Name: Joe Dawson
Age: early 50s
Type of being: Human

- tall, grey hair, gray beard, hazel eyes;
- played football in college;
- went to Vietnam, lost his legs to a landmine, was saved by an immortal;
- that immortal's watcher kept him from committing suicide and introduced him to the watchers;
- worked as a historian for some years, then became a field watcher;
- has been watching Duncan McLeod since 1979;
- was nearly executed once for befriending McLeod and interfering with the Game;

Joe plays the guitar and sings; as a cover for his watcher work, he has worked as a bookstore manager and run blues bars both in Seacouver and Paris.