Villains Beginning With 'G'
Gmork / G'mork
The Neverending Story
AKA Unendliche Geschichte, Die
created by author Michael Ende (1979)
film (1984)
There are discrepancies in how Gmork is depicted and the circumstances that befall him from the book to the motion picture.
Gmork's physical appearance is that of a large creature, similar to that of a wolf, who is capable of human speech. In the film he is shown as having short, dark, blue-black fur and luminous green eyes, as well as having plenty of extra fangs to that of an ordinary wolf. Gmork makes a reference to the Manipulators as the ones behind the Nothing in the book where as in the movie, he himself supposedly serves "The power behind the Nothing".
Gmork's primary objective is to track down and kill the young warrior Atreyu; the person who is send to stop the Nothing. In the book, he never manages to catch up with Atreyu, because the latter uses the magical powers of the monster Ygramul's poisonous bite to travel instantaneously to the Southern Oracle. In the movie, Gmork nearly catches Atreyu in the Swamps of Sadness, but Atreyu is rescued by the luckdragon Falkor.
In the book, Atreyu meets up with Gmork in Spook City, where Gmork has been chained. He tells Atreyu of his mission to find Atreyu, but lost him early on. The Princess of Darkness, who, upon hearing of his goal for Fantastica, chained him to the wall and leapt into the Nothing. Atreyu has hidden his identity using the term "nobody" if asked his name, reveals it while the Nothing closes in on him. Gmork proceeds to laugh until he dies. The same occurs in the movie; Gmork, however, is not depicted as tied, and does not name "Manipulators" as the power behind the Nothing. He attacks Atreyu, impaling himself on an improvised stone knife held by the young warrior.
The book sees, Gmork's evil endure after he dies; his body lashes out and grabs Atreyu in its jaws when he comes near. Being held by Gmork, however, prevents Atreyu from being able to give in to the overpowering urge exerted by the Nothing to throw himself into it.
SUMMARY
ARCH RIVAL : |
Atreyu |
STRENGTHS : |
Fast, agile, and fearsomely menacing. His sharp claws would mean an easy kill when it comes to unarmed prey. |
WEAKNESSES : |
This creature is no super-hero, and can easily be taken down with a simple mortal blow from a sharp object. |
WEAPONS : |
None. |
QUOTE : |
" I am G'mork. And you, whoever you are, can have the honor of being my last victim!" |
EXTERNAL LINKS
The Neverending Story book - Wikipedia
The Neverending Story film (1984) - IMDb
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