With Jobe leading these " secrete missions " for Lucius , the crew that fallowed and respected him where tough special trained guardsmen , going threw a special training run by captains that answer directly to Lucius . The special crew consisted of three . Jon " the rat " gooseman . Jon grew up on the streets of Malifaux , the youngest of the crew but his age of 17 is lost when looking into his eyes , Jon grew up fast having to take care of his young sisters , there mom was found murdered in the mines of malifaux , union worker's had all denied any fowl play and her murder was eventually pushed under the rug , with no evidence being found . Jon took to the streets refusing to work union labor , there wasn't many jobs to take up . Being an athletic young man with a natural ability for climbing , Jon takes up breaking and entry stealing from union officials . Well the union should pay for his mothers death that happened on there property leaving her kids parent-less and hungry.
Jon managed to make a good living from his new found talents , being dubbed the Rat do to the mask Jon wore during his break ins a burlap sack with eye holes cut out and a crudely drawn nose and whiskers drawn onto it . He was also very crafty with his escapes being able to jump , climb and swing threw most terrain , was impossible to catch . Jon carried no weapons and chose to flea than fight . That is til he was captured and cornered by the guild guard . In his cell a tall man wearing a gold mask , ornate silk shirt , with a tailed crimson coat fitted with the perfection of the best tailor's needles , introducing himself as Lucius . When the man spoke Jon felt small and non significant in the presence of Lucius . Lucius dropped two very expensive looking daggers at his feet , the blades where black , light refused to to reflect from there surface , the handles where in the shape of several snakes intertwined with one another there mouths open as if the blade was coming from deep with in there throat , on the back end of each blade was a decently sized soul stone . The holsters for which they would fit into where fine black leather and looked to be stitched with the same fine quality as the cloths Lucius was wearing . " Pick those up and fallow me , I can teach you too use them , revenge your mother , not have to sneak around windows for some coin , be able to care for your sisters and become someone of respect . Or take those daggers sell them for a nice amount of coin and go on living the way you are now , and eventually get caught by Arcanist agents leaving your sisters with no one . I have to say i am amused by the work your doing . "
The choice was an easy one for Jon , he picked up his daggers looked at the path that lead out shook his head and fallowed Lucius .
More to come . I am kinda enjoying putting these out in short bursts it feels like I can type more this way more frequently .