Corrupted Passion

## **Plot**

Bowser orders some of his minions to fetch him some leftover carcasses they could find from the lowlands. Bowser sits calmly near Kamek and solemnly asks him if he knows what happened to his parents. Kamek disapproves of the idea of him telling Bowser the truth, suggesting he needs to find out the truth himself. Bowser isn't pleased with this answer and gets up to look at a portrait of his father, King Koopa lll. Behind the portrait is a ripped shred with the location of a place called "the vision circle" located behind a waterfall. Bowser becomes determined to find out the truth and calls upon a team of minions to traverse the lowlands.

Once they reach a gap in the land, Bowser orders they make a bridge out of themselves in order to allow him to pass through. Once they do, he begins walking over them but accidentally smashes a goomba's head causing him to begin falling down. Bowser catches him just before he does with his tail and tells them to keep moving. They reach a dead end but Bowser fire breathes a hole straight into the wall, creating a new path for the group to enter. A Koopa alerts Bowser of a sign that says "beware" and "do not enter". Bowser insists they ignore it as it's most likely a setup for something that doesn't even exist. However, just as he says this a giant gruesome monster appears and attacks the group. The goombas launch themselves at the creature with help from some shy guys but ultimately do little to no damage. One of the koopas gets captured by the monster and is about to be eaten but Bowser puts himself in its mouth, forcing it to keep it open and allowing the Koopa to flee. Bowser fire breaths at it multiple times, injuring it in the process but not doing enough to push it away. It then snatches a shy guy along with a Koopa and goomba and consumes them whole. This enrages Bowser to let out a fiery roar and he jumps into the creature's mouth and fire breathes into it, causing it to regurgitate the minions and finally flee. The minions thank Bowser but he gives them a sinister look instead.

They finally reach the destination which is Inception Falls but Bowser becomes appalled that it is nothing. He becomes furious and outraged at the sight of nothing and starts banging down on the ground with his fists, causing the rocks around the landscape to cave in and destroy the ground, revealing a huge circle canyon around the group at the center. Bowser takes a look at the map and realizes that they are standing at the direct point of the destination and suddenly sees a fire symbol in front of him where the rocks caved in. He breathes fire into it and the falls open, oddly falling upwards rather than down, revealing a passage deeper into the canyon. They enter a vision circle where Bowser sees a mirage of King Koopa lll and his mother in their room. Bowser is heard crying nearby and his mother goes to check on him. She cradles him, trying to calm him before a loud banging occurs at the door. King Koopa opens the doors and its the toads from the Mushroom Kingdom, telling him they are there to stop Koopa's "malicious reign" across the land. Bowser's mother asks him what they mean but there is no answer given before the toads kill the king. Bowser's mother quickly takes Bowser upstairs and has him hidden by minions. She promises him she will be back but unfortunately falls to the toads as well. It is also revealed that she told Kamek to take care of Bowser shortly before she passed from her wounds. Bowser finally learns the truth behind his parents' death and begins to be overwhelmed with emotion and anger. His father comes as an apparition to him and begs that Bowser continues to lead in his rightful place as ruler over all lands and worlds. Bowser ominously vows that he will take over the Mushroom Kingdom and get back revenge on the toads, planning on killing both Mario and Luigi, once and for all.