Ha ha, this is where I step in!
The Almighty Raisin is an Elderling, a very very rare creature on Oddworld. It may possibly be that he is the only one. However, as far as the Mudokons or anyone else on Oddworld is concerned, he is an enigma.
'Born' in Northern Mudos, the Raisin spent his first six thousand years of life as an elder tree, but as time wore on, he developed limbs and began to establish himself as a very wise being.
Long ago, when Oddworld was younger and the inhabitants all lived by instinct, he was a tribal advisor. Food chain survival was the most worrying thing on everyone's mind back then, and life was relatively simple.
In his old age, however, the Glukkons and Mudokons began their conflict, and 1000 years since then it hasn't dissipated. Well over fourteen thousand years old now, the Raisin has retired his career as a strategical advisor, and has taken to living in his cave. The Mudokons still realise he is a very wise being, and often go to him for help, much to his annoyance.
The Raisin can also project his mind into the body of Ratz, verminous pests that are all over Oddworld. By seeing through their eyes, the Raisin knows everything that goes on on the surface, and can feel sympathy for all beings, whether they are Vykkers, Mudokons or Paramites. He has also predicted a terrible fate for Oddworld, but feels that he can somehow prevent this precognition from occuring.
In Munch's Oddysee, the Almighty Raisin himself called for Abe and his buddies to pay him a visit, and that is the beginning of the game.
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