Hector Parravicini de Giorgi

Hector Parravicini de Giorgi is a mysterious Italian aristocrat who guides Maya through Italy.

Description
Hector is the son of Duke Uberto Parravicini, the leader of an ancient sect: the order of Tau, a dissident branch of the Knights Templar. In the third novel, the Metropolitan Police Service suspects Hector of taking his father's place as head of the Tau.