#oddworld chronicler

Day 4 - Greed

What better way to depict greed than another lesser known oddworld species:

The Chroniclers.

The lawyers and bankers of the industrial world, always managing the economy, keeping the moolah value up, all that jazz. So I made my own Chronicler OC!! He doesn't have a name yet, but I wanna do this lil' oddworld fancomic/fanfic that features him as a major antagonist;

However, I also headcanon that Chronicler brains are in the hunch on their backs and the flesh steeple on their head contains their hearts (like a mollusk). So it's considered normal for male chroniclers to become host bodies for Oktigi after mating, as Oktigi canonically have the ability to take control of bodies post-mortem.

Its a weird mutual benefit cuck-chair ecosystem they have going on. It's not a quite common occurrence, because chroniclers don't always have a desire to mate with one another or reproduce bc they prioritize paperwork over personal matters. But when they do, it's seen as a business transaction because they're very beurocratic. They're like Vogons from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. They sort of submit their desire to mate via form, so that an Oktigi may know about it and be ready for the decapitated male afterwards.

1. Bullhead Brute, the outlaw

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Brute_Info

2. Director Osten, the glukkon

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Osten_Info

3. Klunk, the big bro slig

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Klunk_Info

4. Pit Master Stigma (Oktigi)

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Stigma_Info

5. Raymond the vykker

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Raymond_Info

6. Chef Amadeus the chronicler

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Amadeus_Info

7. Mudd, the cyborg mudokon

https://oddworld-wonders.tumblr.com/Mudd_info

Hard to say! Chroniclers have literally never made an appearence in game.

There is no information on their gender and sex, perhaps they don't even have sexual dimporphism or various sexes at all and simply present themselves as male to play along with the patriarchy. We literally don't know! Such is the case for a vast majority of Oddworld species.

The only information we have on Chroniclers is what they do and what they look like.

Chroniclers are an Industrialist race that fulfill the beurocratic and financial roles. To source directly from the Oddworld Library;

Left side; Accountant. Right side; Lawyer. Official Oddworld concept art by Silvio Aebischer, 1999.

I quite enjoy the Accountant artwork, the double-handled briefcase to accommodate two arms is such a nice touch.

Should be noted that although the Chroniclers seem to be one-legged in these artworks, OWI stated in 2007 that they are two-legged. There is even an updated Chronicler sketch by Steven Olds that seemingly shows it being two legged (I adjusted the brightness so it would be more visible);

But then again, they've never appeared in a game since they were cut from Munch's Oddysee (where a Chronicler Lawyer was planned to have a role), so we don't know if that's still true, since the sketch by Olds likely predates the paintings by Aebischer.