often mismatched clothes-- furs and leather, cloaks, often all you'll see of them is a shock of wild red hair, and the glint of their yellow eyes. Chains, bones, and stranger things rattle around under his motley... when they want them to. It's something of a mystery how they can move so quietly when they want to. It is not and probably will never be clear what their gender is.

Body Features

They have a number of conspicuous scars (unsurprisingly), and the Society tattoo (5 black rays intersecting to a point). They are quick and dexterous as a lanky street cat, though often come off as slightly awkward or clumsy.

Identifying Characteristics

Black tattoo of the Society under left wrist.

Physical quirks

They are basically a racoon that was turned into a goblin. (Not literally, though.)

Mentality

Personal history

"Quicknife" was a nameless goblin who escaped his servitude as a slave of the fighting pits of Bezantur with the help of a human named Talin. The two of them survived together as urchins-- Talin was handsome, with long curly hair, a terrific actor, and con man, whereas Quicknife was less likeable but quick of wit and even quicker on his feet, and, if it came to it, he was a wicked fighter for someone so small and seemingly scrawny. He was possessed, most of all, with a fanatical obsession of keeping himself alive. Fancy that.
 
Eventually, the two of them came to the attention of the Society, and after doing a couple small jobs for them, an agent finally approached them and offered full entrance into the organization, initiation, and the blood pact that came with it -- the catch was that there was only one opening.
 
Quicknife killed his best friend that day, and took his first name so he'd never forget what he paid to become one of the shadows and leave the horror of life on the streets of Thay.
 
(This isn't something Talin is likely to share, in fact, he has and will continue to present himself as a "rogue with mysterious contacts", even if it's a bit like Garack's "I'm just a simple tailor" routine).

Education

Talin is quick-witted, and quicker on his feet, but he has absolutely no education what-so-ever, aside from the one that was given on the streets of Thay (arguably the most brutal nation on all of Faerun).

Employment

He works for the "Big Man" and his associates. He probably won't be more specific no matter how nicely you ask, unless he thinks there's a benefit in sharing more.

Mental Trauma

Untold amounts of it, one would assume. Not that he'd admit to it. He's an assassin, why would he tell you his weaknesses?

Morality & Philosophy

"Big Fucks Small." And Talin is small. Thus, allying himself with Big Man.
 
Survive. Always survive. What in the nine hell is this "morality" nonsense? That's the way nobles talk. They can afford "morality."

person.sexuality

"Why, are you asking?"

person.gender_identity

They respond to any pronoun, and shrug if someone asks for more specification.

Taboos

"People hold on to taboos until their lives are on the line, and one thing Talin knows, our lives are on the line all the time."

Known Languages

Talin knows Common, Goblin, and various forms of Theives Cant and creole -- at DM's discretion he likely knows a bunch of common words in most of the languages of Faerun. However, he's also functionally illiterate, only able to make out certain individual words by their shape, such as those that he might frequently see on signs.

Personality

Motivation

1. Survive.
2. Shiny.
3. Big Man.
 
Really, that's just one thing.
 
Chaotic by nature, but Lawful because of strict adherence to the Code of the Society.

Quotes & Catchphrases

(To children asking for help)
"I ain't got nothin for you little rats, specially if you can't help yerselves. Have an apple. "
 
(seemingly to the ceiling above him) "Well, what do you think of that plan, Big Man?"
 
"Who wants to play with this knife?"
 
"I am just a courier, a mere representative... this isn't personal."
 
"Listen... It's not that I'm evil -- I just lack empathy, and go into a dissociative state and commit atrocities."

Likes & Dislikes

They like fresh fruit a surprising amount. They don't like to drink to excess, but will often pretend to so as to lower other people's sense of threat.

Personality Quirks

Talks periodically to his patron (or thinks he does), and sometimes this happens out loud when others are around.

Hygiene

Talin lives on the road, in cities, sometimes on the streets when he doesn't feel like frequenting a bawdy house or inn, so he's Aragorn-filthy, but curiously doesn't smell as bad as it seems like he should.

Social

Birthplace

Eltabbar

Social Aptitude

Talin is very good at blending in lower class places. He has absolutely no idea what to do with the world of the gentry / nobility.

Mannerisms

He has two general modes:
1) Overly talkative, amiable, loud, seemingly clumsy, overt and forward. This is usually how he puts people off-guard and tries to assess their potential risk to him.
 
2) All business. Quiet and deadly as a hunting cat. Hide and observe, or stab, stab, stab.

Speech

He has a curious habit of switching accents or manners of speech, which comes from his life on the streets essentially learning everything he knows by listening. (See also language note: he has a chance to know words in countless languages and dialects from the Realms, though he can't read a single one of them, and isn't conversational in anything other than Common, Goblin, and Theives Cant.)