I do not, by principle, include any well-known characters from the popular books in the setting. You will not see Drizzt or Elminster or Farideh in this setting. And everybody say, thank the Gods. If a character from the books do show up, is for a reason.

Such is the case for the leader of the Bregan D’aerthe mercenary company based in Luskan. He's angling to become a part of the Lord's Alliance by spearheading the effort to include the controversial city into the faction, which is much needed since the faction lost two city members—Everlund and Sundabar and would much needed any shot of fresh blood. Neverember has visited Luskan and talked with Jarlaxle (albeit with someone nearby with sword at hand; Jarlaxle doesn’t have Drizzt’s good graces) about the move to include Luskan into the Alliance, but the other members of the group are still very wary.