Johann Skovgaard

The Architect, a character in The Phantom Agent series, is the secret identity of a hacker and the main antagonist of the series.

Appearance
The Architect is a white male with blond hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses, a red scarf and a brown jacket. He also wears black gloves to cover his fingerprints.

Personality
He is a cold and calculating individual who isn't above murder and terrorism to achieve his goals. In Chapter 7, he states that everyone is just a pawn to him, showing his general disregard for others. According to Haruto Tanaka, his agency doesn't believe him to be a sociopath, but rather he believes what he's doing is for the greater good. According to Rowan, he's a modern-day robin hood who takes power from those who don't deserve it, and fights for those who have been abused like he has.

Background
In Chapter 1, the GAIA director tells that he did a number of ransomware attacks. He started with small manufactoring companies and afterwards detonated a rig of Brisco Oil when Brisco Oil refused to pay.

In Chapter 3, Vivian tells that she stumbled upon The Architect while surfing the dark web, and she didn’t like what she saw. She downloaded all the intel she could find.

The Phantom Agent

 * Chapter 1: The Art of Chase (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 2: No Risk, No Reward (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 3: Under Fire (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: The Doctor is In
 * Chapter 5: Sun, Sand, and Seduction (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 6: Island of Secrets (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 7: The Man in the Shadows
 * Chapter 8: Tricks of the Trade
 * Chapter 9: Faster
 * Chapter 10: Forbidden Fruit (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 11: Laser Focus (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 12: Reunion (Mentioned)

Your Character
You see his shadow for the first time in Chapter 4 through the computers when he hacks the hospital, but you don't interact with him until you stumble onto him in the Reids' mansion. Despite you and Agent Gray's efforts to take him down, he manages to escape by having The Contractor and his guards attack you.

Rowan Salazar
Rowan Salazar (who is revealed to be The Contractor) works for the Architect, and handles all his dirty work.

Malcolm Reid
Malcolm used to be the Architect's supplier. After the Architect kills Alexis, Malcolm threatens to expose the Architect's true identity, and is killed as well.

Known Victims

 * 7 unnamed victims (Died during the explosion of a Brisco oil rig)
 * Alexis Reid (Shot by The Architect because he/she knew nothing)
 * Malcolm Reid (Shot by The Architect to prevent him from exposing his identity)
 * Chester Stromberg (Shot by The Architect after serving his purpose)

Miscellaneous

 * -|In Game=

Trivia

 * He is shown on the cover of The Phantom Agent.
 * His crimes include hacking, ransomware, terrorism, murder, and mass murder.