Vernon Morrow

Vernon is a withering old, human man in his late 70s, crooked of back and frail as a cornstalk. The most secretive and newest member of the Councilmen of Hill's Edge, Vernon moved to the city around a decade ago, where he was quickly moved into a position of power, then "elected" to a seat on the council, one that he has held for the past ten years.

Normally only seen travelling between the Councilmen's Tower and his home (a walled compound in the northwest corner of the city) surrounded by a retinue of guards, Councilman Morrow moved to Hill's Edge in his late 60s to be a liaison for another group he was a member of, hoping to bring Hill's Edge into this group's fold as members of the Trader's Council.

He is a practicing user of magic, and the town's people gossip and spread rumors that he practices dark arts in his home and the tower.

The Group knows he is a senior member of the Zhentarim, Aroros (in disguise as Alia) having been told this by Anya Selden while in Scornubel last. Upon infiltrating his tower lab and offices, Aroros discovered he was working on a flesh golem, in a bid to seemingly have the city prepared in case the rest of the Zhentarim-backed Trader's Council tried to attack Hill's Edge.