The Possession

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 *Stellarvinden resurrecting and possessing Mario*

> *"If you do not see your actions, you will burn for them."* --Yoshi Chief
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**The Possession** is an important event in *Book of Mario 64* that factors heavily into the plot and its resolution, as well as The War seen in *Book of Mario: Thousands of Doors*. Due to the nature of the event being revealed at the end of the game, spoilers will be frequent.

## History

Only seven people still believed in the Stellarvinden, star-shaped entities who granted wishes with the Star of Rodin. They decided to purge the world of all nonbelievers, but God Browser heard of their plans, and stole and married the Star of Rodin to stop them.

At the start of Book of Mario 64, Browser steals the Star of Rodin and captures the Stellarvinden, lifts the Princely Palace into the sky (albeit accidentally), and battles and defeats Mario, who falls to his death. Mario's body is found by the Stellarvinden, who revive him at the cost of possessing him for the rest of the game, and they send him out to rescue them and retrieve the Star of Rodin.

Under their control, Mario wages war against Browser, freeing Bob Berun terrorists at Benteng Coop Notes and putting Koopa City in political turmoil, assaulting Full Coop and his volunteer center, and sacrificing Tubbs Fat to Satan to save Scientist. After battling the Shame Boy Tough Gang, Mario flees from Star Prison to Laval Ava Land, whose volcano erupts and becomes much more dangerous with Browser's absence, then restarts Caeau Blodaua's drug trade. Finally, Mario kills the King of Kings and initiates the end of the world before fighting Browser, who is revealed as a hero trying to stop the Stellarvinden's plan. Mario causes a global peach shortage by eating them all, then defeats Browser, recovers the Star of Rodin, and officially kickstarts The War.

The seventh Stellarvinden, Karl Marquez, was created by the King of Kings, who is loyal to Browser. He attempts to subvert the possession, once by telling Mario directly that his group is Mario before being cut off, then by telling him to save his own soul and not to fight Browser, and most directly by granting him Star Energy that will grow in seven years' time. His efforts are unsuccessful without the intervention of Paul, who lends his power in the final battle and frees Mario of the Stellarvinden's control during the epilogue, where Lewis reveals Mario has been back for several years.

It is implied Mario is aware of what is happening to him throughout the game but is unable to fight back, as several characters both minor and major are suspicious of him, and in the final battle Browser tries unsuccessfully to restore him to his senses. Regardless, Mario remains under the Stellarvinden's control until the epilogue, and Lewis implies he remembers nothing of the preceding events as he has to be told about his own adventures. As the Princess of Peaches doesn't know of the possession, and God Browser died, being replaced with a glass fake, the true cause of The War is unknown to the characters in *Thousands of Doors*.

## Foreshadowing

There are many hints to what's really going on throughout the game, particularly in Section 7, though first-time players are unlikely to find them all. Aside from many of the areas Mario rescues becoming worse off than before, many characters express confusion or fear at Mario's presence and quest, with Lewis telling Goverman to beware of him, and the Yoshi Chief warning him he will burn. Additionally, the Stellarvinden are unhelpful at best and menacing at worst, with Karl Marquez being the only outlier among the group.

*The gallery below shows some of this foreshadowing.*