Orvus

"Have I ever told you about my son? Remarkable boy, quite smart. He was born in a robot factory in the Solana galaxy, but to be precise, he was created much farther away..."

- Orvus

Orvus was a unique Zoni and the creator of the Great Clock He was Clank's father and the leader of the Zoni. He was the Keeper of Time at the Clock before held captive by Nefarious on Zanifar, who was trying to force Orvus to reveal the only other being who had access to the Orvus Chamber. Orvus still did not tell Nefarious who else could access the chamber and then suddenly disappeared. A residual image from his vanishing came up with an picture of Clank. Nefarious then spent a year to trying to access the Orvus Chamber via Clank, who had been taken to the Great Clock by the Zoni.

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, because he handed the Zoni vessel to the Fongoids.

Behind the scenes
The Gamescom trailer showed Orvus as being portrayed only in recordings by Sigmund, this and the fact that a recording of him saying Clank had inherited the Great Clock speculated that Orvus was dead. But a new trailer showed that Dr. Nefarious had actually held him captive.

Charles Martinet provided the voice for Orvus in A Crack in Time.

Trivia

 * It was not known in what relationship he had with Clank's mother, although she was simply a computer.
 * One of Orvus's similarities to Clank was his laugh which was almost exactly the same as Clank's.
 * After the construction of the Great Clock, Orvus locked himself inside to protect it from anyone who would abuse it. He only ever left three times, once to Planet Quartu, once to Planet Viceron, and once to Planet Zanifar.
 * It can be assumed that Clank's "soul" may actually be Orvus himself. After Orvus disappeared, the residual image left behind was that of Clank. Because only Orvus could access the Orvus Chamber, transferring his soul into Clank's body could have given Clank the ability to do so as well.
 * The voice of Orvus, Charles Martinet, is commonly known as the voice of Mario.

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