Who is Dillon Lloyd from Storming Heaven: A Novel and what is their importance?

Dillon Lloyd is one of the more enigmatic and interesting characters. He appears only twice in the novel, once in the beginning and once after a funeral. Dillon is believed by many to have supernatural powers, a notion he would scoff at. When his family's land is confiscated by industrial companies, he refuses to be enslaved by the changing society and retreats into the wilderness to live a primitive and solitary life. He supplements his meager existence by manufacturing and selling illegal liquor.