Oddworld Lore: Wolvarks

[@nicaln5104]

Fun fact in the one scene of Soulstorm where the Brewmaster speaks to his head of security; that head of security is confirmed as a Wolvark…

[@xenotheone1689]

Interesting Perhaps nothing is truly forgotten in odd world.

[@ilikebarrels]

​@@xenotheone1689 apparently wolvarks where gonna be in soulstorm but they never made it

[@xenotheone1689]

@@ilikebarrels yeah i saw that and i wonder why.

[@marco2ol]

​@@xenotheone1689probably didn't work with the whole "slig bribes other sligs to kill glukkon leaders" thing

[@Achillestheteenvessel]

The whole time I thought he was talking to a Big Bro Slig

[@darktooth4576]

I like to think that Sligs are basically a private/standard military force for the Magog Cartel, being enlisted as guards for smaller businesses like Rupture Farms, Necrum and the Brewery, while Wolvarks are for more important jobs, elite specialists for bigger and powerful areas, there could even be royal variants we haven’t seen yet, whom are Lady Margret’s royal guards in Nolybab. I have a feeling in the next game, we’ll get to see them in their full glory. In fact, a Royal Wolvark guard would be a good concept idea.

[@KalashVodka175]

I think the biggest difference is that Sligs are essentially slave soldiers whilst the Wolvaeks seems to be mercenaries that aren’t easy to suppress into a slave caste

[@adrianaslund8605]

Im starting to think the creators of Oddworld are not super into unregulated corporatist capitalism.

[@Einzeilhandery]

the sligs seems to have better equipment while the wolvart are better as soldiers

[@pupbenny]

Yeah, that's a good way of looking at it!

[@koopatroopa2095]

depends who puts in the mula. sekto is nowhere near glukkons speaking of funds

[@juanisol8275]

It would be great that in some future a complete Oddworld Bestiary is released, detailing every peculiarity of its geography and its unusual inhabitants ... Maybe as a kind of evolutionary tree or something like that ... well although you and others have achieved an excellent job with these audio visual files of this iconic saga! Thank you!

[@pupbenny]

Yeah, that you would be great! Thank you!

[@juanisol8275]

@@pupbenny 😍👍 you too!

[@pinkpimpunicorn]

😊

[@xlee771]

Fun fact: You can set Fuzzle traps against Sleg Handlers in the original Stranger's Wrath game but you can't set Fuzzle traps for Slog Handlers in Stranger's Wrath HD.

[@pupbenny]

Oh wow, really!? That's weird, I wonder why that is? Fuzzles must be scared of Slogs haha.

[@xlee771]

@@pupbenny My guess is they either forgot to make it possible or Lorne hasn't yet decided what would win in a fight yet 🤣

[@pupbenny]

It'd be interesting to see more of the Wolvarks in future Oddworld games and media. They definitely seem to be quite a formidable force and it might be fun to see Abe face them in the future.

[@Sanninsuplex]

Do u think Lornne and the team made enough mulah to get us another game. Soulstorm just realised for xbox not too long ago

[@BOBDOLE480]

Would have been good if they had put the wolvarks into soulstorm. I'm guessing they either didn't want to have to program a tonne of new enemy types for just the final area. As there were quite a few other enemy types planned that got scrapped. Or maybe they didn't want to put them in as.would take away from the way more popular sligs enemies. As way more fans have played only the main games and not strangers wrath.

[@RocketHarry865]

Imagine seeing the Wolvarks being elite mooks in comparison to the Sligs. The reason why Sligs are more commonly used by Magog Cartel is that the Wolvarks are mercenaries who have a tendency to be selective in who they serve meaning only the richest of Glukkons can afford to hire large numbers of. Imagine having Wolvarks being smarter than Sligs being represented by having problem solving skills and can detect a possession if the possessed doesn't act properly

[@beastmaster0934]

I wonder if, after the Slig revolution, the Glukkons will start using Wolvarks instead.

[@ghastlyghostiris9699]

The peices that stick out of their guns that make a pickaxe shape are more than likely a stabilizer peice kinda like with crossbows besides being the release also help stabilize awkward parts and sometimes help with aim by helping keep a straight aim.

[@clinkyswordchannel]

Doing great covering the diverse inhabitants all across Oddworld in the lore

[@pupbenny]

Thank you very much! :) I appreciate that!

[@BozzLightyr]

Cool vid! Personally I think the Olden Steef was taken by Sekto himself maybe catching the Steef off guard while swimming in the peaceful river. WOW good catch with the phone being for vykker's fingers I also love their name. Very cool compared to Internz, Outlawz, or Grubbs! Also glad you mentioned the soulstorm wolvark but I had no idea about that concept art! awesome!

[@pupbenny]

Yeah, that's a good point, it could be Sekto personally getting the Olden Steef! I wonder what body he used before that. Maybe an Outlaw.

[@BozzLightyr]

@@pupbenny I suspect he just swam up to him with no body just the octohead and caught him while he was washing or drinking.Outlaw Sekto could be cool.

[@cab12300751]

I love that you brought up how cool their name is, because I was thinking that throughout the video before that moment lol

[@pupbenny]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that! lol.

[@wallybish6046]

Something that crossed my mind is that especially in the concept art of the Wolvarks to me with their heads look similar to toads, why I bring this up is that the Natives always made me think of frogs in general. Anyway another **odd** fact is that a certain species of toad that I don't remember the name is very invasive if I recall correctly, the Wolvarks themselves are invading the natives homeland and taking over themselves so I thought of that as a potential parallel.

[@pupbenny]

That'd be a really interesting connection. I wouldn't put it passed Oddworld Inhabitants to have done that deliberately. (Like with the dog/cat parallel in Fangus Klott.)

[@beastmaster0934]

I believe it’s the cane toads that you’re referring too.

[@xandan1668]

I knew it! I knew that was a wolvark talking to the brewmaster. But to find out that they were gonna be the final enemies of the game is sweet. I guess they had to change it to sligs for the good ending to work.

[@JackJonValois]

Its funny playing around with them in Gmod, same with the airships and other unused AI. I didn't know the airships and cannons had attack functions and could assault the player, but in game they're just scripted to drop off enemies at a certain spot or fire at something specific that isn't the player probably because it made the game too difficult.

[@soulstorminferno5135]

8:37 The thougt of a bunch of Slogs coming out of a tubes makes me snort.

[@pupbenny]

lol.

[@sirfrightmare4506]

Wolvarks versus Sligs. That'd be interesting.

[@plaggledampy6923]

I always just assumed that the Brewmaster was being called by another Glukkon, or maybe a Lungbuster addicted Slig.

[@Brianna-eo8nu]

I thought since most of the characters that call the glukkons in soulstorm sound like Sligs, that the one calling brewmaster was a big bro Slig. It would actually make a lot of sense, given that the big bros we’ve seen so far work with vykkers labs, it would be fair to assume Brewmaster, another scientist making products for Mudokons to consume, would also have a few big bros working for him. Plus, it would be good foreshadowing for when/if the vykkers/vykkers labs and thier lackeys show up as the main antagonists is the third quintology part.

[@pupbenny]

@@Brianna-eo8nu That's a good idea too!

[@bionabot]

Your channel is the best I can find to give me all the tidbits of lore I miss out on thank you for everything you do

[@SkittlesOctopus]

Arrow and a chain, the arrow or sword normally means you’re battle ready, willing to fight or of course anything war based, which as a private military company I would assume they would have to be, and the chain I assume is either strong/unbreakable service or bondage to war.

[@emeraldeelentertainment8988]

The Wolvarks remind me a lot of the Kremlings from Donkey Kong Country.

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

i wanna a game there you can play as these guy agaist the sligs and vice versa a arena squad based shooter like plant vs zombie:garden warfare would be bothy hillarius and satisfacyory to play just imagine the fragfest at hearing costantly the squeaky voice of sligs and wolvarks along the rain of gore

[@pupbenny]

haha that would be amazing! it'd be so fun to play that.

[@no_fishman9669]

Huh, I always thought the guy who contacted Brewmaster about the rumours was a Chronicler and that talk about "surpressing rumours" was like Chroniclers also having a job of manipulating media. Now that i think about it again is an interesting thought.

[@pupbenny]

Yeah, that would be interesting! It's completely possible too, considering we didn't see who it was and haven't heard what a Chronicler sounds like.

[@predator2907]

Great Video that makes me appreciate the lore of Stranger's Wrath despite I never played it and I don't like the idea of an Oddworld shooter. About the comparison with the Sligs I'm pretty sure I've seen an artwork where the Silgs had their own tank.

[@pupbenny]

Thank you! And yeah, that's absolutely right there's even art of the Sligs having a tank that's not too dissimilar from the Wolvarks' one.

[@davidarri9115]

I always thought that Wolvarks were more evolved Outlaws, or in any case there is a kinship in my opinion, it would explain why they kicked them out of the industrial world, the fact that they are less strong than Wolvarks and why they are so similar (example: the voice is the same ). Wolvarks like to kill, the thing you pointed out on SoulStorm is very short, because if I'm not mistaken, Bennie Terry said in a livestream a few days ago, Stranger was supposed to be part of SoulStorm ... By the way, when you do the next video theory? I miss bothering you with long comments, my friend.

[@pupbenny]

Yeah, I saw that bit of the livestream too! I wasn't sure if he was joking or not. If Stranger was meant to be in the game that's pretty crazy! I've got a couple of ideas for the theory videos, hopefully I'll get around to them soon. And thank you, David, I like reading your comments, it's nice to see someone look as in-depth at it as I do! :)

[@dylanthomas385]

Respond to mine

[@davidarri9115]

@@dylanthomas385 lol

[@joeparadise6492]

the legacy of jinh-roh kerberos panzer corps strike again : afeter Helgasts in Killzone and Yorha combat uniform in Nier Automata and the new Spartan helmet in Halo, Wolvarks join it XD

[@Southern_Crusader]

This just sounded like a large description of Nestly’s water thievery.

[@TheDoomSlayerOfficial]

Oddworld is unique universe and I love it !

[@jaredwillebeek-lemair5298]

1:58 that logo looks EXACTLY like the Magog cartel logo

[@Reddest1000]

Wolvarks Are My Favourite Oddworld Stranger's Wrath Characters

[@pupbenny]

Yeah, they're really great! :)

[@Reddest1000]

@@pupbenny Also When I Heard The Cutscenes From Soulstorm. I Thought it Was The Wolvarks Calling The Brewmaster. So I Was Right The Wolvarks Are Now Working With The Magog Cartels Glukkons Now :D

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

if there is a reason why i could picky the wolvark is just damn! look they got flying aircraft carriers and apc nice edits btw i love that one with the wolvark stacked together with the british commandos

[@pupbenny]

Ha, thank you!

[@individual2122]

You mentioned the symbol having an arrow and chain,but what is thing under the "W"?

[@JamesPlaysGames95]

i always thought they were supposed to be Weasels

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video.

[@dylanthomas385]

Yesss think you lord and the guy who mad the video

[@Richard-From-Richard-And-Clark]

1:21 hellghast Trooper spotted

[@balazssimon5738]

I think their names come from: wovles+bulwark. To bulwark something is to fortiefy something.

[@dylanthomas385]

Do out laws next finish the individual bounty’s and then the speas has a holl

[@tezlaactual6582]

I wonder if septos host is aware of what's going on while under his control, to see and understand everything but unable to do anything, to be an observer in your own body

[@ShadeMeadows]

Lovely fellas ain't it?

[@pupbenny]

Yep. xD

[@Tisson8891]

Wolvarks huh

[@madisonatteberry9720]

"and they are similar to the German army (world war 2)." "and have winter coats." Unlike the German army (while fighting in Russia).

[@pupbenny]

Ha, good point!

[@madisonatteberry9720]

@@pupbenny Thank you.

[@matthewrascoe8690]

I believe that Sekto managed to capture the older Steef for his permanent host body after repeatedly sending out his vast forces until the elder warrior was exhausted. Given that Steefs can shake off pain for further energy conservation, the amount of Wolvarks needed to capture him must have been massive.

[@therossblackwoodshow6288]

The Wolvark symbol at first glance kind of struck me as the Wolfenstein logo

[@tarponpet]

Cant wait for one about the outlaw species. Alf had some interesting info about how their cultutes were destroyed.

[@koopatroopa2095]

wait i thought sekto was a steef ?

[@employervizor1559]

Oh I wonder if Wolvarks ever encountered the sligs and attack them or vice versa

[@Kratos7560]

Would be cool to see Wolvarks as a hirable mercenary faction in a reimagining of Oddworld: Hand of Odd

[@TisTheWay]

I have seen the commercials of Oddworld in my youth, though I never picked up a game. Might need to now

[@goturnlex]

Hope oddworlds stranger will have a remake..

[@goturnlex]

Or s sequel bc secto didn't die..

[@black_cat205]

what all got cut form soulstorm?

[@juanisol8275]

shame with the fleeches, i guess becose they dont have time or they didnt deside but a least they gives us a good secret easter egg! that explains a lot! also opens futures posibilities!

[@savathunthejudge914]

There should be a rebel forces called "Ethics Committee "

[@thespecter6416]

Don't ruin another franchise with that lame reference from a franchise ruined by Tumblr.

[@savathunthejudge914]

@@thespecter6416 eh? Wdym? What's this about a franchise ruined by tumblr?

[@savathunthejudge914]

@@thespecter6416 seriously i have no idea what you're talking about

[@thaheartbreaker]

I want to see a game where sligs are the protagonist and wolvarks are the antagonists

[@Basile.BowBow]

Is the slog on the cover the EA logo lol ?

[@Stroopwaffe1]

This game, the Stranger one is impossible to play, the control system is so fooking clumsy.

[@AshTheObscure]

When you said "Redneck" about the Wolvarks, I think you are thinking of hicks, not rednecks. Rednecks were an anti-capitalist 'shoot the rich' kind of revolutionary, they were miners who were treated like slaves and rebelled, and were called rednecks for the red bandanas they wore on their necks. Definitely not a historically accurate moniker for the Wolvarks.

[@jakupsundoe6226]

Bruh who cares

[@ScheelAngel]

Most people use redneck to refer to just people from rural areas who may be kinda trashy. I’ve never seen this extremist group thing used for it before lmao

[@Hyper_Drud]

This is the first time I’ve heard of rednecks being miners. In the US redneck and hick are synonymous.

[@hectormelendez4891]

Why am I listening to this?

[@Иосиф-и7с]

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[@nmghmarquis2583]

hmmm4_4 Gooode show kinda nice

[@alakazamgengar5434]

I hate these ‘Strangers Wrath’ creatures. Wolvarka are far too cartoonish in design; basically the weasels from ‘ Who Framed Roger Rabbit’. As was the issue for most of species in this game. Seriously compare them to the truly alien designs of the first two games. The OC truly brought in the ODD to this world.