Cole

Chancellor Cole is a government official in Hyrule and one of the antagonists of Spirit Tracks. He is also a servant of Princess Zelda and the country's matriarch. He is a small man dressed in green attire befitting a member of Hyrule's government and is revealed to wear two green tophats on top of his head (which are later revealed to hide two horns). The Chancellor appears to be an advisor of to the princess and seems to act as a sort of guardian to her as well (not too unlike Minister Potho in The Minish Cap), as it is revealed that he does not like her leaving Hyrule Castle unattended. This creates problems when Zelda wishes to leave the castle for reasons she does not want the Chancellor to know about, necessitating a stealthy escape from the castle should the occasion arise. Princess Zelda becomes suspicious of Cole when the Spirit Tracks begin to disappear, causing her to slip a note to Link requesting his presence so they may investigate this conspiracy together. In a confrontation between Alfonzo, Link, and Princess Zelda, Chancellor Cole orders Byrne, to knock Link and Alfonzo out and strikes Princess Zelda with dark magic that causes her to fall to the ground lifeless. Cole has her body recovered and taken to the top of the Tower of Spirits, where he reveals his plan to use the body of Hyrule's princess to restore Malladus to his former strength. In the final battle, Malladus swallows Cole and uses it as a vessel for his power. After Link and Zelda force the Lokomo Sword into Malladu's head, he is destroyed, taking the chancellor and his body with him, thus ending the pair's plans to destroy Hyrule.

Personality
According to the game creators of Spirit Tracks, Chancellor Cole seems to be the embodiment of the so-called "crooked politician" stereotype. He appears to do things for the greater good that really are only being pursued to further his own personal agenda.

Name Etymology
The Chancellor's latter name Cole is thought to perhaps be a play on the word "coal".

His name in Spain, Makivelo, is a reference to Niccolò Machiavelli, a politician from sixteenth-century Florence. Macchiavelli was infamous for his ruthless and unscrupulous governing style. The modern term "Machiavellian" is used to describe politicians with a cunning and deceitful approach to politics.