Mushroom Kingdom

## **Background**

The Mushroom Kingdom is located on Mushroom Island. Warp pipes are the only way to gain access to this land and it had sat dormant with only 2 inhabitants for 80 years until the first toads(commonly referred to as the “Pins'' or “Pinheads”) arrived. It is unclear where exactly the first toad was born but it may have been around Mushroom Island. The first settlers decided to break ground in the region known now as “Toad Valley''. A castle wasn’t built until around 1800, around 500 years after the kingdom began its building stage. The system of government became a monarchy as soon as a King and Queen was to be crowned within the first 30 years of birth of the civilization. Numerous problems began to arise as the toads did not know how to get along with each other with the food scarcity and lack of resources. Brave toads and explorers began to tour around the island, finding many things and creatures that were native to it, totally unaware of the reason how the island came to be. Many more areas were discovered and the toads began getting more comfortable with their surroundings. Other small towns, villages, and kingdoms began popping up across the island although the Mushroom Kingdom remains the dominant one. However, what started as a small conflict when during a meeting between all the kingdoms, the King of Fungustown threw a chicken leg at the King of Pinville, quickly grew to a siege of power and war was declared for the entire island. Unbeknownst to the other kingdoms, the Mushroom Kingdom unfairly built giant machines that surely were much more powerful than the other forces’ powers. They quickly surrendered and the Mushroom Kingdom was given the utmost attention and decided to keep its dark secret under wraps. That war became known as The Great Fungi War, many toads did unfortunately fall and many were separated from each other. One night, a fallen shooting star fell to earth and although it was much much smaller than the comet that came many years before it, it held a much darker power. The star overlords, the Star Sprites, decided to seal it away from the kingdom after causing significant damage and terror to the toads. They buried it far beneath the mushroom kingdom so that its power can never see the light of day ever again. The Mushroom Kingdom was never looked down upon and only grew as a kingdom as time passed. Being a kingdom that can only be accessed through magical warp pipes hidden on Earth, overtime people began to believe the kingdom was a myth to the likes of Atlantis, Shangri-La, El Dorado etc.

### **Places of Interest**

**Peach's Castle:** The crown jewel of Mushroom Island, this castle is what drives any tourist to the island in the first place

**Mushland Park:** A fun amusement theme park that has plenty of entertainment for anyone to enjoy

**Gary's Yum Yum Hub:** A resturaunt/bar that occasionally gets visits from the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom and is the home/workplace of Gary Musher. Also a place where Squirt Pinger works as a sidejob.

**Harold G. Smith High:** The high school where Squirt attends along with his crush Toadette Mushman, best friend Mason Fungison, and common bully Mark Toadster

**876 W Crestview:** The address of Squirt Pinger

**988 N Ugh:** The address of Mark Toadster

**Thunder Road:** A perilous road infamous for dangerous creature sightings and odd road structures, only known to lead to one's true desires in life and was created for the sole purpose of showing courage and preserverance