Gorkel

Gorkel is a rocky and barren planet, home of the Gorkels and other species. It seems to be a good place to crash a space ship.

Inhabitants

The Gorkels are a race of green-skinned humanoids native to Gorkel. A superstitious species, they live their lives according to the prophecies in an ancient tome. Individual Gorkels include Princess Ugly and the Wise One. The Saga of Princess Ugly

Another race of pink-skinned humanoids lives on Gorkel. Though they live in the same style of structures as the Gorkels, their technology is more advanced. Members of this species include Vermin the Vile and his dungeon guard. Too Close (Enough) for Comfort The Doom of the Domed City

There's also a dinosaur. The Saga of Princess Ugly

Locations

• The Gorkels' settlement
• The Domed City
• The impenetrable forest

Fiction

Princess _(shudder) Ugly was the ruler of Gorkel. At some point, she was kidnapped by her evil uncle, Vermin the Vile, placed under a sleeping spell, and kept in his Domed City so he could rule in her stead. The Book of the Gorkels foretold a time when alien creatures would arrive to break the spell. The Saga of Princess Ugly

Planet Terry and his ship crashed on Gorkel after getting caught in an astro tornado The Saga of Princess Ugly following its departure from Asteroid 43KX. Malt Shop Menace Taken in by the Gorkels, the Wise One considered Terry and his friends, Robota and Omnus, to be "close enough!" to the alien creatures written of in the book, and he convinced them to rescue their beloved yet hideous princess. One of the Gorkels warned them of the myriad dangers between their settlement and the Domed City, listing off the impenetrable forest, the Mayhem Maker, the terror vines, the volcano, and the whirlpool. The Saga of Princess Ugly

As they made their way through the impenetrable forest, their journey was observed by Scavage, disguised as a parrot. Scavage reported back to Vermin, and both were aware of the prophecy. Vermin used the Mayhem Maker to impede the heroes' progress. First, he turned the vines in a break in the woodlands into tickle vines to leave them helpless with laughter, but Robota proved immune. Next, he caused a volcano to spontaneously erupt from out of the ground, but Omnus granted his friends safe passage. When they came across a placid stream, Vermin used the Mayhem Maker to turn it into a whirlpool, whipping them up and through the air to the outskirts of the Domed City where they were confined in a bubble cell. The exposure to the elements caused Robota to begin rusting. Too Close (Enough) for Comfort

Vermin returned to his lair to troubleshoot the Mayhem Maker, while Terry and Omnus broke free and derusted Robota with grease from one of Gorkel's rocket graveyards. The three heroes successfully broke the spell and rescued Princess Ugly, who revealed the prophecy that the Mayhem Maker would go haywire and destroy the Doomed City, causing its inhabitants to flee. Sure enough, the machine exploded and took the citadel with it. The Doom of the Domed City

Terry, Robota, and Omnus returned Princess Ugly to the Gorkels. When Terry revealed that part of his mission to find his parents involved tracking down what happened to their ship, the Space Warp, the Gorkels gasped, as it was one of many spaceships to have crashed on the planet. The Doom of the Domed City