Clarence Vex worked for a good twelve years for the British army as an in-between to officers and other ranking gentry that found spying and the gathering of intelligence repulsive, mostly due to the class of men they needed to interact with and the measures to which they were obliged for that sort of work.

His success in this ambiguous position ensured that he was often placed "on loan" to the metropolitan police service to help "gather domestic intelligence on those acting against the interests of the crown." In truth he was often tasked with uncovering details on political rivals of high-ranking officers.

Disillusioned patriotism lead Mr. Vex to seek the bottle a little too often, eventually leading to his dismissal from service.

He was hired by Lady Gallorett during the summer of 1875 as her Chief Investigator.