Smargat’s superior in the Emerald Claw, and the closest thing the order has to a single leader in Stormreach, is a notorious figure known on the Stormreach streets as the White Raven. The name comes from the pet bird that’s almost always seen perched on or near its master, and which is sometimes sent to either presage its owner’s arrival or pass along a silent message. In truth, the White Raven is just a person with a real name (“Dedrick Beynar”), but to call him ordinary would be overstating the case. Beynar is a shrewd and experienced arcane investigator sworn to the service of Vol herself. Beyond this, he is a master swordsman and his notoriety in certain circles is due in no small part to the infamy he’s garnered through the growing account of his many successful duels. Once he has accepted and begun a duel, nothing short of a direct command from Vol will make him stand down or offer mercy to his opponent. Beynar looks older than he is, having gone prematurely gray, and he prefers to accentuate both his maturity and notoriety by dressing in hand-tailored suits of white linen stitched with darkweave.
Beynar might be the boss where the rank and file of the Emerald Claw are concerned, but even the White Raven does the bidding of another. He carries with him an amulet given to him by Vol herself, and it acts as both a focus for her scrying magic and a means by which she can communicate with him over great distances. He doesn’t know that Vol has provided Lady Miravella, the head of the local House Thuranni enclave, with the means to make use of the amulet as well. The elf keeps tabs on Beynar’s activities without his knowledge, though she does not abuse the privilege.