Magnus

**Magnus** is a posthumous character in the animated feature film, *The Enchanted Pup.* He was the first wife of Jade and the biological father of Wolfgang, Eddie and Robert. Magnus died before the events of the film and his sudden passing is one of the contributing factors in the film's events. Despite his tragic death, Magnus is affectionally referred to as Grandpa by his biological grandchildren and a portrait of him is kept in the palace's grand halls.

## Background

Magnus was a citizen of EverRealm and resided in the poverty-stricken district of the kingdom. Some time before, Magnus found love in Jade and married her. He later became the father to his three sons, Wolfgang, Eddie and Robert. Due to their poor status, Magnus had to work day and night to make ends meet. Even though this gave his family shelter, food and water, he barely spent any time with his sons. Wanting to bond more with his sons, Magnus purchased a ship and decided to have some father-son time with Eddie. Magnus and Eddie traveled to Nepal where they would begin their bonding. Sadly, shortly after arriving at the nearby village, Magnus grew gravely ill. The village leader took Magnus to a hospital where he was treated for a bacterial infection that he contracted from his years of working in the farm with no health insurance. Because of the severity of the condition, the doctors were unable to heal Magnus.

Knowing that he was going to die, Magnus recorded a holographic message for his wife and sons. He apologized for getting himself sick and that he would will always love them. The next morning, Magnus passed away peacefully in his sleep with Eddie sitting right next to him. Eddie was planning to take the ship back to EverRealm but the ship was destroyed by an avalanche, leaving him stranded in the village and left to be raised by the village leader. Despite Jade's grief in losing Magnus, she was able to find love again in the widowed Prince Odin and her marriage to him, made Jade, Robert and Wolfgang, royalty.

Years later, Jade died in a space crash with Odin while traveling to another planet for a conference. By the events of the sequel, Hansel was crowned the new king of EverRealm and took his time to redecorate the castle. One of his redecorations was putting a portrait of Magnus in the grand halls. Every morning when Hansel gets up to get ready for another day, Hansel would affectionally refer to Magnus as "Grandpa."

### Development

In earlier drafts of *The Enchanted Pup,* Magnus was originally an unnamed and unseen character. Matthew referred to Magnus as the Pup Father as he was the biological grandfather of Hansel, Charles, Sierra, Dwayne, Brodi, Archibald, Artie and Stella. Matthew later decided to give the Pup Father a name and a proper backstory that would effectively tie into the film's plot. His death is what led his surviving wife, Jade to marry again.

### Physical appearance

Magnus is a Saint Bernard with blue eyes and a muscular build. As a commoner living in the outskirts of Chillrock, Magnus' clothes are unkempt and so is his hair. The picture of him that is hanging in the grand hall of the EverRealmian palace has wearing clean white formal clothing and his hair is perfectly cut and tied down with a bow, giving him a formal appearance.

## Appearances

### The Enchanted Pup

Despite his death taking years before the events of the film, Magnus is referenced several times by Hansel and Charles, his grandsons. In the opening scene of the film, Hansel is using his ice magic to decorate the Snowi castle for Marley's 36th birthday. Charles sees Hansel doing this and tells him to stop using magic, stating that their grandfather Magnus never used magic to get work done. Charles advises Hansel to do the same thing. Magnus is referenced again on Hansel's date with Amber. Hansel is complimenting on Amber's flowers that were grown in the palace's outside garden. He stated that Magnus' plants weren't as pretty as Amber's. A portrait of Magnus was shown to be hanging in Robert and Giselle's mansion before it is taken back to EverRealm after Hansel tells his parents the truth about Wolfgang.

### The Enchanted Pup 2

Taking eight years after the events of the first film, Magnus' portrait is shown to be hanging in the grand hall next to Jade's. As Hansel walks down to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family, he happily says "Morning Grandpa Magnus." Details about Magnus' illness and death were later revealed by Eddie, Magnus' second born son.

## Relationships

* **Jade:** Jade was Magnus' wife. Eddie tells Hansel that his father met his mother as a customer at one of his farmer's market. Jade asked if she could help along with his market stand and Magnus agreed. The two shared strong work ethics and admired each other's skills. Magnus even showed Jade, the magic soil that he uses when planting his crops. Magnus and Jade later married and had three sons. The two dogs' remained strong even when Magnus was working overtime as a farmer. Eddie says that his father died with his wedding photo in his hand, stating that reminiscing about their wedding brings Magnus absolute comfort.
* **Eddie**: Eddie is Magnus' second-born son. Magnus shares the strongest father-son bond with Eddie. The two often worked together with growing crops for the family. In fact, Eddie was the reason why Magnus wanted to go on a trip to another planet for some bonding. Eddie took his father's death, the hardest, even as going as far to blame himself for Magnus' death. He believed that if they never went on a trip, he would still be alive. Eddie's wife, Angel often reminded that his father's death was not his fault.
* **Wolfgang**: Wolfgang is Magnus' first born son. It is unknown what their relationship was when Magnus was alive. However, Wolfgang had a deep respect and admiration for his father because of his hard workin ethics. Magnus' ethics and subsequent death is one of Wolfgang's reasons for wanting to take over EverRealm and eventually the universe.
* **Robert**: Robert is Magnus' youngest son. Robert is shown to have the most memories of his father and remembers them fondly. He can recall his father putting him on his shoulders so he could put the star on the Christmas. Just like Eddie, Robert took his father's death, the hardest. He wanted to give his father a legacy which is why he tells his children, nieces, nephews, in-laws, stepbrothers and EverRealmian citizens stories about him.