Masquerade (mercenary group)

the Masquerade were a mercenary company based in Waterdeep around 1358 DR. They were a company of professional spies and infiltrators.

History
The first sign of the Masquerade was around 1343 DR. They had infiltrated many governments and several other mercenary companies in preparation for potential future jobs. In truth the Masquerade were the secret army of the Unseen, ready to be used at right time.

Membership
The Masquerade employed many human thieves and wizards but all kind of races and classes were welcomed.

Tactics
They usually worked uncovered infiltrating the target. The Masquerade used also a large numbers of informants. The true Masquerade members had mental blocks implanted by a high-level psionicist. They usually only spied or assassinated targets. The only kind of open battle that they accepted were broke sieges.

Contracts
The Masquerade took 100 gold piece for a day adjusted to the difficulty of the task.

Leadership
Their leader was a doppelganger.