Cabernet is a mischievous boy who likes to pull pranks for attention, and seems to have a pessimistic view on life, but he is actually petulant and very spoiled. His mean behavior is rooted in a dark past and he yearns for genuine friendship, going so far as to incessantly follow Ganache Nighthawk in his dangerous escapades. In Japanese, he ends his sentences with ヌ～ nu~.
His body is made of wood with orange face paint under his cheeks, and a long nose. The straw hat he wears is inhabited by a magical frog, which is decorated with a red bandana. He has purple eyes, and purple hair in dreadlocks with red ties, as well as a pair of hoop earrings. His torso of choice is a sleeveless red overshirt with orange crosses around the waist. Around his lower body is a gray kilt with the same cross patterns held up by a tied purple cloth. For shoes, he wears gray and purple loafers.
Gameplay
Cabernet joins the party at Kisunika Mines in the Dark Plane after defeating Gershwin, starting at level 38 and poison magic level 16. He uses the poison spirit, which is strong against beauty, but weak to wind and dark. His magic covers single-target and square ranges, inflicting strong slip damage with the poison ailment. As for stats, Cabernet is balanced across all parameters.
Five years ago, Cabernet's father gave him the Frog Master (カエル師匠,Kaeru Shishō), a frog with magic powers who could teach him how to become an incredible sorcerer. Everyone laughed at Cabernet when he brought the Frog Master to Will-o'-Wisp Academy, but after living in his hat for a while, it became one of the academy's Seven Wonders. When Cabernet asked his father about the frog, he stated was too drunk at the time to remember.[2] At some point, Cabernet's older brother Chardonnay started dating Vanilla Nighthawk, and Cabernet became friends with Vanilla's younger brother Ganache.
In early screenshots of the game, Cabernet is seen at Benakoncha Ruins in the Light Plane. This suggests that he was planned to join the party much earlier, and possibly have special interactions with the Toruna Village puppets.
Nomenclature
His name comes from Cabernet Sauvignon (pronounced ka-br-nay sow-vuhn-yown), a popular variety of grape wine.
After Magical Vacation
