Maria Choi

At the border between the two villages, before an old wooden bridge across the creek. Only a few years ago, human hunters chased goblins down this very path; today two carts and a single tent stand here. It's a trading post set up by Maria, the lead merchant of the neighboring human village. Practical merchant's clothes, a gold pendant, sharp brown eyes. Under the tent, on a folding table, she has laid out scales, an abacus, and the leather samples sent from the goblin village. Each piece of leather bears the touch of the craftsmen you placed according to your skill map. Behind her, the human porters keep glancing across the bridge, still unable to let their guard down. Maria gives the abacus beads a shake to clear them and waves toward the far side of the bridge.