Possible Clues:

• Overproud
• Arrogantly complacent
• Arrogant
• Complacent, self-satisfied
• Filled with self-importance
• Unctuous
• Trees sent back, asking to be punctured?
• Unconnected characters with same urge to become holier-than-thou
• Overweening
• Complacent seeing the South take the cup