Almost robbed by a street thug with a crescent moon and stars tattoo
Learned from Cel that the Guild of Phantoms put out contracts on us
Sent by Cel to find Johannes Rubian, former artificer who commissioned for the wealthy
I know that Rubian's construct is well known at the university since it was donated for research; coined as a term for the impossible since no one could figure out how it worked
Went into self imposed exile 20 years ago
Living in the town of Mire
Arrived at Mire; Learned that Rubian did something with his family; possibly killed them and rebuilt them as automatons?
Summoned to the Magistrate's office, where we learned about 2 strings of disappearances
The first string of disappearances started happening after Rubian stopped holding parties, and was hung by the town guards after going mad and covering himself with blood
1st string of disappearances stopped, then the 2nd string started after Rubian's death
Learned that another local, August Graves, is attempting to enter the mansion
Investigated the site of the most recent disappearance, but found nothing. Headed to Rubian's mansion next.
--------Rubian's mansion--------
definitely haunted
inhabited by clockwork constructs
charnel house in the basement
Rubian might have been experimenting with fusing metal into man