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Klaymen (derived from clay man) is the protagonist of The Neverhood. The game starts when Klaymen is first born. Klaymen wanders around the Neverhood and soon discovers that the king, Hoborg, has been overthrown by Klogg. Klaymen is told the story of what happened by watching it on several disks left by his friend Willie.

Character Description[]

Klaymen has a human-like form and is made of different colors of clay. He, unlike Willie Trombone, wears very limited clothing except for the brown brief-like garment that he wears. Klaymen takes his time when walking and performs actions slowly, but efficiently. Klaymen has three buttons on his chest that serve different purposes, only one of which is normally seen. Pressing the right-side button opens up Klaymen's stomach area in which he can keep various objects such as Willie's water beaker or disks. When the player does not perform an action for a bit of time, Klaymen uses his other two buttons to perform non-essential tasks that do nothing contributory to the game. Klaymen is normally quiet and does not speak with the exception of screaming while attempting to avoid the Weasel (as well as falling out of the Neverhood after diving down the drain), telling Hoborg his name in the Good Ending, or yelling and laughing evilly in the Bad Ending.

Birth[]

In the Neverhood, Neverhoodians like Klaymen are born from seeds that come from Hoborg's crown. Before Hoborg was overthrown, he dropped a seed out of the crown without Klogg noticing. The seed jumped out of his frozen hand towards Willie after Hoborg fell asleep. Willie took the seed and threw it on the ground in the Nursery. Thus, Klaymen was born.

Adventure in The Neverhood[]

After Klaymen's birth, he wakes up in the Nursery and starts to explore the Neverhood, the deserted neighborhood he finds himself in. He slowly discovers more and more sections of his world while, through picking up several disks that were left scattered over the Neverhood, learns about the unfortunate events that happened there: Klogg, tempted into evil by the Neverhood Crown, overthrew Hoborg (their creator as well as the creator of this world) and Willie Trombone relies on him to defeat Klogg and save the world.

Soon Klaymen meets Big Robot Bil, Hoborg's and Willie's helper who had been reprogramed by Klogg to work on his side, and turns a switch in him back from bad to good. Klaymen, Willie, and Bil head for the castle, where Klogg and Hoborg are dwelling. Meanwhile, Klogg sees what is happening and sends his Clockwork Beast to stop them. Bil manages to defeat the Beast, force-opens the castle, and lets Klaymen in. However, Klogg shoots Bil in the chest with the cannon, causing both Bil and Willie to fall off the Neverhood.

Klaymen then finds Hoborg's throne room and meets Hoborg, who fell into a deep sleep without his crown, along with Klogg. Klogg pressures Klaymen into joining him in ruling the Neverhood.

Drain Ending[]

After Klaymen drains the lake, the drain is revealed, as well as every warning sign to not jump into it. Klaymen is able to jump down into it, only to fall presumably forever from beneath the Neverhood and the game ends here, leading into the end credits.

Bad Ending[]

If Klaymen chooses to obey Klogg, he puts on the crown, which transforms him into an evil Klogg-like creature. Klogg laughs evilly, having got rid of the last danger for his ruling. However, Klaymen then knocks Klogg out and claims himself to be the new ruler of the Neverhood.

Good Ending[]

If Klaymen chooses to save Hoborg, he outruns Klogg and returns the crown to him. Hoborg wakes up and is thanking Klaymen, when Klogg charges at him with a knife. However, he steps on his remote control for the cannon and it shoots him out of the Neverhood. Hoborg then creates several new beings, before bringing back Willie and Bil.

Adventure in Skullmonkeys[]

In Skullmonkeys, Klogg lands on planet Idznak and convenes the creatures on that planet (called Skullmonkeys because they have a skull for a head) to help him destroy the Neverhood. He wants them to build a machine called Evil Engine Number 9. However, there is one intelligent skullmonkey named Jerry-O. He sends a flying device to retrieve Klaymen and bring him to planet Idznak.

Klaymen battles through several foes and eventually fights Klogg in Evil Engine Number 9. He kills Klogg in the final battle and the machine is destroyed. The skullmonkeys rejoice and Klaymen goes home.

クレイマン ガンホッケー (Klaymen Gun Hockey)[]

In this Japan-Only release, this installation to The Neverhood series is an air-hockey type game; it may be played against a computer, or be 1 vs 1 experience. Published in 1999 by Riverhillsoft (the Japanese publisher of The Neverhood), Klaymen appears as a playable character. Armed with a laser gun-type striker, you face against Willie Trombone, Klogg, Hoborg, and a Weasel.

It, however, reflects on nothing story-related, being only an air hockey simulator for the Playstation console. At the end of the game, Klaymen defeats Klogg at a Gun Hockey match, and Klogg declares he will no longer cause trouble (maybe). Although, since this is just a spin-off, this may not be considered canon.

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