Characters ''Abe's Oddysee'' focuses on a variety of species that inhabit the game's setting of Oddworld: the Mudokons, a species with a rich history and culture who have been slowly transformed into meek, obedient slaves, leaving many who are born into captivity ignorant of this kind's past; the Glukkons, a species that covet power and money, lacking any morals or restraints on achieving these goals, and who have established large industries that have stripped Oddworld of its natural resources; and the Sligs, who have escaped enslavement by willingly serving as guards and hunters for the Glukkons. The game mostly focuses on
Abe, a Mudokon slave employed as a floor waxer, who acts as both the narrator and the game's protagonist. Abe is described as a "
klutz" and is portrayed with his mouth sewn shut, possibly to prevent his outcry. During his adventure, Abe is joined by Elum, a stubborn but loyal assistant. Abe and Elum were originally envisioned as beginning ''Abe's Oddysee'' together, living off the land until thrust into an industrial factory, but the developers determined that the story would be stronger should Abe come from a factory existence and gradually learn to become self-sufficient. The primary
antagonist of this game is Molluck the Glukkon, the ruthless
CEO and
gang boss of RuptureFarms, a massive
meatpacking company and
organized crime gang which is one of Oddworld's most profitable
businesses. While working late one night at RuptureFarmsa large-scale meat-processing plant on OddworldMudokon slave Abe inadvertently overhears the plant's owner Molluck the Glukkon in conversation with his fellow Glukkons. Frightened at learning his species will be harvested for meat, Abe decides to escape from the plant, causing him to become a fugitive in the eyes of the Glukkons. Managing to overcome the Glukkons' security force of Sligs, Abe escapes the factory and reaches the region known as the Free-Fire Zone. Upon looking to the sky, Abe sees a moon with its face in the shape of a Mudokon handprint, but becomes so focused on it that he notices too late the ledge of the cliff he is standing on crumbles from under him and he ends up smashing his head from the resulting fall down the cliff. A
shaman of the Mudokons, whom Abe calls Big Face due to the mask he wears, helps him to recover while explaining that only he can save his enslaved brethren from RuptureFarms. In order to do this, Big Face states that Abe must undergo spiritual trials in the lands of the Paramites and the Scrabs, and traverse a set of labyrinthine, abandoned temples. Upon doing so, the shaman marks Abe's hands with a scar, each representing the two species, granting him the power of the Shrykull, an invincible
demigod. With this newfound ability, Abe returns to RuptureFarms, rescues his Mudokon brethren, and finds and deactivates the factory's main power generator. Molluck soon discovers this and decides to flood the entire factory with poisonous gas. Abe races to the boardroom to try to stop the gas, using his powers to destroy the Glukkon executives summoned there under the pretense of an emergency board meeting. After Abe deals with the gas, Molluck manages to capture him, and prepares to drop him into a meat grinder. If the player failed to rescue at least 50 Mudokons throughout the game, Abe succumbs to his fate; if the player manages to rescue at least 50 Mudokons, the freed slaves summon a magical lightning storm to destroy RuptureFarms, killing the Slig carrying out Abe's execution, and zapping Molluck unconscious, with BigFace rescuing Abe and bringing him home to a hero's welcome. ==Development==