General Scales

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"General Scales, ruler, tyrant, and dictator of the SharpClaw tribe." - General Scales

Overview

General Scales is a SharpClaw Dinosaur, and the leader of their tribe. He is a ruthless and cunning villain, and acts only in the pursuit of power. He captains the Flying Galleon, a living airship that he uses to transport his troops and travel around the planet.

Early story (From Character Bio)

Orphaned at an early age, Scales grew up in the SharpClaw Tribe with a strong hatred of authority. A bully from the day he was born, Scales was feared by the rest of the SharpClaws youngsters. In his early teens, he took part in many battles and was to become the youngest General in the SharpClaw army. His lust for power was relentless and as leader of the army, at the age of 24, he acted out a coup and took control of the Tibe for himself.
After long being denied the opportunity for his SharpClaws to become one of the Ruling Tribes, he struck a deal with Drakor, a dragon from the Kamerian Race, and instigated the capture of Princess Kyte and Prince Tricky in order to turn the CloudRunner and EarthWalker Tribes against each other.
Though Scales does not realize it, he is just a pawn working for Drakor's Master Plan.

Character Bio

The characters' biographies were leaked (with other promotional material such as official renders, condensed story and gameplay footage) on the website RareThief in September 2012. All bios are dated for the year 2000.

It’s worth mentioning though, not all character’s information and trivia are present in the December 1, 2000 prototype. These were probably written pretty early on in the development of the game to summarize each character, but were not really changed after the game’s story underwent many changes and evolutions. (i.e : Krystal's backstory not being mentioned except that she was adopted by Randorn or Krystal’s crush on Sabre even though they are siblings.)

Characteristics

Name : General Scales
Age : 50 years old
Height : Approx. 11ft
Likes : Being generally evil and laughing at his own jokes
Dislikes : Everything! (Except Gold and Treasure)
Weapons : Large claw and Broad Sword
Combat style : Varied, will do anything to win a fight!
Favorite thing : His prized possession, the Flying Galleon!
Favorite food : Any small, fluffy creature!
Special abilities : Scale's size, combined with his agility, makes him a formidable beast. Other than his physical abilities, the General has some effective projectile type spells at his disposal

Questions / Answers

📚 This questions and answers section is directly from Scale's character biography from RareThief's blog.

What Scales will do when Dinosaur Planet is his... (his own words)
All o fthe dinosaur tribes will bow before me at any given point and kiss my feet when I say so!
Personality
The comment above gives you an idea of the kind of creature we are dealing with. He is the self confessed Ruler, Tyrant, and Dictator of the Sharpclaw tribe. Other than Drakor, General Scales is probably the game's most evil character who will stop at nothing to win, even if that means killing the innocent on the way!!
Role in game
Throughout most of the game, the player will percieve General Scales as being their main adversary. His large claw and agile movement see him become a difficult foe when the player goes head to head wiht him in a battle to the death in the Desert Force Point Temple.

Concept arts and early idealizations

Concept Art General Scales The same concept art, with different colours. See Screenshots in-game

Concept art of General Scales. The second, colored version would be used as an image in the main menu of multiple builds of Dinosaur Planet.

General Scales has, at heart, been the same character throughout all of development. His boss changed, his design was altered, the Flying Galleon got a face lift, but at the end of the day he was still the Terrible Dictator of the SharpClaw Tribe, and he's still an unwitting pawn in the plan of someone else. Despite some believing otherwise, he was never planned to be the big bad of the game.

Renders & Models

General Scales, asserting dominance

Character Bio Render

This is the same render as used in the character bio previously, in a t-pose. His clothing is somewhat different to his in-game model, but overall is quite similar. The profile image in this wiki article uses the same model, but is put in a more natural stance.

Scale's in game model, t-posing on the right, next two two swords

In-Game Render

General Scale's in-game model, accompanied by two swords. While quite similar to his high-res render, there are some notable differences. The spikes on his pauldrons are missing, and his clothing has been changed from black to purple, with the exception of his right glove. The writing on his chest is completely absent.

(ℹ️) Model reference by Discord member Sabre230

Story in-game

⚠️ "You don't have enough SCARABS!"

This section is missing information in text, pictures and in video if possible.

Kidnaps Kyte
- Falls off / Teleports away from the galleon in confrontation with Krystal
Steals Galleon back from Krystal in Warlock Mountain
Kills Queen CloudRunner in CloudRunner Fortress
- In SFA she doesnt die, but Kyte makes it very clear "She's dead!" in DP
Gets the spellstone in CRF, but loses it to Krystal
- Well, i mean, he just teleported away. it was one of his underlings who lost it.
Tries & fails to stop Krystal from putting her second spellstone in at the Desert Force Point Temple
- This cutscene is very hard to actually get to trigger

Voice lines

⚠️ "You don't have enough SCARABS!"

This section is missing information in text, pictures and in video if possible.

Separate some important voice lines and transcript them as well. Voice lines that could be put here: "Ruler, Tryrant, and Dictator of the SharpClaw Tribe," His assault on Queen CloudRunner, his dialogue with Krystal in the Desert Force Point Temple, and the spellstone cutscene in the Desert Force Point Temple

Screenshots in-game

Early screenshots

Very little has changed about Scales between known builds of the game, and even from his Starfox Adventures counterpart.

"General Scales, ruler, tyrant, and dictator of the Sharp Claw Tribe." -Scales "At least, until I've taken over the planet" -Scales

Scales, from one of the first cutscenes, on his ship. In the second image, Princess Kyte can be seen captured in a cage.

Scales, tumbling off of the Galleon Scales, teleporting away using his belt.

Scales, falling off The Galleon in an older build, vs teleporting away in the December 2001 build

Scales, standing next to two Sharp Claws on the Flying Galleon

Scales taking The Galleon back in Warlock Mountain. Notably, this custscene was not in the Press Video Build, and he merely just stood on the galleon as it flew away in real time.

Menu screen. Dinosaur Planet logo in top left. Below it, 3 menu options reading "Sidekicks," "Action," and "Puzzles." On the right, General Scales is above another option, "Controls." Near the bottom of the screen are control instructions: "A: Select, B: Back," and a text superimposed on the image reading "Dinosaur Planet Rare - Late 2000s" December 2001 Build Menu. Game Select screen, with 3 options for new files, Copy, Erase, and controls at the bottom: "A-Select, B-Cancel." A drawing of scales sits off to the side.

Early menu screens, featuring the previously shown art of scales, from both a Late 2000s build and the December 2001 build. The menus seem to be using a very similar style.

Screenshots from the prototype

The only difference seen in this screenshot compared to the leaked old one, is the door textureThe only difference seen in this screenshot compared to the leaked old one, is and the rain falling at a different angle. Scales model does not seems to have to chance.