Xephos (Character)

Xephos is a friend to honeydew and rofl copter the semipotent narrator of the Minecraft Series. He generally has the personality of his puppeteer, Lewis Brindley, and has the outward appearance of Commander William T. Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The series is filmed from Xephos' point of view, save for the cutscenes, which makes him appear only rarely on camera. The most regular reminders of his appearance are on his inventory screen and when he is referred to by other characters as "the Spaceman." He is often the voice of reason and caution to Honeydew's lunacy and boldness, and is the de facto leader of the duo. Even though he comes off as the brain behind the adventure, he is easily startled and scared. Meticulous though a bit impatient, he is not above letting something explode rather than be functionally solved. At the beginning of the series Lewis professed to being a Minecraft noob, and Xephos was correspondingly clueless. He appears to have been a quick learner, however, and often his logical nature proves more valuable than Honeydew's greater experience.

Throughout the series, Xephos has felt the icy sting of death the least, due to his cautious nature. This may also be because trekking back from the spawn point makes uninteresting footage, so Lewis is especially careful that Xephos does not die.

Despite his generally good survival rate, he is especially nervous when carrying items of value, like the Golden Record, as he seems to experience misfortune when carrying them. He is a bit of a slob or hoarder, as he tends to keep trivial or useless items in his inventory in a disorganized fashion. His weapon of choice is the sword, while Honeydew prefers the flint and steel. This would make him a more effective tank, but due do his cautious nature he dislikes going first into dangerous situations.

Xephos's status as narrator seems to have given him special powers which allow him to advance the story. When Honeydew dies and respawns, Xephos can use the powers of the USS Enterprise to transport Honeydew to him, rather than waiting for him to return by foot. He also can spawn items out of thin air, as illustrated in the magic spell "/give Honeydew 46 1", which gives Honeydew one block of TNT. He seems to mix up his spells frequently, especially under duress, and on several occasions gives Honeydew half a door (the magic word for which is 64).