Twigadamus

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Twigadamus
占い師・プーレグ Fortune-teller・Puregu

Portrait sprite from Magical Starsign by Shinichi Kameoka

Other Name(s) Stick
Talking Twig?
A Stick?
Just a Stick?
Some Stick
Gender Male
Species Human soul in a stick
Age Over 1000
Birthplace Kovomaka Kingdom
Relative(s) Blueberry Lakeside (distant relative)[1]

Twigadamus is a character in Magical Starsign. He is a stick possessed by a human soul who lives in Honey Mint on Puffoon, able to see into the future with his magic crystal. During the students' visits to Puffoon, Twigadamus lets them use his crystal to gather clues on how to progress their adventure.

In reality, Twigadamus is a member of House Lakeside, a prestigious family of magicians from Kovomaka Kingdom. His full name in Japanese is Puregu Lakeside, suggesting he is related to Blueberry Lakeside from Magical Vacation.[1]

Profile

Twigadamus is wise, friendly, and thoughtful, with a youthful sense of humor. He respects any new people he meets and enjoys sharing his wisdom. His wisdom also extends to morality, advising people to not judge others' understands of right and wrong, and to pursue goals for their own sake.

It is unknown what Twigadamus looked like before assuming his current form, in which he appears as an inconspicuous tree branch.

Biography

Early life

Thousands of years ago, Twigadamus was a magician of House Lakeside, an aristocratic family who served the royal family of Kovomaka Kingdom on Kovomaka. He graduated from Ambergris Preparatory School on Cassia[1] and later moved to Honey Mint on Puffoon, but after somehow losing his physical body, he transferred his soul into a stick and inhabited it ever since.[2] At some point, Twigadamus's distant relative Blueberry Lakeside also graduated from Ambergris Prep.

Magical Starsign

The students first met Twigadamus after their skirmish with Lt. Mugwort in Honey Mint. Before then, Brioche had taken in Chai, who fled the Space Police carrying secret documents, but was brought back to the Space Police HQ in Bena Rikashi by Brie Pourri. Brioche's father Cresson bribed Mugwort to leave the students alone, offering Brioche's piggy bank of two million bira. Brioche sobbed over the loss of his money, which he planned on using to open a restaurant in the city. Just then, Twigadamus returned to the village and assured Brioche that his dream was fated to happen, as see saw it in his magic crystal. After Twigadamus introduced himself, Lassi exclaimed they were looking for their teacher Miss Madeleine. Twigadamus knew about Madeleine, since scholars of magic reputed her as the greatest magician since the death of Craaken, but had not seen her on the wind planet. Instead, he invited the students to gather hints from his crystal, which would help them obtain the tempus forget and rescue Chai.

Afterwards, Twigadamus claimed to hear a rumor that Madeleine was taken away by Master Kale, who convinced himself that sacrificing Madeleine was the right decision. This angered the students, to which he asked how they would feel if Kale had a legitimate reason for sacrificing their teacher. When Lassi argued that Kale had no such reason, Twigadamus laughed at her naivety, warning her that by judging other peoples' understanding of right and wrong, the universe would close its heart to her. He extended this caution to the other students, encouraging them to always return to their own reasons, and to think only of helping the people they loved. He also offered support by giving them the sky book, which could teach them celestial swap.

During the students' quest to find the wind millennium gummy later on, they visited Twigadamus in Honey Mint at King Suspiro's request. He explained how the wind gummy was imprisoned in stone and cast into the sky, and that they could only reach it with the guidance of their souls. Gazing into his crystal, they followed the hints and eventually reached the Couscous Ruins. Once they returned to Honey Mint with the gummy, Spinach revealed that Twigadamus left the village, stating the group could handle the rest now that they found what they needed.

Trivia

  • In the game's files, there are battle sprites of a stick, presumed to be Twigadamus, who acted as a party member. His name is listed as "Stick" (ぼう Bō), which is a nickname used during his introduction in Japanese. According to the game's battle data designer Hiroki Matsuura, the developers intended for the stick to be a party member, but ultimately decided that it would look too weak for the final cut of the game. Instead, they repurposed the stick as Twigadamus.[3]
  • Twigadamus's character may be loosely based on Meimei from Legend of Mana, a fortune-teller from Domina with hair shaped like a cluster of grapes. Twigadamus is also a fortune-teller and his Japanese name is derived from the word "grape".

Nomenclature

His name is a combination of twig and Nostradamus, a 16th century French astrologer.

TwigadamusAliases
Language Name Meaning
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese 占い師・プーレグ Uranaishi・Pūregu
プーレグ・レイクサイド[1] Pūregu Reikusaido
Fortune-teller・Puregu, from グレープ gurēpu (grape)
Puregu Lakeside
Error creating thumbnail: File missing English Twigadamus
Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Bâtonadamus Twigadamus
Error creating thumbnail: File missing German Zweigadamus Twigadamus
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Italian Legnadamus Timberdamus
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish Ramadeus Ramadeus, possibly from rama (twig) and deus ("god" in Latin)
Language Name Meaning
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese ぼう Bō
プーレグさん? Pūregu-san?
ぼうじゃないかな? Bō janai ka na?
どう見てもぼう Dō mite mo bō
Stick
Mr. Puregu?
Not a stick?
A stick, no matter how you see it
Error creating thumbnail: File missing English Stick
Talking Twig?
A Stick?
Just a Stick?
Some Stick

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "生徒・コーデュロイ: ★タコツボ塾出身の 有名な魔法使いは たくさんいますよ! ★ジン・レオ…… ユガ・ターバ…… プーレグ・レイクサイド…… ★グラン・ドラジェ…… ビエ・マルク…… ブルーベリー・レイクサイド…… ★どなたかご存知かしら?" Translation: "Student・Corduroy: ★There are many famous magicians who graduated from Takotsubo Cram School! ★Jin Reo... Yuga Taba... Puregu Lakeside... ★Grand Dragée... Bie Maruku... Blueberry Lakeside... ★Do you know of any of them?" Magical Vacation: Itsutsu no Hoshi ga Narabu Toki. Japanese.
  2. ↑ "占い師・プーレグ: ★[主人公]どのかな? 申しおくれました。 ★占い師のプーレグぢゃ。 ★かれこれ 数千年は生きたかな? 今では 肉体を失い こうして ぼうに宿っているよ。 ★よろしかったら あなたの未来を うらなわせて いただけんもんかのう? ★どうか 部屋のほうへ いらしてくださらんか?" Translation: "Fortune-teller・Puregu: ★You must be [Protagonist]? My apologies for not asking sooner. ★I'm Puregu the fortune-teller. ★I've lived here for several thousands of years, probably? ★My physical body is currently missing, so I'm inhabiting a stick. If you don't mind, would you like me to read your future? ★Please come to my room, will you?" Magical Vacation: Itsutsu no Hoshi ga Narabu Toki. Japanese.
  3. ↑ "松浦:最初はその棒がバトルで活躍していたんですよ。でも、これは当たり前なんですが、魔法を唱えても強そうに見えない。最終的にはイベントだけの登場となりました。" Translation: "Matsuura: At first, that stick could participate in battles. However, as is obvious, it didn't appear strong enough to cast magic. So in the end, it only appeared during events." Nintendo Online Magazine, [1]. Archived: [2]. Published July 5, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2024. Nintendo.co.jp.
Characters in Magical Starsign
Playable
Classmates Protagonist (Galette/Financier) ・ Pico ・ Sorbet ・ Lassi ・ Chai ・ Mokka
Egg Characters Fondue ・ Tom Yam ・ Nogg ・ Kir ・ Gelato ・ Star ・ Pooka
Non-Player Characters
Major Characters Madeleine ・ Biscotti ・ Kale ・ Pizza ・ Robot D12S ・ Securitron ・ Gorgonzola de Formaggio ・ Munster ・ Hermit lab ・ Caldarroste ・ Chard ・ Beignet ・ Parfait ・ Brie Pourri ・ Mugwort ・ Macadameus ・ Brioche ・ Cresson ・ Twigadamus ・ Semolina ・ Farina ・ Durum ・ Gamelan ・ Persimmon ・ Celadon ・ Elder Kettle ・ Terra Cotta ・ Rogan Josh ・ Gil Mudflap ・ Grenadine ・ Sturgeon ・ Abalon Demar ・ Magnus Muzzleflash ・ Shallot ・ Applepie (gummy girl) ・ Suspiro ・ Knucklestorm ・ Biek Fowler ・ Carbon