Madeleine

Madeleine de Tasca is a teacher at Will-o'-Wisp Academy in Magical Vacation and Magical Starsign. She is an incredibly powerful sorceress who can teleport anywhere via Warp Magic, and can use Light or Dark Magic.

Personality
Madeleine is very kind, but quite absent-minded at times. She is often late to the classes that she teaches, and sometimes does not appear at all. She tends to wander off aimlessly as if her brain has switched to auto-pilot, yet somehow manages to reach her destination every time. Nevertheless, Miss Madeleine is a caring and protective teacher who always wishes the best for her students.

Appearance
Madeleine's appearance changes between Magical Vacation and Magical Starsign. Despite the two games being separated by around 800 years, Madeleine still physically looks like she is 24 years-old, likely due to her status an enlightened magician who cannot die from old age.

In Magical Vacation, Madeleine has curly brown hair parted in the middle that reaches down to about her waist, and her eyes are pale purple. She wears a headband with three red wing-like fabric pieces behind each ear, spotted with yellow polka dots. For clothing, she dons a fuchsia dress with frills on both the sleeve and bottom hems, and her upper body is cloaked by a pink shoulder cape. Her choice of shoes is a pair of violet ribboned loafers.

In Magical Starsign, Madeleine's hair is tied into a long ponytail, and her headband is now pink instead of red. She still wears her pink shoulder coat, but has now replaced her dress with a light blue corset top, blue gauntlets, and a heart-shaped belt. Additionally, she wears a pair of indigo harem trousers with gaps exposing her hips. For footwear, Madeleine has blue stockings with brass bangles around her ankles, and wears a pair of loose pink shoes.

Prologue
Miss Madeleine is first seen in the Academy talking to Principal Biscotti about the likeliness of her students going missing while on vacation at Valencia Beach, as she is going to be their chaperone and instructor. Biscotti reassures Madeleine that she is capable of helping her students, which she is still somewhat unsure about. Their conversation is cut short when the protagonist and their classmates show up, and Madeleine awkwardly tells everyone to get on the Magic Bus.

She helps Chocolat on board before handing out Magic Notebooks to everyone on board. Candy blurts out that Ganache is absent from the group, so Olive runs off to find him.

The following evening at Valencia Beach, Madeleine lectures her students on what they are expected to do at the beach, then dismisses them for free time. As everyone is doing their own thing, the protagonist can talk to Madeleine (who is weirdly fascinated with the innards of a sea cucumber) to learn about the menu and help menus. Some of her students band together so they can explore a nearby pirate cave, and dusk comes around by the time they decide to go back.

Around the campfire, Madeleine covers the possible good and bad times her students will have together, and wants everyone to stay positive the whole way through. When class is dismissed once again, Cassis remarks that she didn't even notice the absence of some of the kids, who chose not to come to the campfire after being called. Afterwards, Madeleine stands by the shore yet again during free time, talking to herself about the sea creatures she keeps finding. The protagonist can interrupt her fascination yet again to learn about the basics of stats in combat.

Magical Starsign
A few years later, Madeleine flies off to the Water Planet Cassia to study at Ambergris Prep. There, she devotes over 800 years of her life to study a copy of an ancient grimoire known as The Book of Darned which is said to curse anyone who reads it. The book, written by a wizard named Craaken, chronicles a prediction of the Sun's death and the subsequent rebirth of all living things. It also details the process of etherealization, wherein an individual can access Nova by possessing the five Millennium Gummies and transmuting all the planets' elemental matter.

Madeleine is sent by Principal Biscotti to chase after Kale, her former student, as he was capturing anyone who wielded magic. However, months passed and she did not return. The scene cuts to Principal Biscotti sadly wishing, ''It should have been me. ''(The planet she was sent to search was Puffoon.)

She is mentioned throughout the game, seen as mirages in Couscous Ruins, and captured by Kale (Sorbet tried to save her by serving Kale and adding to his wizard collection by snatching a magic-wielding potfolk. At that time, it appeared Miss Madeline was asleep. Did Kale use a sleeping spell?)

In Chromagar cave, her path is guarded by the Giant larva, a large caterpillar-like insect that feeds off of magical energies. Once defeated, the player can continue only to be blocked by Kale and his Gummy giant, a creature fueled by Kale's sinister magic. Defeat him (and let me tell you; it isn't easy! Knock out the Gummy giant, and you've got Kale. Knock out Kale, and you've got the Gummy giant. Plus you have the change of night and day. . .Whew! It's certainly a challenge, so make sure to train your team!) and you can move on to Miss Madeline. As Chromagar cave's air can create gummies out of those entering the cave, Madeline is no exception: her outer body crystallized into a gummy.

Name origin
Madeleines are small spongy cakes that originate from the Lorraine communes of France.

Trivia

 * Madeleine's full name, Madeleine de Tasca, is only ever mentioned in the Japanese version of Magical Starsign. It is unknown why this was removed in international versions of the game.