"Molluck is to face off with no other than the Uggae Estate Queen-Gluck herself, Lady Margaret! It might have been better had he cooked in the fire."
-Slig news anchor on Lady Margaret trial.
Lady Margaret is one of the many illusive Glukkon queens, acting as the face of the Magog Cartel and absolute ruler of the Uggae Estate. Although her design varies in concept art, generally, Lady Margaret possesses a large squid-like head and a massive slug-like body. She is an extremely wealthy and important figure within the Magog Cartel, who also functions as the overarching antagonist of the Oddworld series and the unseen central antagonist of Munch's Oddysee.
Despite Lady Margaret's high acclaim among many Glukkons of common wealth, there do exist beings of higher status and power then her. These beings see Lady Margaret as nothing more than a tool, a recourse, and a figure representative to the Uggae Estate and the Magog Cartel. She is only to exist by their say-so and once Lady Margaret reaches the age were she has fulfilled her usefulness, the cartel will immediately turn on her, seeking an inevitable replacement.
Biography[]
Munch's Oddysee[]
According to The Daily Deception, she has developed a hacking cough sometime after the destruction of Soulstorm Brewery, and it was soon leaked to the public that Lady Margaret would be in the need of a new set of lungs. Continued research revealed that Gabbit lungs make a viable substitute for Glukkon lungs, which instigated a continent-wide search for the last surviving Gabbit, Latimire Munch, who had recently escaped from Vykkers Labs.
The search inevitably proved fruitless, as Latimire Munch was able to avoid capture. With no other alternatives, Lady Margaret was placed on an artificial life-support system.
Initially, Lady Margaret was to serve a much larger role in Munch, facing a trial in the Uggae Estate courthouse against presumed fraudster Molluck for his inability to contain a Mudokon uprising (which led to the closure of several profitable facilities and a massive drop in stock prices). This story-line was inevitably cut from Munch due to time constraints.
Squeek's Oddysee[]
In the unmade Oddworld title Squeek's Oddysee, the terrorist actions of Mudokon fugitive Abe, and Vykker Labs escapee, Munch, would have caused so much damage to the infrastructure of the Magog Cartel and the Uggae Estate that Lady Margaret in an act of desperation, is forced to awaken her Grandmother from cryogenic stasis. It would be revealed that the reason Lady Margaret's Grandmother was frozen in the first place was because she was suffering from a deadly wasting disease known as Gorman Disenza that only allows her to live for 90 more days. Not only would Lady Margaret's Grandmother need to crush the Mudokon rebellion once and for all, but she must also capture Munch so that his blood can be used as a cure for her Gorman Disenza.
Living Quarters[]
The titular queen Gluck herself is such a widely acclaimed figure in Glukkon society, that she is given only the most intricate and extravagant of accommodations. Namely her massive personal Blimp, that not only functions as a means for transportation, but as her living quarters and very home. The blimp has many long winding hallways and rooms that all suit Lady Margaret's many needs. One of which being a garden surrounded by a glass dome. Aside from the blimp's many rooms, Lady Margaret lives within a small compartment at the very top of the balloon, as far away from the ground as possible. Lady Margaret is often suspended by large metal beams within her blimp home, but if she wishes to be mobile, her gastropodal body is placed into a large bowl structure which is carried by a herd of creatures known as Kinto that pull her heavy body around to the desired location.
Appearances[]
- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Mentioned Only)
- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD (Mentioned Only)
- The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants: The First Ten Years 1994 - 2004
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- During Munch's Oddysee, Molluck the Glukkon was originally due to face trial in the Uggae Estate courthouse against Lady Margaret for his inability to contain a Mudokon uprising, which leads to the closure of several profitable facilities and a massive drop in stock prices. This storyline was cut due to time constraints.
- In the bad ending of Munch's Oddysee, Latimire Munch is captured by the Vykkers, and his lungs are successfully harvested for Lady Margaret.
- Early concept for the game shows that Munch’s fate in the bad ending originally had his and Lady Margaret’s lungs be literally fused together as one. This was likely changed to ensure that the game wouldn’t have a higher ESRB Rating than T for Teen.[1]
- Although it has never been shown, it has been hinted that there are many queen Glukkons, each with their own separate faction and ambitions.
- The infamous image of a towering Lady Margaret (as shown in the gallery) appears to depict Molluck's trial.
- The game Oddworld: Squeek's Oddysee would have featured a story involving Lady Margaret's grandmother (the true head of the Uggae Estate) being awoken from stasis caused by an illness called Gorman Disenza.
- While unconfirmed, Lady Margret could have been a reference to conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. A topical figure at the time.
- OWI officially described Lady Margret as a cross between Mommie Dearest and Gordon Gekko.
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