Vanderbeam would be the man we love to hate, if we didn't pity him so much.
I like Jinx's response to the the mask even better though. He finds it comforting because, "It reminds me of my mom."
Considering that he eats his own offspring on a regular basis, should he really find his mother's fanged visage so comforting?
Disgea 2:
"Don't you have some other reason for believing you can defeat my father? For instance, being from a heroic lineage, or being level 1,000,000?"
-Rozalyn
"What's really important is willpower. Even if your legs are broken and your arms fall off, you have to keep fighting, until the very end."
--Adell
Adell clearly follows the Black Knight school of warrior discipline.