Larissa Wavecrest is a sharp-tongued maritime merchant based in Kijah, where she operates Wavecrest Mercantile from the city’s bustling Desert Breeze Plaza. Known for driving a hard bargain, Larissa nevertheless values reliability and has earned a reputation as a shrewd but fair trader with strong ties to Kijah’s riverfolk, smugglers, salvagers, and relic hunters.

Her business specializes in oceanic oddities and river-borne curiosities brought inland from the coast and southern isles. Her stall is less a simple shop than a canopy-draped, multi-tiered tower of teakwood and pale sandstone, decorated with wind-chimes, seashell garlands, and glimmering sail-like banners. The air around it carries the scent of salt, citrus, and foreign spices, while its shelves and balconies display dried sea fruit, pearlescent baubles, crafted jewelry, waterproof scroll cases, sailcloth robes, sea-witch charms, and desertwater elixirs.

Larissa served as the Kijah contact for the first major delivery of the House Ivory Golden Road expedition, receiving barrels of thermal salt extracted from the geothermal vents near Kaskala. The delivery established the party as reliable caravan agents and gave Larissa reason to offer them further work. Her most notable commission was the reconnaissance of Reed Cove, a secluded downriver site she had acquired for discreet trade, but which had become threatened by lizardmen, crocodiles, and other river dangers.

Practical, charming, and calculating, Larissa is the sort of merchant who smiles warmly while measuring every coin, risk, and opportunity in the room.

• Owner of Wavecrest Mercantile in Kijah.
• First official Kijah contact for the House Ivory Golden Road expedition.
• Recipient of the Kaskala thermal salt shipment.
• Maintains quiet ties to riverfolk, smugglers, salvagers, and relic hunters.
• Commissioned the party to scout and clear Reed Cove.

Larissa is warm when it suits her, direct when it saves time, and rarely caught unprepared. She treats adventurers as useful partners rather than hired muscle, provided they prove reliable. Her charm is genuine enough, but always edged with calculation.

• Kijah
• Desert Breeze Plaza
• Wavecrest Mercantile
• Reed Cove
• The Howling Harpy Inn