Queen's Physicians

Dr. Davaulus’s handpicked cadre of doctors

Description
These men wear cowled robes of oily-looking leather, supple gloves, and wide black hats. Some grip heavy canes, others dark satchels. Each of them, though, wears a dark-goggled mask tapering to a pointed beak.

Inaguated by royal decree, these doctors are responsible for helping to treat the Blood Veil in Korvosa

History
You first encountered these strange bird-like men at Castle Volshenyk, where they and their leader, Dr. Devaulus were being introduced to the Guard.

They spread out over a lot of the city during the plague and while their presence have certainly been noticed, they do not seem to have made any real impact on the spread of the disease.

At the wreck of the Direption, you found something disturbing. In the bowels of the sunken ship, a person dressed in the distinctive robes of the Physicians, but also carrying a symbol of Urgathoa, the Goddess of disease and undeath. Also aboard the ship, you found a Death's Head coffer, which contained a plague rat and a pouch of coins. You summized that this had been spreading Blood Veil.