r/oddworld

Oddysee | Odyssey, IllyOdd (Iliad) | AynOdd (Aeneid)

Just Big Face eating some fruit

In the furthest east regions of Oddworld, you'll come across bustling cities populated by these critters. They once lived their life as happy go lucky rabbit-like creatures who are all about playing games, having fun, being social, laughing, smiling, resting well, and enjoying life to its fullest. However nowadays thanks to their country making frequent demanding trade deals with the Magog Cartel overseas, the moment they're old enough, they are forced into business schools operated by Chroniclers to learn the salary life, and soon afterwards forced to seek office jobs where they work for 16 hours a day at minimum. They abandon their social lives, playtime, sleep schedules, and just about everything they consider "fun". They work away in the office, climbing false ladders until they are old and grey, to which they retire from work and do nothing until they die. They live relatively short lives, around 20 years, and this short life is generally uneventful.

Retirement is the end goal for them, as they spend their whole lives working towards it, but by the time they've worked long enough to retire they're often too old and tired to play or have fun with their lives, and they typically just look for more work to keep themselves busy until they bite the dust as it's all they come to know. They are considered more expendable the lower on the corporate ladder they are. They are often born into large families, but they barely get a chance to know them. Their social culture encourages mothers to marry young and have many children so that the many children will all become wage earners for the greedy corporate world. If you're in East Oddworld and desperate for a cheap meal, follow these fellas. They know where to get dinner on a budget after work hours.

Design of these creatures is heavily inspired by Farzad V.'s work.