Whats up with the moon?

[paramiteabe]

I alweys woundered why does that moon have Abes hand print on its face? How did it get there? It is obveiously very old.

[Xavier]

Each hero of oddworld Got his own moon, here is the official story of the first moon:

A long time ago, the Glukkons and the Mudokons lived lives that would belie their future entanglement with one another. The Glukkons were not masters of Mudokon slaves.

Buried in the mists of Oddworldian time - unknown even by modern Mudokons - is a memory of the Mudokons as they once were: a race of spiritual folk who weren't necessarily averse to warfare. Not warlike themselves, they served as advisors.

The folk the Mudokons counseled and the not-necessarily-admirable stuff they did in that capacity will be revealed. We'll also learn just how this noble and seemingly powerful race of creatures went from the upper echelons of Oddworldian culture down to the slaves used in Glukkon factories.

The Glukkons were at one time a very spiritual people. In fact, while the Mudokons were going through their Advisor Era, the Glukkons were going through an era of their own: the Alchemy Era. Their belief system centered on the moon that orbited Oddworld; the face of the planet appeared to bear the mark of a Mudokon's handprint. At the time, the Mudokons considered this a sign that they were the Chosen People. The Glukkons went to great lengths through their alchemy to disprove this theory and prove that they - in fact - were the true chosen people. During the course of these experiments, a disaster of unknown type occurred and almost wipped out the Glukkons.

In short, this accident set the wheels of fate into motion. The remaining Glukkons became "Enclosurists," not wanting to look up in the sky and be reminded of the fact that they weren't the Chosen ones. As a result, they immediately began spending all their waking hours inside. Over the course of the many years that ensued, their eyes became incapable of dealing with natural light. Further, they rejected their mystical heritage in favor of a colder, more scientific approach to their problems. Lurking beneath their disbelief, though, is almost an inbred hatred of the Mudokons for their claim to divinity. This scientific approach, coupled with nascent ill will for Mudokons eventually lead to the management approach that would have no problem enslaving Abe and all of his kind in the name of the all mighty bottom line.

So that's the story so far. There are a couple of important things to keep in mind as the Oddworld story unfolds in the coming years, though.

I hope it's explain you

[bobvilax2000]

So they will reveal more of the past as they go though out the series? Awesome.

"During the course of these experiments, a disaster of unknown type occurred and almost wipped out the Glukkons."
Haha... And yet you can turn a wheel and call upon an ifinite number of Glukkons.

[Doug]

Hey, Xavier. Where does that Oddworld history come from?

[Xavier]

it's from the old oddworld Site...

[Doug]

Is it still accessible? URL?

[Xavier]

No, it was: www.oddworld.com

But the site have change and is now wath we know...