Who is John Ross from Running with the Demon and what is their importance? Running_with_the_Demon English & Literature John Ross | Running with the Demon

John Ross is a Knight of the Word. Before he entered that service, he was a perpetual student, never sure what he wanted to do with his life. Instead, he traveled around the world, and in Wales, had an encounter with the Lady. The Lady told John about the struggle between the Word and the Void and asked him to join her service. After agreeing, John received a magic staff, and the ability to travel through time in his dreams. While John is awake, he lives in the present, and while he is asleep, he lives in the future. He does have the power to change the future, however, as evidenced by the apocalypse he averts in Hopewell. However, he can only use the magic of the staff about once per day; therefore, if he uses it in the present, he does not have its protection at night, in the future. John