Cowled Wizards

The Cowled Wizards are a secret and powerful organization based in the capital city of Athkatla within Amn. Operating separately from the ruling Council of Six, their main job is to find and destroy "deviant" wizards, sorcerers and other arcane spellcasters within the city. Although they are feared in Amn, they are tolerated because the general populace fears rogue spellcasters more. Nobody is aware of their numbers, though they keep an asylum on the island of Brynnlaw, referred to as Spellhold, where they house their offenders.

The group has lost power of late however, as the evil elven mage Jon Irenicus took over Spellhold in 1373 DR, killing a great many of the Cowled Wizards.