Ah, I was wrong to assume that a featherfinger and a knight are mutually exclusive, and that he'd necessarily be clumsier than the dedicated rogue. It actually does fit with what I tried to worldbuild about life [i]within[/i] the cities: of people being killers and criminals when they're desperate, but generally having day-jobs otherwise, and not always within their area of expertise. Since, block by block at least (probably not across the whole breadth of a city), everyone will know everyone when shoved into confined quarters. And since you have to earn your bread or you're a waste of scarce resources, liable to be thrown out with the rest of the trash. An accomplice would be cool; someone to case a place before we sack it, or someone to watch the door and help out in a pinch, etc.

I see the GM lurking so I know he'll undermine me if I'm speaking incorrectly or out of turn.

But yeah, I see a ton of potential between our characters, so I'll roll with what you wanna do. I do agree that being a knight better fits an evident arc about redeeming his lost honor or some-such.