Bana (XC2)

"Thank you for accepting summons! I Bana, Chairman of Argentum Trade Guild."

- Bana

Bana (Japanese: バーン, Bān), or Chairman Bana (バーン会長, Bān Kaichō) is a character in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. He is a corpulent Nopon merchant and the Chairman of the Argentum Trade Guild. Despite being a ruthless businessman with little patience for failure, he is a prominent and respected person, and a merchant model. He is searching for the legendary Blade, Aegis to make a profit. He can be found in the Chairman's Room. He is said to be twice Tora's size.

Story
Bana first appears when summoning Rex, tasking him with an important salvaging assignment on behalf of the Torna organization. He sends a spy to follow them, and notices that Rex is in control of the Aegis. Bana gleefully imagines the profit he could make by selling the Aegis.

Bana is eventually revealed to have been working with the Empire of Mor Ardain by capturing Professor Tatazo and forcing him to mass product an army of artificial Blades. When his scheme is discovered, he and Muimui unleash their secret project, Rosa, to destroy the party and capture the Aegis for themselves. They are defeated, but Bana escapes when Patroka and Mikhail arrive on the Monoceros.

Bana is later revealed to be plotting an assassination attempt on Queen Raqura and Emperor Niall at their summit; he fights the party in an upgraded Giga Rosa, but is defeated once again. In a last-ditch attempt to kill everyone present, he activates an explosive device; Aegaeon is able to protect everyone, but Niall is nearly killed. Thankfully, Nia is able to revive him, and Bana is captured.

Afterwards, Bana is put to work on the generator in Goldmouth. Meanwhile, Niranira begins conducting an investigation into Bana's secret records.

From the papers found during Bana's Secret Treasure, it is discovered that Bana was secretly funding Lindwurm, which is led by his own father, Don Dondon. He was involved in its plot to bring down the Empire of Mor Ardain and other governments.

Trivia

 * Bana is about twice the height of any other Nopon.
 * Bana shares many similarities with Bana from Xenoblade Chronicles. Both are obsessed with money, are kingpins of illicit operations, and fight the party, respectively in a self-raised animal and in a self-built robot. Moreover, both are sentenced to literally run the power generator for their business after they are defeated.
 * The duo Bana and Zadazan thus reminds the duo Bana and Zazadan (an anagram) from Xenoblade Chronicles.
 * Salman reveals that Chairman Bana was surprisingly devoted to his parents.
 * Bana's mother calls him "Banana" in her letters. Actually written by his co-conspirator Zadazan underling of Don and Bana's Daddypon.