Craaken

Craaken is a character in the lore of Magical Starsign. He was a yogart guru and the author of the Book of the Darned. Ambergris Preparatory School on Cassia was founded upon his teachings.

Biography

Craaken was an archwizard of the yogart guru clan on Erd, whose knowledge of magic was so vast that some called him the father of magic. 12,800 years before Magical Starsign, the yogart gurus were met by the Espresso civilization, a group from Puffoon led by Dr. Calzone. Calzone heard that yogart gurus could enter the Baklava solar system's sun in spirit and enter the "land of light", speculating there was a gate somewhere on the earth planet. This proved to be false, so the Espressos settled on Erd and commenced a four-year plan to develop Ribbit Ribbit, a robot artificial intelligence program that would utilize PSI energy to twist space. Craaken assisted Calzone in the construction of Kahve, an industrial plant where robots were produced, as well as the gummy matter that powered their battery cores. By the time Ribbit Ribbit β (Beta) was completed, the brownies declared war against the Espressos. While most of the Espressos, including the psychic Applepie, were turned to gummies in Kahve by the Ribbit Ribbit α (Alpha) robots, Craaken and Calzone managed to escape Erd.

In Craaken's case, he fled to Cassia and founded Ambergris Preparatory School on Granule Island, becoming its first headmaster. He aimed to teach the secrets of the universe to aspiring magicians, publishing his teachings in a grimoire titled the Book of the Darned. This book contained information on concepts such as the etherealization process, and a prophecy of the sun's death and rebirth, but the text and terminology were near incomprehensible. Around two-to-three hundred years before Magical Starsign, Miss Madeleine deciphered these contents and unveiled the book's true horrors. All but one of the books were burned, and Craaken was crucified.

Trivia

• Although not explicitly stated, it is believed that at the time of his death, Craaken's soul became the water millennium gummy, seeing as it is the only millennium gummy whose origins are unknown.
• He shares the Japanese name Kotā with a Terracotta Pot in Magical Vacation, whose name was changed to Supotco‏‎ in the English fan translation.

Nomenclature

His name comes from kraken, a gigantic sea monster originating in Norwegian mythos. This is also likely in reference to H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic kraken-like beings such as Cthylla, with the Book of the Darned being based off Lovecraft's Necronomicon.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コター Kotā	Kotā, from 蛸 tako (octopus)
English	Craaken
French	Kraken	Kraken
German	Calamari	Calamari
Italian	Craaken	From his English name
Spanish	Craaken	From his English name