A man was the leader a group from the Comparative Religion Society.
The society was interested in publishing a connection between the ruins on Traxis Four and Traxis Six. In order to accomplish this before anyone else could, they stole the ten artefacts from Traxis Six, one by one. When Irving Braxiatel realised this, he knew they would come for the book at the Braxiatel Collection sooner or later, so he set a trap for them.
The leader relied on Mason to find the location of the Collection's artefact. However, they were caught by Braxiatel and his guards. (PROSE: A Question of Identity)