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On the Pirates Online Wiki, it has two pictures of El Patron. One being the not so scary NPC with the golden aura,
[IMG]http://images1.*****.nocookie.net/__cb20100917213605/piratesonline/images/e/e7/ElPatron_Human.png[/IMG]
The other being the menacing looking shadow ghost.
[IMG]http://images1.*****.nocookie.net/__cb20100918003643/piratesonline/images/3/38/RC_El_Patron.jpg[/IMG]
I'm guessing that he appears in two forms in-game.