Rufino

Rufino is the elderly caretaker of the City of Fabulon's catacombs, a stooped and quiet old man who never leaves his charges. Since the catacombs are used as something of a superhighway for the Velvet Armigers to move about and out of the city, he is one of their primary confidants. He is actually the previous emperor, Fabio, not in fact dead but under the influence of a drug that has made him forget who he is. His job requires so much solitude that even his old associates do not recognize him. Florian is aware of his true identity, having placed him there, as is Antonio Stanzi, the smartest of the Armigers. Both keep this information to themselves.