Waffle Kingdom

The **Waffle Kingdom** is an implied location in the Mario series that was first mentioned and described in *Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door* by Luigi in his 'Super Luigi' series of publications. In *The Lost Brother*, the Waffle Kingdom is a vast country overtaken mostly by desert, and littered with dessert-themed landmarks and ecosystems.

## In the Paper Mario series

The Waffle Kingdom is mentioned by Luigi several times in *Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door* in a series of novels called "Super Luigi", authored by Luigi, that note his adventures there. It is heavily implied that the Waffle Kingdom does not actually exist in *The Thousand Year Door*.

## In *The Lost Brother*

While it is very likely the kingdom does not exist in the real canon of the Mario, or Paper Mario series, *The Lost Brother* uses the kingdom's implied existence to it's fullest potential for the sake of Dragon Toadstool's backstory after his banishment from the Mushroom Kingdom. It remains as accurate as possible with so little official description, and takes many creative liberties.

## Geography

The Waffle Kingdom is a dessert-themed kingdom that is noted to have a volcano named Rumblebump Volcano and an island off the coast of the kingdom known as Circuit Break Island, which is carnival-themed. *The Lost Brother*'s interpretation of the Waffle Kingdom is described by Dragon as a large desert broken up by different landmarks, all themed after dessert or candy, and civilizations such as Jazzafrazz Village or Plumpbelly Village who only ever get their supplies by using the Dessert Nomads to trade goods between them.

### Known Locations

* Eclair Estate, a chocolate stone-coated castle which Princess Eclair and King Chestnut reside in.
* Hatesong Tower, the tall licorice-black tower which Minister Crepe resided in before his death.
* Rumblebump Volcano, the highest and coldest peak in the whole kingdom. It is a volcano made of an ice cream-like substance with a rocky 'chocolate' shell at it's peak, and dark, bubbling hot lava pools.
* Rapturous Ruins, a ruined temple made to resemble sugar wafer cookies. It is the home base of the Dessert Nomads, who travel the desert to trade goods to civilizations across the kingdom.
* Grumble Forest, a dense jungle-like forest made of gummy candy-like trees, and thick vegetation.
* Circuit Break Island, an island off the coast of the Waffle Kingdom that is themed after carnival novelty food items, such as popcorn, caramel apples and cotton candy.

#### Known Civilizations

* Plumpbelly Village, a small town at the base of Rumblebump Volcano.
* Jazzafrazz Village, a village not too far from the coast of the Waffle Kingdom.

## Trivia

* The Waffle Kingdom's geography in *The Lost Brother* is heavily inspired by the real geology of Egypt and Central America. For example, Central America is well known for it's volcano belt, which is alluded to by the existence of Rumblebump Volcano. Egypt is well known for having some of the hottest deserts in the world, and the keffiyeh that Dragon wears is inspired by the headscarves worn by the indigenous people of Egypt, Israel and Afghanistan.
	+ Coincidentally, the dragon fruit, which Dragon is named after, is native to Central America.