Character from The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Doppler shapeshifter surviving in Novigrad through borrowed faces — a gentle soul whose very nature is criminalized in a city that burns freaks at the stake.
Speaks softly, avoids conflict, radiates anxiety about being discovered. When he copies someone, he absorbs their memories and personality — which means he understands people better than they understand themselves. Uses this empathy for survival, never malice. Dandelion's unlikely business partner. Lives in constant terror of the Eternal Fire's witch hunters. Represents the Witcher world's persecution of nonhumans distilled to its most intimate cruelty.
True form: small, grey-skinned, large-eyed, unassuming. Usually appears as a portly halfling named Penstock, running a legitimate business. Whichever form he wears, his mannerisms are slightly too kind, too eager to please.
Also known as: Dudu, Penstock, Tellico Lunngrevink Letorte