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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonMonster" data-source="post: 3412034" data-attributes="member: 38671">The temptation you'll face is to make all of the NPC organizations different crime syndicates.  Resist this temptation.  Once you have two or three of them fighting for control over the various markets any more just becomes needlessly complicated.  Instead create two or three unique organizations that could come into play.  One fantastic element that springs to my mind is the Beggar King and his Invisible Court.  He is what his title says - the King of all the Beggars in Sunrise.  He rarely takes an active role in the political shenanigans, but his minions are all over the place.  To most of the wealthy they don't exist and as a result they often hear important things that the speaker would rather go unheard.  While the Beggar King guards his vast store of knowledge like a miser his gold, there may be opportunities to bargain with him.  If something dark and ancient and evil has been preying on his subjects lately the King may trade his knowledge to those who put a stop to it.At some point you need to have a major hurricane blow through town and upset the existing order.  The social and political turmoil that results make a great backdrop for adventures and may provide the PCs with an opening that they wuoldn't have otherwise.</blockquote>