Fourteen years ago, the Magic User, Orlis Jan, purchased the decrepit ruin of the old River District city watch headquarters.  Located at the Southern end of the City of Greyhawk's wharf, the old watch barracks and headquarters had stood empty and ignored for two decades.  

The mayoral counsel had constructed a new barracks inside the River District proper, just two blocks within the city walls through the River Gate.  From their new barracks and headquarters, the members of the River District's city watch had easy access both within the city walls and outside the River Gate in the bustling streets of the docks.  With the single exception of the High District city watch, the River District protected some of the city's most lucrative shops, trade, and warehouses.  In turn, this provided the commanders of the River District city watch with a certain amount of influence and control over these vital assets and, through this control, became wealthy.

Meanwhile, the Warlock, Orlis Jan, paid a pretty sum of gold orbs to rebuild and refurbish the old barracks into a fine Inn and Tavern of a grand size.  The protective walls surrounding the old barracks he had shored up and the old bastion tower repaired so that it could be converted into a comfortable home for his personal use.

Of course, the furrowed brow of the Baklunish Warlock contained plans within plans.  His Inn, the Black Lilly, would become an important location for adventurers, drawn inevitably to the City of Greyhawk in search of adventure and treasure.  This business would keep the Inn and tavern bustling and turning a modest profit in coin but, more importantly, provide a smoke screen for the location's real purpose as an important meeting point and resource for the Black Brotherhood, the Assassin's Guild.