Giuseppe Travonni was a powerful vampire, thus, a vampire hunter, former servant to King Louis, New York City's criminal kingpin, powerful multiversal crime lord, a second Don of DePalmo Family, (which is now known as Travonni Family), de facto emperor of Blood Empire, man who standed up against the Project, and against Kotal Kahn, and his goons. Travonni is also Blood Roach's Syndicate's de facto leader, and one of three people who really knew the real identity of The String Puller, employer of Bluebeard, Candace Flynn, The Woodsman, Amethyst, Piero The Scavenger, his sons, and New York City police commissioner Marcus Reed (all together known as the Crazy Eight) and was the Project's main scapegoat and butler for the Dixmor family.