Over 11 feet tall and endowed with seemingly supernatural strength and cunning, the "demon bear" Mor'du is the only beast to have ever gotten the upper hand against mighty King Fergus–the king's wooden leg is a souvenir of their confrontation over a decade earlier. In the years since, Fergus has scoured the forests for the fearsome beast, vowing to rid the kingdom of this scourge, but Mor'du has proven to be as elusive as he is dangerous.