Pogo
“I... I... I—! Aieee!”
—Pogo inventing the word "ai" while alone with Beru
Pogo is the protagonist of The First chapter. He is a youthful, excitable caveman boy who finds himself learning much more about the world he lives in.
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Appearance
Pogo has a long wild mane of green hair, along with a stone headpiece worn like a headband. He has big, bushy black eyebrows, and relatively large brown eyes. He wears a typical caveman outfit, a leopard print with one shoulder strap, leaving one side of his chest exposed, tightened with a black string belt. He wears stone anklets around the bottom of his legs. His artwork depicts him carrying a bone as a weapon.
Personality
Because he lives in a time before language, the majority of Pogo's personality is displayed through his actions. He is rather brash, not afraid to hit his gorilla friend Gori if he does something annoying - Like scare Beru or get distracted by female Goris -, and unafraid of the much larger Odo. He also bears a strong sense of justice, as he is always ready to fight. He, like any other young boy, is very impressionable by women, falling in love with Beru almost instantly. This trait plays into the final chapter if you pick Lei Kugo as your protagonist and go to grab Pogo; unlike other protagonists, he will not fight her, instead being greatly charmed by her beauty. Along with his great sense of justice, it may be that Pogo is very forgiving compared to some of the other protagonists - He shows no resentment towards Zaki once the Kuu Tribe member helps him fight Odo and appears to at least somewhat forgive The Lord of Dark at the end of The Dominion of Hate.
Background
During The First
Pogo is a youthful Paleolithic cave-dweller that lives with his tribe to the south. After performing a coming-of-age ritual and learning how to be a hunter, Pogo discovers the stowaway cavewoman Beru, who had fled from her tribe in the north after nearly being sacrificed. Instantly smitten, Pogo vows to protect her, which includes taking from his tribe's storeroom for food. Unfortunately, his devotion leads him to be exiled by his tribe after Beru is found out by the Kuu Tribe, even after he fights them off (Including Zaki), and his Elder fears a war. When Beru is recaptured by the tribe, Pogo and his gorilla friend Gori go and brave the hostile beasts of the land and the rival tribe members to rescue her, eventually bringing down the Odo, the Tyrannosaurus Rex enslaving the northern tribe. With this act of bravery, Pogo earns his tribe's and the Kuu Tribe's respect along with Beru's love.
During The Dominion of Hate
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After being transported to Lucrece by Odio, he is encountered in a southern part of the Silent Wood in a hidden clearing filled with Balmgrass. The clearing can be accessed through a hidden path beside the road leading to The Archon's Roost. He can be recruited after looking for him hiding in the trees around and fighting him. If you chose Lei Kugo as your starting character, he can be recruited without fighting.
If chosen as the protagonist, at the end after Odio is defeated, Pogo gives Oersted a hug, reminding him of love. (The hug is Remake-exclusive)
After the heroes go home to their times, he reunites with Beru and their first child.
Bad Endings
If the player finishes off Oersted after taking down Purity of Odio, and if Pogo is the leader, the caveman can only cry out in pity. Since Oersted was killed too early, the Lord of Dark's hatred is free to continue the cycle, and Pogo along with the other six heroes are presumably trapped in Lucrece.
If Oersted is chosen as the protagonist for the final chapter, his hatred overwrites Odo's defeat, turning Pogo and the others into a meal for the T-Rex.
| Prehistory: The First |
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| Characters |
| Pogo • Gori • Beru • Zaki • Odo |
| Locations |
| Safe Cave • Wild Lands • Kuu Village |
| Enemies |
| Feral Pup • Mammoth Calf • Playful Mole • Trihorn Stag • Trihorn Doe • Longtusk Hog • Longtusk Sow • Bison Bull • Bison Cow • Moa Cock • Moa Hen • Sabertooth Tiger • Sabertooth Tigress • Elephant Cow • Elephant Bull • Scaleback Bull • Scaleback Cow • Bighorn Bull • Bighorn Cow • Terror Bird Cock • Terror Bird Hen • Mammoth Bull • Mammoth Cow • Kuu Warrior • Mammoth King |
| Music |
| Native Life • Fine Weather • Lovely Evening • Kiss of Jealousy • Feast for the Sacrifice |
| Final Chapter: The Dominion of Hate |
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| Characters |
| Pogo • Earthen Heart Master (Yun Jou • Lei Kugo • Hong Hakka) • The Sundown Kid • Oboromaru • Masaru Takahara • Akira Tadokoro • Cube • Oersted • Odio |
| Locations |
| Seat of the Betrayers • Silent Wood • Condemned Village • The Last Hero's Grave • The Archon's Roost • Trials (Instinct • Skill • Time • Keys • Power • Heart • Wisdom) |
| Enemies |
| Xavier • Polydectes • Oedipus • Daedalus • Teil Queen • Pawnbert • Ruby Tyrant • Cerberus • Lightbringer • Souleater • Dreadbulb • Phantom Rider • Deathfist Disciple • Chrono Legionary • Ravenous Bear • Nekomata • Mecha-Satake 98 • Earthshaker • Entomophilia • Claustrophilia • Babaliyan • Grand Visages • Dragon Killer • Ishtar • Glasya Labolas • Tsunayoshi • Pup Lord • Grammoth • Pistachio • Titanblood • Riftwalker Genzaemon • Roly Poly • Ship of Horrors • Acrophilia • Scotophilia • Hygrophilia • Helios Hound • Darkwall • Shadow • Lucretius • The Bountiful Heart • Jaggedy Jacks • Apophisphilo • Euraokos • Death Prophet • Headhunter • Eyes of Odio • Maw of Odio • Brow of Odio • Purity of Odio • Arm of Odio (Left) • Arm of Odio (Right) • Sin of Odio |
| Music |
| The Dominion of Hate • Silent Labyrinth • Illusion • Pure Odio • Armageddon • Live over Again • Live for Live • Gigalomania |
| Transcripts |
| 2022 (English) • 1994 (English, Japanese) |