Rocinante

About
Rocinante was the CEO of the Bigbux Company, operating out of El Quixote. Having made his and the country's fortune out of the development of plastics, Rocinante was one of the richest people in the World of Eve. Unfortunately, this was not enough for him, and he joined the Snake Crest in pursuit of even greater riches.

By manipulating both the Quixote royal family and Aster and his group, Rocinante attempted to provoke a war between El Quixote and the Kalars of Kalar Village, hoping for a global war in the future. Thanks to Kathryn Lapucelle's counter-propaganda campaign, the war was delayed, giving Aster and family time to engage Rocinante in the Monster Burrow. There, Rocinante gave in to his addiction to Adan's Blood and transformed into a monster, but was defeated.

Drained of his excessive greed by Seydes, Rocinante later manifested in the Archfiend's Right Arm as a being of pure greed known as the Greedy Shadow.

Personality and Appearance
While putting on a front as an efficient manager and executive, Rocinante was in fact a being of extreme greed, selected by Seydes to be cultivated and drained. He believed even the smallest favour should be bought and paid for with equal or greater returns. While many members of the Snake Crest professed an intent to start a global war, this was largely a bluff. This was not the case with Rocinante, who wanted war more than any other member, as it was a means towards even higher profits.

After being transformed into a monster, and later as the Greedy Shadow, Rocinante took on a form not unlike a queen ant or queen termite, alongside a strange pot and stirring stick.

Abilities
Rocinante had an extremely high intelligence. Not only was he an efficient manager and executive, he was able to deduce the method of producing plastic from pinepones, and was able to deduce the truth behind the Monster Burrow, both seemingly single-handed. He was also a master manipulator on both the individual and international levels.

As a monster, Rocinante gained the ability to absorb Gold to restore his own health. Cut off from Gold, he could even restore his health by draining it directly from his opponents. As the Greedy Shadow, he projected an aura of pure Greed that no one guilty of greed could penetrate (for the case of Aster's party, Ramius Dreissen, Gurigura and Kathryn).

Trivia

 * Rocinante's name is one of numerous references in El Quixote to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Specifically, Rocinante was Don Quixote's horse.
 * Rocinante's appearance and mannerisms, particularly his insertion of French words into his speech, are derived from the character Iyami from the popular manga series Osomatsu-kun.