Quevedo constantly attacked avarice and avaricious people. Montagu was no less avaricious than unscrupulous. She is depicted by Fanny, as an avaricious, greedy snob, but not without charm. Cruel, cold, arrogant, avaricious, ruthless, and Machiavellian, Ming is the epitome of the tyrant. They include the avaricious or miserly, who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them. King Sisyphus promoted navigation and commerce but was avaricious and deceitful. All the novels agree that she is extremely avaricious and miserly. They are reputed blind, avaricious, envious and proud. Danny is every bit as corrupt, cunning, and avaricious as his father and his cronies. Abd-ur-Rahman Bey, who was said to be particularly cruel and avaricious. He described them as "avaricious barbarians who were 'entirely devoid of morals and mercy'". We ought also to sympathize with one another, and not be avaricious. The Americans had won, partially due to Rodney's anti-Semitic and avaricious delays. The technopriests represent the most damning, avaricious human drives. The third novel also introduces a villain in the fat and avaricious contractor Aila Woudiver.