Player tie ins
Jay Pingol - Lady Mariposa Bright (Blackmail): Xanathars Guild has documentation that links Mariposa Bright to Marisol Sunsong. Contacted at noble event through good friend turned enemy contact Justice Addisol Flemmish (minor noble, grandfather, corpulent, alcoholic). Confess to Dawnbringer Trell. Good friends with Tamira.
Unknown to character: harper ally (Tamira)
Justin - Johnny Hellstrings the IV (assassination): Killed his grandfather, Johnny Hellstrings the 2nd, due to the grandfather having information about the Guild. This was done at a theater performance and staged as a accident. Contact Jason Vorhes (Stagehand, large, quiet, temper).
Hawthor (half-orc XG mercenary) killed grandfather.
Brian O'Riva - Dawn (slavery): Got taken as a slave by Xanathar Guild and sold to yuan-ti. Dawnbringer Trell (Priest of Lathander, old, kind, mysterious)
Bernard - Cha'ad (mercenaries): mom worked for the Gralhund family (zhentarim weapons & mercenary traders), brother (Thad Waterborn) killed by guild during a conflicting merc job. Greta Gralhund (mercenary contractor, materialistic, lover, already married)
Johnathan - Bolin (thievery): stolen bag of holding with spell research and arcane notes. Corvin Flemmish (Librarian, nosy, female, disorganized, granddaughter to Justice Addisol)
Kevin Berry - Tordec (extortion): family runs a small smithy, family shop is being threatened to be burned down unless they pay regular protection. Fargrin Ironfist (older dwarven brother, smith, stoic, generous, coward). Jason Vorhes works at smithy as apprentice.
Unknown to character: telepathy, deep speech
Kevin Zhang - Varis (smuggling): a smuggling operation to bring in a family heirloom for a noble family to gain their approval in courting their daughter. Tamira (noble daughter, lady, curious, adventurous, daredevil). Hired smugglers through Greta Gralhund, led by Thad Waterborn.
Unknown to character: harper ally (Tamira)