Awakened Dark Cacao Cookie

Once, a lone sovereign's head bowed in despair behind the impenetrable walls of his castle. Shrouded in darkness, his past was riddled with trials and tribulations—challenges that would have crumbled ordinary Cookies. Enemies tried to infiltrate the walls, greedy hands sought the crown, and even his own son betrayed him. Despite his bitter and destitute life, two things never lost their shine: his pride as a ruler and his resolve, pitch dark as obsidian. Even when his dough crumbled from scaling the rocky mountains, even when he lost everything and everyone dear to him, his resolution remained unwavering and true. Now, he stands stronger than ever, commanding the two dragons that resting on his shoulders. This Cookie does not cower behind walls. He stands tall and regal, revered by his loyal subjects. His sword is raised high in triumph, sworn to protect the Cookie world, and his name is none other than… Dark Cacao Cookie.

After nearly returning to flour courtesy of Mystic Flour Cookie, the fiery Resolution in his heart grew stronger — the same fire that protected his kingdom from the creatures of the Licorice Sea. He defied Mystic Flour Cookie's idea of enlightenment and allied with the dragons who were once bound to his sword in order to Awaken.

Dark Cacao Cookie's Dragon Lord outfit displays a distinct motif of duality in black and white. As expected of myeonbok (Korean: 면복), he wears a myeonlyugwan imperial crown (Korean Hangul: 면류관; Korean Hanja: 冕旒冠) with seven beaded lines—two in the front corners and five along the back. The board of his crown is fashioned after a thick bar of chocolate to hearken back to the Dark Cacao Kingdom.

The Grapejam Chocoblade he holds is still massive, but slightly shorter than him, with some very noticeable changes. The hilt of the sword now has a white four sided gem embedded into it. The guard of the sword resembles two halves of an Oreo cookie, one half being white, the other half being black, both of the halves' circular sides face upwards. The in-between point of the oreo halves of the sword which houses Dark Cacao Cookie's Soul Jam has a circle that is colored black and white to parallel the colors of the sides of the guard. The blade of the Grapejam Chocoblade has two sets of serrated "teeth" and the blade is evenly divided into white and black.

In his Dragon Lord appearance, Dark Cacao Cookie's manner of dress directly emulates the Korean myeonbok (Korean: 면복), a set of ceremonial regalia reserved for kings and emperors in the Joseon (Korean: 조선) dynasty. The pearlescent filigree scattered about his outfit is based on the decorative art of Najeonchilgi (Korean: 나전칠기), in which mother-of-pearl is inlaid on objects like hand mirrors and jewelry boxes and subsequently lacquered. The bilaterally-split nature of his outfit represents his mastery over the Black and White Dragons, over dark and light, and over black and white as a whole; he has achieved a perfect balance of yin and yang.

Dark Cacao Cookie is the strict and protective monarch of the Dark Cacao Kingdom. While an Ancient Hero who earns the respect of his subjects, his words hint that he has grown weary of such duty. Despite this, his resolve to protect his kingdom and Earthbread allows him to continue bearing the responsibilities he swore to uphold. Dark Cacao Cookie is also quite stoic, his emotions are muted and reserved unless caught in certain situations, such as being in battle or seeing Pure Vanilla Cookie for the first time since the Dark Flour War. Additionally, Dark Cacao Cookie has a temper that can cause conflict between him and other Cookies, such as Clotted Cream Cookie and his estranged son, Dark Choco Cookie.

Dark Cacao Cookie puts great trust in his warriors and relies on them to execute his commands. However, his belief in his kingdom has made him vulnerable to Cookies like Affogato Cookie who feigned loyalty with his ulterior motives. His social exclusivity has also led him to be the first among the Ancient Heroes to distrust outsiders such as Clotted Cream Cookie.

Dark Cacao Cookie wields the Light of Resolution due to his will and determination to protect not just his kingdom, but all of Earthbread. When asked by Cloud Haetae Cookie what his wish was, he confessed that his wish was simply to keep protecting his kingdom. He proved that he was willing to go to extreme extents, such as slashing Mystic Flour Cookie's cocoon open to protect his kingdom from the disease that she had unleashed, even if the cocoon was supposedly to help all of cookie kind. Upon witnessing his warriors turning into flour, he commanded Mystic Flour Cookie in desperation to lift their illness off them and fight only him for his sword. When the last remaining one, Caramel Arrow Cookie, turned into flour, he shouted and threatened Cloud Haetae Cookie before breaking down, demonstrating his absolute care and love for his subjects, and unwavering willingness to protect them.

Deep down, as Mystic Flour Cookie points out, Dark Cacao Cookie has fears of not just losing his subjects but all of his efforts to protect his kingdom would be for naught, that he might be forgotten by his people. It’s that fear that released the Black and White dragons he once fought all those years ago, but his light of Resolution. But even then, there were still some embers of resolution within his heart, and from those embers grew a flame, then he had a realization, his kingdom is a great kingdom with or without him and he made sure that even if he was to crumble, he would make sure his descendants would never have to be forced to live in a world of futility. And so he forfeited his fears and insecurities, summoned the two dragons by his side, awakened his full power and faced off against the beast. After that, he vowed to bring balance of rest and work in his life.