I can accept she knows him and sets up meetings for him. She will not be sleeping with him. Though she can be flirtacious. Maybe she really wants to and he is like you put forth, not willing to do that with one of his business contacts. Giving me the opportunity to seduce him?  >:)<br/><br/>I like the fact he is a bit corrupted, but still keeping it businesslike. Does he know that she is a cat burglar and she collects these little trinkets to sell to the fence, Captain's character? I kind of had the idea of him chasing the cat burglar, and not knowing it is her. Or maybe you could portray one of the men under him as chasing the cat burglar? It would be something the nobles are going to be a little angry about, as they are losing their precious hidden things.<br/><br/>As far as business contacts, she is the one who arranges the meeting with the fence? That is good. I see it as Hani has stolen the wine locked in a nobles house wine cellar. She only got one bottle, there maybe a few more, the noble has not noticed the theft yet. He bragged to one of his friends that he has a 'special shipment' coming in. Hani overheard him and knows what ship they are coming in on. This noble can be played by one of you or I can do it. A case of this wine would be worth a small fortune. Of course he does not want to pay the King's taxes on such a precious shipment.<br/><br/>So if all of our main characters are corrupted and in business together, we need protagonists. Minor parts that can be easily taken by any of us. I propose each of us take on a secondary character to provide some conflict and opportunity for shenanigans.<br/><br/>I can take on the noble who is shipping in the Elven wine. I can make it a female noble who is beautiful and loyal to the Crown. She had been married to the Baron of Eastbrook. He met with an unfortunate accident. Now she is the Baroness of Eastbrook and involved in legitimate shipping of spices and silk from the Elves. Of course she also manages to get a crate of the expensive wine. The taxes are paid on it and she thinks they are secure in her warehouse.<br/><br/>We could use a higher up in the Court who is getting complaints that the Guard is lax on protecting the property of the nobles. Maybe a Minister of the Treasury who is complaining that the taxes are not being collected. Anything else we can think of to give us some fun to write. A Justicar would be good too for a secondary character. He is the one who determines guilt of the ones arrested, and sentences them. Maybe he enjoys that power a little too much?