Tewae Silenthope is as obvious as you can imagine. Big assets, big personality, big tips. But she also has an extremely useful skill: big ears. She's really adept at listening to conversations even during very busy nights. She's not listening to random gossip, well, she is, but that's not the point. She knows market values of goods in far off cities, who's currently winning in the bid for the crown in the kingdom nearby, why the refugees have been driving so hard to get here, and even the whispers between the academy magistrates and local lords. And everything is for sale if you have the right price. Everything.