Sure. You’re looking at (left to right):
1. Andred Kuroone, a merchant based in Zazesspur, who sells “thael leaf” (the dried leaves of a plant sold to be added to either temple incense or pipeweed, to flavor the smoke inhaled with an almond-plus-herbs (think amaretto and...
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...roast nuts, but not sweet) among other herbs, spices, and dried foods (apricots, et al).
2. Lurandural Veltree, a (kneeling) half-elf representative of The Halanthor, a local merchants’ guild. He’s holding a forouge or “test pipe” for sampling the smoke of inhaled or...
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...suffused sales goods. Its odd shape is due to it being carved to resemble a stirge skull (a common style from the 1200s DR onwards). The slate on the ground is his, used for scribbling down trade deals on the spot. He’s here at the invitation of the priestess, and is...
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...awaiting a sample of the mix Galannavruk is preparing.
3. Jhalanavress Tanthavur, a priestess of Waukeen, in “everyday” temple wear, who’s smoking the thael leaf the merchants are trying to sell her, and evidently enjoying it. This shipment of thael will be ground up...
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...and added to temple braziers, not smoked in pipes. Jhalanavress holds the rank of Preceptress in her temple, equivalent to “chatelaine” of a castle; she’s in charge of all the lay temple staff and the underpriests, and the grounds and fabric (walls, roof, plumbing, ...
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...structure) of the temple.
4. Orstrar Galannavruk, a (sitting) second “dried sundries” merchant working with Andred Kuroone; he’s the senior partner and the main “coin mountain” of the partnership, but leaves much of the negotiating to the more charismatic and younger...
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...Andred. He’s currently blowing some crumbled thael into an incense mixer (the chase-decorated globe) the priestess has loaned him, to mix it and present her with the result for her to inhale and approve or disapprove of. (She’s going to enthusiastically approve.)
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This scene is taking place in a back temple yard (between the rear wing of the holy house and its stables) of The High Holy House of Coin, a recently-founded temple of Waukeen in northeasternmost Scornubel, in the late 1490s DR.
Kuroone and Galannavruk have trekked...
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...straight from Triboar, and are dressed accordingly.
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Great illustration, BTW!
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