The Adjudicator

Personality: A loyal enforcer to The High Table, The Adjudicator is civil, polite and never personally threatens another character with physical violence, yet they command more authority simply by being present than any other villain in the story thus far, alongside with The Marquis, which both having execution-style manner rather than an actual fight. Even when directly threatened or surrounded by assassins who could easily kill them, the Adjudicator never flinches or changes their calm demeanor. However, this may appear to be the case because assassins may threaten The Adjudicator, but no one is naïve enough to shoot The Adjudicator. The Adjudicator has a cold, distant, confident and intimidating presence, their emotion isn't lost in physical motions, but rather in the articulation of their words and the emotional aim of the situation. In addition, The Adjudicator has no hesitation on speaking their commands from The High Table. However, The Adjudicator commented that it was "a pleasure to meet" John Wick when doing so for the first time, indicating that despite John's actions and status as excommunicated, The Adjudicator seemed to have at least a form of respect for John due to his skills and long career as the "Baba Yaga". Appearance: The Adjudicator was a slim individual with blue eyes, a pale skin, and short dark hair. They wore a long dark vintage trench coat of black and green with a large belt, a pair of high black boots and gloves with a long dark caped jacket that seldom moved their shoulders to prevent it from falling, and bore a single silver bar earring on their left ear, along with a German phrase tattoo on their neck. Everything about their dark wardrobe, like their speech and body language, was neat and carefully measured. Backstory: Following the death of Santino D'Antonio at the hands of Wick, an Adjudicator was dispatched to the New York Continental Hotel. After examining the body of Santino, the Adjudicator informs Winston Scott that he will have to step down from his position as general manager due to having aided John by delaying his ex-communication from the Continental by one hour. The Adjudicator later visits The Soup Kitchen to inform the Bowery King that he will be forced to step down and close up the Soup Kitchen because he aided John by giving him a gun and seven bullets to kill Santino with. After Wick initially escapes from the assassins chasing after him, the Adjudicator visits Zero and hires him and his group of assassins to go after John. Later, the Adjudicator visits The Director, a leader of the Ruska Roma, to adjudge her for smuggling John out of New York. At the same time, Zero and his assassins murder several of the Director's guards. When the Director willingly serves her punishment, the Adjudicator had Zero stab the Director through both of her hands. Soon after, the Adjudicator revisits the Soup Kitchen to punish the Bowery King. As Zero and his assassins kill the Bowery King's men, the Adjudicator has Zero slash the Bowery King seven times. Later, after Winston refuses to step down as manager of the New York Continental and John refuses to kill him, the Adjudicator has the Continental's status as a neutral area revoked and sends in Zero, his assassins, and teams of the High Table's most well-trained assassins to kill him. However, John and Charon manage to kill all of them. After the first wave of assassins are slaughtered, the Adjudicator phones Winston and proposes a truce. The two meet on the rooftop of the Continental, where Winston refers to the successful defense of the Continental as evidence that he should stay in power. This persuades the Adjudicator, who reinstates the building as a neutral area. However, when John walks up onto the roof, the Adjudicator questions what will be done about him, and in response, Winston simply shoots John and lets him tumble off the roof and into an alleyway, shocking John. However, when the Adjudicator attempts to have John's body recovered, it is discovered that it has vanished as the Tick-Tock Man carried John away. Informing Winston of this, the Adjudicator warned him of severe consequences should John remain at large. They both agreed of the consequences if he were to be alive.