Skillet Hampton
Skillet was a member of a group of street thugs paid to kidnap the Queen elect. But after his fellow members where wiped out by a rival gang, he is left as the only witness to the kidnapping. Unfortunately he was not at the hand off, and…
He can’t talk. He’s a complete mute. But his Hat talks for him. Percival can read minds only while worn and only of the wearer. He only remembers waking up in a hat  shop and nothing before that. He and Skillet go a ways back.