Mayor of Pollus

The **Mayor of Pollus** is a villager who the player rescues on the red floor of the Ice Prison from Mission 7 of Assassin of Steve. He gives you a Red Key for free, which allows you to progress. His citizens also appear on each of the other four floors, which you can trade items in for keys to the next floor in order to escape.

After escaping you help the Mayor of Pollus and the Pollus Villagers make their way through the Glacier Mountain Ranges to return them to their home town.

You later meet him one last time in the second map in the map's prologue, where he tells you that you got knocked out by the Assassin, and are resting in the basement of Pollus. After that, you proceed to leave Pollus into the Jungle with Roger, the Mayor of Rhouff and the Rhouff Villagers.

## Biography

### Assassin of Steve

The Mayor of Pollus lives in Pollus which is a remote, desolate town located in the Glacier Mountain Ranges, however they often had to face Ghasts from Glacial Castle that came to bomb them. In addition, the mayor and the rest of his villagers were often arrested and put inside the Ice Prison on orders of Warden Frostbite. After many imprisonment occasions, he and his citizens became skilled at crafting keys to help themselves escape from the prison.

When the player is arrested for murdering the Minemaster, they are imprisoned on the maximum security level at the bottom of the prison, the same level that the mayor is imprisoned in. Upon their ice cell melting, the player slays all of the Ice Prison Guards and Frozen SWAT on the level and frees the mayor, who thanks them for rescing him, and gives the player a Red Key to open up the door to the next level.

The player fights their way up to the surface level, freeing the rest of the Pollus Villagers and eventually defeating Warden Frostbite. They try to escape, but some Police Officers in watch towers are preventing them from escaping safely, so the mayor tells the player to shoot them all dead so there is a clear path for them all to escape.

Beyond the prison boundaries they enter the treacherous Glacier Mountain Ranges, which has had lots of boulders placed on the road to prevent a safe passage by the mayor and his villagers. The player uses TNT from a chest to blow all the boulders up, and also uses a pickaxe to lower a drawbridge over a chasm.

However, upon reaching Pollus they find it is being attacked by a Ghast Giant. The mayor walks the player through destroying it, which they eventually do. Once it is slain, the mayor gets the player to meet up with him in the basement of the church, and tells them that King Icing and Queen Freeze of Glacial Castle may have hired the Assassin to kill Steve based on their grudge against him.

### Assassin of Steve 2

The Mayor of Pollus is seen again briefly at the beginning of Assassin of Steve 2. After the ending of the first map, the villagers which the player rescued from the Lava Cave brought the unconscious player back to Pollus. Once the player wakes up, the mayor explains the villagers are from a village named Rhouff, which is a distant village and a dangerous journey for the Rhouff Villagers. The player travels off with them, leaving the Mayor of Pollus in his town.

Due to Warden Frostbite and all of the royals and nobles in Glacial Castle being slain by the player, it is likely Pollus would have entered some form of uninterrupted peace afterwards.

## Characterisation

The mayor is caring for his villagers, but also crafty and knowledgeable based on his experiences in being imprisoned. He also has an extensive guide on mythical creatures based on his book Guide to Mythical Creatures, which helps the player in slaying the Ghast Giant. It is not known how he came to learn of most of these creatures.

## Quotes

* "Oh, thank you for rescuing me. I'm the Mayor of Pollus."

* "I know about all sorts of mythical creatures. The Ghast Giant's weak spot is it's head."

* "Thank you! You saved our village!"

## Trivia

* The Mayor of Pollus is the only character who appears in Assassin of Steve 1 and 2 but not in Assassin of Steve 3.