 A young teenager named Ren learns he is heir to the throne of Octopon when he rescues a old man from a storm, and the old man reveals he is his father, Primus, ruler of Octopon. When Ren is kidnapped by the cowardly monkey-bird Niddler and takes him to the evil pirate Bloth, captain of the most-feared pirate ship "Maelstrom". Ren becomes Bloth s enemy and he sets out to hire a crew, as Ren sets off on a quest to find "The Thirteen Treasures of Rule".