Sembian wine-seller Oszbur Malankar, half-elf sorcerer Dathanscza Meiril, and moneylender Ammasker Gwelt--all previously unassociated with another--have been exposed postmortem as Masked Lords of Waterdeep. All of Waterdeep knows someone is killing off the Masked Lords one by one now. The broadsheets are full of wild conjecture about who might be responsible. The ousted Lord Neverember? The Zhentarim, the CUlt of the Dragon, or some other Outland power? The Xanathar? Some cabal of quilds or nobles planning a coup? Waterdeep is in turmoil as the rumors roam free, stalking through the streets like snarling, untamed beasts. Regardless of what the Open Lord Laeral Silverhand does next, it has become painfully clear...this is a city of murderers.