Licorice Gang

## Involved Cookies/Monsters

### **Licorice Cookie**

**Licorice Cookie** is a major antagonist of Cookie Run: Kingdom and an Epic Cookie available since release. By default, his position is prioritized to the Middle. He appears as an antagonist in much of World Exploration and plays a supporting role in the Dark Mode storyline. His Cookie Decor is the Round Table of Darkness from the Crimson Badlands Theme and his Pet is Bat-Cat.

### Description

*"With a great portion of the blackest licorice extract in his dough and a grim-looking scythe, this Cookie is up to no good. From a young age, Licorice Cookie dreamed of becoming a wizard but never received the recognition he so rightfully deserved. Eventually, he turned to the forbidden arts of Black Magic. With time, Licorice Cookie assembled a small army of Chewy Licorice Servants raised to do his bidding. On his dark path, he met Dark Enchantress Cookie. The might of the sorceress astonished Licorice Cookie, and it didn't take long before he swore his allegiance. Now, the Cookie is working flat out to earn his new mistress's favor. And it seems like Dark Enchantress Cookie is not easily pleased, as Licorice Cookie's diary filled with everyday rants and complaints could fill up a library."*

### Trivia

* According to his unique loading screen, "Licorice Cookie thinks he looks stunning in his robes."
* On April Fools 2021, Licorice Cookie took over all Cookie Run social media, causing harmless antics for the full day.
* Licorice Cookie is the first Cookie originating from Cookie Run: Kingdom to make an appearance in **Cookie Run: OvenBreak** as an NPC, eventually being made playable several months later.
* Licorice Cookie's internal name is "cookie0503".
* Licorice Cookie's Japanese voice actor, Hiroshi Kamiya, is best known for voicing Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan and Trafalgar Law in One Piece.

### Skill: Licorice Servants

*Summons a powerful Black Lightning and Licorice Servants. The potent spell briefly increases the party's Defense. Licorice Servants are resistant to certain movement interrupting effects. If the skill is used before the summoned Licorice Servants disappear, new additional Licorice Servants will be summoned.*

### **Choco Werehound Brute**

**Choco Werehound Brute**, otherwise known as **Schwarzwälder**, is a servant to Licorice Cookie alongside Bat-Cat, being released at launch. He is currently not playable but appears as a reoccurring Boss character.

He makes a significant appearance in Episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4 for general meddling purposes. He appears again in Grandberry Market and Hollyberry Palace as **Choco Werehound Princess**, an alter ego created to enter the Hollyberry Kingdom's Princess Contest.

### Trivia

* "Schwarzwälder" is a German word meaning "person from the black forest", drawing a reference to black forest cake.
* Choco Werehound Brute shares his Korean voice actor, Park Yo-han, with Espresso Cookie and his English voice actor, Kellen Goff, with Wind Archer Cookie and Timid Sugar Gnome.

**Brutal Smash!**

**Brutal Punch**

**Howl**

**Brutal Crush!**

### **Jelly Wormy**

**Jelly Wormy**, also known as **Jelly Wyrm**, is a small Jelly Worm that dreams of becoming a legendary dragon. He temporarily transforms into one with the help of Licorice Cookie in Dragon Hill.

### Description

Jelly Wormy appears in Episodes 1 and 2 as a Story NPC. He starts out being a mild annoyance to Gingerbrave's squad and is affectionately nicknamed “Tiny” by both GingerBrave and Custard Cookie III, who seem to immediately take a liking to the little worm. However, Chili Pepper Cookie is not impressed, demanding Jelly Wormy tell them where the stolen Bear Jellies are and calling him a “dragon wannabe.” It is later revealed that Licorice Cookie promised to turn Jelly Wormy into the dragon he’s always dreamed of becoming. Once Licorice Cookie and his minions steal enough Bear Jellies, Jelly Wormy is able to transform into Jelly Wyrm, although he initially forgets to do so. After being defeated by GingerBrave’s squad, he realizes that Licorice Cookie was just using him as a weapon and didn’t really care about helping him. Strawberry Cookie tells him that he can’t just become a dragon and that he needs to put effort into it. He briefly apologizes to the cookies for his behavior before gushing over how exciting it was to be a dragon, even just temporarily. Wizard Cookie points out that Jelly Wormy probably wasn’t all that sorry after all, and the gang continues on their journey.

**Horn Barrage**

**Dragon Wing**

**Dragon Roar**

**Call of the Dragon**

### **Bat Cat**

**Bat-Cat** is Licorice Cookie's Pet and companion, releasing at Cookie Run: Kingdom's launch. It is currently not playable in Kingdom, but is playable in OvenBreak. It appears in Episode 2 as an enemy and antagonist character as well as appearing shortly in the Stories of multiple other World Exploration Episodes. It later appears again alongside Licorice Cookie and Choco Werehound Princess to meddle with the Hollyberry Kingdom's Princess Contest.

### **Description**

*"Bat-Cat is always flapping its wings by Licorice Cookie's side. Its large ears are especially useful for using sonar to locate Jellies. Bat-Cat tried to prank, tease, and make fun of the Cookies from a long time, but each scheme failed. On the verge of giving up, the pet bumped into Licorice Cookie. The two instantly established a great friendship due to their common goals: making lives miserable!"*

Bat-Cat is the companion and fellow goon of Licorice Cookie, having met and formed a friendship over their mutual goal of making people miserable. It often acts more like a lesser familiar to Licorice Cookie than a Pet, always referring to him as "meowster", or "master" under its cat-like speech quirk. It seems to be cronies with Choco Werehound Brute as well. Quite the spiteful being, Bat-Cat relishes in causing problems in people's lives and upsetting them—though it's not very good at this. It also is quite weak and quick to give up upon experiencing the slightest difficulty in completing a task. It is noticeably immoral as well and has no qualms with cheating to achieve what it desires.

### **Trivia**

* Licorice Cookie's gang is often compared by fans to the Team Rocket trio of the Pokémon series for their similar questionable morals and recurring incompetency; in this case, Bat-Cat is strikingly similar to Meowth.
* Fire Spirit Cookie and Bat-Cat are both voiced by Austin Lee Matthews.