I've been thinking about the characters and their Faction contacts and the relationships thereof. The factions are kind of an interesting beast of an idea in the first place. NONE of them are truly 'good' as organisations go, which I like. A lot of people think of the Zhents as the 'bad ones' but that's not true at all - they all have the potential for badness.
As far as the contacts and the characters go, I'm going to establish some mixed relationships. You won't necessarily like or agree with your contact, nor are they necessarily your 'boss'. These are simply high-ranking (for Chult) members of these organisations, ALL of which are more powerful in the north than they are here.
They requested aid, sent a bunch of mixed information as to why, and the organisation sent YOU. Also for various mixed reasons. Some of you may have been requested, others gotten 'rid' of, or sent as a punishment, or whatever. It'll come out in time.
I don't have a complete map of the Port yet, BTW so don't go asking where stuff is too much, okay?