Zalamandra
Zalamandra is the proprietress of the Emporium in Ravengro. The exotic owner came to power as a young madam seducing Professor Montague Marat, proprietor of a travelling sideshow and curiosity collection passing through Ravengro. The two soon joined forces, and a cavalcade of freaks and eccentrics became Zalamandra’s Emporium. Ravengro has never been the same.
The Queen of the Veiled Corridor does not tolerate blackmailers among her staff, but nonetheless keeps a mental file of the predilections and preferences of her prominent customers, silently wielding this knowledge as an anvil over the heads of potential political enemies. That she has not yet been assassinated is a tribute to her considerable political skills and the shielding influence of Professor Marat’s motley assembly of living oddities.
