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TH E T Y RANTS FORC S OF H E LAW
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The y rants are forgers and grifters, specialists in de­ In Precarious, a dwarf tries to smuggle a portable hole
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ception and the acquisition of information. Most of the filled with treasures pillaged from Xen'drik past the
members are changelings, who use their shapeshifting guards of the Sham Watch.
abilities to fool marks and acquire secrets. There are In Cliff top, a patrol of guards calls on two dueling
magewrights among the T y rants who can permanently barbarians to throw down their weapons; the fierce war­
alter your appearance. So, the T y rants can steal some­ riors just snarl and rush at each other once more.
one's identity, but they can also provide a fugitive with In the court of Upper Central, a magistrate orders the
a new life. Justiciar of Aureon to blind the prisoner in preparation
If you have a contact in the T y rants, you might know for his sentence of perpetual darkness.
someone on the T y rants Contacts table. The law is a force to be reckoned with in Sham. Even
in places where the watch is notoriously ineffective,
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TY A NTS CONTACTS those who would break the law still need to be wary of
d4 Contact zealous guards resistant to bribes or threats.
Korryn (elf) maintains Korryn's Quill, a shop in the Ba­ THE S H A R N W A TCH
zaar of Dura that sells supplies for artists and scribes.
In addition to being a remarkable calligrapher, Korryn The Sham Watch is responsible for enforcing the laws
is an expert forger. of the city. The sentinels of the watch patrol the streets
of Sham, to all outward appearances vigilant for signs
2 Gray (changeling) is a bartender at the Crooked M i r ror
of unrest. In truth, the Sham Watch is riddled with cor­
in Callestan and is an information broker, with access
ruption, from the commanding officers down to the low­
to a wide array of rumors.
liest patrollers. Dedicated guards who truly want to pro­
3 Chaela Tas (half-elf) is a grifter with dozens of plots tect the innocent do exist. But bribery nonetheless runs
afoot at any given time. Though this identity is the face rampant, and the watch has a way of failing to show up
they wear with you, they maintain many different per­ somewhere at the same time that Daask or the Boromar
sonas tied to their schemes. Clan is perpetrating some misdeed. The DM can find
4 Weave (changeling) is a body artist who runs a salon in more information on the watch in chapter 4.
the Dragoneyes district.

AN ARTIFICER, WITH Two ELORITCH
CANNONS, SPIES ON A MEMBER OF THE
5HARN WATCH