The truth comes out that his brother had actually become mixed up in local gang wars and was trying to protect Kong, but he continues to believe the story well after his brother's gang-related death. This belief leads him to the discovery of fairies. Later, as Billy Kong, he becomes involved in the demon-catching plan of Minerva Paradizo. The demon that Minerva abducts happens to be No. 1, a warlock demon who is not at all bloodthirsty. Billy Kong, the ever vengeful and violent murderer, decides to kill No. 1 and in the process not only jeopardises Fowl's and Minerva's plans, but also No. 1's life. The last mention of Billy Kong is when Butler (in disguise and accompanied by Minerva) turns him in to the police for an old murder in Taipei, where he is wanted by the police as Jonah Lee. Damon Kronski is the leader of a cult called the Extinctionists, who believe that any species that does not directly benefit humanity must be wiped out. Every year, he holds a conference in which Extinctionists capture the last member of a species, evaluate its usefulness to humanity, and destroy it if it is judged useless. At the age of 10, Artemis Fowl sells him the last silky sifaka lemur, the only source of a cure for a magical disease that would "supposedly" infect Artemis' mother several years later. After losing the lemur, Kronski captures Holly Short and makes her the centerpiece of his latest conference. Kronski falls out of favor amongst the Extinctionists when an older Artemis from the future claims that Short is not a new species, but rather a young human girl. His fall from power is completed when an embarrassing video of a young Kronski being attacked by a koala surfaces on the Internet. It is revealed that Kronski was "mesmerized" by Opal Koboi to help capture the silky sifaka lemur, whose brain fluid had magical time-manipulating properties. He is apparently in a catatonic state when Short uses the last bit of her magic to cure his anosmia. The first smell he ever smells in his life is from the nearby vats of liquid pigeon droppings. Loafers is a Chicago mob hitman sent to capture Artemis Fowl and bring him back, on behalf of the Antonelli crime family, hired out by Jon Spiro. Born in Kilkenny, Ireland, his real name is Aloysius McGuire, but he thinks "Loafers" sounds more Mafia-like than "Aloysius".