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Adventurers

Treasure seekers looking to make their names in the big city. :often:

City Watch

Members of the Waterdeep constabulary. :often:

Force Grey

League of heroes sworn to protect Waterdeep. :often:

Griffon Cavalry

Elite company of the City Guard who patrol from the air. :often:

Harpers

Undercover organization sworn to defy tyranny and evil. :often:

Lords’ Alliance

Coalition of nobles across the North who are sworn to unite against evil. :often:

Mercenaries

One of many mercenary companies that ply their trade in Waterdeep. :often:

Order of the Gauntlet

Tight-knit group of clerics and paladins united by religious zeal to crush evil. :often:

Pirates

Lawless sea scavengers who return to port to spend their booty on grog. :often:

Xanathar Guild

Monstrous servants of the Xanathar engaged in thievery, extortion, and slavery. :often:

Zhentarim

Unscrupulous mercenary network caught up in street war with the Xanathar Guild. :often:

Bregan D’aerthe

Drow mercenaries who pledge loyalty to Jarlaxle Baenre. :seldom:

Bull Elk Tribe

Dock Ward gang who run protection rackets on ships passing through customs. :seldom:

Cult of the Dragon

Cultists who venerate evil dragons. :seldom:

Emerald Enclave

Alliance of druids and rangers sworn to defend the wilds from evil. :seldom:

Enclave of Red Magic

Thayan mages who often smuggle slaves into Skullport. :sometimes:

Fists of Hextor

Brutal mercenaries who often sell their services to despots and villains. :seldom:

House Cassalanter

Agents of the devil-corrupted Cassalanter noble house. :sometimes:

Plague Rats

League of wererat thieves active throughout the Western Heartlands. :seldom:

Red Sashes

Undercover vigilantes who seek to enact justice where the city authorities fail. :seldom:

Shadow Thieves

Powerful criminal cartel attempting to reestablish control in Waterdeep. :seldom:

Wharf Rats

Kobold gang active in the Dock Ward slums. :seldom:

Black Boar Tribe

Barbaric Dock Ward gangsters who serve as bodyguards and bouncers. :scarce:

Church of Bane

Worshipers of the god of fear, hatred, and tyranny. :scarcely:

Church of Cyric

Worshipers of the god of strife and lies. :scarcely:

Church of Loviator

Worshipers of the goddess of agony. :scarcely:

Church of Shar

Worshipers of the goddess of darkness. :scarcely:

Church of Talos

Worshipers of the god of storms and destruction. :scarcely:

Church of Umberlee

Worshipers of the cruel sea goddess. :scarcely:

Cult of the Eternal Flame

Cultists who worship Imix, the Prince of Elemental Evil Flame. :scarcely:

Fangshields

League of good-aligned monsters and lycanthropes sworn to fight evil. :scarcely:

Iluskan Ship

Bravos from one of Luskan’s major gangs (or “ships”). :scarcely:

Knights of the Shield

Knowledge brokers who seek wealth and power by manipulating information. :scarcely:

Luminous Lightning League

Cabal of wild mages. :scarcely:

Sewer Snakes

Goblin gangsters who sneak up from Skullport to rob and murder city folk. :scarce:

Tel Teukiira

(aka “The Moonstars”) Undercover agents who serve the Blackstaff by rooting out corruption and evil. :scarce:

The Confluence

Secret organization of half-dragons who seek to rid the city of shapeshifters. :scarce:

The Unseen

Consortium of shapeshifter thieves and assassins. :scarce:

Thralls of Artor Morlin

Thralls of the Waterdhavian vampire Artor Morlin, the Baron of Blood. :scarce:

Underdark Anarchists’ Fellowship

Anarchic rebels sworn to smash the tyrannical status quo of the Underdark. :scarce:

Cult of Entropy

Cultists who worship a distant deity of annihilation. :rarely:

Cult of the Black Earth

Cultists who worship Ogrémoch, the Prince of Elemental Evil Earth. :rarely:

Cult of the Crushing Wave

Cultists who worship Olhydra, the Princess of Elemental Evil Water. :rarely:

Cult of the Howling Hatred

Cultists who worship Yan-C-Bin, the Prince of Elemental Evil Air. :rarely:

Halaster’s Heirs

Dark arcanists trained at a hidden academy within Undermountain :rarely:

People of the Black Blood

Widespread league of lycanthrope Malar worshipers. :rarely:

Savants of the Dark Tide

Enslaved humanoids used as tools by aboleths hiding out in the city’s sewers. :rarely:

The Kraken Society

Shadowy group of thieves and mages who serve a kraken master. :rarely: