The Unseen
Very little is known of this group or its motives by the Lords and various power players of Waterdeep. The majority of the city's natives are blissfully unaware that this group exists at all, but its actions are starting to be felt, slowly but surely.
The Unseen is a consortium of shapechangers, thieves, illusionists, and assassins that is attempting to quietly sup¬plant various powerful people within Waterdeep (by replac¬ing them with doppelgangers and other shapechangers) and use their positions and influence to help themselves to the power, money, and prestige. After gaining a strong foothold in Waterdeep, Hlaavin plans on expanding the Unseen's power base slowly until they control key powers in Mirabar, Luskan, and Silverymoon.
The infiltration of Waterdeep began over 20 years ago, and has slowly progressed to this day. Hlaavin was the first doppelganger to gain his great size and power (through unknown means, though Pharem believes it has something to do with either the Rat Hills or Skullport, two of Hlaavin's original haunts), and he soon began leading the doppelgangers who lived in the Rat Hills. With his enhanced intelligence and increased disguise abilities, Hlaavin and his doppelgangers ambushed a small party of travelers heading toward the city. Using their gold and their identities, they purchased what would become the Hanging Lantern festhall (City Map Location D22) and have since been partially operating in the city since then.
Habitual customers from the Watchful Order soon deduced what the escorts were at this festhall, and Hlaavin worked out arrangements with the guild to protect his secrets. Hlaavin planned on quietly eliminating those who knew of the festhall's nature, but a wizard with a loud mouth named Volo revealed the secret to all who could read in his Guide to Waterdeep; Volo is still a primary target of the Unseen, should he ever set foot in the City of Splendors again. Since Volo's Guide exposed the Hanging Lantern, however, the crowds have only increased due to curiosity (and need of a quiet place to dispose of rivals).
One of Hlaavin's first attempts at infiltrating the upper echelons of power in Waterdeep was a failure, resulting in the death of Flaern Cragsmere, heir to the Cragsmere noble family (for more information, see the "Adventure Hooks" section of the Undermountain Adventures book in the Ruins of Undermountain set). After that near-ruin, Hlaavin and his lieutenants tried to steer far away from any potential interference by adventurers. The Unseen soon abandoned the practice of imitating direct agents involved in kidnap¬ing, but this incident led them to their operating proce¬dures that stand to this day: Use unknowing human pawns to bring your prey to ground and do the work whenever possible, thus avoiding any foul play being traced to your identity, and never imitate someone whose presence can¬not be explained or corroborated elsewhere.
Hlaavin and his doppelgangers operated out of the Rat Hills and the sewers of Waterdeep for over a decade. By habitually allowing himself to be seen prowling about the Rat Hills over the years, the guard and the Lords thought the doppelgangers were carefully contained outside the city, instead of being in their midst. With the Rat Hills Confla¬gration, the Unseen were fully driven into the city, and their main meetings now take place in highly secret rooms within the sewers. (Hlaavin himself keeps multiple safe- houses in the sewers, the city, and in the Dungeon of the Crypt under the City of the Dead.)
The various shapechangers have infiltrated a number of other power groups in Waterdeep, from the guilds to the other illicit groups like the Xanathar Thieves' Guild, all without detection and suspicion. None of the Unseen agents stay in one particular identity for much longer than a tenday; if folk are not readily available, they are less likely to be missed when the Unseen are elsewhere. Over the past year since the inferno at the Rat Hills drove them into the city, the Unseen's agents have killed and replaced 37 people of varying degrees of influence. The massacre of the Phaulkon caravan was created by a doppelganger who, disguised as a gnoll, incited the Hoar Fang pack to attack the caravan; after the attack, the doppelganger removed the heads of the fallen dead in order to absorb some knowledge of the Phaulkon nobles and other various information. Hlaavin slew the bungler for operating so openly and brazenly (but not until he had gleaned all the information from him).
The Unseen are, in fact, a collection of lesser and greater doppelgangers (each with various identities that are now theirs alone), greater leucrotta (see MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM pages), and human agents. Listed below are some of the shapechanging members (with some identi¬ties and powers) and a few other Unseen agents:
Hlaavin (NE greater doppelganger
-"The Black Admiral" (LE hm T9), the mysterious leader of a rogue pirate fleet (see Campaign Guide to the City, Chapter Two
-Chievel (LN hm F0), the major-domo of the Kothont villa and right-hand-man of Lord Kothont (Hlaavin's current identity of choice
-Lady Cyrtue (CE hf F0), owner of the Hanging Lantern festhall (D22
-Gaundos (CN hm W(I)8), a paranoid illusionist with a penchant for changing faces (for more information, see Chapter Five and
-Vahje (NE hm W16), a former member of the Watchful Order, now hunted in Waterdeep due to the events at Trolltide (see Chapter Six of the Adventurer's Guide to the City).
Khnarek (NE greater doppelganger
-Terl Fadesmar (LN hf W6), watch-wizard in Dock Ward;
-Ulik Frescem (LG hm F3), guard member (primary post: City of the Dead
-Captain Kullerras (CN hm F6), one of the captains under the Black Admiral; and
-Acolyte Respen (NG hm P2 of Selune), minor priest in the House of the Moon.
Ptola (NE greater doppelganger
-Kamlann (N hm F0), a member of the Dungsweepers' Guild; and
-Murklar (LG hm F0), penitent hunchback and janitor of the Wyvern's Rest inn ($2 on the City Maps).
Gonehl (CE doppelganger
Fhang (CE doppelganger
Uhkra (NE greater leucrotta
Kkruq (NE greater leucrotta
Pharem Ellstric (CE hm W(I)9): Gaundos' former ally who betrayed and killed him to serve Hlaavin, Pharem is the only human who knows Hlaavin's (and his henchmen's) true nature, and acts as the "head of the oper¬ation" (as far as any human agents know, but is really just a go-between for Hlaavin
Kerrigan Ellstric (NE hm T11): the chief assassin of the Unseen, Kerrigan is also Pharem's younger brother;
Necrom Regescar (LE halfm T8
Tomas Siohcen (NE hm P3 of Cyric and Lasster Vhenlok (CE hm F5).
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