The assassins had been hired from another country, over four hundred miles away; a small country island country, that specializes in preparing and producing adventurers and mercenaries of the highest quality. Their items corroborate that origin; all of the highest quality, and almost entirely lacking in defense. Clearly, they're meant for a single, brutal strike, as hard and fast as they're capable of, and not expected to hold out during a fight of more than a handful of seconds, likely intending to escape, with a number of teleportation and speed-enhancing spells, to allow them to get away.<br/><br/>As to clues as to who might have hired them, that information isn't as apparent. The contract is a single sheet, in the hands of each, with a simple image of him, and a brief list of his supposed abilities, listing off spells they know he has, from his stories, as well as most likely defenses. Whoever put this out clearly knows a lot about him, and has done their research.