![[NineFingersKeenePathfinder-v2.webp]] # Nine-Fingers Keene _Human Guild Leader | [[The Guild]] | [[Baldur's Gate]]_ ## Summary Unassuming leader of [[The Guild]], [[Baldur's Gate]]'s sprawling criminal organization. Known for thoughtful pragmatism and vicious efficiency when crossed. She recently declared open season on vigilantes. %% ## Now Has come in person to a [[The Guild|Guild]] safe house to deal with the party, who arrived under her roof sheltering Grand Duke [[Dillard Portyr]] and carrying proof that [[Thalamra Vanthampur]] runs a [[Zariel|Zarielite]] cult and marked the Duke for death. Long suspicious that Thalamra was moving against the Guild, she now has both a reason and the evidence to act — for the right price. Weighing what the party's protection of a Duke is worth. ## Appearance Average height, average build, pleasant but instantly forgettable features. Brown hair, practical clothing in neutral colors, no jewelry or distinctive marks. Her forgettable appearance is her greatest weapon — victims struggle to recognize her even face to face. ## Personality Pragmatic, calculating, and patient. Views crime as a business requiring professional management; respects competence, despises sloppiness. Believes [[The Guild]] provides a valuable service, keeping streets safer than they'd be without criminal oversight. Revenge is only worthwhile when it's profitable. Never raises her voice — when angry she becomes quieter and stiller, and that stillness is when you should worry. ## Quote _"Everyone in this city has a price. The trick is figuring out what currency they prefer—coin, comfort, or consequences."_ ## Connections **[[Thalamra Vanthampur]]** — suspected rival moving against [[The Guild]]. ## Background **The Crisis as Opportunity:** Refugee camps mean protection rackets and smuggling flourish. [[The Guild]] is expanding in the [[Outer City]] while the [[Flaming Fist]] flounders without leadership. **The Vanthampur Problem:** Knows [[Dead Three]] cultists operate from the [[Frolicking Nymph]], and that [[Thalamra Vanthampur]] owns it through shell companies. The information is for sale, but the fight isn't hers — yet. ## Key Info - Will sell what she knows about [[Thalamra Vanthampur]] and the [[Dead Three]] cult at the [[Frolicking Nymph]], for the right price. ## Stats **Base:** Nine-Fingers Keene (Descent into Avernus). AC 15 | HP 84 | CR 5. - **Forgettable:** advantage on Deception to blend in; creatures have disadvantage remembering her appearance. - **Multiattack:** three dagger attacks (+7, 1d4+4). - **Uncanny Dodge:** halves damage from attacks she can see. %%