The Blue Barbers are able to offer to lease magic items.
The Blue Barbers can track the magic items they've sold.
The Blue Barbers operate with a series of sending stones. They offer one to talk to them for free.
The Wilven-Ashadar Trading Company operates out of Ashadar, which is under the Parsis the Hidden but secretly smuggles goods and funding from Ibbalan the Illustrious.
Braydek Grymm hired other road agents to move to split the caravans between Ashadar and FoFF. That way neither he, nor anyone involved in the double-secret smuggling operation have to deal with Ashadar.
Parsis is extremely smart. There's almost no way he or his agents aren't aware of Ibbalan's smuggling operation and he's letting it happen anyway.
Morys Gemborne's Timarli uncle is causing trouble. He believes that tensions are high the area due to Ghost Walker attacks.
Treasure hunters of Atasha seek a helm of teleportation in a vault under the ruined Colosseum of the Red Sun in Gizmiri.
At an ancient statue of Mot outside of Siyaz and Sarkland where reside dragon hunters of Mot who would make excellent allies against Atesha of the Burning Sands.
An obsidian fortress to Baal lord of fire along the Scholar's Path serves as the safe house for the funding to pay for the Sharpened Coin mercenaries and supplies for the armies housed at Nurduran. Without it, they would crumble or revolt.

Fantastic Locations

Notable NPCs

Braydek Grymm, orc noble Wilven-Ashadar Trading Company
War Chief Silverblade – Leader Fangs of the Bloodmoon
Melsune Graveheart – halfling commander of the Third Finger of the Lower Left Hand.
Thora Spiderfall – Contact at the Parlor of the Blue Barbers.
Master Kiprek – Priest of Nakresh at FoFF
Morys Gemborne, a humorous kobold Kobaldi nephew of the local lord and local representative of the Dragon Empire in FoFF.
Orthania Faerietongue, a quiet shadow elf apothecary. Mother of Kal.
Selven Razortooth, a pious kobold nephew loyal to the empire and pain in the ass.
Thora Wyrmbait (Gnoll Hunter) – Wants to shatter the structure of the empire and save the hundreds of thousands doomed to death in the dragons' infernal wars.
Thranna Blueglacier. Elderly blue dragonborn who isn't loyal to the dragon empire. Friend of Gaudenzia.

The characters fought a bunch of Ghost walker ettins, ogres, and a bag of rust monsters
The characters chose to travel to the Obsidian fortress of Baal to steal or disrupt the money going to the Sharpened Coin mercenaries and the armies outside of Nurduran.
We ended with a shopping cliffhanger! What goods did Braydeck Grimm bring back from Ashadar?
What was the name of their contact with the Blue Barbers?