"When I was in Russia, I was approached by a woman, a visiting lecturer. Adelaide. We became... something like friends and, towards the end of that year, she asked me to join the Mortis Domina. I'd never heard of any group, magical or mundane, by that name and so I did research." He felt a small smirk form on his face. Typical. "And still, I couldn't find anything. Or nearly anything. All I could learn was that it was an all female group and they were sometimes called mercenaries. Other times called assassins. I was... offended, honestly. I told her thanks, but no. She didn't seem to like that very much, but she said if my mind ever changed to come to Italy and she'd find me. It was weird, but since I never intended to go to Italy, it didn't really mean much to me."