Mr. Rovainen was a researcher aboard Castle Wulfenbach. He is sometimes referred to as "Dr. Rovainen" but his granting institution was destroyed before the degree could be completed. As it turned out Mr. Rovainen was possibly the worst person that could possibly have been assigned to the hive engine project. He was, in fact, already enslaved, and when Agatha Heterodyne, enraged by his lechery, ordered him to go do "[ something you should be doing] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]]", he took it as the command to go and [ activate the engine] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] (an example of the Mongfish command voice), killing (or "sparing") his friend Dr. Vg in passing. (This implies he is aware that his present state is worse than death and may have a limited ability to act on that awareness.) Evide