The Morrow Caverns are a location in Quest for Booty. Dangerous caves on Merdegraw, the caves are the final resting place of Captain Angstrom Darkwater and his crew of space pirates, who were killed and left for dead after a mutiny by Captain Romulus Slag. The cave system is also infested with gore thwogs and deadly pythors.
Ratchet, Talwyn Apogee, and Rusty Pete came to the caves in search of a map to the Fulcrum Star.
History[]
Darkwater's curse
Years prior to events of Quest for Booty, Captain Slag came to Morrow Caverns and killed anyone who refused to call him captain,[1] killing Darkwater in his sleep.[2][a] Captain Darkwater had placed a curse on himself that forever bound his soul to his body, so that if his body was ever disturbed, his entire crew would be brought back as undead pirates with him.[3] Slag and Rusty Pete hid the body of Darkwater there and left it, though due to Pete being sauced at the time, he was unable to remember where he hid it.[2] Along with Darkwater's body was a map to Darkwater Cove, a secret island where Darkwater left his treasure.[4]
After Ratchet and Talwyn arrived to Merdegraw and were captured by Sprocket, Sprocket wanted to blast them off to Morrow Caverns to be devoured by the pythors, before Rusty Pete convinced them to blast them instead to Hoolefar Island.[5] At Hoolefar Island, after Ratchet and Talwyn learned about the Obsidian Eye, and the Fulcrum Star needed to power it, in "Meet Rusty Pete at the beach", Rusty Pete convinced them to go to Morrow Caverns to find the map to Darkwater Cove. Rusty Pete brought with him Slag's decapitated head, rerouting his memory banks to his vocal processor to remember anything he was looking at, helping them find the body.[4]
Pete merging Slag and Darkwater.
In "Find the body of Captain Darkwater", Pete guided Ratchet and Talwyn through the caves, though Talwyn was separate from them early due to the cave's poor structural integrity. Pete guided Ratchet through the caves, omitting information about the cave's dangers throughout. When they reached the body, Ratchet picked up the map, and Pete betrayed him, attaching the head of Slag to Darkwater's body, bringing back Darkwater and also triggering Darkwater's curse.[2] In "Escape Morrow Caverns", Ratchet and Talwyn fought pythors and undead pirates on their way out of the cave.[b]
Geography[]
Map layout of Morrow Caverns.
Morrow Caverns are a dark network of caves, known for their "majestic fjords" and "soothing grottoes".[7] The caves are inhabited by bats, heliogrubs, gore thwogs, and pythors, where the heliogrubs can scare off the gore thwogs. The cave is also covered in mist.
Throughout the caves are several pirate structures and tunnel networks. Among these are the bodies of Darkwater's old crew, killed in the mutiny. Darkwater's old ship is also located in the heart of the caves, and is the resting place of the pirate captain.
Notes[]
Annotations[]
- ↑ It is possible that Morrow Caverns was a base for Darkwater's pirates prior to Slag's mutiny, and if so the pirates would have gathered there when Slag arrived to kill them.
- ↑ Depending on player choice in Quest for Booty, Ratchet either promised Talwyn he would come back for her, or didn't.[2] Regardless of choice, the player can choose to complete the optional mission "Talwyn Rescued!", where Talwyn is grateful whether or not Ratchet promised. The choice does not affect the story, as if Talwyn was not rescued, she flies her way back to Hoolefar Island the following mission regardless, but visibly upset with Ratchet.[6]
Citations[]
- ↑ Quest for Booty script § "Repair the Wind Turbines (gameplay)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Quest for Booty script § "Find the body of Captain Darkwater (gameplay)"
- ↑ Quest for Booty script § "Find the Mayor (gameplay)"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Quest for Booty script § "Meet Rusty Pete at the beach (gameplay)"
- ↑ Quest for Booty script § "Fight the Pirates (gameplay)"
- ↑ Quest for Booty script § "Battle the Undead Pirates (gameplay)"
- ↑ Quest for Booty script § "Morrow Caverns"