Rude Gardastance (ルード・ガルダスタンス Rūdo Garudasutansu) the "Gold Yaksha" (金色夜叉 Kiniro Yasha) is the former chairman of the Gardastance Group, a powerful American corporation with roots in Chicago. He has left the corporation in the hands of his family to focus on his life as a vampire, hopping between high society and The Organization. Money is no object to him; he once bought an entire subway line so that he could avoid sunlight. He owns a private helicopter, and a vampiric tyrannosaurus rex.