Ever since I met him, I knew there was something wrong with him.  His off-kilter speech, his pile of crap, his complete lack of interest in anything besides me..  Stockpile Thomas just rubbed me the wrong way.  Whenever anyone just wants to "hold onto your things" without any sort of payment in return, I become suspicious.  Especially if that person is a demon in disguise.  
 
When we first meet Stockpile Thomas, he regales us with his origin story - he was fleeing from the Scourge and the fog, when he blacked out...  and came to in the Nexus.  He doesn't remember anything besides leaving his wife and daughter behind to run, in his own words, "like a madman."  We're often reminded that the demons of the fog steal your soul, which then drives you into madness - which Stockpile Thomas freely admits.  This soulless madness is the first step to becoming a demon.  He is also quite callous if you deny him his daughter's jade hairpiece, laughing oddly and saying that he's over it anyway.  Furthermore, this jade hairpiece is not even found on a little girl!  It is found on a lynched demon (lynched probably for abandoning its post, much as Thomas did), next to a cross-dressing male demon with witch's clothes on.  He also claims that The Maiden in Black nursed him back to health, which seems altruistic until it is made apparent that she only helps other demons, or those corrupted by demon's souls.
 
Perhaps the most damning evidence against Thomas comes from Yurt, the assassin.  He is sent to kill those Mephistopheles wishes dead, and after he slays a number of people in the Nexus, he says "I have murdered every human left, except for one..." and then attacks you.  Yurt does not go after The Maiden (who is obviously a demon) or Boldwin (who, by conjecture, is also a demon due to his ability to consume souls - when he says "with your souls, I can eke out a living").  Yurt also does not go after Stockpile Thomas, even after he tells us he's killed every human.  
 
After I discovered this, I confronted Thomas, who told me he was worried, and that I had a heart of gold.  I struck with my Magic Sword Makoto...  and it turns out Thomas has over 2000 hit points, and a limitless supply of grass to heal himself with (I'm pretty sure he was dipping into my stocks).  After a trying battle, he fell..  and relinquished 250 souls. 
 
Where would I keep my unused crap, you may ask?  Thomas can take the 15 slave shields, useless darkmoonlight stones, and extra suits of armor I never wear to the grave.  I'm a demon hunter, I don't need a bank - and I definitely don't need an evil demon to watch my stuff for me.  One more demon down on my quest to put the Old One back to sleep.
 

Ever since I met him, I knew there was something wrong with him.  His off-kilter speech, his pile of crap, his complete lack of interest in anything besides me..  Stockpile Thomas just rubbed me the wrong way.  Whenever anyone just wants to "hold onto your things" without any sort of payment in return, I become suspicious.  Especially if that person is a demon in disguise.  
 
When we first meet Stockpile Thomas, he regales us with his origin story - he was fleeing from the Scourge and the fog, when he blacked out...  and came to in the Nexus.  He doesn't remember anything besides leaving his wife and daughter behind to run, in his own words, "like a madman."  We're often reminded that the demons of the fog steal your soul, which then drives you into madness - which Stockpile Thomas freely admits.  This soulless madness is the first step to becoming a demon.  He is also quite callous if you deny him his daughter's jade hairpiece, laughing oddly and saying that he's over it anyway.  Furthermore, this jade hairpiece is not even found on a little girl!  It is found on a lynched demon (lynched probably for abandoning its post, much as Thomas did), next to a cross-dressing male demon with witch's clothes on.  He also claims that The Maiden in Black nursed him back to health, which seems altruistic until it is made apparent that she only helps other demons, or those corrupted by demon's souls.
 
Perhaps the most damning evidence against Thomas comes from Yurt, the assassin.  He is sent to kill those Mephistopheles wishes dead, and after he slays a number of people in the Nexus, he says "I have murdered every human left, except for one..." and then attacks you.  Yurt does not go after The Maiden (who is obviously a demon) or Boldwin (who, by conjecture, is also a demon due to his ability to consume souls - when he says "with your souls, I can eke out a living").  Yurt also does not go after Stockpile Thomas, even after he tells us he's killed every human.  
 
After I discovered this, I confronted Thomas, who told me he was worried, and that I had a heart of gold.  I struck with my Magic Sword Makoto...  and it turns out Thomas has over 2000 hit points, and a limitless supply of grass to heal himself with (I'm pretty sure he was dipping into my stocks).  After a trying battle, he fell..  and relinquished 250 souls. 
 
Where would I keep my unused crap, you may ask?  Thomas can take the 15 slave shields, useless darkmoonlight stones, and extra suits of armor I never wear to the grave.  I'm a demon hunter, I don't need a bank - and I definitely don't need an evil demon to watch my stuff for me.  One more demon down on my quest to put the Old One back to sleep.
 

Hrm I should try playing this again. I didn't even make it out of the first world before I got slammed with other more pressing releases.

Heh.  He had it coming.  BTW, I accidentally put plague on Thomas.   After reloading the game, he was fine. :]

Let the world be mended.

Interesting, I never liked him but I had so much stuff and I am quiet the hoarder so I needed him. 
I never heard yurt say that sentence because I killed him as soon as I found him in the nexus for his armor 

haha...well, if you've done multiple plays, you'll have lots of stuff you want to keep for emergencies. I've got setups for different objectives- like if I plan on dueling, if I want speed, or if I need a particular item effect. 

You ever think the game just leaves you with him and boldwin after the Assassination side quest so you can still play and obtain items/upgrade?

You do realize that by your own logic you have to commit suicide?  Remember, the Maiden in Black only helps other Demons.......

Nice read. Man that was a good game :D

" You do realize that by your own logic you have to commit suicide?  Remember, the Maiden in Black only helps other Demons....... "

"I had committed suicide dozens of times (to shift world tendency to black) on my path to the platinum trophy. "

" @teh_pwnzorer said:

"I had committed suicide dozens of times (to shift world tendency to black) on my path to the platinum trophy. "

For some reason I don't find it surprising Agent York is your avatar pic....  Of course I suicided plenty of times too... but I didn't inhale and that makes all the difference. "

Coolness!