Orvus

"The clock, much like time itself, is a gift, and not to be tampered with!"

- Orvus on time and the Great Clock

Orvus was a unique Zoni and the creator of the Great Clock. He was also more notably Clank's father and, presumably, the leader of the Zoni.

The Great Clock
Orvus and the Zoni had given the Fongoids a special gift, the gift of time travel, but after only three thousand years, the Fongoids use of time travel, which created paradoxs and more, caused a time rip, destroying 83 entites and almost the universe itself, however, Orvus then made a special gift that would repair the damage, the Great Clock, built in the center of the universe (give or take 50 feet) by him and the smartest Zoni in all of the universe, the clock would bring temporal normality to the universe. However, there are only two rules concerning the operation with the Great Clock, the first one being that it was never to be used as a time machine, as it was not meant to alter time, only to keep it, and the second one being if you find yourself wanting to use the clock as a time machine consult rule number one. As no one was there to protect the clock, many Zoni from the Zoni dimension, including Orvus, moved there to protect it against those who would abuse it.

Recruiting Sigmund
Orvus would need some extra helpers in the Great Clock, and after a while he found Sigmund, a cleaner bot in Zordoom Prison. Orvus then temporailly left the clock to recruit him. Sigmund accepted the offer and he and Orvus became great friends through the years, making videos and having tea together.

Clank
After thousands of years, Orvus would create Clank, his son, in the Great Clock, giving him a soul, and then send him to planet, where he would be given a robotic body. Clank's mother, who Orvus left in charge to create Clank's body, had realized that Clank would be able to stop Chairman Drek, so she created a robotic body for Clank, however, the Sentry-bots soon classified Clank as a production error and attempted to chase him down, but Clank escaped to Veldin and met his soon to become layal friend, Ratchet. The duo ultimately killed Drek and saved Solana.

Tombli Outpost and Disappearance

 * "This is your last chance, Orvus. How do I get into the chamber?!"
 * —Dr. Nefarious during the interrogation and torture of Orvus [src]

Orvus was later called upon by Dr. Nefarious to meet him in the Tombli Outpost on Zanifar, and left a recording of himself telling Sigmund to keep him going there a secret. Nefarious was planning to get control of the Great Clock in order to rewrite history, and he needed access to the Orvus Chamber. Through the intelligence of Pollyx Industries, Nefarious knew that the Zoni were susceptible to sonic weaponry, and so he used the machine to blast Orvus with energy when he denied giving into the interrogation. In the meantime, Pollyx was scanning Orvus' memory for some sign of the key to the chamber, but was unable to. Fed up with Pollyx's failure and impatient with Orvus' pleas to not use the clock, an enraged Nefarious signalled the machine to blast Orvus again.

Despite being greatly weakened by the device's previous sonic blasts, Orvus managed to hold off the beam, everyone present covering their eyes from the glare of the held-out blast. Declaring that the only one who would be able to enter the Orvus Chamber was safe from Dr. Nefarious, Orvus vanished in thin air and cut off the blast. Unable to deduce where he went, Nefarious and Pollyx had still discovered the key to the chamber from Orvus' memory: Clank, his son. This allowed Nefarious to lure the other Zoni and Clank into a trap of his behind-the-scenes designs involving the Great Clock a short time later.

Orvus had replicated himself as a program in Clank's subconscience, in order to teach Clank of his true purpose and destiny. Orvus also had a golden statue of himself in the Temple of Zahn, possibly because he handed the Zoni vessel to the Fongoids.

Trivia

 * One of Orvus' similarities to Clank was his laugh, which was almost exactly the same as his son's.
 * The voice of Orvus, Charles Martinet, is more commonly known as the voice of Mario & Luigi.
 * The symbol on Orvus's head resembled the one on Alister Azimuth's armor.
 * Due to the various screens containing footage of Clank's past adventures, Orvus may have had to ability to see Clank's life from the Clock.

Speculation
It was suggested by fans that he was the Zoni who gave Angstrom Darkwater the Fulcrum Star. Most likely because his knowledge of time allowed him to know that doing so would eventually put it in the hands of Ratchet.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time