"Cry not for us our souls survive. Justice awaits the waters rise."
-Unnamed Grubb tombstone.
The Mongo River is a long and mighty river that runs across Western Mudos first seen in Oddworld: Strangers Wrath.
Background[]
The Mongo River is a massive river that runs across Western Mudos. At the northern end of the river lies Sekto Springs Dam, a dam that functions as both hydroelectric power generator, a water harvesting facility, and the direct headquarters for Sekto Springs Bottled Water Company. The company itself, being led by Mr. Sekto, an Oktigi robber baron who owns the entirety all of the Mongo River.
Since the construction of the dam, the once lush environment that surrounded the river has now been reduced to an arid wasteland known colloquially as the Mongo Valley. While the Mongo River was once home to a plethora of native inhabitants including Slegs, Scuba Toads, Grubbs, and their Steef protectors, decades of war and industrial expansion have driven almost all native species to near extinction. During the events of Strangers Wrath, many Grubbs are shown living in a small, resource starved village while the rest of their land has been transformed into work towns for Clakkerz, (a race of colonialist bird-folk) and hideouts for Outlaws (criminal outsiders to Industrialist society).
The long reign of Sekto Springs Dam would finally come to an end when the Stranger (one of the last surviving Steef in Mudos), along with an army of Grubb rebels, launched a full scale assault to push back Wolvark forces, dethrone Sekto, and free the water once and for all. As a result of the Dams destruction, some Clakker towns were flooded, including Gizzard Gulch, Buzzarton, and possibly New Yolk City. Sekto however, was still very much alive as he was last seen swimming down the freed Mongo River.
While the only known map of the Mongo River, shows the river going as far as Sekto Springs, it is presumed that the river extends even further, to the mythical Gabbit spawning grounds known as Ma' Spa. Very little is known about Ma' Spa as it was intended to be appear in a canceled Oddworld title, but what is known is that Ma' Spa was a location viewed as sacred by the Grubbs due to its significance in the Gabbit life cycle.
Locations[]
Along the Mongo River exist various key locations visited by Stranger during the game.
Map of the known Mongo River.
- Gizzard Gulch (Clakker town)
- Buzzarton (Clakker town)
- Native Grubb Temple (Temple built by Grubb natives)
- Junkyard (Industrial Junkyard home to Pack Rat Palooka's gang)
- Shipwreck (Abandoned ship wreckage home to Jo Mamma's gang)
- The Forest (Lush rain-forest/home to Outlaw hunters)
- New Yolk City (Industrial Clakker City)
- Native Grubb Village (Starved Grubb settlement)
- Wolvark Barracks (Sekto owned Wolvark training facilty)
- Last Legs (Ancient Grubb City)
- Lower Dam (First Gate before Sekto Springs)
- Sekto Springs Dam (Hydroelectric Dam/ Water Bottling Company HQ)
Appearances[]
- Stranger's Wrath (First Appearance)
- Stranger's Wrath HD