Jessamine

Jessamine was a merchant prince in Port Nyanzaru in the late 15 century DR. She dealt in herbology goods and even poisons, along with assassinations that were approved by her and fellow merchant princes.

Description
To hide her affliction, Jessamine wrapped her body in black wrappings and wore heavy robes.

Personality
Jessamine was one of the more reserved merchant princes and often served as the final vote for issues on which they were split.

Relationships
Jessamine had a daughter, Yemzra, who came as a result of a dalliance she had with a sea captain from Amn. She ensured that her daughter received a strong education, in order that she could continue her mother's business interests.

Activities
In the late 15 century DR, Jessamine often sent brave adventurers into the jungles of Chult to gather zabou mushroom samples for her. A dangerous but lucrative task.

History
In her youth, Jessamine worked as an assassin for one of the pashas of Calimshan. She died during one of her assignments, and was resurrected at great cost to her patron.

When the death curse was released upon Toril, Jessamine began to wither away. She survived for at least two tendays after the curse began.

During the death curse investigation, Jessamine helmed the effort to make routes of Chult safe from recent increase of vegepygmy attacks. She instructed Eku and a group of adventurers to track down and slay one of the vegepygmy chieftains. Following its death, the plant creatures dispersed, fleeing into the jungle, making the paths relatively safe for travel once again. Shortly after, Jessamine asked the adventurers for one more favor, slaying the massive girallon known as the Great Ape, who was ravaging the routes outside of Port Nyanzaru. In exchange, she offered leads on the death curse investigation.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Tomb of Annihilation
 * Video Games
 * Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation