Faction: Zhentarim
Davil realizes his bluff has been called. "Okay okay! Look I'll pay ya 20gp a month. We provide loans and merc services here, I don't deal directly with merch. I'm sure you know about the war with the Xanathar Guild, we're really low on members and yes, I happen to notice we look very similar. Although you're definitely uglier."
He digs into the top drawer on the desk, a snake with wings flies out of it, he barely notices. He slaps the paper down on the table. "Here's your first mission. Complete it and you get your money."
"Someone is killing elf and half-elf sailors in the Dock Ward-three dead so far, each one decapitated by a blade in the dead of night. Look into it, will you? Methinks the City Watch could use a little help."
Characters who spend three consecutive nights loitering around the docks spot Heldar, a drunk half-elf sailor (bandit), leaving the Muleskull Tavern (on Ship Street in the Dock Ward). EVERYONE PLAYING make a perception check dc18.