Phineas Highwood

"An incorrigible young boy who doesn't ever shut up."

Phineas is a street urchin. He has survived in the town he's grown up in principally by cunning and having a keen sense of when to exercise his gifts for fast talking, and when to fade quietly into the woodwork and observe a situation carefully without drawing attention to himself. He's charming, a bit of a flatter, and generally maintains good rapport with those around him, even while he has a hand in their purse. In spite of that, he's basically good-hearted, and is fiercely loyal to the few genuine friends he has. He fancies himself a bit of a dandy, in spite of (or because of) the hard circumstances he has grown up in.