King Johann Von Speckbohne XVI

**King Johann Von Speckbohne XVI** was a former king of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom who reigned from the year 1933 until the year 1945. He was the father of King Johann Von Speckbohne XVIII, eldest brother of King Johann Von Speckbohne XVII, and grandfather of Ludwig Von Koopa, as well as the mentor and a good friend of Lord Fawful Friebrecher, whom he appointed as his Chancellor. His reign coincided with Mushroom World War II, which was started due to Johann & King Bowser Koopa I, his second cousin, disagreeing over what to do with the Green Star, which Johann discovered in Chucklehuck Woods. The war was disastrous for the Bohnenkraut Kingdom, and its crushing defeat is argued by Johann XVIII as the reason Johann XVI became villainous and insane. He ended up tying a concrete block to his tail and diving into Hoohoo Mountain, after which he was never seen again. He was succeeded as king by his brother, who became King Johann Von Speckbohne VII.

## Hisotry

### Backstory

Johann XVI seems to have lived in the Bohnenkraut Kingdom his whole life, and was likely alive for the events of Mushroom World War I. He became king at some point during the 1930s, and upon his father's request married a close blood-relative. He had six children total, the fifth of which, Nikolaus Johann, the future King Johann XVIII, was sickly and fell gravely ill in his childhood, with his family believing he had little chance of surviving as the treatments only made everything worse. However, during a hunting trip in the forests, Johann XVI found the Green Star, a legendary artefact prophesised to be able to heal the sick and injured. Johann XVI used the star and his beloved son was healed, to the joy of the family.

### Mushroom World War II

After seeing the miracle the star had done with his dying son, Johann XVI likely called his second cousin, King Bowser Koopa I, to the Koopa Kingdom to discuss this. He wanted to extend the use of the star right away. Whether he just wanted to heal people or build life-absorbing weapons like his trusted chancellor, Lord Fawful Friebrecher, wanted is unknown. What is known is that Johann believed that the star was the key to immortality and only wanted to use it on the nobility, not the entire population, while Bowser wanted it to be studied by scientists to develop medicines for everyone, rather than just using the Star itself. This disagreement eventually exploded into Mushroom World War II. Johann XVI's leadership lead to the Bohnenkraut Kingdom's crushing defeat, and Johann was only driven more aggressive and prone to rage whenever his troops lost a battle. He likely became paranoid of having the Green Star taken away from him, as well as the repercussions losing another war would have. Shortly before Bowser I would declare victory, Johann XVI would travel to Hoohoo Mountain with a concrete block tied to his tail and commit suicide by diving into the water. His son states that he was never seen again, possibly implying that his body was never recovered.

### Aftermath

Johann XVI's successor was his brother, who became King Johann Von Speckbohne XVII after being elected by a council. The Bohnenkraut Kingdom is under salic law, preventing Johann XVI's daughters from inheriting the throne, and it seems likely that his elder sons perished during Mushroom World War II, and that the future kings Johann XVIII and Klaus X were considered too young to reign at the time, or people were afraid of them inheriting their father's insanity, and thus the older Johann XVII was chosen as king.

## Appearance

He is a Koopa with lime skin, he has light blue hair, a cyan head with two sharp horns, large white eyebrows, blue eyes, and a pale green snout and mouth with several fangs . He has scaly, green skin, sharp claws on his hands and feet, and a spiked tail. He wears black spiked cuffs around his wrists and shoulders, as well as a spiked collar, and a spiked, scaly cyan shell with a light lime casing and dark green rings around the spikes.

## Personality

Not much was seen of Johann XVI. Johann XVIII describes him as a once good and honorable king, however this is likely his own skewed version of events to manipulate Ludwig into believing the Bohnenkraut Kingdom to have been wronged by the Koopa Kingdom. Fawful describes himself as Johann XVI's right-hand man and iron chancellor, likely showcasing that Fawful was the one who held the real power during Johann's kingship. He was likely mad, or at the very least somewhat unstable. "The Feeble King's" prologue reveals a Bohnenkraut King named King Klaus Von Speckbohne VI, whom was described as mad, so it's entirely possibly later descendants of the Bohnenkraut lineage inherited said madness. In flashbacks, he is shown to be somewhat unhinged and erratic, particularly when yelling at his troops for losing Sirena Beach to the Koopa Kingdom, openly insulting them and wishing he had them executed. His anger is very uncontrolled and often boils down to petty insults and mindless ranting. He is also rather stupid when talking to Bowser I, whom he openly tells he only cares about the nobility, much like his son much later in "Ludwig's Dilemma (2/2)", and when diving into Hoohoo Mountain he sobs like a little child.