The gathered Council of Waterdeep represents the Lords Alliance, Harpers, Order of the Gauntlet, Nieznane Kingdom of Misty Forest, Mithral Hall of the Dwarf Kingdoms, even the Zhentarim and other forces in response to the threat posed by Severin Silrajin's manipulation of the Cult of the Dragon, aided by the Red Wizards' Rath Modar to lure the evil dragon god Tiamat into Faerûn.