Herman Toothrot

Horatio Torquemada Marley, also known as Herman Toothrot, is a major supporting character in the Monkey Island series. He is a eccentric hermit who lives on the titular Monkey Island after becoming stranded there. Prior to this however, He was a legendary pirate captain and governor of Melee Island. He is also the grandfather of Elaine Marley.
==Biography==
===Backstory===
Horatio Torquemada Marley was a pirate governor who decided leave his gubernatorial duties on Melee Island and set sail to locate the legendary treasure of Big Whoop. He possessed a map that lead him and his crew to Dinky Island where the treasure was supposedly buried, but after navigating through the island's thick jungle and underground tunnels they learn to their horror that the treasure of Big Whoop was actually the very gates of hell themselves. Making matters worst, the fearsome pirate LeChuck, who had been looking for Big Whoop himself to impress Captain Marley's granddaughter Elaine, found the gates first and stepped through them to become a undead ghost pirate with voodoo powers. Marley and his crew apparently fled the scene and tore up their map into four pieces, with each crew member keeping a piece for themselves to ensure no one ever finds the treasure of Big Whoop. 
With the horrible experience of Big Whoop behind him, Captain Marley went to Australia to take part in the American cup boat race. The night before the competition, he met a real-estate developer named Ozzie Mandrill who had fallen on hard times. Marley took pity on the miserable businessman and tried to cheer him up by telling him about Caribbean seas and it's voodoo secrets, an action that would endanger the Caribbean's pirates years later. The boating competition commenced the next day with Captain Marley's ship in the lead until it suddenly got caught in a fiery whirlpool which Marley tried and failed to escape. His ship was pulled beneath the waves where many presumed the captain had perished, when in fact Marley and his vessel were tossed to the other side of the world and washed ashore on Monkey Island. Marley lost his memories as a result of the ordeal, having no idea about who he was or his life before arriving on the island. He decided to make a new life for himself as "Herman Toothrot" and live as a hermit and castaway waiting to be rescued.
During his time on Monkey Island, Herman taught a crew of monkey's to sail a ship called the Sea Monkey in a attempt to get someone to rescue him. He refused to go with the boat himself as it would mean spending weeks with a bunch of screaming chimps. Herman actually did have a ship of his own he could use to leave the island but he refused to use it as he believed castaways had to be rescued by someone other than themselves. Besides monkeys, Herman also lived with a group of cannibals on the island, and once lent them his Banana Picker only to never get it back. He retaliated by taking their key to enter the giant stone Monkey Head they worshipped and would not return it until he received his Banana Picker.
===The Secret of Monkey Island===
Herman Toothrot first meets Guybrush Threepwood after the latter fires himself from a cannon to reach Monkey Island. He appears at a number of locations on the island to comment on different situations and tell Guybrush more about himself. Guybrush can also read a journal found on his ship that mentions a person named Toothrot sailing with his friend to Monkey Island. Herman will eventually appear at the cannibals' village where Guybrush can trade the hermit his Banana Picker for the key to open the Giant Monkey Head. He will appear once again inside the island's underground catacombs and will offer to take Threepwood back to Melee Island on his ship to stop LeChuck.
===Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge===
Herman Toothrot reappears as a philosopher meditating on Dinky Island after wandering through the underground tunnels connecting it to Monkey Island. Guybrush can ask Herman to tell him a philosophical question which he can answer correctly after choosing most of the wrong answers.
===The Curse of Monkey Island===
Animatronics of Herman Toothrot and H. T. Marley can be found on the roller coaster ride during the final chapter.
===Escape of Monkey Island===
Herman Toothrot can found at his camp on Monkey Island where Guybrush learns that a series of incidents has caused him to forget most of his recent past. Certain items that Herman describes must be thrown at his head to jog his memories. He tells Guybrush that he has began mining for gold after discovering some in a nearby clearing but has been forced to stop upon finding a mysterious vault door underground. Eventually, Guybrush throws a accordion at Herman's head which causes him to remember his life before first arriving on Monkey Island and realises that he is actually the famous pirate captain H. T. Marley whom was thought to have drowned many years ago.
Marley reveals how his actions in the past have inadvertently put pirates in danger of Ozzie Mandrill and the pirate ego-shattering Ultimate Insult. He helps Guybrush by giving him a key component to make his own Ultimate Insult talisman and later assists him in piloting a giant monkey robot to save Elaine from Ozzie and LeChuck. Afterwards, Marley reluctantly agrees to become governor of Melee Island again so Guybrush and Elaine can travel the world together.
===Return to Monkey Island===
Herman Toothrot is found stuck inside a dark cave on Terror Island and was in possession of a Golden Key that Guybrush Threepwood is after. Herman refuses to give Guybrush the key and they both began to fight over it, causing Threepwood to accidentally drop his lantern and leave them in pitch black darkness. Herman decides to pass the time by reciting quotes from a book he read, but Guybrush takes the Golden Key and uses a magical sign to escape the cave. Later, Herman is rescued by Elaine Marley.
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