Moonclaw

The Moonclaw were a Thieves' guild on Hastarl on the ancient kingdom of Athalantar secretly financed by the king Belaur Aumar.

History
In the 229 DR the Moonclaw made their suddenly apparition in the streets of Hastarl, well equipped and armed, and soon obtained control over many of the illegal affairs of the city recruiting many members; this was a great problem for the many independent thieves so two of the the most appreciate, Farl and Eladar the Dark convinced most of the independent thieves to form an other guild, the Velvet Hands, also suspecting that the Moonclaw were agents of some powerful government officers or of a Magelord. Despite the their resources and the complicity of the guards the Moonclaw step by step lost to the Velvet Hands and in 240 DR the guild was destroyed by some time. In that years was discovered that the leader of the Moonclaw, Isparla the Winding, was in fact one of the mistress of the king definability proving the connection between Moonclaw and the government.