Ruff n' Tuff Shorelines

A small shoreline area down near the south-western coasts of Crescent Island, Ruff n' Tuff Shorelines has been a booming island getaway hotspot with a forgotten history and tradition...

Solstis Magician Tribes and the Creation of Goosti and Choompa
During early times before the Crystal Griffin's creations or conception, Solstis Magicians had travelled away from their tribe in Knogho Isles in search for new pastures to inhabit and populate. After a long while of travelling to and from Crescent Islands, they came across a small shoreline underneath a 'mountain'. The beautiful sunsets and uniquely crayon-textured lands drew them in and they decided to make permanent settlement in the land. During their travels and explorations around the island, they eventually stumbled upon Mt. Ignus and had discovered that it wasn't just a mountain, but it was a very dormant volcano. Although they were fearful of the volcano, they recognised its dormancy and still carried about their lives.

However, at certain points sometime after their establishment on the shorelines, the volcano began to start its activity little by little, spewing out small streams of lava that would make its way slowly down to the village. Although this scared the Magicians at first, they then quickly realised that the lava would always stop at a certain distance away from their civilisation. They initially just brushed it off as weak lava flows, but after a few more dangerous streams that still never touched the village, they began to think if it something else was behind the coincidental happenings. Eventually, it was thought that there were two Island protectors that were responsible for the protection of their village: one whose winds were so strong it could cool down the lava, and another with the ability to slow down the flow using their might earth-related strength.

Ever since that belief slithered its way into their minds, they spend their days worshipping these new deities and even dedicated festivals specifically for them where they would cast spells, dance, and give more offerings than usual to say thanks to the dieties. Inscriptions and drawings were created that showed what the two deities would look like. But whilst they were celebrating and making sure their thanks was known to the two every waking day of their lives, what they didn't know was that with their magic, chants, and celebrations eventually created the two deities themselves just above the volcano. These deities were true to what the Magicians had described them as, and made sure that the village below was always protected, and they were Goosti and Choompa.

The Crystal Griffin's Corruption and its Consequences
Upon the Crystal Griffin's corruption, its dark powers greatly affected the two dieties, Goosti and Choompa. They could not control themselves against its corruptive powers and fought between protecting their village and destroying it. This struggle, alongside the corruption, caused the volcano to be more active than usual. Streams grew more frequent and began to dangerously flow close to the village. The Magicians, believing that the two deities were mad at them for whatever they did began worshipping and praying to them harder than ever, casting more magic spells and making more offerings to them. The deities would receive these offerings like they normally would but still struggled trying to protect their people despite their temporary strength gains.

Eventually, the corruption was too much and Goosti and Choompa found themselves lost in consciousness to the corruption. With more power than ever, their mind controlled bodies began to slowly enable the volcano's urge to erupt. The Magicians, finding life harder than ever to live on the shorelines, began their evacuations and set sail for Rockstar Island as it was their only hope. However, some were unlucky and were unfortunately swallowed up by the volcano's lava when it did finally erupt. Pumice and large rocks were sent hailing in all sorts of directions, and it seemed as if the once peaceful shoreline was almost about to be torn into pieces from all the destruction...

Despite their inability to save their people, the Solstis Magicians continued to workship them whilst they were offshore in the hopes that the two deities would eventually quell the disaster and that one day they could return and restart life in an area they grew too attached to.

Return to Peace
After the Solstis Magicians of Knogho Isles had finally restored the Crystal Griffin back into its former self, the volcanic activity began to slowly decline and the shoreline slowly started returning to its one peaceful state (though now with the sand and landscape a bit more scorched and black in colour). In the volcanos, Goosti and Choompa slowly regained their consciousness and immediately begin searching for the people they were served to protect only to find the volcano's surrounding covered with pumice, igneous rocks, and the once bright sand now a basalt black. They were deeply saddened by the event, knowing that they weren't able to protect their people. Meanwhile, in a small segment of Rockshore Island the Solstis Magicians had noticed that the volcanic activity had finally begun to calm down. Believing that the deities have saved their land, they plan to head back once the smoke has calmed down and the air smells as fresh and breezy as they once did.

Goosti and Choompa noticed the Magicians returning back to the shore and were initially defensive at first, believing them to be another colony, but once the prayers, worship, and spells of peace reached them and vitalised their souls, they realised that the people below were theirs. They were surprised that they had returned and were not dead, but were moreso overjoyed at their return, returning their motivation to protect. They decided that it was then their duty to help restore the island back to what it was.

Years passed, and all that time both the Solstis Magicians and the two deities were hard at work: the Solstis Magicians repaired and restored their lands, whilst Goosti and Choompa were hard at work restoring the landscape, planting new trees and fruit vines, and ensuring that the volcano stays dormant. During this time, Magicians would frequently see the two deities roaming around the landscape and were now more than ever firm in their belief of their existence. The two different worlds were closer than ever, and Ruff n' Tuff Shorelines was at its absolute peak.

As the Magicians were unaware of what actually transpired during the Era of Chaos (being the Crystal Griffin's corruption) due to being cut away from their relatives for so long, they assumed that there was a terrible volcanic spirit that the two valiantly fought. Inscriptions were written, and pictures were drawn about how valiant the duo were whilst fighting off the great volcanic beast, and stories were exaggeratedly written of their woes and victories. As time went on and the land was restored, more was written about how both deity and man cooperated together in making sure the island was prettier and better than ever, and how Goosti and Choompa continued to protect their land valiantly. Though Goosti and Choompa knew these inscriptions to be exaggerated, they were more than happy to become closer to their people whose prayers, offerings and spells continued vitalising them.

Time Goes On and Things Change
As time went on, more people were introduced to Basalt Beach. Some Magicians stayed, whilst others left, and those who stayed continued to worship Goosti and Choompa did so. As time went on, less people began investing in the deities. Less offerings were made, spells were weaker, and eventually stories, inscriptions, and drawings were no longer written. As the deities' importance dwindled, so two did their own memories and - by the modern day - they had almost forgotten all of their past (with the only exception being their relationship with one another, with the reasoning for this being one person who knows of and still casually worships them). For now, they wander upon the mountaintop together with no recollection of their purpose or previous relations with the people, and down below people go on about their lives. None of them have ever heard about the tale of Goosti and Choompa... except for one fellow.

Relevance in the Story
See: Chapter 2

In Summary: Goosti and Choompa come across a lone corrupted Crystal Griffin piece. Whilst this alone is not able to affect them, their purposes are swayed and shifted by word of a mysterious figure, who tells them their purpose is not to protect, but to instead use and further strengthen the Crystal Griffin by creating chaos. These words make them truly believe their position as antagonists, and so that is what they become in Chapter 2, altering their image in history as destroyers of Basalt Beach (but not in memory). It is up to Mario and his partners, and the memory from one who still believes in the deities' existence, to defeat the two and regain their senses.

In subsequent chapters and the postgame, it is shown that Goosti and Choompa have regained their memory thanks to people becoming informed of their purpose and role in Ruff n' Tuff Shoreline, and they are shown to be even closer than they were with the folks than in previous time, physically being present amongst the residents and getting to know them more.

(Planned Quote): "You can change what you write in History, you can exaggerate all you want, you can make yourself the bad guy instead of the good guy, but you can never change what you know in Memory. There will be people who are bound to know your true colours, as I have with Goosti and Choompa..." ~ Mayor Andee

Places of Interest

 * Basalt Beach: A small shoreline resort, it is amongst one of, if not the, most popular attraction in all of Crescent Island. It is currently run by Mayor Andee, a distant ancestor of the Solstis Magicians who is still aware of the old traditions they used to perform many centuries ago.
 * Dinus Jungle: A heavenly and rich jungle, it is home to the area's exclusive item: grapes. These grapes are like no other as they are made with heavily touches, and are said to have incredible healing properties. The jungle is also now home to various native wildlife too.
 * Scorchia Springs: Just a bit up above the jungle is a vast hot spring range. They are incredibly relaxing to sink yourself in, and help you forget all of your worries even for a brief moment.
 * Mt. Ignus: A large volcano which has remained dormant over the course of many thousands of years. It is said that there are two mysterious figures that rest upon the top, but none have been able to figure out just who they are.

Trivia

 * Most of Ruff n' Tuff Shoreline's locations are named after Igneous or Volcanic rocks, referencing the dormant volcano it lies under.
 * Ruff n' Tuff Shoreline itself is named after the Igneous rock Tuff, a "a light, porous rock formed by consolidation of volcanic ash."
 * Basalt Beach is named after Basalt, a "dark-colored, fine-grained, igneous rock..." that is " found all over Earth, but especially under the oceans and in other areas where Earth’s crust is thin."
 * Scorcia Springs is based off of Scoria, a "vesicular and dark colored igneous rock that have or have not contain any crystals.  It is typically dark color, such as dark brown, black or purplish red."
 * Mt. Ignus is based off of Igneous Rocks itself.