Paul Stoddard

Paul Stoddard (1920-1969), was the deadbeat husband of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard and father to Carolyn Stoddard.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Paul Stoddard was born in 1920. (953) He had gambling addictions. (900) He was known to have a shady past. At some point (possibly during the late 1930s to early 1940s), he developed close ties with a unscrupulous con artist named Jason McGuire. (202)
Some time prior to 1945, Paul moved to Collinsport, Maine, with his pal, Jason. During his stay, he married into the wealthy Collins family, and lived at Collinwood with his wife Elizabeth Collins (which was actually a scheme to take control of the Collins fortune) (271). He once commissioned Sam Evans to paint a portrait of him in the style and size of the Jeremiah painting hanging above the Collinwood mantle. The portrait was never begun, despite a few preliminary sketches by Sam (42). His daughter named Carolyn Stoddard in June 16, 1946 (267). 
Days prior to his departure from Collinsport in the year 1949, Paul Stoddard went to The Blue Whale where he met a salesman named Mr. Strak. Strak understood Paul was going through hard times, he told a drunken Paul to assume that if he had whatever he wanted, what would it be. Paul thought about giving away his most precious object in exchange for twenty years of good luck and fortune, and the two man later got drinks, which Paul payed for. Paul later sighed saying “To Bad It’s’ Only A Game”. Little did Paul know at the time, that Mr. Strak was secretly a member of an occult called The Leviathans.
After making his pact with Strak, Paul Stoddard decided to take his advice and leave Collinsport to live life aboard. Before he left, he stole large sums of money which included many of the family's jewelry and kept it in his suitcase, which angered Elizabeth when she found out, making her attack Paul with a poker, which stunned him. Jason McGuire told her that Paul was killed and he made it look that he buried his body and belongings in a locked room in the basement of Collinwood. When Paul woke up in the drawing room, Jason told him Elizabeth knew he was alive and was gonna finish what she started (killing him). Paul and Jason later left Collinsport to start life somewhere else, though not together. (272) According to Jason, he had lost contact with Paul during a trip in Hong Kong. 
===Return to Collinsport===
In 1969, Paul did return to Collinwood after 20 years (888). He also learned at that time the details of a pact he had made for wealth with beings he now knew were demons. His deal with Mr. Strak was for 20 years of good luck and fortune in exchange for his most precious possession. The Leviathans were coming to collect payment for his good fortune—his daughter Carolyn
== Background information and notes ==
* Paul was first alluded to in 5, though his name wasn't revealed until 41.
* In 244 it is stated that Paul left after Carolyn was born. Elizabeth makes references to how he ignored Carolyn.
== Appearances ==
271, 887, 888, 891, 892, 893, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 906, 907, 908, 909, 917, 929, 930, 931, 933, 953
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