Mr. Rovainen
From Girl Genius
| Mr. Rovainen | |
 | |
| Name | |
| Age | |
| Occupation | Wulfenbach researcher |
| Residence | Castle Wulfenbach (probably its prison, these days) |
| First Appearance | In the Large Dangerous Experiments lab - Volume II, page 55 |
| Death | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | |
| Children | |
| Marital Status | |
Sometimes referred to as "Dr. Rovainen" —but his granting institution was destroyed before the degree could be completed— Mr. Rovainen was a researcher aboard Castle Wulfenbach, and as it turned out 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", he took it as the command to go and activate the engine (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.) Evidently he also rerouted the failsafe system so that it would kill anyone who incautiously attempted to kill the wasps.
Presumably, he was among the first revenants discovered by a wasp weasel, and his description of their encounter gave Baron Klaus Wulfenbach even more evidence in support of his theory that Agatha was the Other.
His name is Finnish or from that general direction, but has no readily apparent meaning.
