Viren/Character

Viren is a greedy, egotistical man who will do whatever it takes to get what he wants, regardless of how unethical or even illegal his plans are. In his first appearance, after his proposal to purchase 's family's ranch was refused, he sent his henchmen to harass them and ultimately forged land ownership documents, an act that led to his arrest. He was even willing to harm children, shown when he ordered his Electivire to use on Mimo. His greed and corruption was not lessened by his arrest, as he tried to take over the Battle Royal Dome after he was released from jail, doing so by sending the Revengers to defeat the by cheating in the Battle Royal. He refused to give up on this plan even when all of the Revengers had been beaten, trying to fight with his own Pangoro, and had to be personally defeated again.

He seems to take pride in being a cheater and a deceitful person. For example, when he revealed that he was the Revengers' boss and the audience started to boo him, he simply stated that their booing was more like cheering to him. In addition, he is shown to be a hypocrite, getting mad at Kiawe and for interfering with a match to free the Masked Royal's Incineroar from the Revengers' Pokémon, even though the team he leads resorted to the same tactic themselves. He is a sore loser, which was first shown in his debut, when Kiawe defeated him in a battle; Viren refused to acknowledge his loss and went on with his plan to demolish the ranch, only to be stopped by Officer Jenny. This was shown again in his second appearance, when two of the Revengers' Pokémon were defeated, he sent the Revengers and their other Pokémon to gang up on Torracat. Even when they were all defeated by Incineroar's Malicious Moonsault, he still persisted, sending out his Pangoro to fight.

Even when his business plans supposedly do not involve corrupt or illegal actions, he shows incredibly high vanity. He planned to build a large golden statue of an athletic version of himself as the centerpiece of a hotel he had under construction, and when the statue became attached to the top of a, Viren interfered with the Ultra Guardians' work in an attempt to protect the statue from sustaining damage.