"Maybe. I'm more inclined to think that Stormoon started seeing Charlene and that is what pulls him out of his misery. Possibly the cook introduced them or had a hand in their meeting, at the very least saw them together. This would have been around the time that Charlene would have been working for the Lady Luxuries. Either Stormoon, Charlene, or the both of them together stumble upon something there that someone, possibly these Onice's, didn't want them to see and they take out Stormoon to silence Charlene. They make the death public knowing that people will gossip and the news will reach her ears. She gets spooked and tells her estranged boyfriend, Falce, everything and that she wants to get out of the city. He has a history of theft from those he works with, so he likely swipes the gem from the Onice's and gives it to Charlene to pawn for gold. Bad move because they really want it back and hunt her down and kill her to get it, after questioning her about how she got it. They make her death look like an accident so there's no further investigation."