In the sprawling, cosmopolitan Llaza many different people make their home. Merchant and murderer, philanthropist and prostitute, acrobat and apothecary, scribes, priests, racketeers, beggars, sages, doctors, matoo jockeys, boatsmen and stree-herds, humans, salsham'ai, tlaxu, gloppies and durdrn. All can be found on the streets and waterways of Llaza.

These are some of them.

• Magister Painu, Master of the Mint.
• Fermi Esfet, Emporium Owner.
• Ambassador Lyran, Salsham'ai Representative.
• Rolak Vertsin, Chairman of the Most Illustrious Guild of Longshoremen and Labourers.
• Serene Lil, Bar Owner, Procurer of Pleasures.
• Gorshan Reniq Astavar, Newspaper Magnate.