Deep in a forest in the Mushroom Kingdom lies a village called Mystic Village. The denizens of the village studied a series of artifacts called the Rainbow Orbs. Two of the people studying the Rainbow Orbs were close friends named Merlumbra and Merlux. Years later, Bowser’s minions stumbled across the scepter and brought it to Bowser. A voice then came out of the scepter and told Bowser that it could help him take over the Mushroom Kingdom, but in order to do so he would need to steal the Rainbow Orbs form the Rainbow Shrine.