6 Random Beats from All Plots

A Clandestine ExchangeA clandestine exchange occurs in a dark alley.
Chain of CommandA guard captain and the travelling merchant have a pleasant lunch. Their talk seems to be all business, and somewhat less than legal.
Lovers LeapMore distraught folks have been jumping from the bridge called Lover's Leap by locals. The last jumper was said to be a happily married merchant in the caravaner's guild.
The Bloody MerchantA shopkeeper is found badly beaten behind his shop. He blames himself for taking out the trash so late and will not press charges.
Unwanted VisitorsApparitions rising from the sewers cause witnesses to lose their wits.
A ReprimandThe blowhard thug talks with a travelling merchant. Something the merchant says turns the thug pale.