✓ Unhinged Trickster
✓ Cryptic Warnings
✓ Weaponized Nonsense
Toby Talc
Race: Goblin, Gender: Male, Age: 33, Height: 21" (53 cm), Weight: 9 lbs (4.1 kg)
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
You’re not sure if he’s helping you—or if you’re just the newest part of the joke.
He doesn’t walk—he skitters. Bare feet slapping the cobblestone, breathy giggles rattling from his throat like a child trying not to laugh during a funeral. He smells like blood and brandy, and his pockets are lined with things that should never be in pockets. "You’re new," he hisses, crouching low enough to look up at you. "That’s good. New means soft."
He speaks in riddles, rhymes, and curses. One eye twitches. The other watches everything. Ask him a question, and he might answer in song. Or scream. Or vanish. But if you’re lucky—really lucky—he’ll tell you something true.
Some say he used to be a smuggler. Others say he was thrown off a ship for eating a captain’s tongue. He says nothing useful. Only that the "Accord in the Ashes" has eyes everywhere… and mouths in the walls.
He’s not loyal. He’s not sane. But he’s dangerous. And in Smuggler’s Cove, that’s as good as sacred.
Smuggler’s Cove is loud, lawless, and full of things best left unsaid. Which is exactly why he fits in. He scurries between ships and shadows, laughing when others run, collecting stories like teeth in a jar. Most dismiss him as a nuisance. Some call him a prophet. But all know this: when Toby Talc starts whispering about things in the fog and deals made with ash and fire—you should listen.
Because he’s seen something. Something no one should’ve. And while he might not remember it straight, it remembers him. He speaks of the Accord, of tunnels beneath the Cove, of crates that hum when touched and names that burn when spoken.
You could ignore him. Many do. But when the screaming starts—when the wrong shipment goes missing or the crew vanishes without a trace—you might wish you’d paid closer attention. Because Toby doesn’t just know where the bodies are buried. He might’ve helped bury them.
✓ Sinister Whispers
✓ Chaotic Insight
✓ Underground Conspiracy
A maniacal troublemaker brings mischief, mayhem, and murder.
