Pure Vanilla Cookie

Appearance:

Pure Vanilla Cookie is a partially tall Cookie with orange-tan dough and creamy blonde hair. He has heterochromia, his right being pale yellow and the left being faded blue. His eyes are mostly closed, though there are times where they are open. On his forehead is a sienna-colored star shape. His outfit is that of a Vanilla Kingdom ruler, hence the waffle-like hat and robes and light-colored palette. His hat is pointed, the pointed half on top being a bright yellow with a waffle patter, and the bottom half being golden with a crown appearance. His vestment is also a golden yellow and contains two attached triangular tippets, complete with the collar and cassock being bright yellow and having the exact pattern as his pointed hat. The cross-like plate on his vestment contains his vibrant blue Soul Jam. Underneath the vestment is a long plain white dress with long sleeves, and a dark brown syrup like pattern. Accompanied by a turtleneck reaching directly to his chin. The staff he holds contains a vanilla flower with orchid yellow petals and an eye featuring light cyan sclera and a brown iris. The brown shaft contains a few green vines.

Personality:

Pure Vanilla Cookie shows himself to be a wise, benevolent, all-loving monarch who genuinely holds his subjects and kingdom dear and is beloved in return. He is seen as the epitome of many virtues. Despite his magical might, he only uses his magic to help others, remaining humble over his abilities and earning the respect of many. Even towards his supposed arch-nemesis Dark Enchantress Cookie, he remains altruistic and puts effort into convincing her to change her mind. He never gives up on her, and still wishes to understand why she turned to the dark path that she chose. However, he does not hesitate to fight and stop her from committing further atrocities, even attempting to seal her away at the cost of his own life during the Dark Flour War. In Episode 9, there is a glimpse of his mentality beneath the messianic exterior. After the war, he seemed to suffer from a sort of inferiority complex, belittling himself for his failure to stop the Dark Flour War, and entering a breakdown when captured in a dark illusion by Dark Enchantress Cookie's followers. The love and trust his subjects put in him also gave him greater guilt for being unable to protect them. He wields the Light of Truth due to his enlightenment and wisdom, often leading cookies to the right path, and showing compassion for it.

Backstory:

During Episodes 7 and 8, it is discovered Pure Vanilla Cookie went to Blueberry Yogurt Academy alongside White Lily Cookie. Despite Pure Vanilla Cookie's magical capabilities, he had more of a rebellious side. He would skip classes to join White Lily Cookie, explaining that they were "boring without [her]." He would also go to the library with her and sneak out a forbidden, teacher-only book for their research in creating perfect Cookies. Unlike White Lily Cookie, he stopped when he felt that they reached the limits of their research, warning her against the ethical borders they'd have to cross to continue it.

Skills:

Illuminates the battlefield with his Vanilla Orchid Staff, granting Amplify Buffs to regular healing targets. The light reaches all corners of the battlefield, replenishing the party's HP and reducing the effects of Injury. Pure Vanilla Cookie heals the amount of HP proportional to the reduction of Injury's effects. He then casts an HP Shield absorbing an amount of damage proportional to their Max HP. If the Shield is removed or the target cannot receive it, Pure Vanilla Cookie instead grants a buff that restores HP over time. While Pure Vanilla Cookie is using his skill, he will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects. Gentle and Warm Radiance Status Amplify Buff Amplify Buff: +25.0% for 10.0 sec; stacks up to x1 Status Healing Healing: 112.0% of ATK Status HP Shield HP Shield: blocks DMG equal to 20.0% of Max HP for 10.0 sec If the HP Shield is dispelled or the target is immune: Status Healing Healing (Cookies): 1.0% of Max HP every 1.0 sec for 7.0 sec Status Healing Healing (Others): 35.0% of ATK every 1.0 sec for 7.0 sec Injury Alleviation: -50.0% Ancient Cookie Status Debuff Resist Passive: Debuff Resist +30.0%

Relationships:

Custard Cookie III and Pure Vanilla Cookie share some notable similarities. Both have close ties to the Vanilla Kingdom, with Pure Vanilla Cookie being its founder and king and Custard Cookie III being a royal descendant of it. The two may be directly related; Custard Cookie III claims such in Castle in the Sky, calling himself "a descendant of the king" and claiming that a depiction of Pure Vanilla must bear a family resemblance to him. Custard Cookie III's grandfather, Premier Custard Cream Cookie, is known to have been a high-ranking official of the Vanilla Kingdom, who knew and was invariably loyal to Pure Vanilla Cookie. Similarly, Custard Cookie III longs to be the king of the Vanilla Kingdom much like Pure Vanilla Cookie had been. Due to this, Custard Cookie III harbors intense respect for him, holding this opinion long before he even met Pure Vanilla Cookie. Custard Cookie III and Pure Vanilla Cookie both are Healing units that default to the Rear position. Pure Vanilla Cookie's Love & Peace Skill is functionally identical to Custard Cookie III's Skill, King's Favor Skill, as both are Skills that instantly heal team members by a set amount of HP while casting a non-permanent shield upon them. However, Love & Peace is a much stronger version of King's Favor, as it casts a barrier upon and heals all members of the party for a significant amount of HP, while King's Favor heals a smaller amount of HP on and casts a barrier upon only two members of the party. (The differences in HP restored are due to their Attack stat ranges, with Pure Vanilla Cookie able to reach a higher Attack stat than Custard Cookie III.) In Episode 8, Bachalomoth the Dreamer refers to Custard Cookie III as "Yellow Cookie". On the official Kingdom site, the file name for Pure Vanilla Cookie's silhouette asset is "yellowCookie.png". In the Halloween Story, Custard Cookie III is seen dressed as Pure Vanilla Cookie (with a few design discrepancies and simplifications) for the Halloween.

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Some facts:

According to his unique loading screen, "Whenever Pure Vanilla Cookie opens his eyes, his staff will close its eyes." This doesn't seem to be entirely true as his tap animation shows the two with their eyes open at the same time, as well as other examples as shown by his sprites during the Story Mode. Pure Vanilla Cookie is the first Cookie to have heterochromia iridis, specifically of the complete variant. His left eye is a faded blue and his right eye a pale yellow. Pure Vanilla Cookie's eyes being specifically light blue and golden yellow may be based on The Excellent ice cream, Korean brand of vanilla ice cream manufactured by Binggrae Co. that is known for its distinct packaging using the same colors. It is implied within the game that Pure Vanilla Cookie may be blind or visually impaired, his eyes commonly seen closed or covered, implicating that he has no need to open them. There is also a Treasure that appears to be his staff, accordingly named the Blind Healer's Staff. This may solely be a nod to his Healer Cookie disguise, in which his eyes are wrapped in bandages just like said staff. However, this has not been fully confirmed. Pure Vanilla Cookie's Vanilla Orchid Staff seems to be sentient, shifting its eye about intelligently in reaction to things around it. The Vanilla Orchid Staff can be seen waving along with Pure Vanilla Cookie in his waving animation, using one of its leaves in place of an arm. In one of his Healer Cookie sprites, the Vanilla Orchid Staff can be seen lifting its own wrappings with its leaves. Pure Vanilla Cookie and White Lily Cookie appear to have been hinted a year prior to Cookie Run: Kingdom's reveal, as shown in Roguefort Cookie's skill background in Cookie Run: OvenBreak. When Pure Vanilla Cookie's Japanese voiceover was revealed, the teasers erroneously depicted Milk Cookie while depicting Pure Vanilla Cookie's Japanese name and voice actor. This prompted an apology post and all replies containing the error were replaced

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With the correct teaser. Pure Vanilla Cookie's unique background, set in the Vanilla Kingdom castle, has white lilies displayed on a stand. These could represent his closeness with White Lily Cookie. In Cookie Run: OvenBreak, an Event was held to promote the release of Cookie Run: Kingdom. One of the rewards given by this Event was a "The Great Kingdoms" Jelly Set, which features the Ancient Heroes as Bear Jellies. Pure Vanilla Cookie is referred to in the set as "Hopeful Giant Hero Jelly". The description reads, "Even the smallest spark of hope can grow to defeat the greatest of evils." Pure Vanilla Cookie's gacha theme features Cookie Run: Kingdom's jingle as a leitmotif. Pure Vanilla Cookie's April Fools 2022 sprite shows his face engraved on a coin that has the number 100 and 5 stars. This may refer to the fact that one must acquire 100 Soulstones in order to promote a Cookie to 5 stars. Pure Vanilla Cookie was designed by Naheun Ghim. Pure Vanilla Cookie's internal name is "cookie0506". Pure Vanilla Cookie's Taiwanese voice actress, Mu Xuanming, also provides the in-game voice of Parfait Cookie. Pure Vanilla Cookie's name is a play on pure vanilla extract, however, Pure Vanilla Cookie is more based on vanilla as a general dessert flavor rather than vanilla extract itself; "pure" was likely taken from pure vanilla extract as a play on his honest, good nature. He also has strong ties to Vanilla orchids (genus Vanilla), which are used to create many vanilla-flavored products; this can be seen with his orchid staff, the Vanilla Orchid Garden, and other references to the plant throughout his kingdom. Fittingly, orchids represent purity, reverence, hope, and dignity. Additionally, Pure Vanilla Cookie's character likely takes heavy inspiration from the prophet(s) of Abrahamic religions, such as Jesus Christ of Christianity. Similar to the prodigal son, Pure Vanilla Cookie started from humble beginnings likely as a shepherd, adopting a kind demeanor and gaining

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Followers, and eventually rising to power and becoming the head of a kingdom with a noteworthy religious following. Pure Vanilla Cookie is known for his devout humility, altruism, and forgiving nature as well as his borderline-miraculous light-based healing abilities, all of which are commonly attributed to Jesus Christ. Pure Vanilla Cookie has a clear connection to sheep, embracing a Cotton Candy Sheep in one of his overworld special animations and featuring Cream Sheep in the Land of Peace and Healing Decor set, along with habitually toting an (embellished) shepherd's crook and perhaps being a shepherd himself in the past. Jesus is famous for being associated with sheep as well, having shepherds spread the word of his coming and being present for his birth as well as being titled the "Lamb of God". Furthermore, sheep and lambs are strongly associated with Christianity in general. A significant part of Pure Vanilla Cookie's story is his pilgrimage through a desert, leading to two landmarks noteworthy enough to have their own Story Mode Episodes. Pilgrimages are very significant aspects of Abrahamic religions, as with the pilgrimage to Mecca in Islam and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Christianity and Judaism. The Temptation of Christ from Christianity is also quite similar to Pure Vanilla Cookie's desert journey from his youth. The bursts of light correlated with Pure Vanilla Cookie's magic, particularly in his gacha illustration, resemble common stylizations of the Star of Bethlehem, an icon largely tied to the nativity of Jesus. Orchids, a type of flower tied to Pure Vanilla Cookie, often symbolize Jesus Christ. Some species feature speckled petals, which have been compared to the blood of Christ, and there is even a group of orchid species dubbed the crucifix orchids (genus Epidendrum). The Vanilla Kingdom infrastructure (both in its Story Mode depictions and in the Land of Peace and Healing set) seems to take substantial inspiration from church architecture,

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Featuring motifs characteristic to Christian chapels and European architecture in general. The Kingdom features the approximate icon of the Christian cross and the Star of David, marble-like statues depicting reverent, angelic figures, columned arcades amongst wide-open, high-ceilinged spaces, countless uses of stained glass, and more. The Vanilla Kingdom castle also contains a chapel, although it's unclear whether the Vanilla Kingdom followed any specific religion. In Episode 10, Priest Cookie recites: "In the name of the godly hands painting the sky, the mountain-like hats, and long shadows that grant us shade..." This phrase appears to be describing the Witches. There are not many Cookies on Earthbread who could inspire hope as Pure Vanilla Cookie did. Born from nature-blessed cream and a fragrant vanilla bean, he was the epitome of Cookie kindness and faithfulness. Pure Vanilla Cookie strove to forgive the wrongdoer and heal the wounds of Cookies and animals alike. Though a powerful wielder of magic, he would use his spells not for his own good, but for the good of everyone. The Cookie took an arduous pilgrimage down the Sugar-Free Road. What Pure Vanilla Cookie learned through the Trials is unknown, but crowned with a bright halo of light he returned to found the Vanilla Kingdom, a land of freedom and learning, and a beacon for those seeking love and peace. Pure Vanilla Cookie stood by his friends until the very end, warding off the Darkness with a heartfelt smile.