Character from The Gods are Bastards by D.D. Webb
God of Thieves and Subtlety — the trickster deity who considers rules a suggestion, truth a weapon, and honesty the most devastating form of manipulation.
Eserion is the Pantheon member nobody trusts and everybody needs. He speaks in layers — what he says, what he means, and what he wants you to think he means are three different things. He finds dogma hilarious, authority contemptible, and sincerity suspicious, which makes him either the wisest or most insufferable of the gods depending on who you ask. His cult is organized crime elevated to theology — the Thieves' Guild operates under his blessing, and his priests are grifters, spies, and social engineers. But Eserion's thievery isn't about greed; it's about power. He steals from the powerful to remind them they're not as powerful as they think. He has a grudging mutual respect with Bishop Darling, his most prominent mortal agent, and an antagonistic relationship with Avei that has been running for so long neither of them remembers who started it.
Manifests as a lean, swarthy man with shaggy black hair, sharp features, and a grin that never quite reaches his eyes. Dressed in nondescript dark clothing that makes him easy to overlook — which is the point. Moves with the quiet economy of someone who learned early that being noticed is expensive.
Also known as: Eserion, The God of Thieves, The Trickster