Claw

Story

The story is similar to many pirate movies, games and other sources: A famous cat pirate, Captain Nathaniel Joseph Claw, is captured by the Cocker Spaniards (a type of dog, a pun on Cocker Spaniel) after they attack and sink his ship. In the prison cell where he awaits execution, he finds a note hidden in the wall and a map signed by Edward Tobin, in which he learns about the Amulet of Nine Lives - a mystical artifact that grants near immortality to its wearer. Claw breaks out of his cell and sets out to collect all 9 gems of the amulet and retrieve it for himself. The game begins with Claw outside his cell. As he makes his way through the prison, he eventually reaches the outer wall and escapes into the forest before defeating the warden LaRauxe. In the forest, he encounters a gang of thieves led by his former lover, Katherine. He manages to defeat them and find his way out of the forest to the nearby port town, where he is chased by Mayor Wolvington and the town guard. After running through the town, escaping the guards and defeating Wolvington himself, the captain stumbles into a bar and overhears a conversation between two members of the crew of Captain Redtail, a tiger who is Claw's archenemy. From them he learns that Redtail is also looking for the amulet's gems and that Redtail's first mate Gabriel has one in his possession. He has also heard that Redtail himself may have more. Claw quickly makes his way through the harbor and jumps onto Red Tail's ship, where he defeats the sailors (including Gabriel) and hides in the ship until it docks near Pirate Bay. Claw goes through the ancient temples of Pirate Bay, defeating the pirates and their leader, a pirate who used to be a close friend of Claw's, Marrow, before descending into the caves where he meets his old crew (presumed dead after the attack on his ship). Claw finds out that they got three gems from a merchant in a tavern, two of which were taken by Red Tail, who had already sailed to the legendary Tiger Island. The crew also shows Claw a piece of map the merchant gave them that shows a way to the island through a maze of underwater caves. The captain decides to descend into the caves, where he encounters a race of mermaids and mermen who fight him to defend their queen, a giant frog-like creature named Aquatis. He manages to defeat Aquatis with explosives. Claw reappears and confronts Red Tail and his crew on Tiger Island. After managing to defeat Red Tail and get the last two gems, Claw goes to the Tiger Temple in the heart of the island to find the amulet. There he fights the well-trained tiger guards, avoids the many death traps in the lava-filled temple, and defeats Omar, the captain of the tiger guard, who has the last (and largest) gem. Claw places the gems on a pedestal. They rearrange themselves and the spirit of a princess comes and gives him the amulet that grants him 9 lives after he summarizes his adventure. The last scene shows him leaving on his ship with the amulet, his crew and Omar.