Obituary: Vanished after a loud noise in his lab, and a fire that threatened to spread to other areas of the house. Chunks of something burnt that might have been Ven were found in the wreckage.

Description: This man is brown haired and brown eyed with slender features and fair skin, and of slightly less than average height. He tends to always be in motion, gracefully playing with a small object or holding a cup of tea. He rarely looks directly at anyone, instead tending to gaze off into the distance while in thought.

Personality: Ven presents as open and welcoming, and tends to be overly wordy. When he thinks he has a habit of juggling small objects or tapping his fingers. He enjoys solving mysteries and hunting down rare books and artifacts all over Arvum for customers. He spends his spare time drinking tea and reading, the archives of Arx being a particularly favorite spot.

Background: Raised a foundling orphan in the Lycene, Ven learned early to be self reliant in life. Studious and diligent, he went into the merchant's profession first as the apprentice of a scribe and then as a book seller who specialized in rare volumes and traveled extensively seeking them.

Being born without family led Ven to realize in early adulthood that in order to have people in his life that he could trust he would have to build those relationships himself. Building business relationships and friendships all over Arvum didn't come as naturally as his studies or travel, but Ven has worked hard at it and been rewarded with contacts all over the continent as a result.

Aside from seeking out and selling books Ven fell into the role of an information broker and point of contact between people of different social classes and professions. When people around the continent need to know something or have interesting knowledge to sell they come to Ven.