Ganache

Ganache Nighthawk ( ガナッシュ・ナイトホーク, Ganasshu Naitohōku) is a party member in Magical Vacation who wields the Darkness element. He is a student of Will-o'-Wisp Academy, as was his sister Vanilla before her mysterious departure.

Personality
Ganache mostly keeps to himself, only ever socializing with a few people. He puts most of his faith in Olive, who can understand his emotions with her telepathic power. Ganache starts to develop very obsessive behavior and acts irrationally as the game progresses, which becomes worse with every ounce of knowledge regarding the Enigmas, Will-o'-Wisp's secrets, and the disappearance of Vanilla.

Backstory
When Ganache was 9 years-old, he and a group of magicians were ordered by the kingdom to protect a rural village from violent trolls. It took them three days to eradicate the monsters, but peace returned to the town once they were all dealt with. One of the villagers, a young girl named Candy, was inspired by the magicians' work and wanted to become powerful sorceress herself.

Three years later, Ganache got accepted into Will-o'-Wisp Academy and encountered Candy, who was still adamant about mastering her Wind Magic. Upon realizing that Ganache was one of the kingdom's magicians from her childhood, Candy immediately fell in love. The young Darkness mage would struggle to keep Candy off his back after their reunion, as she wanted to follow him everywhere and gain his affection.

Prologue
As the protagonist goes around the school to bring their friends to the Magic Bus, they see a few students in the Music Room talking about the Valencia Beach rumors. One of the students, Cider, is in full denial of the alleged student disappearances, but Olive objects by using Ganache's sister as an example. Cassis sides with Olive, while Arancia is impartial to either side. They stop bickering once the protagonist comes by, then they all walk to the lecture hall to find Cabernet.

Once everyone is on the Magic Bus, Miss Madeleine notices Ganache's absence when taking attendance. Olive volunteers to find him, as does Candy, but Madeleine only lets the former go. The young Beast mage finds Ganache playing a sad song on his harmonica, sitting on the root of a riverside tree. He stops playing upon hearing a familiar voice, which he believes to be Vanilla's at first, then opens his eyes to see Olive instead. By using her powers, she senses that Ganache is thinking about Vanilla, and asks if he would be willing to solve the mystery of Valencia Beach with her. The disheartened warlock is hesitant at first, but is shocked when his friend has a premonition of all the students disappearing at camp.

Olive returns to the Magic Bus with Ganache in tow, then Balsamico drives off to Valencia Beach with all sixteen students on board.

Epilogue
"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 to challenge them with opposers to his movement quickly dwindling, as did the need for battle.

In custody, the word had even reached his sister. 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 there 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 an era of peace that would last for over two centuries."

Magical Starsign
In the Chocomilk Caves on Shadra, the party can talk to a boy named Diecast, who will ask if they are from Kovomaka. If the player answers "No", Diecast will list many Kovomakan wizards, one of them being Ganache.

Quotes
"When I see those who laugh happily out of the corner of my eye, I curse my bloodline."

"We better not get close to it. This place is dangerous... [...] Darkness... Endless darkness..."

"Candy, when was your birthday again? [...] I'll prepare a present for you too."

"Miss Madeleine... Just wait... I'll bring back everyone..."

"If [the Enigmas] were able to fuse on the spot, I'm sure they would have done so at the beach. They brought us all [to the Light Realm] and are waiting for us to wear ourselves out... I don't think they can fuse with us unless we decide to."

"This is Spollacs Swamp. When I was a kid, I came here often with my parents and my sister. If we head eastward, we'll arrive at the canins' Masala Chai Village."

"Biscotti wants to train wizards who can control Enigmas as well as a teacher, so he sent us to the Dark Realm! That’s it, isn’t it?! He wants to use us for war! Look at what’s happened because of it!"

Name origin
Ganache is a blend of chocolate and cream used for pastry filling, icing, or glaze.

Trivia

 * His favorite food is tempura.
 * According some Twitter posts made by the game's scenario writer, Nobuyuki Inoue, Ganache was supposed to die at the end of the game. However, Inoue decided against it after hearing the songs Tsukasa Masuko had composed for the final scenes, which convinced him to keep Ganache alive.