Greed

Poverty/Greed Advancement

Characters motivated by greed are driven by frustration. They see a world of abundance, but are trapped just above a subsistence level existence. The Greedy Character has never gone without the bare essentials like a gluttony motivated character has, but has scraped by day after day and longs for more than simply his daily bread.

The Greedy Character has never felt what it is like to starve, but he has been hungry day after day. The Greedy Character is not envious, although people might mistake him for a character driven by envy. The difference between the envious person and the greedy person is that the envious person is trying to fill a need in their soul, while the greedy person is trying to fill needs in their body. They are trying to move past getting by. They have shelter- they want a clean shelter that has four walls and insulation. They have food, they want enough food to be truly full and they want it to be nutritious.

The Greedy person sees others succeed and wants to succeed as well. Unlike the envious person, the greedy person does not begrudge others their success. The greedy person feels that there is enough for anybody, so long as they have the will and the knowledge to take it.

The greedy person is generally a very hard worker, and like the glutton will tend to gravitate towards practical items, and items of physical comfort. They will also gravitate towards money, and will try to invest it in some way. The greedy person understands the idea of success and is trying to constantly learn how to succeed.

Because they feel that there is enough for anyone who has the will to take what they wish, the greedy person is often less generous and more likely to butt ahead in line than a glutton would. The greedy person is also less likely to share in hard times; believing that what success they do have, they have earned through hard work and ascribing a poor work ethic to those who do not succeed.

Greedy people see the world as a puzzle to be solved: difficult at times and sometimes unforgiving, but neutral and ultimately unlocked by hard work and information.