Vanilla

Vanilla Nighthawk ( バニラ・ナイトホーク, Banira Naitohōku) is a character in Magical Vacation. She is Ganache's sister and plays a major role in the story, despite only being seen in cutscenes and flashback sequences.

Appearance
Vanilla has purple eyes and curly magenta hair, and two tufts of hair protrude from openings in her purple headscarf. Her attire is similar to Ganache's, but with a few color changes. While parts of her brother's clothes are orange and yellow, hers are various shades of blue.

Prologue
Vanilla and her brother Ganache come from a bloodline of Dark Magic-wielding warlocks.

Three years prior to the events of Magical Vacation, Vanilla was a student of Will-o'-Wisp who went to the Valencia Beach Seaside School. She and her classmates were attacked by Enigmas during their stay, and their strength was barely enough to try and fight back. Vanilla, with the help of her extremely powerful Dark Magic, returned to the Will-o'-Wisp alive with an Enigma lurking in her heart. The aftereffects of Enigma fusion caused her emotions to spiral out of control, which was very concerning to her brother and Chardonnay.

Not too long after, Vanilla clouded herself in the belief that she had no place in the world. The caring Puppet tried to talk Vanilla out of her misery, but she walked away unconvinced. Chardonnay's younger brother Cabernet apathetically told him that Vanilla was not worth his time, except Chardonnay knew something about her was not right.

Before departing from Will-o'-Wisp, Vanilla had one last conversation with Ganache in the Zen Room. She asked him if it was possible for her to defeat Biscotti in a duel, to which Ganache answered with disapproval.

Later on, Vanilla's heart became fully absorbed in the darkness, unleashing her new-found powers for the world to see. From the nations of Cashew to Garbanzo, she thrashed soldiers of Nougat who tried to stop her rampage, leaving a trail of dead swordsmen and wizards in her wake. Chardonnay was one of the soldiers stationed in Garbanzo, and he too was killed in the heat of battle. Everything came to a tragic end when Biscotti intervened, using his own almighty magic to seal Vanilla away in Chiboust Castle. He, Ganache and Madeleine were the only people who knew that she was the monster they were fighting.

Ganache abandoned all hope, refusing to see the light in anything after learning about what his sister had done. He made it his goal to unravel the truth of Will-o'-Wisp, find his sister, and destroy anything that gets in his way.

Epilogue
While Vanilla does not have her own epilogue segment, she shares one with Ganache.

"A rumor had spread amongst those possessed by Enigmas that Ganache had become a vessel for Kerendu. From the shadows, his followers grew, slowly plotting their aggressions towards the Kovomaka Monarchy. And yet, neither them nor his other classmates in the face of his rising numbers believed his magic to truly be gone.

In just under a year, Ganache would find himself leading the country’s many magicians who shared his burden. Not a soul dared challenge them with opposers to his movement quickly dwindling, as did the need for battle.

In custody, the word had even reached his sister. And before long, with the help of a group known as the Biscotti Sect leading the charge towards rebellion, Ganache alone would head to where his sister was interned.

On the day they finally reunited, Vanilla went in prepared for the worst. Instead, what appeared before her was not a beast of darkness, but a young man here of his own volition, without a single droplet of magic to claim.

His words were sparse, 'I may have lost everything, but I have grown to accept that.' Upon hearing these words, Vanilla’s eyes overflowed with tears. With her binds undone, she too would unite with the Biscotti Sect, and in time, her need for magic would come to a close. Thus, Kovomaka ushered in a peace that would last for over two centuries."

Knights of the Universe
In this continuity, Vanilla is a chief of Kovomaka's White Hawks Brigade, a legion of wizards who serve the Kingdom of Kovomaka.

Trivia

 * Vanilla is a spice extracted from orchids of the Vanilla genus.
 * Her name in Japanese can be written as バニラ (Banira) or ヴァニラ (Vanira).

Quotes
"I'm not the one acting weird! The world's the one that's messed up! All of it! All of it is twisted!"

- Vanilla to Ganache upon returning from camp "Hahaha! What a joke! I only have one target: Principal Biscotti. I'll destroy the country in a year."

- Vanilla boasting about her new powers to Ganache

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