Joe Lakono makes a very useful recurring villain. Among his aliases are Orlando Fontaine and the Hooded Traveler. He was the mysterious “goblin mage” from the goblin wars a hundred years ago.
Joe may use Home Rule to use matches in Highland.
He takes a small packet from his pocket and bends it open to reveal many teeth. He breaks off a tooth, and cracks it against the packet’s lower jaw. The tooth bursts into flame, and the whiff of sulfur slips past you.
Joe comes in many guises and names. The only one that is truly a disguise is Orlando Fontaine. He dresses in noble clothes while in Fork, and wears thick-heeled shoes to make himself look taller. As Orlando, he has infiltrated the power structure of Fork.
Joe also carries red and white spray paint. They’re pretty useful things to have. If he needs to delay someone following him, he may paint a symbol on the ground, and set up a spirit attachment either on the symbol, or on something in the symbol, such as a matchbook. Spiritual Hold is good at delaying pursuers for a few minutes.
Lakono gets money by counterfeiting Fork gambling chips in Vegas.
A seer, such as Red Jack, can provide some insight into Joe’s character and goal:
In the beginning there was Father Sky and Mother Earth. Sky lay upon Mother and from the Earth were all manner of creatures birthed. But Sky and Earth remained together, causing all who lived to crawl as snakes. Two children of Earth and Sky fought over this predicament. One fought to push their father away from their mother and give the people room to live. This was the dawn of Chaos. The other fought against their sibling to keep their Sky and Earth together as they had always been. This was the light of Order. The man in the dugout canoe worships the second god, and works to restore primal order to the worlds.
If Joe needs to throw people off of his trail, he’ll summon a waxen assassin while in the butterfly halls to take his place, and then high-tail it out of town. The assassin will likely come under the influence of Red Jack and be Jack’s serial killer in Fork, possibly being someone the players can chase through the doors into the other worlds.
