User blog comment:TheCrystalconman/RWBY Is The New Black/@comment-26130256-20150715164324/@comment-26130256-20150716180505

If that's the case, I may have to modify Azulius's backstory a little...

Instead of becoming a Huntsman, like our timeline, Azulius Cardamom decided to become a con artist and heister. Scams, art theft, jewels, smuggling, good old-fashioned robbery--he's done it all, but always stayed a step ahead of the law and covered his tracks just enough to avoid conviction. Until someone "found" a glitch in his income taxes, which the judge gladly used to sentence Azzie to an enormous prison sentence.

Now behind bars for a few months, he's caught up on his reading and practiced his magic, but the thrill of the caper calls to him. Problem is, if "the man" catches him doing anything that could link him to his previous crimes, Azulius can kiss the outside world goodbye.