Kaiya Zaveri

## Humble Beginnings

**Kaiya** was *brought* up in the bustling outskirts of Waterdeep, in a single parent household with her mother Flora. Dependent entirely on her mother from a young age, Kaiya had only her mother to look to for both discipline and attention. Struggling to maintain a healthy balance between being the caring mother and a working woman, the two slowly drifted away into their own respective spheres. Bogdan Ale-Brewer, her dwarf pseudo-uncle, introduced her to the tavern nightlife and Kaiya began to meet her first few friends and contacts.

### A Life of Crime and Fun

Kaiya was a natural kleptomaniac, her eyes drawn to beautiful and shiny objects. This tended to get her into trouble more than not, and through this she managed to get in contact with a rather prominent tumor in the Waterdeep upper class society. Mr. Gregory, or better known as Mr. G introduced her to the world of crime as she knows it now. If Mr. G was the dirty and murky side of Kaiya's memory, Commander Henrik would've been the light dragging her out of an inescapable darkness. Head of the Police force in Waterdeep, Henrik saved her from legal trouble and tried his best to keep her safe form being arrested. How ever hard he tried, Kaiya always managed to find herself in the clutches of Mr. G. These clutches are what brought her to meet the party as is.

### Friends and Family in Waterdeep

##### Commander Henrik

The guard that picked Kaiya up every time she got into some dumb stuff. He cares for Kaiya, but only begrudgingly. He knows Flora (and has a teenie-weenie crush on her), so he always just gave her a slap on the wrist when others would’ve thrown her into the cells.

##### Flora Zaveri

Strained relationship only due to responsibilities rather than closeness. They both wish they could give the other a better life, but poverty is a fast moving sinkhole that they struggled to claw out of.

##### Brick

The most loving and doofy boy Kaiya has ever met. Much taller than his age average, which made him the natural protector of Kaiya's group. He would always help steal a loaf of bread every now and then, and was one of Kaiya's closest friends. He earned his nickname after one of the guards remarked that trying to grab him is like trying to knock over a brick wall.

##### Shivvy

Never caught without her blade, no matter how undressed she'll be. No matter how hard you shook her down, she'd always have a blade in her socks or her jacket sleeve or even in her hair. Shivvy earned her nickname after fashioning a blade out of nothing more than a piece of stale bread. While a bit unhinged with her blade obsession, she was always kind and thought of others before herself.

##### Coin

Coin is a natural kleptomaniac, which drew Kaiya to him due to her own bouts of kleptomania. Wherever his fingers wandered, she'd find something sticking to them that belonged to someone unfortunate. His favourite item to steal? Coins.

##### Bogdan Ale-Brewer

Bogdan is the dwarf who owns a tavern near Kaiya's house. Bogdan is the only tavern keeper who set up in the Field Ward, and ensured that his food and drink was good quality for cheap in order to satisfy the lower classes. This made him into a popular icon of the Field Ward, always offering a kind ear and a good hearty meal if any ever needed it. Most of the times, he would allow customers to eat for free if they were ever short on coin.

##### Mr. Gregory

Gregory. The infamous G. Bad business, bad man, and bad rep. Everything about him is shrouded in secrecy, all she knows is that he pays well and doesn't ask much besides her silence and efficiency.