LeChuck was stranded on Blood Island after a big storm rose and destroyed his ship, killing everyone on the ship but him. LeChuck was a fearsome pirate even in life and sailed the seas with a cutthroat crew including his first mate Largo LaGrande. At the time, Elaine's own grandfather, known only as Captain Marley, was part of a group of four looking for a treasure called Big Whoop. In the "new" version, a still-living LeChuck decided to win Elaine's affections by finding the legendary secret of Monkey Island. It is revealed in the third game that the story told in the first game was merely a small portion of a much more detailed story that explains how LeChuck came to be.
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An elaborate series of explanations in the final two games attempts to retcon several plot inconsistencies via an overly convoluted revision of LeChuck's original back-story. This made many pirates afraid of the ocean and, as LeChuck puts it, "too afraid to take a bath".Įven this relatively straight forward origin becomes complicated as the story progresses. His victims were killed, turned into living skeletons and ghosts and then forced to join his crew. But his black spirit and love for Elaine was enough for him to resurface as a vengeful ghost who haunted the seas. LeChuck took this quite literally and was supposedly killed by a storm when he was searching for the Secret of Monkey Island. She was not enamoured with him though and told him to "drop dead" in response to his advances. He met and fell in love with the Governor of Mêlée Island, Elaine Marley when he had been invited to her mansion for a dinner. When LeChuck was still alive, he was a fearsome bloodthirsty pirate. In his later years, he became the arch nemesis of Guybrush Threepwood.Īccording to the Voodoo Lady, his reason for being was " to perpetually rise from the dead and torment you and Elaine. Since then, he has strived to make her his undead bride.Īccording to Largo LaGrande LeChuck did not give tips. Rumour has it that when she told him to 'drop dead' he took it literally. His weakness was his hopeless love of Elaine Marley, the Governor of the Tri-Island Area. He had an obsession with voodoo and the occult, even to the point where he turned himself into an undead abomination in order to harness greater power.Īs a man he had a crew of hardy, loyal and cutthroat buccaneers, but when he became an undead horror, his powers grew and his subordinates became almost immortal. He was a skilled swordsman, a ruthless killer and a master of manipulation. LeChuck is arguably the most fearsome pirate ever to sail the seven seas. LeChuck, sometimes officially known as G.P. " Har! My outer shell is meaningless, you fool! Within my decaying flesh courses more voodoo power than your pitiful mind can possibly imagine!" ―LeChuck