Erick Franco, "Shophet125" is a hunter of the Judge Creed.
Overview[]
Duty was always foremost for Erick Franco even before his imbuing. In his California youth, he felt it was his duty to be a good Jew. During his stint in the Israeli army, he knew he had to protect the Jewish homeland. So, years later, despite having drifted away from his faith and having ended his time as a soldier, when he heard the Call and saw the dead things he knew it was duty time again.
Erick believed that he and the others imbued alongside him had been given a new form of a very old duty, that all of them were shophetim, the judges who guided the ancient Israelites in times of war and oppression. But Erick and his allies had a greater charge than the shophetim of old: They had to guide all humanity in an invisible war against dybbuks and worse.
Soon enough, Erick realized that not all imbued were created equal. He ran afoul of two hunters, Peleus and Van Owen, whose depredations easily were as evil as anything the hidden creatures did. Erick killed Van Owen and intended the same for Peleus when the latter seemingly died trying to kill one of Erick's imbued allies.
Erick's dismay after learning of Peleus' survival (return?) grew into an obsession with the other hunter's destruction. Along with two imbued associates, Erick became a wanderer searching for his nemesis and combating nightcrawlers. Unfortunately, he recently gained a powerful new enemy and lost his longtime allies Sarin and Michelle. Now, he is pursuer and pursued, ever a step behind Peleus and just ahead of a sorcerer named Koepillo.
References[]
- HTR: Hunter Book: Judge, p. 33, 96
- HTR: Hunter Book: Wayward, p. 8, 24-26, 28, 30, 33, 41, 43, 48-51, 53-57, 61
- HTR: Hunter: First Contact, p. 133, 136, 138
- VTES: Nights of Reckoning