Ka'ab al-Ahbar Ka'ab al-Ahbar's family had always owned The Tea and Smoke House in Simad, in northwest Garren. His father's, father's, father's, father, the first named Ka'ab al-Ahbar, had been a hired assassin. He had come to Simad to carry out a job. The first Ka'ab had been well paid, and seeing an opportunity to turn a profit in Simad, had stayed. He had opened The Tea and Smoke House as a front for the business he carried out. http://www.mernac.com/modules/mernac/story.php?id=852&aid=1008