In your dreams he is a gaunt figure; his clothes hang off his frame in a fashion that you find vaguely discomforting. It’s not that they are oversized—proportionally they’re the correct fit, but un-tailored. The man’s choice of clothing is somewhat striking as well: everything military-adjacent but completely lacking insignia. Heavily treaded boots, thick canvas pants, a clean white shirt under an open leather work jacket.

He moves with an economy of motion that would make him easy to ignore, under other circumstances. When still he has no apparent ticks, no jiffy feet, no swaying leg-to-leg. He is simply there, static and unyielding.

Standing close, you can catch a faint whiff of cigarettes. It has no linger; more a memory of fire and charred tobacco than the smoke itself. You almost doubt you smelled it at all.

I need a name for him…

Known stuff:

• Turkish/Crown origin
• Married to his job
• High ranking Crown Intelligence
• Strong use of hypnotism

Possible names:

• Matas
• Jurgis

It’s possible, in fact, that the players cannot learn his name. Their psyche could be so scarred from his self-removal that it may continue to slide off their minds, even after the repair they experienced in their hallucination.

He has only shown up in dreams thus far, but we do know that Kostis worked with him for a time when in the City. The faceless man himself showed Kostis into the spider-viewing chamber for his initial hypnosis. They were at least colleagues, implied by the friendly interactions happening leading up to it. He told Kostis the things in the room beyond were “some of their greatest discoveries”.

He’s been working out of the forward operating base of Porto Ibenza de Barille for some time, and at least launched the mission with the PCs to the tree.

What other sinister things does he have going on there?