Mount Sorrow

"BE GONE!"

- Mt. Sorrow

Mount Sorrow was a mountain on the Forest Moon of Endor. The tip of the mountain was in fact sentient, and had the power to both blow people off the summit, or cry tears of healing. Sorrow was a figure of legend in Ewok lore, albeit an obscure one, known only to the shamans and witch doctors of Endor. Sometime during the Imperial era, Mount Sorrow was able to cure budding poet Teebo of the perilous laughing spell, inherited from a loonee bird in the Endor Woods.

Despite being a mountain, Sorrow was in a constant state of depression, be it either stern or sad. He had excessively high standards, granting the benefit of his powers only to those deemed "worthy." He also had no qualms about sending children to their death, which he demonstrated by attempting to murder Wicket W. Warrick and Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka.

Discovery
"&hellip;named by the first person to climb it. He was sorry he did!"

- Teebo

Based on the comments of Teebo, it can be surmised that Mt. Sorrow was discovered by some sort of creature, possibly an Ewok, who named the place for his disappointment at what lay at the summit. This is likely to have occurred long before the Imperialization of the galaxy, as by the time of Wicket, Kneesaa and Teebo's climbing of it, Mt. Sorrow was an element of Ewok legend.

The perilous laughing spell
"But legend tells of a being at the top of Mount Sorrow, whose tears have a powerful effect in reversing such spells!"

- Logray



Sometime during the Imperial era, Teebo, Wicket Warrick, and Princess Kintaka were out gathering melons in the Endor Woods. Warrick and the Princess went for a swim, but Teebo decided to wander off in order to write poetry. In doing so, he encountered a loonee bird, a creature known to carry a laughing disease, which Teebo caught.

At first, he began to play pranks on his companions, but his trouble making escalated, and he inadvertently ruined many of the community activities taking place at Bright Tree Village. When the attack reached Bright Tree Council Chambers, the village shaman Logray was summoned. Though he was able to remove the loonee bird feather from Logray's cap, the curse had well and truly dug in.

Logray knew of no cure, but he recalled from Endorian legend Mount Sorrow, whose tears had the power to heal such ailments. Though it was a long shot, and it was possible that Sorrow did not even exist, Logray sent Warrick, Teebo and the Princess off to find it.

The curing of Teebo
"I've never seen anyone more worthy of my tears! You are a true hero, young Teebo. Take all the tears you want!"

- Mount Sorrow

After a long trek, the Ewoks ascertained the location of Mt. Sorrow. After a grueling climb, in which Teebo was carried along on a leash, they reached the summit. Instead of an entity, which Logray had told of, they were met by a stony mound that featured a face. The face began to move, and then started to converse with the astonished trio.

At first, it demanded to know the reason as to why the Ewoks wanted its tears. When it was told that Teebo needed to be cured of a laughing spell, it requested that the young Ewok prove his worth. Teebo responded with callous indifference, which both depressed and angered the mighty mountain/sentient.

Due to the contagiousness of the laughing spell, Mt. Sorrow began to shake with merriment, despite his overall grumpy demeanor. Due to his brittle and stiff nature, Mt. Sorrow began to fall apart, an event that apparently annoyed him to no end. He misinterpreted it as an assassination attempt, and returned the favor in kind to the three Ewoks. He let forth a mighty gust of wind, with a view to blowing the Princess and Warrick off the side of the summit. Teebo intervened, using the rope that had been his leash mere hours before to save his two friends.

Sorrow was moved by this, and deemed Teebo worthy. He doused Teebo with his tears, curing the young Ewok of his ailment, and then offered a continuous supply of surplus tears that he had in stock. Teebo graciously declined, and left Mt. Sorrow in peace.

Personality and traits
"If he is worthy, I shall weep for him!"

- Mount Sorrow



Mt. Sorrow was aptly named. He was in a constant state of depression, though the reason for this is not known. Sorrow's isolation may well have been the cause of his unhappiness. Even when he did come into contact with others, he treated them with disrespect, and attempted to kill them. It is not known if there were any other sentient mountains on Endor, but Sorrow's apparent uniqueness may be another cause for his demeanor.

Sorrow's relationship, if any, with other sentient rocks found on Endor, such as the Black Cavern, the Rock Wizard or the Zandor Rockers, is uncertain.

Behind the scenes

 * Mt. Sorrow was created by Dave Manak. Sorrow, or rather, his tears were used as a "MacGuffin" in the comic Marvel Ewoks 7: The Perilous Laughing Spell. This is the only source in which Mt. Sorrow appears. It is curious to note, however, that Mount Sorrow's depiction on the cover of The Perilous Laughing Spell is drastically altered from his canonical representation. Also on the cover, he is referred to as a "Mountain Spirit."


 * It is possible that Mt Sorrow could be a B'rknaa, a species of sentient stone, that occassionally lost the ability to move when they grew too large, such as occured with the planet Indobok.

Appearances

 * Marvel Ewoks 7: The Perilous Laughing Spell