serial killer who throws off the delicate balance between Ajax and Rowan, who both consider themselves guardians of the forest that Afraid's shacked up in as home base of their murder operations.

the living injection of cruel modernity and the realization that time moves along inexorably, even in places that seem preserved in time. sins that were kept in suspended animation given new voice by one who thinks they're doing the right thing, bringing those who were ignorant (willfully or not) along for the ride. it hasn't gone flawlessly - they lost an eye to Rowan - but the machine is back in motion.

some of the consequences were intentional.

many were not.