Esme's dad was a Xanathar smuggler, but Esme did not know this until after his death, as revealed by Krentz
Any Xanathar Guild agent knows: (d6)
1,2 - Never heard of him.
3 - sure the blacksmith.
4 - yeah I played poker with him a couple times
5 - yeah, we played poker. He owes money to Sharkey down in skullport. I haven't seen him in a while.
6 - He was caught embezzling and ordered to be “taken out”