Knight of the Post (PWH)

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: "Got to stay lanned to the chant, so don't screed me no wash. Looking for a bit of the sparkle or a jangle of jink. I'll mark the gullies, peel and bob 'em up good. A top-shelf ride for a high-up basher like myself."
Sigil's got more words for "thief" than just about anything else—knight of the post, knight of the cross-trade, peel master, bobber, cony-catcher... even "spiv" implies a thief. The fact is, anyone can be a knight of the post—a wizard, warrior, and even a priest. Anyone out to bob some gully is involved in the cross-trade. Just because it's not uncommon doesn't mean that it's respectable.
BACKGROUND: The stereotypical knight of the post grew up on the streets of Sigil (or wherever) and learned his skills in order to survive. While this is true for plenty of knights, even more bashers choose thievery because it's perceived as the easy way. These folks come from any background—rich or poor, planar or prime. There're even thieves among the aasimar (the neutral ones, anyway), so no race is exempt. Why, tales in Sigil relate that one of the slavers in the Hive has a rogue modron enforcer.
CHARACTER: These bashers are usually a pretty unsavory lot. In the Cage, thieves don't normally organize into "guilds" like on prime-material worlds, but they do form small, loosely organized syndicates for mutual support and protection, gathering at their favorite bars to brag about their latest peels. A knight of the post has to worry about the Harmonium or other law-keepers breathing down his neck, as well as betrayal from his fellows—it's not an easy life.
MOTIVATIONS: Although it would seem that the sole motivation for a knight of the post is gaining wealth, he's also interested in prestige. The knights of the post in Sigil constantly compete with each other to see who can pull the most elaborate or successful peel. Reputations are made and broken based on the crimes (peels, thefts, tricks, or other wrongs) a sod commits.
ROLE-PLAYING: As stated above, any class can be a knight of the post. Fighters, wizards, and even priests (often of a deity of thieves, like Sung Chiang) can fill the many roles of the knight of the post, including enforcers, cony-catchers, minders, muggers, burglars, and so on.
On the other hand, not all rogue characters have to be associated with these shady, disreputable types. Nevertheless, because of the reputation that thieves have in Sigil and other planar burgs, it's tough for more honorable rogues to be anything but unwanted and distrusted.