Xanathar's Thieves' Guild

**Xanathar's Thieves' Guild**, also simply referred to as the **Xanathar's Guild**, is a faction in the *Forgotten Realms Campaign* of Nat19. It is one of the few organized crime groups to establish itself in the city of Waterdeep.

## Role in Plot

The Xanathar's Thieves Guild first appeared in Waterdeep when some of its members kidnapped Floon Blagmaar. The Dragon Heist Party were hired by Volothamp Geddarm to rescue Floon, and their hunt brought them to a Xanathar's Guild hideout in the sewers. There they met the half-orc wizard Grum'shar, an illithid and its pet brain devourer, a lower-level thug named Krentz, and Floon.

With the aid of Ranaer, the Dragon Heist Party narrowly won the battle, though the illithid managed to escape. When the party, Ranaer, and Floon returned to the surface, they informed the Waterdeep City Guard of the hideout.

The Xanathar's Guild would not be seen again until the Dragon Heist Party was investigating the mass murder committed by a rogue nimblewright outside their home. After they found the nimblewright, a note it was carrying led them to the Dock Ward to find a woman named Grinda Garloth. When they arrived at their destination, they discovered a group of thugs attempted to barge their way into a building nearby. After some questioning, a fight broke out, with the party quickly defeating the thugs. Grinda opened the door they were attempting to break down, and informed them that the leader of the thugs was a member of the Xanathar's Guild. Torrin swiftly executed the man upon learning this.

During the Dragon Heist Party's hunt for the Stone of Golorr, the Xanathar's Guild made several attempts to seize the stone for themselves, though they were eventually defeated at every turn.

The Xanathar's Guild managed to capture Torrin Ghesh during his investigation into Meloon Wardragon. Meloon singlehandedly incapacitated Torrin and brought him to a Xanathar's Guild hideout, wherein the dragonborn paladin was greeted by his brother Dazzan. Dazzan asked Torrin about the Stone of Golorr, but he refused to talk. Eventually, however, after Dazzan revealed his intent to use the money in Dagult Neverember's vault to revive their dead family, Torrin agreed to help him obtain it.

Torrin and Dazzan attempted to peacefully obtain the Stone of Golorr from the Dragon Heist Party, but Dazzan quickly instigated a fight which ended in the deaths of not only himself, but Baxter, Alyf, and the bystander Krusk Bensly as well.

After this encounter, the Xanathar's Guild was quiet for some time. That is, until the Dragon Heist Party made their way into the Vault of Dragons. While inside, Nar'l Xibrindas ambushed them with several bugbear and grell underlings. Meanwhile, in the theater above the vault, Nihiloor and a revived Dazzan battled with members of the Zhentarim and the Harpers. Nihiloor and Dazzan were eventually defeated, leaving the embezzled gold out of the Xanathar's Guild's hands.

## Relationships & Affiliations

### Zhentarim

The Zhentarim and the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild have been in conflict with each other for some time in the city of Waterdeep.

### Dragon Heist Party

The Xanathar's Guild has, on multiple occasions, had conflicts with the Dragon Heist Party over the fate of the embezzled gold within the Vault of Dragons. Even before the Dragon Heist Party began searching for the gold, they had raided a Xanathar's Guild hideout in the sewers of Waterdeep, which was enough to warrant sending thugs out to kill them in the streets.

## Members

* Dazzan Ghesh †
* Gorath †
* Grum'shar †
* Krentz †
* Morga †
* Nar'l Xibrindas †
* Nihiloor †
* Noska Ur'gray †
* Xanathar (leader)