The stars were created by the Shadow Queen to hold the essence of the heavens, but the four heroes collected them and used their power against the Queen. One of the castles built to hold the stars is Hooktail Castle. Hooktail has the Diamond Star, the Puni Elder has the Emerald Star (Mario had to defeat Magnus to get it), Grubba has the Gold Star, Doopliss has the Ruby Star, Cortez has the Sapphire Star, Pennington has the Garnet Star in his home, and Magnus 2.0 (Lord Crump) has the Crystal Star. The stars bear much resemblance to the Seven Stars in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.