Doctor Mojo's Isle of Evimettal

Off the coast of Corktown, lost in mist and sea spray, a structure of steel and cast iron rests above the water on a tangle of gigantic rusted pillars. When the wind blows hard, it sways and groans. Salt eats away everywhere and corrosion spreads.

This old oil rig is the lair of Doctor Mojo, an octopus in a colorful suit with an affected accent. His assistant, the puffin Lemi, helps with his experiments on beasts delivered by a few unscrupulous pirates.

He wants to give them speech and reproduce the miracle that happened when the humans vanished. His methods are unorthodox: seaweed potions at set hours, then training in speech and gesture.

Inside, everything is airlocks, gangways and rusted stairs, slippery and unstable. The mood is that of a grotesque zoo rather than a sinister laboratory: Lemi lectures hens on poetry while Mojo serves blue soup to unenthusiastic pigs.

Mojo cultivates the isle's sinister reputation to scare off the curious and earn the respect of the pirates he deals with. The crab captain Blueclaw roams the same waters.