Vanilla

Vanilla Nighthawk is a character in Magical Vacation. She is Ganache's older sister, as well as a former Will-o'-Wisp Academy student who went missing after attending the Valencia Beach Seaside School. She also appears in Knights of the Universe as the leader of the White Hawks Magic Knights.

Personality
Before going missing, Vanilla was known to be a reserved and sensitive person.

Appearance
Vanilla has purple eyes and curly magenta hair, and two pigtails protruding 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.

Early life
Vanilla and her brother Ganache came from a bloodline of necromancers who lived in a country west of Kovomaka Kingdom. As children, they would often visit Spollacs Swamp in the Dark Realm.

Three years years before Magical Vacation, Vanilla was a student of Will-o'-Wisp Academy who attended 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 survived the attack, but returned to Will-o'-Wisp with an enigma fused into her heart. The fusion's aftereffects caused her emotions to spiral out of control, and she became increasingly obsessed with power. Not too long after her return, Vanilla convinced herself that she never had a place in the world. Chardonnay tried to talk Vanilla out of her misery, but she walked away unconvinced. Cabernet, Chardonnay's younger brother, told him that Vanilla's emotions were 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. She asked if it was possible for her to defeat Biscotti in a duel, to which Ganache answered with disapproval. She abandoned the academy later that day, and her name went unspoken ever since.

Two years following her desertion, Vanilla became fully obsessed with power, causing the enigma to assimilate her heart and body. From Cashew Bridge to Garbanzo, she thrashed over two hundred of the Kingdom's soldiers as they tried to stop her rampage. Chardonnay, who joined the army after graduating from Will-o'-Wisp, was one of the soldiers stationed in Garbanzo, and he too was killed by Vanilla. The battle ended when Biscotti and Miss Madeleine intervened, using their magic to seal Vanilla away in Chiboust Castle. Before Chardonnay passed away, he asked for his bones to be buried in a place near Chiboust Castle, so that his spirit could stay near Vanilla.

Magical Vacation
Throughout the game, Ganache's encounters with enigmas allowed him to learn what happened to Vanilla three years ago. This helped him devise a plan, wherein he would fuse with the former enigma king Kerendu and kill the guards surrounding Chiboust Castle. He frequently reflected on his time spent with Vanilla before her departure, communicating his anger with Olive and Candy, the latter of whom eventually fused with an enigma herself. Before Ganache could fuse with Kerendu in Drazzig Grotto, Candy announced a premonition of her accompanying him to Chiboust Castle and freeing Vanilla. Ganache's classmates were able to kill Kerendu, though Ganache's contact with the enigma king forced him to relinquish all of his magic. Ganache, however, discovered he had attained a higher level of magic, and that his soul could freely travel the universe.

Conclusion
Upon Ganache's return to the Material Realm, rumors spread amongst enigma-possessed magicians that he had become Kerendu's vessel. Even those who had prepared to raid the Kingdom were reluctant to act against Ganache's wishes, and their coalition was kept under wraps. In time, Ganache was on equal footing with them, and no one, not even his classmates, believed his magic to truly be gone. It only took less than half a year for the enigma-magicians to settle under his control. Nobody dared fight back against Ganache, Candy, or their companions, nor did they fight with one another. By that time, word of Ganache's feats reached Vanilla. Soon, the Biscotti Sect, which Ganache was a part of, seized control of the Kingdom, and Ganache left to visit his sister in captivity. On the day of Ganache's visit, Vanilla expected it to be her last decisive battle, but what appeared before her was a young boy far from being enigma-possessed, unable to use his magic. Ganache seldom spoke, "I've lost everything. But I'm grateful." Vanilla's eyes welled up with tears upon hearing those words. Afterwards, Vanilla was freed from her restraints and joined the Biscotti Sect, and in time, she too would abandon magic. Thus, the Kingdom of Kovomaka welcomed an era of peace that would last 200 years.

Magical Starsign
Vanilla was briefly mentioned in Magical Starsign by a boy named Diecast in Chocomilk Caves, claiming that she and Ganache, among a few others, were wizards of Kovomaka who earned it the title of "the magic planet".

Knights of the Universe
In this continuity, Vanilla became the chief of the White Hawks Magic Knights, a brigade of magicians in service of Kovomaka Kingdom. She was ordered by King Geasshigaou Oden to join the Kingdom's magicians in their investigation of The "Sheep", a meteorite that had crash landed in Eldile Plains the night before. The "Sheep" awoke and supposedly annihilated the White Hawks, which was reported to King Oden and Khao Yam shortly after.

Trivia

 * Her name comes from 'vanilla', a spice extracted from orchids of the Vanilla genus.
 * She and Cabernet share October 18 as a birthday.