Durum

Durum, known in Japan as Yaipapa, is the chief of Tropica Village on Gren. He is the father of Farina, and has appointed Semolina as his handmaid.

Personality
While Durum is seen as a prideful leader, he is actually cowardly and willing to sacrifice any local magic-users in order to appease the Astro Pirates.

Appearance
Durum has silver fur, white hair, blue eyes, and a square jaw. For clothing, he wears a buttoned shirt underneath a light green kimono, his back is cloaked by a blue haori patterned with yellow circles, and he wears a pair of sandals.

Name origin
Durum is a type of wheat that is of major commercial importance today. It could also come from "drum", since some felins are named after musical instruments.

His Japanese name, Yaipapa (ヤイパパ, Yaipapa) is an anagram of the Japanese phonetic spelling for "papaya" (パパイヤ, Papaiya).