Caramel Arrow Cookie

She is the First Watcher of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, though she was once briefly demoted and banished from the Black Citadel due to Affogato Cookie's meddling.

Appearance:

Caramel Arrow Cookie is relatively thin of average height with warm-toned, dark brown skin. Her steely eyes are a deep black with bronze reflections and her brow is furrowed in a tenacious expression. Her mouth is generally slight and humorless and takes a deep plum hue.

Overall, Caramel Arrow Cookie's design utilizes a distinct cloud-like design motif, bringing to mind the stylized, swirling depictions of clouds famously seen in countless instances of East Asian art. Particularly in China, clouds are seen as a symbol of luck and often are associated with yin and yang, which Caramel Arrow Cookie and the Dark Cacao Kingdom both heavily carry as another contributing motif and theme.

Caramel Arrow Cookie's hair is considerably long, its length billowing down to her feet even while in a pulled-up fashion, and it ends in a stylized, cloud-like swirl of curls. Her long hair is doubly tied in that its length is fashioned into a high ponytail while a higher section is spun into a bun atop her head. Against her forehead sits a lifted bang that drops into two curling strands layering her left eye. The right side of her hair is fully pulled back into her ponytail and two loose strands border her face on either side. Overall, her hair takes a stark obsidian tone as its base and is adorned with spiraling streaks of striking caramel brown, evoking an image of brown sugar spreading amongst dark tapioca pearls.

The First Watcher's attire is inspired by masculine Silla-era clothing. Her outfit consists of layers, including trousers, a jeogori robe split into alabaster and chocolate colors, and an elaborate dapho vest with triangular shaping. She wears a gakdae belt with a norigae attached to it. Caramel Arrow Cookie also sports a jougwan head-crest and wields a stylized gakgung bow that can split into twin blades. As the First Watcher of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, she stands on the Black Citadel wall protecting her kingdom from threats in exile while maintaining unwavering loyalty to her king and subordinates.

Personality:

Caramel Arrow Cookie is a determined, supremely loyal individual with a strong mental fortitude. As the First Watcher of the Dark Cacao Kingdom and the head of its most elite troops, she is as ardent towards her nation as one can be and refuses to back down when it and her comrades are threatened. However, her passion can often boil over and lead to actions fueled solely by her strong emotions and unmoving beliefs; Caramel Arrow Cookie is never one to hold her tongue—and her bow—when her dignity or that of those she cherishes is insulted.

The First Watcher is highly motivated, always being the one to stoke the flames of hope for crestfallen allies or even her own dejected self when things seem grim, as seen with her initial doubt and following self-reassurance upon being cast away from the Black Citadel and demoted in Snow on the Black Wall. Such a fervent yet dignified soul is almost akin to the formidable badlands of the Dark Cacao Kingdom, which Dark Cacao Cookie mentions himself shortly before casting Caramel Arrow Cookie away into the wilds.

Caramel Arrow Cookie's zeal is not attributed to only her homeland, though—her genuine compassion for others often shines from underneath her hardened exterior. This tenderness sometimes is even to a fault, though, as it is what led to her initial removal from the Black Citadel. Prior to her demotion, Caramel Arrow Cookie would put forth extraneous efforts to feed those starving and abandoned by the king in the Dark Cacao Kingdom with her own rations. The collusive Affogato Cookie took advantage of this kindness to twist her actions into a false case of rations stolen from the Citadel's own cupboards, and she is ostracized by order of King Dark Cacao Cookie. Even then, the First Watcher, exiled into the snowy dunes, would immediately go on to protect the vulnerable GingerBrave & Friends from a Snow Lion and guide their way to the Black Citadel. She is highly respectful towards those who deserve such as well, as she is seen going out of her way to honor her passed fellow Watchers at the Chocolate Altar of the Fallen while traveling with her new caravan.

It is said that Caramel Arrow Cookie is particularly accustomed to the wilderness. Upon her banishment, she immediately recollects her survival knowledge, remembering that she must craft twenty arrows per day to fend off all adversaries and that one mustn't fall to the soporific abilities of the Frozen Peak Prowler when facing one. Caramel Arrow Cookie also mentions that she has straw laced to her boots to help her retain traction in the snow, and a piece of loading screen trivia mentions that she is able to read the weather of the Dark Cacao mountains by heart.

Powers / Abilities: •Survival Mastery °Bowyering Mastery °Archery Mastery

Relation to Affogato Cookie:

Due to his calculated treachery against Dark Cacao Cookie and the Dark Cacao Kingdom in general, Caramel Arrow Cookie despises Affogato Cookie with her entire being. She is exceedingly vocal and unabashed in highlighting Affogato Cookie's conniving nature, calling him a deceitful, sniveling snake and a dishonorable worm at every given opportunity; this sheer animosity is deeply-seated enough that she is more than prepared to strike down the shaman if he dares slither across her path again, as clearly seen in the Rice Cake Incident.

King:

Dark Cacao Cookie is a Ancient Hero and the founder and the king of the Dark Cacao Kingdom. He is also the father of Dark Choco Cookie, though he disowned him upon Dark Choco Cookie's destruction of the Kingdom. He carries the Light of Resolution in his Soul Jam, and is the counterpart to Mystic Flour Cookie's Light of Apathy.

Friend:

Crunchy Chip Cookie is the captain of the Cream Wolves of the Dark Cacao Kingdom. He serves as Dark Cacao Cookie's bodyguard and associate during the events of Cookie Odyssey.

Trivia:

According to her loading screen trivia, "Caramel Arrow Cookie learned how to read the mountain weather from the best Dark Cacao mountaineers." Another loading screen states, "Caramel Arrow Cookie became the First Watcher at a young age, with the support of her fellow Cookies. Some Affogato Cookie jealous and bitter gazes have followed her footsteps ever since..."

The Dark Cacao Kingdom, sometimes referred to as simply Dark Cacao, is a kingdom founded by Dark Cacao Cookie. Due to the denouncement of his son and the kingdom's prince, Dark Choco Cookie, Dark Cacao Cookie remains the sole member of the kingdom's royal family.

This kingdom's culture is strongly based on Joseon-era (Korean: 조선) Korea, whilst the environment is perhaps based on Tibet, located in the frigid Himalayas.

Landscape Flora & Fauna Giant Icing Ridge Woods: The slopes of the Giant Icing Ridge are covered with thick woods of frozen icing. A traveler risks to lose their track quickly in this snow-covered land unless they carefully mark the road. If it did happen, all there is left is to pray Fortuna that a sugar mouse left its chocoball fruit stash somewhere nearby...

Predatory Animals: Predators like the Cacao Eagle or the Dire Creamwolf hunt their prey in the Dark Cacao Kingdom’s wilderness. While most of the animals native to this land have a white coat to camouflage into the snowy environment, there are also dark-coated beasts. Be extremely careful if you spot one of them: the dark fur signifies that they are not afraid of their natural enemies.

Geography & Environment: The snow never stops falling high up in the mountains of the Giant Icing Ridge on the eastmost edge of Crispia. The Black Citadel towers above the edge of a cliff, watching over endless birch forests. Dire beasts of all kinds stalk this frigid wilderness, but they are harmless compared to the terrors of the Licorice Sea across the ridge. These creatures pose a constant threat to the Kingdom, but fortunately, it has been kept safe by the Great Chocolate Wall until now.

Culture: Harsh climate doesn’t make for a developed sense of humor. What the Dark Cacao Cookies genuinely excel at is combat. From a young age they learn weapons or martial arts. When the time comes, an apprentice finally receives a sword to defeat a wolf on their own and complete the coming of age ritual, and although the others was allowed sweet cocoa or delicate milk chocolate, it is only bitter food from this point on. The Dark Cacao consider bitter food a constant reminder of perils and death. As a result the citizens are not afraid of crumbling, but rather despise dishonorable living.

History Founding: Dark Cacao Kingdom was founded by Dark Cacao Cookie on the edge of the Giant Icing Ridge, in the very place where with a single stroke, he had put an end to the many day-long battle between the White Dragon of the South and the Black Dragon of the North.

Denizens: Having to cope with dangerous beasts and a harsh climate that makes farming extremely hard, all of the Dark Cacao Kingdom undergo rigorous combat training from a young age. With peril always lurking nearby, the locals tend to cultivate asceticism and abstain from pleasures.