(CE male changeling rogue 7): The most wanted criminal in Fairhaven, Kreelo leads the Dark Dagger Gang. His control of the city’s underworld is far from absolute, but his gang is the city’s strongest. The Dark Daggers make most of their money running protection rackets and smuggling contraband (everything from poisons and evil magic to barrels of untaxed wine) into and out of the city. If the PCs do any significant business with Fairhaven’s black marketeers, they have a good chance of attracting Kreelo’s attention.

Kreelo was a bold changeling as a youth—while in disguise, he even met Queen Aurala—but now he rarely leaves his bodyguards and the safety of the abandoned Silver Flame cathedral from which he controls his criminal empire. He knows that everyone from the Royal Eyes to rival gang lords would love to put his head on a pike.

Kreelo loves his life of crime, and he has honed his shapechanging skills to a higher level than typical changelings to support his passion. One might think wealth and freedom are the obvious allure, but Kreelo likes the deception and the rush more than the money. He enjoys feeling smarter and stronger than those he and his gang abuse and kill. He savors walking among those who would have him bound in chains or killed on the spot if they only knew the truth about who stood beside them.

Like their master, the gang members are bold in their criminal toil. No dishonest deed is beyond them, and they defy the authorities through bribery, threats, and an occasional murder. However, the Dark Daggers are careful in their targets and their travels. The upper crust has little to fear from the gang, and no member willingly reveals the gang base in the abandoned Silver Flame cathedral.

The Nightstalker

Only a trusted few know Kreelo has taken the identity of the infamous killer of unknown race and gender known as the Nightstalker. This legendary assassin, who usually kills targets in public while they have guards, has terrorized Aundair and nearby regions for decades longer than Kreelo has been alive. Kreelo took the role from the former leader of the Dark Daggers after learning the slayer’s art. That former leader, a changeling named Mara, lives in luxury in her mansion within Fairhaven. Kreelo still visits her, which could prove to be a weakness for him and Mara.

Kreelo might carry a magical weapon—Nightstalker’s poniard. (If Kreelo doesn’t have this or another magic dagger, make sure he has enough daggers to throw a few in combat and remain armed in melee.) In its early days, the gang took its name from this blade’s appearance. Since then, the knife has passed to each leader of the Dark Daggers. If outsiders acquire it, surviving gang members, a potential new leader among them, are likely to try to track the blade down.