I've got myself a middle-aged thief of good morals but flexible ethics who isn't exactly a pinnacle of society, though he used to be a relatively good thief. Unfortunately for his profession, he also, currently, isn't in possession of permanent thumbs and lives among the Ilvance Emperor's hounds, as one of them... I was thinking he might tag along because he befriended little Darlond. Who reminds him of his own little girl, and thus, he'd have a bit of fatherly instinct motivating him there.