6 Random Beats from All Plots

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.
Unwanted VisitorsApparitions rising from the sewers cause witnesses to lose their wits.
A Clandestine ExchangeA clandestine exchange occurs in a dark alley.
A ReprimandThe blowhard thug talks with a travelling merchant. Something the merchant says turns the thug pale.
Thug LifeA bard is warned about paying his fair share of "insurance" by a blowhard band of thugs.
Vanished ThievesThe Thieves Guild is fortifying their turf because they've lost crew. Nobody lost had pulled any large jobs and all went missing near the darkest parts of olde town.