Don Corneo Don Corneo is a character in " Final Fantasy VII " . He is a mafioso - style leader who resides in Sector 6 ' s Wall Market in Midgar , an area filled with shops , restaurants and a brothel known as the Honey Bee Inn , which Don frequents . Profile . Appearance . Don Corneo is a short , portly man sporting a thin mustache and blond hair shaved at the sides . The word " Love " above a heart pierced by an arrow is tattooed on the left side of his head , and he is never without a cigar in his mouth . His outfit consists of a red three - quarter length coat with fur trim on the collar and cuffs over a white shirt , opened partway to reveal a hairy chest , blue jeans ( with a golden belt buckle in his field model ) and white shoes . Corneo appears fond of jewellery and wears stud earrings , a medallion round his neck , and several rings on his fingers . Personality . Don Corneo fits the Mafia leader stereotype , using lackeys to do his dirty work for him , having a reputation both feared and revered , and always getting his own way . He is rather perverted and enjoys the company of beautiful women to use as he will , though he also has a cold and ruthless side , discarding others to the mercy of his lackeys and doing anything he can to make sure he is the victorious one in a confrontation . Story . Don Corneo is a lonely , perverted man looking for love . During Cloud and Aeris ' s visit to the Wall Market , they discover Tifa has gone into Don ' s mansion , and decide to rescue her . What they do not know is that Tifa entered on her own accord , trying to get answers out of Corneo about Shinra . Cloud ' s attempt to enter the building is blocked due to Don ' s rule of " no males allowed " ( apart from his underlings ) . Cloud and Aeris devise a plan that involves Cloud dressing up as a girl to enter the palace . They threaten Corneo ( by saying they will " chop them off " , " rip them off " , and / or " smash them " ) to make him reveal his connection to Shinra and their plans . The scene is one of the many comedic scenes in the game that also serves to form player attachment to the characters . Don releases a trap door and the party falls down into the sewers . Don Corneo lives in a large house that looks rather like a palace with a Chinese inspired décor , split into five rooms : The main room is a reception area ; Don Corneo ' s " throne room " has a red carpet walkway and is where he lines up prospective girls for interview ; Don ' s bedroom , through a door behind the throne room ; a dungeon room , which includes a torture rack ( possibly for S & M ) ; and the last room , a room for Don Corneo ' s underlings to stay and do as they wish with the girls Don has rejected . The mansion interior has a Chinese - inspired design - - possibly consisting of souvenirs from Wutai - - and there are many mysterious kanji phrases scattered around , such as : 古留根屋 ( ' old remaining root house ' [ koruneo = Corneo ] ) and 業座 ( ' work seat ' [ gyouza = Chinese dumplings ] ) . The concept behind the phrases being read one way , yet meaning another , is ' ateji ' , which means using kanji / Chinese characters based on how they are read , and not what they mean , which means one can ' t tell the meaning at all by looking at how the characters are written . In Don Corneo ' s bedroom , his bedspread bears a large 天 , which means " heaven " or " sky " ; this fits into the general vain horniness of his personality . Don ' s connection to Shinra is that he was hired to reside in the slums and collect as much information about AVALANCHE as possible . After he reveals Shinra ' s plan to destroy Sector 7 , Don Corneo flees Midgar to Wutai with the Turks in hot pursuit with intentions to silence him for spilling the beans to Shinra ' s Sector 7 plot . He manages to hide until his lust drives him to kidnap Elena ( of the Turks ) and Yuffie , taking them to the statue of the god Da Chao , where he ponders whom he desires the most . He is stopped by the player party and Rude and Reno of the Turks . While the conversation proceeds , Rude shoots Don with a silenced pistol , who hangs on , but Reno steps on the Don ' s fingers and he plummets off Da Chao . The novel " Final Fantasy VII Lateral Biography Turks - The Kids Are Alright - " reveals that Corneo survived the fall , although confined to a wheelchair . In the novel he is utilizing a fuel source acting as a third party supplier of fuel between the remnants of Shinra and the World Regenesis Organization , while aging badly . In the novel , Corneo agrees to supply the fuel to Evan . Musical themes . " Don of the Slums " plays in Corneo ' s mansion in the Wall Market , and when he first appears in Wutai . Other appearances . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Don Corneo is not seen in the game , but he is referenced by a young girl in the slums of Midgar . She claims her uncle dresses nicely , is kind to women , and his profession is a " Don " . Later in the game , a series of missions can be unlocked that pit Zack Fair against Corneo ' s forces in the slums . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . The name Corneo makes a brief appearance in the Tale of Nanai , one of the three stories in the " Zodiac Brave Story Sound Novels " . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Don Corneo appears with an ice - elemental card with his Tetsuya Nomura artwork . Etymology . Don Corneo is likely named after , and partially inspired by " The Godfather " character Don Corleone . It may also be a wordplay on poet Lord Byron ' s " Don Juan " , a story about a ladies ' man with a dark past . Fitting his character , his name is also the Italian word for " horny " ( though it doesn ' t have the same meaning ) .