Todd Finlay

Todd Finlay is a recurring antagonist in the Tennis Shoes Adventure Series. He first appears as the secondary antagonist of Gadiantons and the Silver Sword, then becomes one of the main antagonists in Warriors of Cumorah.

Gadiantons and the Silver Sword
Todd is introduced when Jim Hawkins finds the ancient sword of Coriantumr, forged by Akish. Jim leaves the sword in Todd's care. While keeping the sword, Todd becomes seduced by its magic and becomes addicted to having it.

Jim later meets Todd at a Bernardian alien worship club, which Todd is a part of under the alias Mr. West. Jim, who needs the sword to destroy, goes with Renae to Todd's house and steals the sword from his closet. Todd chases Jim, but is unable to catch him.

Later, Todd follows Jim, Garth, Jenny, and Renae to Mexico. Todd assaults Jim at a hotel and demands the sword, but is taken away by Mexican police.

Warriors of Cumorah
Apollus meets Todd at a cantina in Mexico, where Todd gives him a pair of seer stones and asks him if he knows anything about time travel. It is revealed that Todd wants to go back in time to before Jim destroyed the sword of Akish, so that he can have it again.

Todd poses as an old man named Cody Bernard and goes to Lagoon, where Mary is taking Rebecca and Joshua Plimpton. Mary, Rebecca, and Joshua meet Todd while playing a carnival game and end up hanging out at the park with him. As they are leaving the parking lot, Todd captures Rebecca and Joshua and takes them in his truck toward Wyoming.

Todd takes Rebecca and Joshua up Cedar Mountain to where Frost Cave, which houses the Rainbow Room, is. Apollus, Meagan, Mary, and Ryan catch up to Todd in the Rainbow Room. In the ensuing struggle, Todd is sent to the 19th century along with Mary, Rebecca, and Joshua.

In the 19th century, Todd is able to get on good terms with the people there. He wins them over with modern artifacts, such as flashlights and pocketknives. He meets Shika and tracks Rebecca, Joshua, and Mary to a time conduit that will take them somewhere else. Shika reveals that he is actually Akish, the sorcerer who forged the sword of Coriantumr. Todd tries to steal the sword, but is killed by Akish.

Trivia

 * He is similar to Gollum, in that they are both strongly attached to a magical object that belongs to another villain, and will go to any ends of the earth to have it back.