Character from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
The University's underworld broker — he can get you anything forbidden, for a price, and he has survived by knowing exactly where the line is and never quite crossing it.
Sleat operates in the shadow economy of the University, providing access to forbidden texts, restricted materials, and things that masters would prefer did not circulate. He speaks with careful precision and the easy charm of a salesman who knows his product is indispensable. He is not a thug — he is a facilitator, and the distinction matters to him. He knows the University's rules well enough to bend them without breaking, and his network of contacts extends into corners of the institution that official channels cannot reach. He approached Kvothe about finding the secret of the Amyr, which suggests he knows more about what is hidden in the Archives than most.
Unremarkable by design — the kind of face you forget immediately, which is exactly the point. He dresses neither too well nor too poorly, carries himself with the neutral confidence of a man who knows he is useful to too many people to be expelled.
Also known as: Sleat