Xanathar's Thieves' Guild

Xanathar's Thieves' Guild, or simply Xanathar Guild, was a criminal and slaving organization in Waterdeep and Skullport run by a paranoid elder beholder.
==Geography==
This criminal and slaver network was one of the most powerful on the Sword Coast, but often unintentionally acted as a buffer against other evil organizations. They operated out of Skullport, but were otherwise largely active in Waterdeep.
==Membership==
Members of the guild were trained in stealth, discretion, and tactics with fighters, rogues, sorcerers, wizards, and experts, which comprised most of its numbers. An ever-growing organization, it utilized multiple mouthpieces to protect and conceal the identity of the Xanathar. To join, a member had to prove their ruthlessness, obedience, and loyalty by committing a serious crime—killing or selling a friend or family member into slavery—as well as paying 300 gp. The typical agent earned dues of 60 gp a month.
Support generally came in these ways:
* Any member given an assignment would receive a bodyguard or assistant, such as a bugbear, wererat, kenku, or gazer, with secret instructions to spy on and assassinate the agent in case of failure.
* The guild provided safe refuges such as cellars in the sewers.
Among the low-ranking guild members, no-one really knew who Xanathar was. Few had an inkling he was a beholder, and fewer still had spoken to him.
Given that the faction was evil at the core, advancement through assassination was a popular "shortcut".
 
Some of the more unusual members of the guild in the late 1400s DR were a group of five dwarves that had been modified by the mind flayer Nihiloor to operate and serve as a surveillance system for the Xanathar.
The Xanathar Guild was also known to employ a number of goblins and bugbears, some of whom were infected with intellect devourers, presumably by Nihiloor.
==Notable Members==
* Ahmaergo: a dwarf slaver
* Arizza
* Avaereene
* Colstan Rhuul
* Shindia Darkeyes
* Nar'l Xibrindas: drow wizard advisor
* Nihiloor: mind flayer
* Noska Ur'gray: dwarf enforcer
* Nakoto: the operative in charge of the guild's business in Daggerford circa 1372 DR.
* Ott Steeltoes
==Appendix==
===Gallery===
Xanathar's Thieves' Guild original.jpg|Cover art of Waterdeep and the North.
Xanathar'sThieves'Guild.jpg|Xanathar's Thieves' Guild (from left): Avaereene, Colstan Rhuul, Shindia Darkeyes, Slink Monteskor, the Xanathar, Randulaith , Ott Steeltoes, and Slan Thurbel.
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin.jpg|The Xanathar and his inner circle.
===Appearances===
===References===
Category:Organizations
Category:Criminal organizations
Category:Thieves' guilds
Category:Slaving organizations
Category:Organizations in Skullport
Category:Organizations in Undermountain
Category:Organizations in the Sewers of Waterdeep
Category:Organizations in Waterdeep
Category:Organizations on the Sword Coast North
Category:Organizations in Northwest Faerûn
Category:Organizations in Faerûn
Category:Organizations on Toril