Mr. Gou

The Disreputable Mr. Gou is one of Mr. Ming's lieutenants, first seen minding the impractically-darkened and confusingly laid out pawn shop in Saint Haven and later operating out of a similar (or maybe the same, considering that he is apparently capable of teleporting it) shop in Paris, where he was sent to replace Pierre Wang, after the latter's vendetta with one of the lesser local underworld players got out of hand (Gou immediately made peace, not being one for loud, noisy direct confrontations when they could be avoided). An ageing Eurasian halfbreed with a disconcertingly cheery attitude, Mr. Gou plays the humble shopkeeper but truly is more than he seems; on top of being one of Mr. Ming's most trusted agents, he is also highly knowledgeable about the underworld and of course possesses powerful magicks, including the sort that makes hell-portals and the type that lets you track people using their relatives' blood. Very handy, that.

He evaded Kim Kwon-sung repeatedly and stranded the Korean in Hell, which is more than what most people that clahsed with Kim have accomplished. He also eventually brought Pierre Wang to heel and successfully stalled the French military and police, infiltrated by Schwarzmeer cultists as they were. But he apparently got played by temporary ally Zack Zimmerman towards the end of the Paris Affair.