Dexter

"Kalom checks all the novices sooner or later."

Dexter is a fence and Old Camp figure whose backing carries weight with Diego. He offers the Hero a way to earn it: retrieve a potent brew recipe from Cor Kalom, a Swamp Camp alchemist and one of the cult's top dogs, who won't talk to anyone outside the cult. His plan is for the Hero to pose as someone looking to join the Brotherhood, since Kalom checks all the novices sooner or later, and get the recipe once Kalom talks to him. He is upfront that his recommendation to Diego depends entirely on how the job goes, and haggles over expenses, at first refusing an advance of fifty nuggets before grudgingly handing some over rather than lose the Hero's help.

When the Hero delivers the recipe, Dexter reads off its contents, seraphis, swampweed, and crawler ichor, unimpressed by the secret itself but noting the Fire Mages will know what to do with it, "probably get hammered on it, 'cause that's all they're doing these days." He pays the Hero and promises to tell Diego about the results. Separately, he sells goods and maps, and points the Hero to the Swamp Camp by way of the south gate, confirming it's the one by the fallen tower.