Master Crown

"The source of limitless power...The Master Crown!"

- Magolor



The Master Crown is an ancient artifact featured in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It was first seen when Kirby, Magolor, and co. enter Halcandra via the Lor Starcutter, resting atop Landia's head and seemed to be dormant. After Landia's defeat by Kirby's hand, the Master Crown falls from its spot onto the ground, only to be seized by Magolor soon after. Magolor then reveals that he fought Landia himself for the crown, but he lost, later fleeing to planet Popstar (this may have been why Landia attacked the Lor Starcutter on sight earlier). The crown then transforms Magolor into a ghastly jester as he makes his move to conquer the entire universe, starting with Popstar. The Master Crown is present on top of Magolor's head in his first fight, and when he later transforms in his second form. After Magolor's second defeat, the crown shatters, possibly leaving nothing left of it.

Trivia

 * While on Magolor's head, the Master Crown can be seen occasionally wiggling and moving about on its own, further supporting the theory that the Master Crown is a sentient entity. It is also notable that Magolor didn't actually put on the crown, but, rather, it floated to his head after Magolor held it in his hands.
 * If one reads Magolor Soul's VS quote, it says it is "no more than a manifestation of the crown itself", furthering the theory even more.
 * It is thought that the Master Crown may have Dark Matter sealed inside it.
 * The Master Crown changes its shape throughout the course of the game.
 * When atop Landia's head, it resembled a typical crown with spikes extending from its jewel and base.
 * When Magolor first tried it on, it morphed into a larger crown, wherin the base spikes resembled dragon claws and the jewel spikes weren't present.
 * When Magolor transformed again, the crown grew and wrapped around parts of his body; the claws remained intact, but the top of the crown changed, no longer resembling a typical crown, featuring four protruding structures and some of it grew out and formed Magolor's wings.
 * When worn by Magolor Soul, the crown changed into a white crown with two additional spikes extending from the side, two curled spikes extending from the back, and black spikes protruding from many parts of the crown. The jewel also changed color, bearing red, purple, and orange shades.
 * The first letters in the names of the stages clearly reference the Master Crown: Cookie Country, Raisin Ruins, Onion Ocean, White Wafers, Nutty Noon, Egg Engines and Dangerous Dinner, spelling out CROWNED.
 * This is the second time in the Kirby series that an acrostic was used with the level names; the first was in Kirby: Canvas Curse.