Cigogne Raspailles is the guardian of Tsubame Otorii and long-time partner of Christian Rosenkreutz from his secret society. He appears at the end of Episode 11 alongside Tsubame in which the half of her face is seen.
He meets Christian Rosenkreutz in St. Germain in 1742 while he is masquerading in Europe and he becomes his partner until the present day. In Episode 24, he was sacrificed by Christians as he turned into a grotesque Apostolus after he threw a card on his chest in order to defeat Hibari as Aphrodite making Christian escapes to confront Crane Van Streich. He was later been defeated by Hibari after she knocks him off the building before she diffuses with her Pata-Pi. He soon watches the Primum Mobile leave after his partner dies in old age due to rapid aging.
He was later seen in Episode 25 where he departs back to France in his injured state while walking away with a cane.