Tam

Tam is a changeling rogue who works as a freelance inquisitive in Sharn , Breland . [1]

More times than I care to remember, constable, but we both know you appreciate the help I provide. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a murderer to catch!
— Tam [1]

History

Left an orphan, Tam was raised on the streets of Sharn's Lower City and soon fell in with the Dark Tower Gang , a small-time changeling criminal clan. A promising young street thief, she seemed set for as a career criminal. [1]

That was until Tam was arrested by Constable Dolom of the City Watch . However, rather than pass her on to the court system, the dwarf elected to let the changeling stew for a few days in a holding cell. Although she could've escaped any time with her skills, she simply waited it out. In that time, Tam and Dolom talked about law and order, ethics, Sharn, and more, and while he never lectured her, he caused her to rethink her life and place in her society. When Tam overheard Dolom and the Watch discussing a puzzling murder case that had occurred in their jurisdiction, she left a note naming the guilty suspect based on her assessment of the evidence, and escaped that night. [1]

Shortly after, Tam quit the Dark Tower Gang and the life of a thief and set herself up as a freelance inquisitive instead. [1]

In one case, Tam disguised herself as a City Watch officer to infiltrate a crime scene and investigate the murder of an apothecary in their shop. Strangely, the murdered had apparently gotten in and out of a locked room. But, following a trail of blood, Tam discovered a secret door, disabled the trap, and picked the lock, and slipped through the passage before Dolom arrived and challenged her for intefering in Watch matters. [1]

Abilities

Her skills as a thief now aid her as an inquisitive; she is highly observant and can pick a lock and disable a trap. Her changeling ability to shapeshift also helps her to infiltrate any place she needs to be. [1]

Relationships

Sergeant Dolom, as he is now, enjoys giving Tam a hard time when they cross each other's paths on a case. Nevertheless, he's quite proud of her and how she's reinvented herself on the right side of the law in his eyes and he appreciates her assistance. [1]

Appendix

Background

Tam is an example character for the rogue class appearing in a vignette and description in the Eberron Campaign Setting . As she's a changeling, it's unclear if she's appeared anywhere else.

References