Name: Lucius Flavius Varro
First Met: Chapter 1 - Rome
Notoriously corrupt and paranoid. Arrogant, yet fawns over people. Has a solid network of informants via his family, which he leverages for his own gain.
Currently has patronage with Amicus Populi after the group secured his loyalty during Chapter 1 - Rome.
Name: Scaeva
First Met: Chapter 1 - Rome
Moneylender and underground pit fighting coordinator. A gnome with a nasty temper, Scaeva took offence to his men being brutally slain by Martis. Eventually, he arranged a series of “combats" for Martis in order to humiliate him. In the end, Martis made it through all of the contests and earned the faction all of Varro's IOU's that Scaeva held.
Name: Gnaeus “Granitefist” Ferrumson
First Met: Chapter 1 - Rome
Dwarven spymaster for Cicero. Hinted that his boss was “curious to see if this new player would change the game".
Name: Amita
First Met: Chapter 1 - Rome
Leader of a “family” of street thieves. Refused to work with Quintus due to his rank in society, but challenged him to discovery why the grain dole for the poor was being reduced while the wealthy continued to eat.
Name: Titus Elara
First Met: Chapter 2 - Osita
Posing as Senator Aulus Severian, Titus was involved with a plot to steal grain coming into Rome and stash it around the peninsula. Records show he was skimming some of the grain and reselling. Was killed by a Moirai Shade, apparently summoned by an Aegytpus assassin
Name: Domitia “The Siren” Licinia
First Met: Chapter 2 - Ostia
Former captain of The Lucky Coin. She was working with Titus Elara involving transporting stolen grain and reselling it. She fled her ship when a Moirai Shade was summoned to kill her.
Name: Marcus Paratus
First Met: Chapter 2 - Ostia
Member of the Obsidian Order. Was sent to Ostia looking for a missing colleague and their work. Has asked the group to help track down this missing documents.
Name: The Obsidian Order
First Met: Chapter 2 - Ostia
“What is Hidden, We Know”
“We Guard the Shadows, that Light may Endure”
Symbol - closed book with a small, unblinking eye above it etched on a piece of obsidian.
They are the secret police of the Collegium Magica, tasked with keeping Rome safe from dark magics or vengeful gods.
Name: The Lucky Coin
First Met: Chapter 2 - Ostia
Once the ship captained by Domitia Licinia, it is now the property of Amicus Populi
Name: Maximilian Camillius Pictor
First Met: Chapter 3 - Tuscana
Member of the Populares faction.
Roman senator who is acting governor of the region (due to backroom dealings with Lucius Cornelius Cinna). Part of the Secundarium but on the rise.
Name: Hostus Gavius Sita
First Met: Chapter 3 - Tuscana
Stern commander of the IX Legion and Pictors right hand man.
Name: Gaius Bilius the Younger
First Met: Chapter 3- Tuscana
Tuscana's master metalsmith. Appears that an assassin is currently out to kill him.
Name: Lucius Cornelius Cinna
First Met: Have not met him yet. Name has popped up during Chapter 1 - Rome and again in Chapter 3 - Tuscana
A four-time consul of the Republic as both Rome and Field Consuls, he is one of Rome's most influential persons. Though retired, he still wields his political power to help his allies securing consulships for themselves.