Gonehl was a senior member of the Unseen in Waterdeep in 1370 DR and 1372 DR. Gonehl, under his alias as "Aquila Gerallin", led the Masquerade, a mercenary information network based outside of Waterdeep. The Masquerade, to all outside Gonehl and Hlaavin, looked like a honourable group without a hidden agenda, but in truth they had infiltrated the governments of Amn, Sembia, and Westgate, plus several mercenaries companies. The Masquerade was actually the secret army of the Unseen.