Pol is the History Czar.
Pol did smoking and drinking, as well as several areas.
Don't send a tell to him unless you consider yourself dead already. If you could have lived without his help, and you send him a tell, he will laugh while he explodes your limbs one by one, then drops your still-living body in a volcano. Is that clear enough, people? He'll toggle your near-death bit. If it isn't set, and you 'tell' him, it will be. He hates all players, and loves ending your miserable little lives. He made the swamp. He made Shelob. He made the demon lord of vengeance. He makes a lot of things that make you suffer and bleed.
Ok, maybe not that bad, but you get the point. He hates being distracted.