Overview
Klaus Bauer is one of twin brothers serving the Brotherhood as hired muscle and grave-robber. He and his brother Werner procure bodies from morgues and cemeteries for use in Engine component acquisition. They are not ideological members of the Brotherhood — they are mercenaries willing to perform illegal and morally reprehensible work for payment (approximately 50 gulden per delivery).
Session 8 Update — Location Confirmed (August 8, 1814)
In the morning of 8 August 1814, Dr. Fischbein delivered confirmed intelligence to Freddy Cavendish establishing the Bauer brothers’ current location and the documentary chain that put them there:
- Klaus and Werner are quartered at the Black Bear Tavern on Taborstrasse, second floor.
- They were released from Geheimpolizei custody on a release order personally signed by Captain Vogel. Fischbein has the signature confirmed against three other Vogel signatures from prior cases. The paper trail is intact and verifiable, and remains in Fischbein’s possession.
This is the first time the party has had a hard, current address for the Bauer brothers. They are now actionable — locatable for surveillance, confrontation, extraction, or interrogation.
Session 11 Update — Killed at the Black Bear (Evening, 10 August 1814)
Freddy, Adrien, and Thomas raided the Bauer brothers’ room at the Black Bear, Taborstraße, second floor. The landlady was bribed into revealing the room’s location.
Thomas kicked the door in. Klaus drew a knife. Adrien shot him, wounding him severely and throwing him back onto a cot. Klaus staggered back up with his knife while the others fought Werner. Thomas ran Klaus through with his saber. Klaus died on the floor of the Black Bear.
Items Found
The party recovered from the Bauer brothers’ room:
- A severed woman’s arm preserved in salt, wrapped in waxed cloth, in a canvas bag smelling of lye
- A morgue receipt from the Allgemeines Krankenhaus
- A crude hand-drawn map of the University basement showing corridors, doors, and a service entrance marked with an X
- A lockbox containing 80 Austrian golden
Connections
People
Family
- Werner Bauer NPC warmTwin brother; works alongside Werner2 sessions, The Duel, the Diva, and the Demon to The Duelling Ground
Murdered by
- Colonel Henri Moreau Player character hostileMurdered by the Bauer brothers under contract from Adler1 session: The Duel, the Diva, and the Demon
Serves
- Albin Herzfeld NPC neutralHired muscle; no ideological commitment1 session: The Duel, the Diva, and the Demon
Events
Participated in
- Moreau Graben Assassination Eventattacker — escaped