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 +====== Maison Tarkanan ======
  
 +Template:Organization
 +name = Maison Tarkanan
 +image     ={{:Tarkanan.jpg?310|Coat of arms of Maison Tarkanan}} 
 +^Domicilebase  = Thora Tarkanan's Manor
 +founded   = 990 AR
 +disbanded = Currently in operation.
 +alignment = Chaotic Neutral
 +leader    = The Son of Khyber
 +{{:tarkananassassin.jpg}}
 +
 +**Maison Tarkanan** is a pseudo-[[Marqué par le Dragon]] house based in [[Sharn]] consisting mostly of bearers of [[Marque Aberrante du Dragon]]. The House takes its name from [[Halas Tarkanan|Lord Halas Tarkanan]] who, along with the [[Lady of the Plague]], raised up those with Marque Aberrante du Dragon to challenge the Maisons Marquées Du Dragon during [[La Guerre des Marques]]. Tarkanan nonetheless has a reputation for assassination, thievery and other unlawful deeds.
 +
 +======Marque Du Dragon======
 +Maison Tarkanan's members bear special Marques du Dragon called Marque Aberrante du Dragon and thus their abilities vary greatly.
 +
 +**3.5 Edition: **In the Eberron Campaign Setting page 47 the aberrant Marque Du Dragon can be taken as a feat by player characters. While the aberrant Marque Du Dragon is said to be imposible to improve in the ECS, Marqué par le Dragon overrides this and presents a lesser and greater abberant Marque Du Dragon feat. The aberrant Marque Du Dragon has no single power and instead has a list of 13 spells from which the player chooses one and can then cast it. The lesser and greater aberrant Marque Du Dragon feat each grant an additional spell from a list of 14 resp. 13.
 +
 +**4th Edition: **In the Eberron Player's Guide pages 86-87 three Aberrant marks are available to player characters as feats. The aberrant marks are as follows.
 +
 +*[[Aberrant Mark of Contagion]]
 +*[[Aberrant Mark of Madness]]
 +*[[Aberrant Mark of Terror]]
 +
 +====== Histoire ======
 +Though it is the newest Maison Marquée du Dragon, [[La Guerre des Marques]] played an important part in Maison Tarkanan's formation and ideology. The war began almost 2500 years ago, around the year -1500 when the established Maisons Marquées Du Dragon launched an inquisition to exterminate those who carried an aberrant mark. Unlike the Maisons Marquées Du Dragon, those who had aberrant marks were not united and so they were desperate for leaders. Leaders did rise to the challenge of commanding them, but none were as influential or great as [[Halas Tarkanan]]. Halas Tarkanan took refuge in the city of [[Dorasharn]] with his army and consort, the [[Lady of the Plague]].
 +Though Tarkanan and his army resisted, it was clear that the combined forces of the Maisons Marquées Du Dragon were far too overwhelming and the resistance would in the end be wiped out. Eventually Halas and his lady unleashed a curse which brought catastrophic earthquakes and summoned hordes of vermin from the depths. The curse destroyed the city along with Halas and his lady, ending the resistance.
 +
 +Pushed to the point of extinction, aberrant marks were rare and relatively weak, but over the last decade aberrant marks have been returning in greater numbers and some marks wield remarkable power.
 +In defiance of Les Douzes, Maison Tarkanan was formed by Thora Tavin, now Thora Tarkanan in 990 AR. Maison Tarkanan's objective is to search for those who have aberrant marks, recruit them and train them to use their powers.
 +
 +{{ :EvilMark.jpg?273x273|A member of Maison Tarkanan manifests his aberrant Marque Du Dragon, much to the horror of a hapless guard}}
 +
 +======Difference in Editions======
 +In the 3.5 Eberron Campaign setting, Maison Tarkanan is never referred to as a House, though in multiple supplements, including //Sharn: Cité des Tours// (page 45 and page 154) and //Marqué par le Dragon// (115, 158), Maison Tarkanan is mentioned as a House rather than an organization. In the 4th edition Eberron Campaign Guide pages 236-237, more information is provided on Maison Tarkanan and it appears alongside the other Maisons Marquées Du Dragon. In both editions Maison Tarkanan is not an official house.
 +
 +In 3.5 Thora Tavin runs Maison Tarkanan as a closely guarded secret, whereas in 4th edition Thora Tavin no longer runs the house, is open about her membership and is seen as the leader in the public's eye.
 +
 +Maison Tarkanan had no emblem in 3.5, but in 4th edition it was given an emblem featuring a beholder.
 +
 +In 3.5 there is no mention of the [[Son of Khyber]].
 +
 +======Notable Members======
 +*[[Thora Tarkanan]]
 +*[[Daine|The Son of Khyber]]
 +
 +=====Affiliates=====
 +*[[Halas Tarkanan]]
 +*[[The Lady of the Plague]]
 +
 +======Business======
 +When Maison Tarkanan first established itself in Sharn, the [[Clan Saputo]] attempted to assimilate them, but the offer was turned down. This resulted in the Saputos attempting to destroy the House. When this proved too difficult a deal was struck. Since the Clan Saputo doesn't traffic in assassinations, it was agreed that so long as Maison Tarkanan doesn't take contracts against the Saputos, they would be permitted to stay in Sharn without paying a fee. 
 +{{:house_tarkanan_soldier.png?586x586|thumb}}
 +Many of those who joined Maison Tarkanan are thieves or killers and those who are not are trained to become one. The House provides services for assassination along with burglary and pick pocketing. A client only needs to approach the House and provide enough information on what they want stolen or who they want killed and a fee is calculated there and then. Assassination falls into two categories: assassination and manslaughter. Assassination is more complex and the method, date, time and the condition of the corpse can be specified, whereas manslaughter is a cheaper option as the House will send a hitman to kill the target at whatever time, location and with whatever method they find easiest.
 +
 +Maison Tarkanan does not accept contracts that target high-ranking members of any major criminal organizations in Sharn such as the [[clan_panneton|Saputo]] clan, [[Daask]] or [[The Les Tyrans]]. If the assassin is killed attempting the contract, then the House will send a second assassin or will cancel the contract and refund half of the fee if they believe it to be unachievable. 
 +
 +Maison Tarkanan also offers a special service called assassination of the soul, in which they use their single +1 Keeper's Fang Dagger to kill the target. The dagger traps the target's soul in the domain of Le Geolier and thus they cannot be raised or resurrected. This service costs twice that of a normal assassination.   
 +
 +======Joining Maison Tarkanan======
 +Maison Tarkanan accepts anyone who has an aberrant Marque Du Dragon. Those who join will either be placed into the business side of the House or the assassination and theft side. The business side deals with general administration such as contracts and accounting. 
 +
 +Senior assassins and thieves are given the title baron whilst junior members are known as lords or ladies.    
 +======Key Locations======
 +*[[Thora's Manor]]
 +Maison Tarkanan
 +
 +
 +
 +Maison Tarkanan is a criminal guild with growing influence in many of the great cities of Khorvaire. Children of Khyber who join Maison Tarkanan are trained in the use of their aberrant marks and also encouraged to develop skills that can serve the guild directly. An heir with powers of charm person or suggestion usually becomes a con artist or extortionist, while one with a poison touch may be trained as an assassin. The lords of Maison Tarkanan believe that a second Guerre des Marques is inevitable, and this filters through the daily life of house members: Tarkanans learn to see their comrades as fellow soldiers in an army and to consider all non_aberrants as potential enemies.
 +
 +
 +____
 +
 +From Sharn
 +
 +Maison Tarkanan is known as a small order of\\
 +highly skilled assassins and thieves. When they fi rst\\
 +appeared in Sharn six years ago, the Clan Saputo\\
 +attempted to assimilate them, and when that didn’t\\
 +work, to eliminate them. The members of the socalled\\
 +house turned out to have impressive skills and\\
 +organization, and the Saputos ultimately backed\\
 +down from the confl ict. The Clan Saputo doesn’t\\
 +traffi c in assassination in any case, so an agreement\\
 +was made: As long as Maison Tarkanan would agree\\
 +to never accept a contract against a Saputo, the\\
 +Clan Saputo would allow the house to operate in\\
 +Sharn without paying tribute.\\
 +Today, Maison Tarkanan focuses on three services.\\
 +The fi rst is theft—both burglary and the work\\
 +of the cutpurse. The employer names the target and\\
 +provides all necessary information to locate him;\\
 +the house does the rest. The price of the job depends\\
 +on both the diffi culty of the job and the value of the\\
 +object being stolen.\\
 +The second service is assassination. The price\\
 +varies based on the level of the target and the complexity\\
 +of the scenario. Simply killing a man with a\\
 +quick death attack in a bar is considerably easier that\\
 +infecting him with a fatal disease and making sure\\
 +that he dies of “natural” causes.\\
 +The final service is manslaughter. Simpler\\
 +than assassination, this involves killing the target\\
 +quickly and by whatever means are most convenient.\\
 +The cost is the same as assassination, but\\
 +obviously there is no modifier for the complexity\\
 +of the scenario.\\
 +Maison Tarkanan does not target high_ranking\\
 +members of any of the major criminal organizations\\
 +in Sharn—the Les Tyrans, Daask, or the Clan Saputo.\\
 +The house does not guarantee success; if an assassin\\
 +is killed in the course of his mission, the house may\\
 +send a second assassin, or they may choose to abandon\\
 +the contract, in which case they do refund half of the fee. Maison Tarkanan also offers one\\
 +additional special service: assassination of the soul.\\
 +The house possesses a single +1 Keeper’s fang dagger.\\
 +For twice the usual fee, a Maison Tarkanan assassin\\
 +will kill her target using the dagger—trapping the\\
 +victim’s soul in the domain of Le Geolier and thus\\
 +preventing her from being raised or resurrected. Of\\
 +course, resurrection is rare enough on Eberron that\\
 +mutilating the body is often suffi cient to rule out\\
 +raise dead.\\
 +Maison Tarkanan’s business is straightfordistrict\\
 +enough, and most people who are familiar with the\\
 +underworld know of them. However, few people\\
 +know the history of the organization. toward\\
 +the end of the La Dernière Guerre, the Brelon King’s Dark\\
 +Lanterns assembled a team of spies who all bore\\
 +Marque Aberrante du Dragon, hoping to harness their\\
 +powers in the work of espionage. The experiment\\
 +was a failure, and half the group ended up killed.\\
 +The King’s Lanternes Sourdes tried to silence the\\
 +remnants of the group, but its surviving members\\
 +f led to Sharn, led by a Humain woman named\\
 +Thora Tavin.\\
 +Drawing from her extensive education, Thora\\
 +Tavin took up the name of Lord Halas Tarkanan, the\\
 +warrior who united the bearers of Marque Aberrante du Dragon\\
 +during La Guerre des Marques, and formed\\
 +Maison Tarkanan as a mockery of the Marqué par le Dragon\\
 +houses. Thora continues to seek out others who bear\\
 +Marque Aberrante du Dragon, as well as other skilled spies\\
 +and criminals, to expand the ranks of her organization.\\
 +She is driven to learn more about Lord\\
 +Tarkanan and the aberrant marks that were exterminated\\
 +during La Guerre des Marques, and spends much\\
 +of her organization’s resources funding expeditions\\
 +into the ruins of UnderSharn.\\
 +Prominent NPCs\\
 +Thora Tavin (LE female Humain rogue 6/assassin\\
 +6) is a deadly killer, utterly devoted to her cause,\\
 +and if she is evil, it is because she will do absolutely\\
 +anything to protect those who bear aberrant\\
 +dragon marks—even if it means killing innocents.\\
 +She truly sees all who bear aberrant marks as being\\
 +part of an extended family, and she will not allow\\
 +her family to be exterminated.\\
 +The active members of Maison Tarkanan generally\\
 +possess Marque Aberrante du Dragon and 2 or 3 levels\\
 +in a player character class. Rogues and sorcerers are\\
 +both Commun, as are barbarians.\\
 +Joining Maison Tarkanan\\
 +Maison Tarkanan generally accepts any character\\
 +who has an aberrant Marque Du Dragon. The goal of the\\
 +house is to train those who have such marks. However,\\
 +Thora is a shrewd judge of character, and if\\
 +she senses that a new member is working against the\\
 +house, she makes a ruthless example of him.\\
 +Membership Benefits: Maison Tarkanan\\
 +specializes in theft and assassination. A member\\
 +of the house can fence goods at no additional\\
 +cost, arrange for burglaries for 15% of the item’s\\
 +value, and set up assassinations for a base cost of\\
 +250 gp/level of the target—though like all crimes\\
 +the cost may be adjusted based on the challenges\\
 +involved. In addition, Maison Tarkanan is the\\
 +single greatest source for knowledge about aberrant\\
 +Marques du Dragon and La Guerre des Marques. A\\
 +member of Maison Tarkanan receives a +3 on any\\
 +Knowledge or bardic knowledge check concerning\\
 +these subjects, as long as he can consult the\\
 +resources of the house.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +**Nature:** [[organizations|Criminal organization]]\\
 +**Mark:** [[aberrant|Aberrant]]\\
 +**Races:** Any and all of the dragonmarked races\\
 +**Totem:** [[beholder|Beholder]]\\
 +.\\
 +House Tarkanan is a criminal organization structured in mockery of the dragonmarked houses. They specialize in theft and assassination\\
 +.
 +
 +====== Origins ======
 +
 +Known as a small order of highly skilled assassins and thieves. When they first appeared in [[sharn|Sharn]] six years ago, the [[boromar-clan|Saputo Clan]] attempted to assimilate them, and when that didn’t work, to eliminate them. The members of the so-called "house" turned out to have impressive skills and organization, and the Saputos ultimately backed down from the conflict. The Saputo Clan doesn’t traffic in assassination in any case, so an agreement was made: As long as House Tarkanan would agree to never accept a contract against a Saputo, the Saputo Clan would allow the house to operate in Sharn without paying tribute.
 +
 +The active members of House Tarkanan generally possess [[aberrant|aberrant]] dragonmarks and 2 or 3 levels in a player [[classes|character class]]. [[rogue|Rogues]] and [[sorcerer|sorcerers]] are both common, as are [[barbarian|barbarians]]. They generally accept any character who has an aberrant mark, as the goal of the house is to train those who have such marks. However, Thora is a shrewd judge of character, and if she senses that a new member is working against the house, she makes a ruthless example of him.
 +
 +.
 +
 +====== Business ======
 +
 +Today, House Tarkanan focuses on 3 services:
 +
 +The first is theft — both burglary and the work of the cutpurse. The employer names the target and provides all necessary information to locate him; the house does the rest. The price of the job depends on both the difficulty of the job and the value of the object being stolen.
 +
 +The second service is assassination. The price varies based on the level of the target and the complexity of the scenario. Simply killing a man with a quick death attack in a bar is considerably easier that infecting him with a fatal disease and making sure that he dies of “natural” causes.
 +
 +The final service is manslaughter. Simpler than assassination, this involves killing the target quickly and by whatever means are most convenient. The cost is the same as assassination, but obviously there is no modifier for the complexity of the scenario.
 +
 +House Tarkanan does not target high-ranking members of any of the major criminal organizations in Sharn — [[the-tyrants|the Tyrants]], [[daask|Daask]], or the [[boromar-clan|Saputo Clan]]. The house does not guarantee success; if an assassin is killed in the course of his mission, the house may send a second assassin, or they may choose to abandon the contract, in which case they do refund half of the fee.
 +
 +House Tarkanan also offers one additional special service: assassination of the soul. The house possesses a single +1 "Keeper’s fang" dagger. For twice the usual fee, a House Tarkanan assassin will kill her target using the dagger — trapping the victim’s soul in the domain of the Keeper and thus preventing her from being raised or resurrected. Of course, resurrection is rare enough on Eberron that mutilating the body is often sufficient to rule out raise dead.
 +
 +[[http://klubbsaga2015.wdfiles.com/local--files/tarkanan/Abberant%20Mark%20Usage%2001.png|{{http://klubbsaga2015.wdfiles.com/local--files/tarkanan/Abberant%20Mark%20Usage%2001.png?400|Abberant%20Mark%20Usage%2001.png}}]]
 +
 +.
 +
 +====== Membership Benefits ======
 +
 +A member of the house can fence goods at no additional cost, arrange for burglaries for 15% of the item’s value, and set up assassinations for a base cost of 250 gp per level of the target — though like all crimes the cost may be adjusted based on the challenges involved.
 +
 +In addition, House Tarkanan is the single greatest source for knowledge about aberrant dragonmarks and the War of the Mark: A member of House Tarkanan receives a +3 on any Knowledge or similar concerning these subjects, as long as he can consult the resources of the house.
 +
 +.
 +
 +====== Origins ======
 +
 +House Tarkanan’s business is straightforward enough, and most people who are familiar with the underworld know of them. However, few people know the history of the organization. Toward the end of the [[last-war|Last War]], the [[Brelande|Brelon]] King’s [[dark-lanterns|Dark Lanterns]] assembled a team of spies who all bore [[aberrant|aberrant]] dragonmarks, hoping to harness their powers in the work of espionage. The experiment was a failure, and half the group ended up killed. The King’s Dark Lanterns tried to silence the remnants of the group, but its surviving members fled to [[sharn|Sharn]], led by a human woman named Thora Tavin.
 +
 +Drawing from her extensive education, Thora took up the name of Lord [[halas-tarkanan|Halas Tarkanan]], the warrior who united the bearers of aberrant dragonmarks during the [[war-of-the-mark|War of the Mark]], and formed House Tarkanan as a mockery of the dragonmarked houses. She continues to seek out others who bear aberrant dragonmarks, as well as other skilled spies and criminals, to expand the ranks of her organization. She is driven to learn more about Lord Tarkanan and the aberrant marks that were exterminated during the War of the Mark, and spends much of her organization’s resources funding expeditions into the ruins of [[undersharn|UnderSharn]].
 +
 +.
 +
 +====== Current Leader ======
 +
 +**[[thora-tavin|"Baron" Thora d'Tarkanan]]** (//LE female human, Rogue 6 / Assassin 3 / Aberrant Heir 4//)\\
 +Thora’s residence, a spacious mansion nestled among the towers of the house enclaves, serves as the secret headquarters of her organization. From here, she personally directs a range of criminal and questionable activities throughout the city, with a particular focus on burglary, assassination, forgery, and loan sharking.
 +
 +.
 +
 +====== Known Members ======
 +
 +●[[arienna|Arienna]]\\
 +●[[laren-boromar-d-tarkanan|Laren Saputo d'Tarkanan]]\\
 +●[[stend-faldren-d-tarkanan|Stend Faldren d'Tarkanan]]\\
 +●[[thora-tavin|Thora Tavin]]
 +
 +
 +
 +HOUSE TARKANAN
 +Long ago, the dragonmarked houses sought to exterminate
 +the bearers of aberrant dragonmarks (described
 +in chapter 1). Today, those who carry aberrant dragonmarks
 +are still treated with fear and suspicion. During
 +the Last War, the King's Dark Lanterns of Breland
 +trained a team of covert operatives who all bore aberrant
 +marks. Considered expendable, this group was
 +sent on one suicide mission after another. After half its
 +members died in the field, the survivors turned on their
 +masters. Six years ago, they fled to Sham and founded
 +House Tarkanan. The group takes its name from Lord
 +Halas Tarkanan, who fought the dragonmarked houses
 +long ago and used his aberrant dragonmark to destroy
 +Old Sham.
 +The smallest of the four criminal organizations described
 +here, House Tarkanan has no interest in claiming
 +territory or dominating the criminal underworld.
 +The house takes neither side in the war between the
 +Boromar Clan and Daask, and it will not assassinate
 +high-ranking members of either organization. In other
 +matters, it sells its services to all who have the gold to
 +pay for them. House Tarkanan's top priority is using its
 +wealth to protect, train, and care for people who have
 +aberrant marks. The leaders of the house are pragmatists
 +and soldiers, and they train their recruits to be warriors
 +and thieves.
 +Despite its name, House Tarkanan is not a dragonmarked
 +house; it has taken the name to mock its
 +enemies, and it doesn't have the recognition, power, or
 +resources of a dragonmarked house. In fact, many members
 +of House Tarkanan hate the dragonmarked houses
 +for being prejudiced against their kind and fear that they
 +will instigate a second purge of aberrant marks. Others
 +are more idealistic, and see the growing power of the
 +houses as a threat to all of the nations of Khorvaire.
 +HOUSE TARKANAN OPERATIONS
 +House Tarkanan provides two basic services t o clients:
 +theft and murder. Fees for jobs are based on the task's
 +complexity and riskiness; a simple cutpurse contract
 +costs far less than the assassination of a Sham Watch
 +captain in Skyway.
 +What differentiates the assassins of House Tarkanan
 +from those of House Phiarlan and Thuranni is their accessibility.
 +The dragonmarked houses sell their services
 +only to a select list of wealthy and powerful clients, and
 +they can pursue contracts anywhere in Khorvaire. Conversely,
 +anyone with enough gold can hire House Tarkanan's
 +assassins, but they take jobs only within Sham.
 +HOUSE TARKANAN NPC s
 +Because House Tarkanan helps all those who have aberrant
 +dragonmarks, the organization has allies across
 +a wide range of society, from beggars to nobles. Some of
 +the organization's most important people are these:
 +• Thora, a female human, has the ability to sense mystical
 +energies-a gift that enables her to identify others
 +with aberrant marks. She founded the organization
 +and serves as its leader. While she uses the name
 +Thora Tarkanan among her compatriots, she has established
 +herself as Thora Tavin among the wealthy
 +elite of Sham and has cultivated relationships with
 +many influential people.
 +• Rotting Bal is one of Thora's most trusted lieutenants.
 +A male elf, Bal was part of the original squad of aberrant
 +commandos. He's an exceptional martial artist
 +whose skills are enhanced by his mark.
 +• Zae is a female halfiing who has the power to speak to
 +and control vermin. Though she's no warrior, her gift
 +helps the house gather information.
 +HOUSE TARKANAN VILLAINS
 +Some House Tarkanan villains are obsessed with bringing
 +down the dragonmarked houses. Others are willing
 +to take innocent lives if doing so means saving one person
 +with an aberrant mark. Sample villains appear on
 +the House Tarkanan Villains table.
 +H O U S E TA R K A N A N VI L L A I N S
 +d4 Villain
 +A member of H ouse Tarka nan m u rders members of
 +d ragon marked houses, reducing her victim s to smoldering
 +piles of ash.
 +2 D riven mad by his aberrant d ragon m ark, a dwarf becomes
 +obsessed with destroying Sharn i n the same
 +manner that Halas Tarkanan col lapsed Old Sharn.
 +3 A House Tarka nan half-elf kidnaps c h i l d re n with
 +aberrant marks, believi ng the organization i s better
 +s u ited to bring up the c h i l d ren than their parents.
 +4 A House Tarkanan mage starts d ri n ki n g the blood of
 +d rago n m a rked nobles, believing it will i ncrease the
 +strength of his aberrant mark.
 +HOUSE TARKANAN
 +CAMPAIGN THE M E S
 +As assassins for hire, the members of House Tarkanan
 +can appear in a campaign as agents of other enemies of
 +the adventurers. But they can also play a central role in
 +a campaign.
 +To use House Tarkanan as a recurring villain, you can
 +stress its ruthlessness and emphasize its hatred of the
 +dragonmarked houses. If any of the adventurers have
 +ties to one of the houses, this confrontation could begin
 +with a number of small attacks against the adventurer
 +or their friends. Over time, these actions could escalate.
 +In addition, you could build a story around Thora Tarkanan's
 +quest to discover the secrets of aberrant dragonmarks.
 +Long ago, Halas Tarkanan and the Lady of the
 +Plague possessed marks so powerful that they could
 +destroy cities. Can Thora find a way to amplify her own
 +power in the ruins of Old Sham?
 +If one or more of the adventurers has an aberrant
 +dragonmark, House Tarkanan can also serve as a group
 +patron for a party of adventurers, as described in chapter
 +l. The House Tarkanan Assignments table provides
 +hooks for adventurers who are working with the organization,
 +and the discussion of crime syndicates in chapter
 +1 includes additional ideas.
 +
 +H O U S E TA R K A N A N ASS I G N M E N TS
 +d4 Assignment
 +Steal a satchel fu l l of research on the War of the M ark,
 +carried by a wizard who works at M o rgrave University.
 +2 Kill a Karrnat h i warlord who is visiting Sharn, and
 +make it look l i ke an accident.
 +3 Kill a target before she signs her last will and testament
 +to assign her property to a new heir.
 +4 Rescue a d reaml i ly dealer with an a berrant mark who
 +has been captured by the Sharn Watch.
 +HOUSE TARKANAN
 +ADVENTURE HOOKS
 +The House Tarkanan Adventure Hooks table presents
 +ideas for adventures themed around House Tarkanan.
 +H O U S E TA R K A N A N ADV E N T U R E H O O K S
 +d 4 Adventure Hook
 +H ouse Tarkanan d i sturbed the dead d u ring an exped
 +ition to Old Sharn, causing u ndead to terrorize the
 +city above.
 +2 House Tarkanan declares war on the dragon marked
 +houses in Sharn and begins k i l l i ng nobles in the
 +streets. M any of the houses' busi nesses in the city are
 +shut down as fear spreads.
 +3 A victim who was kil led by a House Tarkanan assassin
 +retu rns as an u ndead that tries to kill anyone who
 +bears an aberrant mark.
 +4 House Tarkanan steals a key that can d isable a ticking
 +time bomb created by an artificer.
 +
 +
 +HOUSE TARKANAN
 +House Tarkanan is an elite force of mercenary thieves and assassins. The criminal talents of the Tarkanans
 +are enhanced by another trait they share: every member of the house possesses an aberrant dragonmark. Thus, every Tarkanan has an unpredictable magical gift-and all of them are united by the fear and prejudice that
 +most aberrant heirs elicit from other people.
 +If you have a contact in House Tarkanan, you might know someone on the Tarkanan Contacts table.
 +TARKANAN CO NTACTS
 +d6 Contact
 +Rotting Bal (human) is an assassin, an expert in un­
 +armed combat, and a founding member of the house. 
 +2 Fileon (halfling) is a healer with a deadly touch, who
 +evaluates and trains potential recruits.
 +3 Nightshade (gnome) is an assassin and alchemist spe­
 +cializing in exotic poisons, who's always interested in acquiring new toxins or unusual herbs.
 +4 Whisper (elf) is a thief whose aberrant dragonmark ab­
 +sorbs sound. Whisper appreciates fine things and has 
 +a vast collection of unusual trinkets.
 +5 Zae (halfling) can influence vermin and see through
 +rats' eyes-an ability often used to spy on people.
 +6 Mala Shol (half-elf) is an expert pickpocket and a mas­
 +ter of disguise, with a talent for illusion.
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