Faceless stalker (ugothol)

Whereas dopplegangers are merely humanoids on a wicked, hedonistic streak and without much regard for life, ugothols are actively trying to sabotage whatever society they infiltrate. Their goals are far more obscure and far less understandable to mere humanoids.

The summer and winter courts of the Wickerlands fae have been at war for generations. Their power rises and falls with the seasons - as the first snow falls, the winter queen Titania wakes from her sleep, and when Firebirds return from the south, Titania goes back into a torpor just as her counterpart Maeve wakes from hers. It is only the recruitment of fey-born mortal champions into the war that brings a disturbing truth to light - Maeve and Titania are one and the same.

The city of Rothalingia is notorious for it's exceptionally well organized crime. Everyone seems to agree there must be some sort of secret cabal running things behind the scenes - but no-one even suspects that the black heart of the city is an orphanage. Indeed, the city's hidden masters take perverse glee in taking forms of children and toddlers as they unleash extreme violence upon the city's unsuspecting populace.

Several times across the years, members of the Witchfinder guild have foiled a hidden enemy's schemes. Growing annoyed at their interference, the faceless stalker tries a new gambit - over several months, he drains the blood of hapless victims and leaves their bodies in a public place (in stark contrast to his usual MO). As rumors of a bloodsucker start spreading across the city, the ugothol allows himself to be seen in vampire form several times - each time closer and closer to the guild's headquarters. If he isn't caught quickly, the guild's dhampir members are sure to be arrested - and most probably burned at the stake.