What do we know about our rivals?
Having more info, I can elaborate on this now. Note that there are others, but I am only listing ones that have such prominence that each players has a character that would have heard of them. Also note, that since I don't know what type of crime you will all go for, I am going to list some that may not be competition, depending on which way you take this.
Laronoir:
- A guild of mostly drow, but allows non-drow members
- based in the underdark below the city and the nearby city of Siot
- known for burglary, pick-pocketing, rape
- hundreds of year old guild
- leader's name is Vorture
- known to have at least 200 members operating in Port Talp
Hazard:
- An individual pirate who is a giant Gatori
- attacks ships in the harbor
- active for 15 years
- believed to have agents that sell pirated goods int the city
Elki:
- Not her real name, believed to be short for a Horarian name
- female assassin
- no known accomplices
- active for less than a decade
The Organized Garbage and Refuse Collectors:
- Least reputable of the workers' guilds and the only one with notable ties to crime
- About 300 members
- known for extortion and transportation of illegal items
- leader a human named Kandleme
- Guild only decades old, and illegality began ten years ago