Splitter is a lean, black-feathered kenku with a narrow, hooked beak and pale amber eyes. His feathers are carefully groomed but unevenly trimmed around the neck, giving him a perpetually ragged silhouette. He wears a fitted suit of dark leather armor beneath a charcoal-gray traveling coat, with a red silk scarf tied at his throat and several hidden pockets sewn into the lining. A thin silver mask hangs from his belt, and his claws are stained with sealing wax, ink, and soot.

Splitter is patient, observant, and unnervingly polite. He treats conversation like a card game, carefully collecting phrases and gestures for later use. He enjoys appearing harmless, especially when dealing with arrogant people, and considers a successful deception more satisfying than a successful theft. Beneath his controlled exterior is a relentless need to prove that no one can ever own or command him again.

Splitter was raised in the back room of a fraudulent theater troupe that traveled from city to city selling counterfeit relics, fake prophecies, and miraculous cures. The troupe valued his kenku mimicry above all else. He learned to reproduce a magistrate's voice, a priest's sermon, or a dying merchant's last words with perfect accuracy. What began as entertainment became a tool for extortion, blackmail, and murder. Splitter acquired his name after imitating a guard captain's command to open a prison gate, then cutting the throat of the man who had trusted the voice. When the troupe's leader attempted to sell him to a criminal syndicate, Splitter escaped with the troupe's ledgers and adopted several of its identities. He now works as a confidence artist, infiltrator, and occasional assassin, choosing contracts that advance his long-term ambition rather than merely pay well. He believes every law is a lock, every friendship is a transaction, and every voice is a key waiting to be used. His current identity is that of a mild-mannered document broker, though he secretly intends to build a disciplined criminal organization that will control the city through forged orders and manufactured scandals.