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Dargrim Four-Fingers

A 4E Mentor NPC with Meeting Encounters

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Dargrim Four-Fingers

The Four Thieves Guilds of Worlun operate in a loose form of

cooperation. The city is divided into four sections, each being the

territory of one of the guilds. Rumor claims that a shadowy group

called the Council of Nine is the supreme arbiter of disputes between

guilds and that the Nine approve all ‘Guild Lords” - the top officials

of the four guilds.

Dargrim was once a noble of the dwarven court of

Buld. However his clan line has lost much of its status and

he is now a major figure in one of the crime guilds of

Worlun - a predominately human city-state. His reputation

as an alley fighter is unparalleled in the city. Few in the

criminal underworld would dare to cross blades with him.

He is designed to serve several possible campaign

functions. The primary two are (1) to be a source of special

training for the martial characters and (2) as a contact to

provide information from the criminal side of society. He

can also be a source of trade for buying or selling as well as a

broker of special services and source of special rumors.

If the campaign has a gritty, back street feel where the

players are outlaws then Dargrim can be played as a dark,

callous figure mentally scarred by his past. He is now out to

achieve his own goals of revenge and unconcerned about

who gets hurt. In a more heroic campaign Dargrim can be a

rogue with a good heart who’s tragic past incidentally

dropped him into a Thieves Guild war and who now does his

best to use his position of authority to help his neighbors.

The Southern Thieves Guild is the smallest but the roughest.

Known locally as the Blue Hoods (for their blue headgear worn as a

sign of membership), this guild controls the area south of Gates

Road as well as Frog Island and Wash Landing outside the west

gate. Scotts Landing outside the River Gate is said to be shared with

the West Guild although it is an uneasy truce that could easily

break.

The Western Thieves Guild uses the name the “Stripes” in

reference to the striped clothing inmates must wear at the city

prison that happens to be in their territory. Their territory is the

pocket formed north of Gates Road and west of Palace Road up to

the inner city wall above the Royal Palace. They also mostly control

Scott’s Landing outside the River Gate.

Introducing Dargrim to Your Campaign

He is designed to best interact with characters between

the levels of 6 and 18. Mix in rumors of the thieves guilds of

Worlun into your campaign before the players reach sixth

level so Dargrim can be eased into the storyline of your

gaming seamlessly. The encounters are for 6-9th level.

In this supplement Dargim has a small estate in upper

east Worlun that he runs a legal trading company out of.

Worlun is a large human ruled but multiracial city state.

Worlun is located in the Realms of Wor campaign setting

but the DM can easily substitute the name of a different city

in places that Worlun is cited.

The basic organization and recent public knowledge

doings of the Thieves Guilds of Worlun are presented below.

These can either be read to the party as a group as

information they have heard about the guild, released one at

a time between other adventures when characters are

resting in the city, or split up between players to represent

what each individual character might have logically heard.

For example, a human rogue with a city background will

probably know more about thief guilds than a shifter shaman

from the wilds.

The Eastern Thieves Guild is located opposite the west, in the

area north of Gates Road and east of Palace Road. They also control

the shanty town just outside the Tower Gate. The inner wall is the

north border of their territory. They don’t seem to have an official

name and are usually just referred to as the East Side Boys or East

Wallers.

The Northern guild is the most secretive and is known as the

Shadow Family. Their territory is the upper city north of the inner

wall and comprises many of the most wealthy areas of the city. They

are more likely to resort to political influence and business pressure

than strong arm tactics and rumor says a few titled families are

members.

A few years ago the East Side boys had an internal power war

that resulted in a lot of violence in the streets. The Southern guild

tried to move into eastern territory and blood washed through the

gutters. It was starting to look like the King’s Guard would be

mobilized to pacify the area but before that happened a faction of

East Side Boys established control by brutally beating all opponents

into the ground. A street fighter called Four Fingers reportedly

practically singlehandedly destroyed the other factions and drove the

southerners out.

I t is commonly said that there are now four different thieves

guilds inWorlun. Around sixty years ago one leader managed to

dominate all the different criminal gangs into one group, but that

mega-guild fell apart when “Crossbow” Kelley (the guild leader)

died. It took almost ten years for faction battles to stop.

The Steel Heart Trading Company is a good place to buy

dwarven goods or rare metal ores, but one should be careful dealing

with them because it is said they are connected to the Eastern

Thieves Guild in some fashion.

Dargrim’s Personal History

that went to the Tower Gate. He quickly ran afoul of the

Eastern Thieves Guild that wanted protection money from

him to leave his new trading house business alone. Dargrim

wasn’t afraid of people of any race. He refused and ended up

drubbing the guild’s arm breakers and hired goons several

times. About then the battle to control the Eastern Guild

broke out and faction leader Denny “Toe” Selway offered

Dargrim a deal. If Dargrim would fight for Toe then the

gang leader would help Dargrim’s trading company get

going. Dargrim really needed cash to help pay the clan tax

and a deal was made.

Within two weeks Denny had the eastern guild territory

under control. Shortly later Denny became the Guild Lord

of the East and Dargrim found himself as one of Toe’s guild

captains. Dargrim’s official guild title is “Ward Boss”. He is

the overseer of a large chunk of guild territory.

Dargrim also runs his above-board, legal business of the

Steel-Heart Trading Company. (Steel Heart is the common

translation of his dwarven clan name). He seeks to make

money by means both fair and foul, to send home .

Dargim was born into the Stahlherz dwarf clan in the

dwarf kingdom of Buld. The clan was highly placed, being

equivalent to counts in the human social order. The

Stahlherz manufactured a number of crafted goods and sold

both within Buld and to “topside” races. Dargrim wasn’t

skilled with any particular craft nor did he want to learn

about the trading business so he took up an adventurer’s life

as a rogue in his teens and twenties.

His earlier trips met success and he gathered a small

fortune. Then as he got to higher levels, his luck turned sour

and he had a string of adventures that resulted in four

parties being mostly wiped out. Dargrim grew scared of

facing unusual monsters and returned home to Buld.

He arrived to discover that most of the elder men of his

clan, along with his childhood sweetheart, had been killed at

an above ground trading post the clan operated. It was

supposedly the work of orcs but Dargrim doubted the

official story. A rival clan named the Steinkrahen

(Stonecrows in common) discovered the destroyed post and

conveniently found the orcs responsible and killed all of

them leaving no orcs to question about the trading post.

A few weeks later, the Steinkrahen produced ancient

documents that supposedly proved that Dargrim’s great

grandfather committed treason and took a bribe to leave a

gate undefended that resulted in the loss of the dwarven

underground city of Der Honez. The military log books

were supposed to have been discovered by adventurers that

visited the fallen city but Dargrim believes they were

forgeries.

The Steinkrahen managed to convince the royal court

that the records were real. Dwarven law requires all crimes

be punished. The Stalherz grandfather was dead so that

meant that the next closest blood relative was to be held

accountable. That happened to be Dargrim. During the

show trial members of the Steinkrahen clan hinted to

Dargrim that not only was the evidence false, but they had

killed his clan leaders at the outpost. However Dargrim

couldn’t prove anything. He was found guilty by blood

relation. Although the penalty was death, because he was

not the original offender he was exiled instead. His family

clan was assessed a yearly Guilt Tax, a penalty fine they had

to pay for fifteen years to keep their noble title.

Dargrim left Buld with the only survivor of the outpost

massacre- a war dog of the “macetail” breed named Macey.

Macey couldn’t talk and magically induced testimony isn’t

legal in dwarven courts so whatever she knew about the

attack remained locked in her canine cranium. The dwarf’s

plan was to use his remaining money to start a business in

Worlun so that he could help his clan pay off their Guilt Tax.

He found a convenient estate for sale on the main road

The Steel-Heart Trading Company

A walled compound is his home and headquarters. The

trading company is Dargrim’s public face and is doing fairly

well. He specializes in dwarven goods and special metal

ores. His goods come mainly by road via trade caravans

through the Tower Gate rather than on the river. Armor,

weapons, tools, and other metal goods are his primary

goods. He does a little bit of bulk food sales (things like

apples, pears and nuts that can be shipped overland without

spoiling in a few days) and moves some ale kegs and wine

by the cask as well.

Only a few of his trading company staff know that he is

also a leader in the Eastern Thieve’s Guild.

Dargrim the Ward Boss

Most of his subordinates know him as Four Fingers, or

sometimes “Double F”, and do not call him by name. To his

face they call him “Boss”. He does not actively direct crimes.

In general, he grants permission to various schemes that his

underlings bring to him and collects 5 to 15 percent of the

take for the right to operate in his territory. Illegal

gambling, confidence games, and goods smuggling to avoid

taxes are the most common plans.

He is directly involved in fencing stolen goods (although

he discourages his members from stealing from the local

citizens) and has control of the day labor guild of temporary

workers that can be recruited from the shanty town. If you

want workers for a project, you pay off Dargrim to make it

happen or face grave difficulties.

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