Kale

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Kale ジン・レオ Jin Reo
Artwork for Magical Starsign by Shinichi Kameoka
Other Name(s)	Master Kale
Starsign	LightIf the protagonist's starsign is dark DarkIf the protagonist's starsign is light
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Occupation(s)	Will-o'-Wisp alumnus Magic scholar Royal scientist
Affiliation(s)	Space Police Astro pirates

"Do you see it now? Everything has gone off its proper course. No one else can bring order back to the world. My way is the only way to restore perfection..."

―Kale

Kale is a character and the main antagonist of Magical Starsign. He is a powerful magician and alumnus of Will-o'-Wisp Academy on Kovomaka, having been a student of Miss Madeleine, but now conspires with Chard and the astro pirates to abduct magicians across the Baklava solar system. Madeleine is sent to Puffoon to investigate his actions, but when she does not return, her students blast off into outer space to find her. Along the way, they learn about Kale's past and the reasons behind his crusade, unravelling his sinister plans to destroy the universe.

Profile

Kale is a very standoffish, mysterious, and commanding person with an apparent messiah complex. He will use people to reach his goals with little thought of the consequences, going so far as to sacrifice his own allies. He is very devoted to his mission, against all reason, and is unfortunately extremely effective. Some allege that Kale was a good-natured student and civil servant, but lost hope in mankind after seeing how violent and incompetent it was.

Regarding his ideology, he is said to be one of the two mages recorded in history to have read the Book of the Darned and survived, the other mage being Madeleine. As presented throughout the story, his ideology shares similarities with the concepts of death and reincarnation, as written by Craaken. The book wrote of the larva Shadra eventually emerging to eat the sun, destroying the universe and rebirthing it anew. Kale is shown to fixate upon the universe’s end in particular. Motivated by his disdain towards mankind, Kale takes the imminent death of the sun to an extreme and works to accelerate the universe’s end by awakening Shadra early. It is likely that those in high command within his forces, such as Fowler and the pirate king Chard, share a similar disdain.

Kale's body is gray and thin, with most of his face being concealed by long blonde hair and a moustache. The only distinguishable feature of his face is a single blue eye. For clothing, Kale wears a baggy moss-colored hat, muffler scarf, and severely tattered robes with a red cloak.

Gameplay

Kale in battle

Kale's starsign is the opposite of the protagonist's, and he can perform two actions on his turn. If he is defeated, the gummy giant will be unable to use gummy sword.

Light starsignDark starsign

	No. Name Starsign Lv. HP MP 222 Kale Light 56 18000 140
Pow IQ Def Spr Agi P.Rst M.Rst 20 60 60 60 84 100% 100%
Location Chromagar Cave
EXP Bira Drop 80 0 ― (―%)
Skills & Magic Front ― ― ― ― ― ― Back ― ― ― ― ― ―

	No. Name Starsign Lv. HP MP 222 Kale Dark 56 18000 140
Pow IQ Def Spr Agi P.Rst M.Rst 20 60 60 60 84 100% 100%
Location Chromagar Cave
EXP Bira Drop 80 0 ― (―%)
Skills & Magic Front ― ― ― ― ― ― Back ― ― ― ― ― ―

Descriptions

Descriptions
Magical Vacation: Itsutsu no Hoshi ga Narabu Toki	宇宙警察を　うらであやつっていた　魔法学校のそつぎょうせい。　ぼうだいなちしきと　けいけんから　強力な魔法を使う。 TrTranslation: A graduate of the Magic School who was controlling the Space Police behind the scenes. He casts powerful magic from his vast knowledge and experience.
Magical Starsign	This former Will-o'-Wisp Academy student manipulated the Space Police and led them on a mad crusade against magicians. He possesses vast knowledge.
Magical Starsign	Cet ancien élève de l'école d'Edgar Simor a manipulé la Police sidérale pour l'inciter à mener une croisade folle contre les magiciens. Son savoir est sans borne.
Magical Starsign	Der einstige Schüler der Irrlicht-Akademiehat die Weltraumpolizei manipuliert und sieauf die ungute Jagd nach den Zaubererngeschickt. Er besitzt ein enormes Wissen.
Magical Starsign	Questo ex-allievo della Accademia di Magia ha raggirato la Polizia Spaziale e l'ha convinta a iniziare una stupida crociata contro i maghi. Persona molto erudita.
Magical Starsign	Este antiguo alumno de la Academia Abracadabra manipuló a la Patrulla Espacial para emprender una loca cruzada contra los magos. Su magia es asombrosa.
Magical Vacation: Itsutsu no Hoshi ga Narabu Toki - Mahō Wakusei Kansoku Nyūmonsho	世界の破滅を企む魔法使い 魔法学校在学中はマドレーヌの教え子で、ぬきんでた力を持つまじめな生徒だった。卒業後は、コットンのチモ・タボ王につかえる。だが、なにかをきっかけにひょうへん。世界の破滅を企て、宇宙警察や海賊を支配して各惑星で悪さをしている。 TrTranslation: A magician who plots the world's destruction While attending the Magic School, he was Madeleine's pupil, and was a diligent student who possessed outstanding power. After graduating, he went on to work for King Chimo Tabo of Kotton. However, something caused him to suddenly change. He plots the world's destruction, commands the Space Police and pirates, and is causing trouble on each planet.

Biography

Early life

Some time ago, Kale graduated from Will-o'-Wisp as a pupil of Miss Madeleine. He earned lots of respect at the academy, as not only did be become well-versed in in politics, but his charisma and kindness convinced many to align with his beliefs.

Around ten years before Magical Starsign, Kale befriended Suspiro, the king of the Baklava solar system. Suspiro was so impressed by Kale's public appeal and political knowledge that he earned his own place in Bena Rikashi palace, and was even given a research lab on the east end of the city. As Suspiro's right-hand man, Kale helped strengthen the Space Police significantly. However, many citizens felt that Kale's rise to power was unfair and wanted their old customs to be preserved, harassing him to the point where he was nearly expelled from the palace. Despite this, he kept working hard for the nation, but slowly lost his faith in humanity as the public rallied against him.

Kale studied more at Ambergris Preparatory School on Cassia, where he obtained Craaken's Book of the Darned. From the book, he learned many esoteric things about the universe, including the etherealization process and Nova's existence inside the sun. Kale also read about a larva named Shadra, who fed off of magic energy and lived on a planet of the same name. The planet Shadra existed inside the sun as well, but in a dimension parallel to Nova. According to Craaken, the larva would destroy the universe by devouring the sun once it matured, then give birth to a new sun and universe with all-new lives. To Kale, mankind was no longer competent enough to keep the Baklava system alive. He believed himself to be the only one capable of fulfilling Craaken's prophecy, and so plotted to accelerate Shadra's metamorphosis to renew the universe.

Kale continued to search for ways to reach Nova, and then find a way into Shadra's dimension. Craaken's book taught of the ancient yogart gurus' ability to send their souls into the sun, but it also identified a teleportation device called the Stone Stage, located in Shishkebab Cavern on Razen. To carry out this plan, Kale seized control of the Space Police with the help of Biek Fowler, making them completely disobedient to Suspiro. Kale then disclosed his plans to Suspiro, who spent several days trying to change his mind, to no avail. As his scheme unfolded, Kale traveled across Baklava to confide in Rogan Josh, Parfait, Principal Biscotti, and Miss Madeleine. To some, he expressed his views on the worthlessness of life, while others were told about the sun's secrets.

Some time later, Kale and Fowler joined forces with Master Chard of the astro pirates. Chard's gang would be in charge of abducting magicians across the Baklava system, keeping them locked inside Shishkebab Cavern until the eventual voyage to Nova. Kale's intent was to bring the kidnapped magicians with him to the dark planet, have them crystallize from its ambient gummy fumes, and offer their magic and life force to the larva Shadra. It was also around this time when Kale created the odd beetle, which he raised to guard the Couscous Ruins.

Magical Starsign

Three months ago on Kovomaka, the protagonist and their classmates overheard a conversation between Biscotti and Madeleine. Biscotti received word of Kale's troublesome actions on Puffoon, and how he was using the astro pirates to carry out his evil deeds. In hopes of stopping Kale, Biscotti sent Madeleine off to Puffoon. After three months of absence, her concerned students took it upon themselves to find Madeleine, hijacking Will-o'-Wisp's secret stash of rockets and blasting off into outer space.

Once the protagonist, Mokka, and Lassi left Cassia, Kale approached the Stone Stage on Razen, and before him laid an unconscious Miss Madeleine. A pirate otter then ran up to the stage, warning Kale of Chard's defeat at the students' hands. Kale responded with amusement, though wished for the students to be kept at bay for the time being. Kale would not be seen again until the party, now reunited with Chai and Pico, arrived at Shishkebab Cavern while chasing Sorbet. They watched her bring Celadon to Kale and Chard, hoping he would be a sufficient sacrifice for Kale. Kale rejected Sorbet's offering, then used his own magic with Razen's energy to activate the stage, warping himself, Chard, Madeleine, and his underlings into the sun.

During their quest to find the five millennium gummies, the party visited King Suspiro on Puffoon to learn more of Kale's history, and how his mistrust in mankind came to be. They then ventured through Couscous Ruins and saw mirages of Kale and Madeleine, replaying their encounter from three months ago. In these mirages, Madeleine tried talking Kale out of sacrificing the Baklava system's magicians for Shadra, only to be captured and brought to the Stone Stage by his subordinates. The students' galactic chase eventually lead them to Nova inside the sun, but shortly after landing, they heard an explosion in the distance. Investigating the Phunnel Pit, they found that the astro pirates blew up a stairway connecting Nova and Shadra's dimensions to hinder their progress. Luckily, with the help of their friends from around Baklava, the team managed to use the Starway beneath Sparklin Palace and proceed through Shadra. Fowler and Chard even ended their own lives to stop the students, but they continued to push onward.

Kale summoning the gummy giant near Shadra's chrysalis

Within Chromagar Cave, the students took down Shadra in its larva form and discovered Madeleine further in the cavern, barely clinging to life under a layer of gummies. Kale intervened and attempted to stop Madeleine's students once and for all, summoning the gummy giant to fight alongside him. Once Kale was defeated, he directed the party's attention to Shadra in its chrysalis form, proclaiming it would absorb everyone's magic and commence the apocalypse. As Shadra absorbed Kale, it emerged from the chrysalis and clashed with the party. They managed to defeat the monster and create a new light of rebirth, but were too late to save Miss Madeleine, who bid her students farewell before passing away.

Trivia

Kale saying "You've come at last..." (来てしまったのか, kite shimatta no ka) in Japanese

Grown-up Sesame experimenting on Café au Lait

• In Japanese, Kale has two voice lines that were removed in localized versions. These are "You've come at last..." (来てしまったのか, kite shimatta no ka) at the start of battle, and "So this is it...?" (ここまでか, koko made ka) when defeated.
• Kale bears many similarities to Sesame Ashpot from Magical Vacation. He has the power to create magic bugs, evidenced by the specimens in his laboratory and his insect bullets attack, which resembles Sesame's insect attribute magic. They also share similar physical traits such as blue eyes and dirty blonde hair; Sesame is even seen with a bushy moustache after the events of Magical Vacation. In Sesame's ending, it says he became an antiques researcher who published many papers, and modified Café au Lait's body into a rocket before launching him off of Kovomaka, demonstrating his prestige and interest in outer space.

Nomenclature

His name comes from kale, a type of green and purple cabbage.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ジン・レオ Jin Reo	Jin Reo, from オレンジ orenji (orange)
English	Kale
French	Chu Krout	Chu Krout, from choucroute (sauerkraut)
German	Braunkohl	Browncabbage
Italian	Cavolverde	Cavolverde, from cavolo verde (green cabbage)
Spanish	Kale	Kale

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See also

• Insect mage