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DAASK HOUSE TARKANAN
• … is led by monsters from Droaam. • … is a small, elite force of thieves-for-hire
• … is based in the Cogs but has been and assassins.
recently expanding into the lower wards. • … is comprised of people with aberrant
dragonmarks.
• … specializes in violent crime and
extortion. • … has a rivalry with the dragonmarked
houses.
• … is aggressively targeting the Boromar
Clan. • … remains neutral in the brewing gang
Formed by monstrous immigrants from Droaam, war.
Daask has been building its power for a decade The members of House Tarkanan all possess
and has recently begun an aggressive campaign aberrant dragonmarks. Rumors say that the gang
of expansion. Humans, shifters, goblins, and began as a secret Brelish black ops team. True
changelings are all found in Daask, but the or not, the members of this small gang are skilled
organization is built around a monstrous core: thieves and assassins whose natural talents are
gnolls, ogres, minotaurs, harpies, even a handful enhanced by their aberrant marks.
of trolls. The leaders of Daask include oni and The organization takes its name from Halas
medusas. Daask doesn’t have the connections or Tarkanan, an aberrant-marked leader who
infrastructure of the Boromar Clan, but the sheer fought against the dragonmarked houses
physical force it can bring to bear is impressive. centuries ago. In addition to its criminal
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upper wards, but it is a powerful and dangerous shelter to people with aberrant dragonmarks, and
force below. It’s a simple organization with few protects persecuted aberrants.
traditions or layers of leadership. Having ties to While anyone can have a contact with the
Daask gives you allies in the undercity and few House, you must have an aberrant dragonmark
restrictions. But it sets you against the Boromar to join it. House Tarkanan remains neutral in the
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increasing aggression. contracts against gang leaders.
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