Giovanni Falcone

"Magic is not a super power, it is a discipline!. A potentially dangerous discipline."

- Giovanni

Giovanni Falcone mostly known by his other name, John Hawkins, is a legacy of goddess Hecate and grandfather to the demigod, Basil Hawkins. He acts as a moral support to his grandson and as a direct advisor to his group of demigods, Ala Rubra.

History
Giovanni Falcone was born in Sicily in 1925, as a son of powerful crime lord, Antonio Falcone and Greek goddess of magic, Hecate who chose the gangster as her partner because of his obsession with occult and ancient rituals. Seeing this, Hecate had a vision that this lineage will bring her really powerful descendants. This marked the beginning of Falcone Family's rise to power using magic bestowed upon Antonio and his brother Gulio by Hecate. Both brothers took a great care not to reveal their abilities and raising Giovanni together with Gulio's wife, Francesa, as a family.

Giovanni's love of magic began early when he was given a magic kit by his uncle, who acted as a professional illusionist. Although he began learning the craft in childhood, his early attempts at performing professionally were unsuccessful until he realized that he needed to work on his showmanship. To that end, he dug up old diaries of Leonardo da Vinci, who was his direct ancestor. While reading the diaries, which Leonardo wrote in backwards spelling as a security precaution, Giovanni learned that he had the command of magic. He discovered this inadvertently when he accidentally gave a command to a mannequin to begin waving an arm wildly.

With this new knowledge, Giovanni developed a successful show. During the premiere performance a fire broke out on stage, forcing Giovanni to use his command of real magic to put it out. While the audience mistook the incident as part of the act, Giovanni realized that this power could be invaluable in helping people and he resolved to use it as such between shows. After the Second World War, in which he took part, in 1988 he devoted himself completely to his performances and studying magic.

Appearance
Despite being in his late 80's. John takes the appearance of a middle-aged man with green eyes, a prominent black mustache and is distinguished by his formal attire. He wears three layers of clothing, which consists of a white shirt with a red bow-tie attached, over which there is a yellow vest, which is finally topped by a black blazer.

Abilities

 * Occult Knowledge: As a legacy of Hecate, John possesses an extensive understanding of occult lore due to his mystic background
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: John Hawkins is an accomplished hand-to-hand combatant.
 * Polyglotism: During his long life, John mastered a couple of languages which he later passed on his grandson, Basil.
 * Prestidigitation: John is a greatly skilled magician and an expert illusionist, therefore performing extraordinary tricks and incredible illusions on stage is super simple to him.

Legacy Abilities

 * Mystiokinesis: As a son of Hecate, Basil can perform variety of magic, spells and rituals. Every of his abilities must be activated by an incantation called Aria, usually spoken in Latin or Ancient Greek.
 * Mist Control: Using his natural affinity to control and bend the Mist to his will, Basil can create a magic veil obscuring the perception of monsters, mortals and demigods. He can use it to create illusions as well as physical objects called Mistforms.

Magical Items

 * Staff:
 * Grimoire:

Ethymology
Giovanni is a male Italian given name (from Latin Iohannes), and the Italian equivalent of John. Giovanni is occasionally spelled (outside Italy) Geovanni, Giovonnie or Giovannie; however, this deviates from the original Italian, and, in this manner, is made a unisex name (i.e. the actress Giovonnie Samuels). Giovanni can be a surname as well.

Falcone is Italian for "falcon" or "hawk", when spelled Falco.

Trivia

 * Giovanni owns a mansion called Shadowcrest, in which he keeps a vast library of magical knowledge, as well as an arsenal of powerful relics, enough to do "just about anything you'd want to do." Shadowcrest seems to exist in a completely different dimension, although it is initially located in Manhattan.
 * Giovanni's favourite drink is coffee - a trait shared with his son and grandson.
 * Giovanni has blood of two goddesses flowing in him (Hecate and Athena), making him a double legacy