Herobrine (Universe-2)

Art by CandySugarSkullGirl9

### Cause of death

* Stabbed in the chest with an enchanted diamond sword by Steve (undead; first death; resurrected)
* Incinerated by a beam of smite-enchanted magic by the Twilight Sparkle (undead; resurrected)
* Numerous other deaths and subsequent resurrections

### Likes

* Residing in the darkness and the fog
* Killing people in various ways
* Invoking terror and panic in his victims
* His leadership
* Coffee
* Hiding his victims' bodies in small sand pyramids
* Shaving leaves from trees
* Placing redstone torches as a calling card
* Mining tunnels in the side of mountains and caves
* Causing chaos
* Destroying
* Manipulating people
* Playing mind games
* Terrorising communities
* Driving people insane
* Conquering
* Stealing from others
* Intimidating others
* Attention
* Being feared
* Being the centre of attention
* Spreading unease and paranoia
* Loving Misty
* Scheming with Israphel
* Hanging out with Alexbrine
* Protecting his allies and loved ones

### Dislikes

* Notch
* Steve
* Failure
* His death
* Other powerful entities trying to usurp him in power and influence
* Sonic.exe's arrogance and ego
* Disobedience
* His family and friends being mocked, insulted, harassed or threatened
* Jeff the Killer's rebelliousness and insensitivity
* Boredom
* Being ignored
* Not being the centre of attention
* Abandonment
* Loneliness
* Being mocked and insulted
* His power, orders and leadership being questioned
* Not being able to live a normal life anymore
* Humanity
* Hypixel City's residents
* Rejection
* Sexual predators
* Suicide (somewhat)
* Workers' rights being violated
* Coffee with no milk

### Goals

* Earn back the respect of his co-workers by finding diamonds.
* Prevent himself from being spread across the internet and keep his existence hidden from the world (all failed).
* Stalk, torture and kill anyone who stands in his way and cause as much chaos and destruction as possible (occasionally succeeds, occasionally fails).
* Kill Notch, Steve and Alex.
* Conquer the world, the rest of the universe and existence beyond and rule it as a god (all ongoing; failed numerous times).
* Eliminate any entities that attempt to usurp him (ongoing; succeeded so far).
* Form an organisation composed of killers and other entities to aid him in his goals.
* Break out of Superior Laboratories and get revenge on Dr. Bentley Moss for imprisoning and experimenting on him and Grim (both succeeded).
* Locate a command block and use it to wipe the slate clean and recreate the universe in his image (ongoing; failed so far).

## Characteristics

### Species

* Human (formerly)
* Ghost (revenant-type)

### Height

* 186 cm (6'1"; human)
* 109 cm (3'6"; pony)

### Weight

* 68 kg (150 lbs; human)
* 56 kg (125 lbs; pony)

### Powers / Abilities

* Nigh-immortality
* High-level intelligence
* Creation
* Reality-warping
* Flight
* Teleportation
* Invisibility
* Fireball projection
* Pyrokinesis
* Master of manipulation
* Intimidation
* Psychological and physical torturing skills
* Charisma
* Leadership
* Authority
* Dominion over the Nether
* Psychic link with shrine
* Great tactician
* Ergokinesis
* Telekinesis
* Ocular illumination
* Summoning
* Obsidian manipulation
* Fire immunity
* Dimensional/universal travel
* Energy sphere projection
* Superhuman strength
* Enhanced durability
* Amazing stamina
* Great speed
* Great acrobatics and reflexes
* Combat mastery
* Expert hand-to-hand combatant
* Stealth mastery
* Master swordsman
* Archery skills
* Engineering skills
* Technological and hacking expertise
* Forensic pathology skills
* Medical knowledge
* Weapons proficiency
* Multilingualism
* Portal creation
* Energy beam emission
* Electrokinesis
* Atmokinesis
* Datakinesis
* Efiáltiskinesis
* Hydrokinesis
* Magmakinesis
* Technokinesis
* Umbrakinesis
* Vínteokinesis

## Professional status

### Occupation

* Miner at Minecorp (formerly)
* Urban legend
* Mass murderer
* Leader of the hostile mobs
* Figurehead of The Raven
* Co-ruler of the Nether
* Founder and co-leader of the Underfire Union
* Ruler of Hannenburg
* Co-founder and leader of the Phantom Reapers
* Benefactor of Cloudsdale Weather Corporation
* Unstable class subject at Superior Laboratories (formerly)

## Relationships

### Family

* Unnamed father (deceased)
* Unnamed mother
* Notch (older brother)
* Unnamed older sister
* Unnamed half-brother
* Steve (younger cousin)
* Philip Collins (uncle; deceased)
* Maria Collins (aunt; deceased)
* Misty Wraithwind (wife)
* Whitefall Persson (son)
* Raven Persson (daughter)
* Grim Persson (adoptive daughter)
* FarMan (brother-in-law)
* Eret (brother-in-law)
* Unnamed brother-in-law

### Allies

* Israphel (best friend)
* Sonic.exe (friendly rival)
* Pinkamena Diane Pie
* Rainbow Factory Dash
* Lil Miss Rarity
* Misty Wraithwind (wife)
* Alexbrine
* White Eyes (former mentor)
* Fleetway Super Sonic
* Crysttails

### Minions

	+ yraniB (right-hand man)
	+ GreenCube (right-hand man)
	+ Green Steve (right-hand man)
	+ Red Steve (right-hand man)
	+ Blue Steve (right-hand man)
	+ Silver Steve (right-hand man)
	+ Zombie Boss
	+ Creeper Boss
	+ Hostile mobs
* Phantom Reapers
	+ Rogue (second-in-command)
	+ Jeff the Killer
	+ Ticci-Toby
	+ Eyeless Jack
	+ Bloody Painter
	+ BEN
	+ Nina the Killer
	+ Laughing Jack
	+ Clockwork
	+ Sally Williams
	+ Judge Angels
	+ Lazari
	+ Lulu
	+ Smile Dog
	+ Zero
	+ Puppeteer
	+ Suicide Sadie
	+ Nurse Ann
	+ Seed Eater
	+ The Rake
	+ Kagekao
	+ Dr. Smiley
	+ Ani
* The Raven
	+ Oldroot

### Romantic interests

* Entity 303 (ex-boyfriend)
* Misty Wraithwind (wife)

### Enemies

* The Dragonhearted
	+ Steve (arch-nemesis)
	+ Alex
	+ Ari
	+ Kai
	+ Noor
	+ Sunny
	+ Zuri
	+ Efe
	+ Makena
* The Network
	+ Entity 303 (ex-boyfriend; arch-rival)
	+ Entity 404
	+ Entity 505
	+ Mini 303
	+ Mossy Nightmare
	+ Mask of Death
	+ Fire Demon
	+ Caveman
* Dreadlord
* Empress Emilia
* Team Sonic
	+ Sonic the Hedgehog
	+ Miles "Tails" Prower
	+ Knuckles the Echidna
* Team Dark
	+ Shadow the Hedgehog
	+ Rouge the Bat
* Amy Rose
* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
* Diamond Cutters
	+ Tangle the Lemur
	+ Whisper the Wolf
* J the Hedgehog
* Mane Six
	+ Twilight Sparkle
	+ Rarity
	+ Applejack
	+ Pinkie Pie
	+ Rainbow Dash
	+ Fluttershy
* Spike
* Princess Cadance
* Shining Armour
* Null
* Redman
* Children of Null
	+ The Servant
	+ Sister Lucy
	+ The Snatcher
	+ The Caretaker
* Zalgo
* Slaves of the Candleholder
	+ Stripes
	+ Bleedingman
	+ Shadow Walker
	+ Evil
* Error 422
* Blood Entity
* Blood Villagers
* Hex

### Others

* Blackheart (acquaintance)
* Carimane (acquaintance)
* Stronghold Seer (acquaintance)
* Reverend John (acquaintance)
* Professor Brine (former subordinate)
* Extortion (former subordinate)
* Herobrine (Universe-131) (former subordinate)
* Herobrine (Universe-112) (former subordinate)
* Fatal Error (former subordinate)
* Sonic.OMT (former subordinate)
* Brine (former subordinate; acquaintance)

## Other

### Headcanon voice actor

Mr. Tibbs

"*He's always watching...*"
— A common phrase uttered by Herobrine's followers and victims.

"*As for you... (he turns his attention to the hundreds of mobs before him down) You kickstarted a rebellion, dragged me to your level, showcased your strength in numbers and dethroned me. Look where that got you. You shamble around chaotically with no order, no vision, no leader. You didn't loathe me for who I was. You* feared *me for my power and for that, you turned your eyes away... And now here we all are. I'm here to reclaim what was mine and this time... **permanently**. Any future attempts at usurping my position and I will **raze** the earth that you stand on. Stand against me all you want, your impunity is nothing compared to my might. I will* always *come back. (he summons a bolt of lightning to strike the ground below him, startling the mobs as they glance back up at him) **You will*** **never *remove me****. (laughs menacingly)*"
— Herobrine talking to the hostile mobs as he takes back his title as their leader.

**Herobrine Theodore Persson**, otherwise known as simply **Herobrine**, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Sonic.exe) of the *Universal Rift* series.

A mysterious, vengeful and paranormal stalker whose known far and wide as an infamous urban legend and one of Minecraftia's most powerful entities, he is the leader of the hostile mobs, the co-ruler of the Nether, the founder and leader of the Underfire Union, the co-founder of the Phantom Reapers, the husband of Misty Wraithwind and the father of Whitefall, Raven and Grim Persson.

In the past, Herobrine was a young, yet troubled adult who was the younger brother of Notch, the older cousin of Steve and the product of childhood neglect, mental instability, lifelong trauma and a generational curse, moulding the once carefree and aspiring boy into a cold and bitter man until his untimely and tragic death. Following his death, Herobrine was subjected to a year of psychological torture at the hands of Null, the entity responsible for his curse that would end up resurrecting Herobrine as a powerful ghost, driving him mad and completing his transformation into the homicidal maniac and malevolent stalker he's known as in the present day.

Notable for his psychological tactics, lust for power, murderous ambitions, and observatory behaviour, Herobrine has evolved over the years from a mere campfire story and myth to a widely feared bogeyman-like entity and a sadistic, sociopathic conqueror lurking in the shadows, desiring to wipe out the human race and rule the universe with his army of monsters and organisation of killers. Never settling for second best, Herobrine's iron will and refusal to give up has and caused him to clash with many opponents seeking to bring him down. Always scheming in one way or another, his feared and legendary status combined with his powerful drive to complete his misanthropic, revenge-fuelled mission has made Herobrine one of the most dangerous threats in the universe.

## Roles

Herobrine serves as the titular main protagonist of *His Legend Untold - The Tragic Tale of Herobrine* and *Minecraft: Ghost in the Lab*, a mentioned antagonist in *Minecraft: My Cyber Nightmare*, the titular main antagonist of *Steve and Herobrine*, the deuteragonist of *Minecraft: The Farlands Expanse* and *Minecraft: Fleeting Mortality*, one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Lulu) of *Spawn*, one of the two main protagonists (alongside Misty Wraithwind) of *Minecraft: In Malice We Blossom*, the main antagonist of *A Hedgehog in a Block World* and *My Little Minecraft*, the final protagonist of *A Laugh to Die For* and *Beautiful Validation*, one of the two main antagonists (alongside Dreadlord) of *Minecraft Deathmatch* and *Sonic and Minecraft: Chaos in the Multiverse* (alongside Sonic.exe), the tritagonist of *Minecraft: Seeds of Chaos*, the final antagonist of *Minecraft: The Superior Experiments*, the overarching protagonist of *The Creepy Files*, a cameo character in *Minecraft Terror*, the secondary antagonist of *Minecraft: Blood Moon*, one of the two unseen overarching antagonists (alongside Sonic.exe) of *Sonic: Infinite Collision* and one of the three main antagonists (alongside Israphel and Entity 303) of *Minecraft: The Ultimate Command*.

## Personality

"*There's* nothing *you can do. He will kill and kill, and keep killing. And when you think he's gone, he'll just come back again and kill some more. This island used to be a sanctuary for travellers to settle and form isolated communities to live apart from others. They sought a new way to live. Now there's nothing left. It's all been reduced to little more than a wasteland with corruption and bloodshed running rampant, teaming with monsters and **his** insane followers.*"
— Kai talking about Herobrine.

"*Aww, what's the matter? Are you scared of me?... **You should be**.*"
— Herobrine cornering Fluttershy.

As the invisible child of the Persson family, Herobrine was an asocial boy who lived his life melancholically, preferring to isolate himself by staying in his room and feeling as though he and his family were better off with him being alone. Despite this, he still sought to better himself and become more social and outgoing, but was met with neglect from his family and ridicule from other children who looked down on the young boy as inferior and not worth their time.

Herobrine's troubles only worsened as he grew older, having to live in a bleak apartment, regularly being late on rent due to his underpaying job as an overqualified miner and feeling as though no one around him actually cares about him or acknowledged his existence at all. Herobrine had a very negative perception of trust and friendship, as he felt like everyone was either out to get him or viewed him as not being worth peoples' time. Perpetually plagued by anxiety, depression and low self-worth, Herobrine's mental state only continued to spiral when he was at the centre of attention for an attack on his city by the hands of a group of mobs that had emerged from a cave he was camping out in. Although most people came to his defence, the minority of people who blamed him and verbally abused him brought back a lot of bad memories of the emotional abuse, bullying and self-esteem issues stemming from his childhood. When Herobrine was at his lowest, he even started to resort to self-harm. Ever since the attack and him being blamed for it, his hatred for people overtook almost all of his rational thoughts, combined with his envy towards Notch, his own brother for his perceived "perfect" life.

Near the end of his life, Herobrine tried one last time to make himself feel like he meant something to others by heading into the mines and locating diamonds to try and achieve at least some respect, with it metaphorically and literally blowing up in his face as he was bombarded by mobs and left to hide in a damp, dark cave as he waited for someone to find him, but bled out and died alone and afraid before anyone found him.

Within the confines of his mind, Herobrine was forced to relive his worst memories and was fed poisonous lies by Null that his destiny was to wreak havoc upon the world. Even though he tried to deny it, one look at his reflection following his resurrection felt like proof to him that he was destined to become a monster as his psyche completely shattered and the once insecure young man descended into insanity.

Following his death, resurrection and breakdown at the realisation of what he had become, Herobrine delved into madness and set his sights on becoming a plague to humanity. Sadistic, enigmatic and motivated by nothing by hate and revenge, Herobrine is an extremely aggressive, ruthless, calculating, remorseless, arrogant, malicious and formidable entity capable of generating fear with a simple stare and slight movements in the misty fog or the cover of darkness, and will take any opportunity to ruin lives at any cost, speaking in a demeaning and intimidating tone with little-to-no emotion behind his stoic expressions and voice that seethes malevolence. Herobrine is entirely motivated by revenge and his own hatred for humanity, showing all the signs of a misanthrope who loathes the human race, specifically for the horrible treatment and abuse inflicted on him by most people who came across him that weren't family. His misanthropy even extended to his family as he felt as though his family "not being there for him" was just as bad as the genuinely awful treatment he endured over the years. Herobrine is easy to aggravate and is known to carry grudges for reasons ranging from understandable to outright petty. Herobrine personally views humans as unforgiving and uncaring pests that treat those considered "lesser" as being inferior and deserving of ridicule, and seeks their eradication by any means necessary. He is especially cruel to people who are similarly cruel to others. However, this is very hypocritical considering Herobrine's own sense of superiority to humanity despite being human himself.

Despite being motivated by a hatred of humanity and seeking revenge for the psychological damage inflicted on him for over 20 years, Herobrine doesn't regard himself as being misunderstood or working for benevolent reasons to "cleanse" humanity, as he knows full well that he's an evil, horrible monster and relishes in it because he enjoys inflicting pain on others and holding control and power over humans. Herobrine is aware that he's evil, but simply doesn't care as he enjoys what he does and feels good to finally have the upper hand over others.

The epitome of pure, raw, unfiltered hatred and rage, Herobrine is an incredibly vengeful man with no qualms about taking even the most innocent life without second thoughts. Having grown up as the black sheep/invisible child of his siblings, his family and the emotional abuse endured by those around him have been shown to be the indirect cause of his rage towards the world. While Herobrine is a very calm and composed individual, he isn't immune to letting his anger completely overcome and blind him leading to him making many mistakes or focussing his rage on others who usually aren't deserving of it. In the worst case scenarios, Herobrine's rage can morph into outright childish tantrums complete with throwing items and people, and destroying anything he so much as momentarily glances at. Herobrine's anger often blinds him to his surroundings and everything else that happens, often resulting in his defeat, such as his final fight against Sonic the Hedgehog where he charged at the hedgehog in a blind rage despite Sonic being in his super form and was near-invincible. At times, Herobrine's temper can be poked to the point of triggering his homicidal urges, ergo, punishing his henchman by killing them. Herobrine is prone to having his temper completely broken and although he usually keeps calm, his moments of having his temper pushed to the extreme can result in outbursts ranging from to stern discipline to anger-fuelled temper tantrums.

Herobrine demonstrates all the classic traits of a clear-cut sociopath; he is a remorseless, sadistic and vindictive killer who disregards the lives and wellbeing of others, rarely shows a lick of empathy or any other emotion besides sadism and arrogance towards his enemies, lies and manipulates situations, events and people for his own personal gain, and has a high amount of self-importance that makes him a very self-absorbed and egotistical entity.

Herobrine is an incredibly sadistic creature who thrives off the pain and suffering of others, and his sadism ties in to his calculating and cold nature, being a wicked, deranged monster of a man who takes immense pleasure in seeing the suffering of others unfold before him, and takes any opportunity to exploit minor situations into becoming bigger and more dangerous. Herobrine thrives off of fear and most of his satisfaction comes from the fear instilled within his victims, whether it comes from having Herobrine watch them or in their final moments before he swiftly ends their lives. Herobrine's love of fear and sadistic personality allows for his notoriety to grow, allowing him to thrive off the attention he receives and exposing himself to more and more people that become terrified of him and subsequently spread knowledge of him and his existence. Herobrine often likes to torment his victims in their final moments or in moments where they showcase extreme panic, sadness or anger, taking advantage of their emotions to terrify and trick them to amuse him. In general, Herobrine thoroughly enjoys inflicting psychological torture upon his victims when stalking them, going from a simple observer in the fog/darkness before escalating to the point of making the victim feel unsafe at all times and unable to sleep. Even if they can sleep, they will inevitably fall victim to Herobrine turning their dreams into nightmares as he continues to inflict great mental anguish and pain upon them to the point of them questioning their sanity as they begin to hallucinate Herobrine wherever they go, deliberately taking advantage of their fear and paranoia to amplify it tenfold. Reports of Herobrine's pattern of stalking varies, as he can stalk victims from periods of time ranging for hours, days, weeks, months and even years. Sometimes, Herobrine will allow his victims to run from him while he strategically hunts them down by teleporting around them and causing severe mental distress before cornering and killing them. At worst, Herobrine can push his victims into total mental collapse, insanity and psychosis before either killing them or leaving them to suffer. Evil, treacherous and vile, Herobrine has come to see the suffering, stalking and psychological torment of humans as nothing more than a game to him.

By all accounts, Herobrine is an insatiably sadistic, destructive maniac who craves anarchy and senseless destruction, and commits these unspeakable acts with only a few rules to follow, primarily following his sick, twisted desires of ruining others' lives and causing misery. Herobrine embodies and thrives off chaos, seeing it as the ultimate gratification and the most effective method of tormenting innocent souls by showcasing his wrath. Despite his utter depravity and love of meaningless bloodshed, Herobrine's ambitions are far greater than mere anarchy and is focussed on dominating his world, the rest of his universe and if he sees it as necessary, the multiverse, turning any territory he controls into into lawless, chaotic wastelands and rule everything with an iron fist as the existence's supreme overlord, although he has on occasion set aside the more far-reaching aspects of his goals to focus more on his destructive hobbies and primary goal of the conquest of his own universe. Alongside his need to commit unspeakable acts of violence, Herobrine is an insanely power-hungry person, wishing to step up from being a mere ghost and instead rule the universe as an immortal, unbeatable and all-powerful god to be feared and worshipped by all living things.

Like most sociopaths, Herobrine is an increasingly intelligent, smart, deceptive and manipulative individual. Possessing an intense amount of knowledge regarding his surroundings, Herobrine is adept in adapting to new surroundings and utilising his powers and capabilities to take control of the areas he infiltrates and the beings that live in it, such as the Nether and the End. Herobrine has remained a spirit for over a decade, obtaining more knowledge about his own powers as well as the setting of the situations he chooses to get involved in, specifically stalking and murdering people, which has allowed him to perfectly assess situations and how he can gain the upper hand over his victims. Herobrine is also incredibly calculating, deceitful and highly manipulative. A master manipulator of people and events, Herobrine can control the structure of situations through the press of a button, which is where his manipulative nature and high intellect come into play. Herobrine is also a talented and cunning planner whose able to lure people unceremoniously to their dooms, mainly by studying his victims' curiosity and satiating it with clues alluding for them to follow pathways that'll lead to their demise.

Herobrine is also a capable and talented leader, having control over an army of terrifying monsters, an organisation composed of serial killers and a cult that fanatically worships the Ghost of Minecraftia. Herobrine is smart and knows how to keep his underlings in line, tending to insubordination with intense seriousness at best and outright hostility at worst. During a verbal argument with Jeff the Killer over his arrogant nature and lack of respect towards him, the Ghost of Minecraftia, in a mixture of anger and irritation, broke Jeff's collarbone with no hesitation or emotion, prompting condemnation from both his proxies who were usually afraid to speak out against him and even his closest allies such as Pinkamena.

Adding on to his leadership capabilities, Herobrine has a tendency to establish order and control through intimidation. Herobrine requires little effort to intimidate his subordinates into obedience, given that he is universally feared for his appearance and power. Within only a few minutes, Herobrine could hinder an entire room filled with hundreds of mobs quiet and trembling via a simple demonstration of his power. Herobrine takes great pride in that fact that he's feared and makes sure to utilise this to his advantage whenever he can, even in situations where he doesn't require his intimidating demeanour to get what he wants.

Despite his feats, Herobrine's most prominent weakness is absolutely his overconfidence. With the reputation he's built over the years, Herobrine has become profoundly boastful, arrogant and egotistical, harbouring a craving for attention, superiority complex and a high sense of self-importance over most people, especially mortals. Often in battle when he's not relying on his minions to fight, Herobrine will charge head-first into combat without hesitation, attacking in brutal fashions that only expand his enormous ego by showcasing to his opponents just how powerful he can be, and how weak, inferior and tiny they are in comparison to his might. Believing himself to be the superior being because of his malevolence and powerful abilities, Herobrine is prone to brag about his abilities and often taunts his victims unnecessarily, allowing for them to overpower and subdue him before he can resume his attack. Herobrine's vain, condescending, bragging and egotistical and self-absorbed nature ultimately proves to be his most fatal flaw, as his god-complex and selfish belief of himself to be superior fails to realize the strengths of others. Owing to his sadistic personality and love of being feared, Herobrine relishes in the attention he receives and will often commit rampages just to direct attention to himself and his horrific crimes, all in the name of getting his name out alongside unleashing his homicidal urges. Herobrine loves being the centre of attention and will often become frustrated when someone his calibre takes the spotlight away from him. Additionally, Herobrine's love of attention can result in situations that send the Ghost of Minecraftia into fits of rage, as ignoring his presence and hauntings will often result in him becoming increasingly frustrated leaving his victims alone instead of upping his antics, showing that ignoring him stops his hauntings and temporarily stops him from gaining both supernatural powers and power over his victims. Adding on to this, people confronting Herobrine and telling them that they're not or are no longer scared of him will send him into fits of rage in an attempt to prove them wrong, causing him to once again become frustrated and leave.

Although not shown often, Herobrine can revert to a complete coward who'll beg for his life when on the brink of death or retreat when realising he's not on the winning side. It doesn't help that even when not begging to be spared, Herobrine already possesses somewhat sheepish and fearful tendencies when feeling as though he isn't in control, mainly teleporting behind his victims when going to kill them (a move which is usually seen as cowardly), fleeing when spotted in the distance and also sending mobs to fight his enemies first, showing that despite his genuinely intimidating demeanour, Herobrine is a coward at heart.

Another one of Herobrine's weaknesses is his increasingly psychotic nature and mental instability. Above all else, the one thing that Herobrine is greatly afraid of is his own death, specifically his first death when he died for the first time and was reborn as a spirit, or any other event where he is about to die in a similar manner; alone, afraid and in great pain. Ever since his death, Herobrine's mental health has taken a massive toll due to the emotional, mental and psychological torture acted upon by Null. In rare cases, Herobrine will suffer nightmares showing him being at the place where he first died, an ironic twist of fate considering how he invades other peoples' nightmares and torments them. For all his arrogance and desires of conquest, Herobrine feels that he can never go back to living a normal life or becoming a good person no matter how hard he tries, which is why he rejects the idea of redeeming himself even if he wants to. Herobrine's episodes of rage when being antagonised about his death are even enough to scare the uncaring Jeff the Killer and even his best friend, Israphel.

Underneath Herobrine's villainous, destructive, ruthless and cruel outward appearance in truth lies a lonely, depressed, neglected and lost child who vents his anger out through brutal murder and destruction. In reality, Herobrine is deeply emotionally scarred from his unstable childhood, lack of familial support, endless emotional abuse coming from people around him after having been blamed for an attack on his own city by a group of mobs and being subjected to nearly a year of psychological and emotional torture by Null while trapped within his own mind, being fed poisonous lies and manipulation to turn him evil and set him on a path of vengeance. Herobrine has been consumed by regret and remorse for all his actions, but is unwilling to let go of his hate and instead chooses to bury his guilt, believing himself to be far past the point of redemption and his mental state to be too far gone, and not seeing why people should accept him for the atrocities he's committed. While Herobrine can often appear as a confident, stern and cold-blooded leader, a lot of it is a façade to mask his own insecurities about his lack of being able to control his destiny, as his early life before dying was directed by neglect and bad luck. In his early life, Herobrine suffered from depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts as a result of verbal abuse, a neglectful, anxious childhood, personal stress, bad luck and other negative factors. Herobrine is chained by the belief that he's too far gone, with this mentality locking him in an endless cycle where he seeks to find peace, but can't let go of the power he possesses because he finally feels in control of his life and can lash out at the society that wronged him.

While Herobrine is undeniably cruel and immensely destructive, ruthless, murderous and maniacal, he is capable of genuine affection, and no one is more big of a recipient of his love more than his wife, Misty Wraithwind. Herobrine is deeply in love with Misty and has been for many years ever since meeting the famous farlander singer-songwriter in 2013 and dating her within a short period of time due to their similar views on humanity and malevolent nature. Herobrine loves to shower Misty with love, affection and gifts, and often constructs elaborate creations using his powers to show to her to either impress or compliment her, always making sure to make their anniversaries special, welcoming and acknowledging of all they've been through together. Herobrine also shows a great amount of love for his children, Whitefall, Raven and Grim, ensuring his children that he'll always be there to protect them and is dedicated to making sure they grow up without being put in harm's way at all costs, maintaining strong relationships with his children by bonding with them over their unique personalities, as he sees a lot of aspects of himself in his children. It's well known to those that know of Herobrine's family that he will go ballistic and send reality into ruination if any harm comes to his family.

Herobrine is also surprisingly capable of establishing genuine friendships and alliances without treating those working with him as pawns. Herobrine is best friends with Israphel and always makes sure to let others know that the pale-faced man is the most brilliant mind he knows. Herobrine also shares genuine friendships with the likes of Pinkamena Diane Pie, Rainbow Factory Dash and Sonic.exe, although he also possesses a semi-friendly rivalry with the latter. Herobrine also deep down possess some care for his distant relatives like Notch and Steve, as well as his lost partner-turned-enemy, Entity 303. Herobrine also, surprisingly enough, has some respect for his underlings, although it's largely biased due to their positions/ranks. He greatly appreciates the chromatic Steves, GreenCube and yraniB's assistance, as well as their loyalty and devotion to protecting and serving him. Speaking of yraniB, while Herobrine did end up using manipulative tactics to sway him to his side and treated him as nothing more but another henchman, he was mortified upon seeing the intense beating Entity 303 had dished out to yraniB and the psychological impact it left on the young man, garnering sympathy from the Ghost of Minecraftia. He is also friendly to those that are allies of the people he works with, such as Israphel and Sonic.exe's romantic partners. He's also great friends with Alexbrine and loves to bond with her, which he finds easy considering the circumstances of Alexbrine's character, as well as making friendly conversations with Brine, the only other variant of his that he respects. He's also capable of showing genuine respect towards his enemies if they impress him, such as Alex and Shadow the Hedgehog. He also has a great deal of respect towards White Eyes, who mentored Herobrine when he was first looking to torment humanity and taught him all he needed to know about stalking.

Aside from his care for his family and friends, Herobrine does also possess some redeeming qualities regarding his character; He possesses actual standards against certain acts of evil, with the main ones relating to children. Herobrine refuses to directly harm children, even making it the top rule of the Phantom Reapers to leave children alone. At most, Herobrine will scare children by appearing in the distance and jumpscare teenagers, but will never go as far as to actually harm them. When recruiting Sally Williams, Herobrine's top concern upon recruiting her was tracking down and killing her abusive uncle. However, he will still attack cities and towns while knowing that children are civilians of them and will likely be additions to the many causalities that come from his violence. Herobrine also greatly despises sexual violence and enlists the rule that any member of his organisations that commit such acts to be tortured and executed immediately. If Herobrine directly targets predators himself, he ramps up the psychological torture he'd impact on a regular victim and will ensure that the predators he targets are either dead by the end of their torment of are driven irreversibly insane. Herobrine also has certain standards against suicide, although they're somewhat hypocritical. While Herobrine will gladly drive people insane and into suicide, he won't torment people who are already suicidal, as not only does he consider that to be beneath him, but also considers it to be distasteful and crossing a line.

## Appearance

Herobrine is a tall, light-skinned ghost/man with dark brown hair, and unlike Steve, sports a pair of empty, blank white eyes that glow in the darkness and act as a source of illumination. For attire, much like Steve, Herobrine wears a cyan t-shirt, dark blue pants and grey shoes. Compared to Steve, all of Herobrine's clothes are somewhat darker and desaturated, with his skin also being more pale. When Herobrine was alive, he had green eyes, wore the same attire, albeit in a lighter tone, less pale skin and often sporting a brown jacket.

During his first tenure as leader of the hostile mobs, Herobrine, while residing in his cathedral, sported a black shirt and pants.

When he landed in Equestria, Herobrine forcibly took on a pony form, appearing as a pale, peach-coloured earth pony with the same attire as his human form. His cutie mark is that of two rectangular white eyes with a slight glow around the edges.

## Powers and Abilities

### Natural Powers

* **Ghost physiology**: After dying and being cursed by Null, Herobrine was brought back from the dead and currently exists as a revenant-type ghost, a paranormal being created from the fusion between the soul and the body. As a powerful ghost, Herobrine has access to a wide range of supernatural abilities.
	+ **Ergokinesis**: Herobrine can easily generate and manipulate energy to his whim, often using this power to generate beams and spheres of energy. Herobrine is able to generate large beams of energy by projecting them through his hands, using it as an offensive attack in battle when targeting people from a long distance. During the battle with Steve and Sonic in the End, he blasted a beam of energy through one of the obsidian pillars, sending it crashing down to the floor. Herobrine can also generate thousands of spheres made out of purely concentrated energy, using them in a similar vein to fireballs as throwing projectiles.
	+ **Flight**: As a ghost, Herobrine is capable of flight and levitation, using it as one of his two primary methods of transportation (alongside teleportation). Herobrine can effortlessly soar through the sky at varying speeds, as well as being able to casually levitate off the ground. Even when in his pony form, he was able to fly and levitate even though he wasn't a Pegasus.
	+ **Invisibility**: Herobrine can turn himself invisible and become completely unseen, which allows him to use it to sneak up on unsuspecting foes to avoid making a noise when teleporting. His invisibility has its limits and will wear off after a short period of time, only being able to turn invisible for just over an hour before reverting back to being visible and having to recharge his invisibility power. Herobrine's invisibility will also wear off instantly if he sustains enough damage while invisible.
	+ **Nigh-immortality**: As an undead physical ghost whose soul has fused with his body, Herobrine is immortal and completely incapable of dying through means of old age, contaminants and elements such as hypothermia or burning. Herobrine is eternally at the physical age in which he died and doesn't require human bodily functions to operate, such as sleep, food and hydration, as well as being able to survive without oxygen. However, while near-invincible, Herobrine isn't invulnerable and can still be killed, especially by beings with higher or equal amounts of power as him or by the use of weapons, especially enchanted weapons such as swords and other bladed weapons/tools, which are capable of dealing massive damage to him and putting him down.
		- **Fire immunity**: Herobrine can survive not only extremely hot temperatures, but also survive being in fire and lava. On occasion, Herobrine will submerge himself in lava to stalk his victims, knowing that they wouldn't check a pool of lava for a potential threat to strike.
	+ **Portal creation**: Herobrine can create/summon portals out of thin air in order to easily travel between different areas, usually dimensions or even universes. Herobrine can create/summon different types of portals, ranging from a regular portal average human height and width to generating a large Nether portal. Herobrine rarely uses this ability unless its into areas unknown to him.
	+ **Telekinesis**: Herobrine is able to near-effortlessly immobilise objects and living entities using his mind alone. The method in which he utilises his telekinesis varies, but he usually chooses to either use his mind alone to move items and people or use hand gestures to physically simulate how he chooses to move things around. During his first encounter with Steve when he was at his wits' end, he telekinetically grabbed Steve and launched him out the top story window of his mansion. During his battle with Null alongside Steve, Alex, Israphel and Entity 303, Herobrine used his telekinesis to immobilise several void beings lunging at him before sending them flying back over a hundred feet away with a single wave of his hand. Herobrine also has a tendency to use his telekinesis when he hunts his victims, such as creating cracks in stone to cause cave-ins and telekinetically bringing back weapons to pierce their targets like boomerangs.
	+ **Teleportation**: Herobrine can teleport from near-limitless distances on a whim and uses teleportation as one of his main methods of transportation alongside flight. When Herobrine teleports, he momentarily emits small black particles and a brief static-like sound to indicate a teleportation movement.
		- **Dimensional/universal travel**: Herobrine is able to teleport across dimensions and even entire universes.

### Unique Powers

* **Atmokinesis**: Herobrine can alter the weather in his vicinity and influence the nearby weather into being similar. Herobrine's preferred weather alterations are generating fog to blend in with the background and stalk his prey from afar and generating thunderstorms that bring lightning in order to scare his victims, preferring to reveal himself during flashes of lightning to give the impression of him approaching.
* **Creation**: Herobrine is capable of a limited form of creation power, having the ability to create a multitude of objects from nothing. He can casually conjure money for the purpose of paying the proxies for their work and helped establish Israphel's scientific research wing of the Underfire Union's main headquarters by creating various rooms with the snap of his fingers. Most notably, he used his creation powers to conjure his large wooden mansion with all the necessary rooms already generated and suited to his liking.
* **Dream-walking**: Herobrine is able to easily infiltrate the dreams of sleeping individuals.
	+ **Efiáltiskinesis**: By infiltrating the dream of others, Herobrine is able to transform peaceful dreams into ruthless, horrifying and psychologically scarring nightmares, essentially granting him full control over the dreams of others by exerting his dark power over the dreamscape. Often times, Herobrine will teleport victims to a dark forest where he stalks them down and jumpscares them awake, or, if he's feeling especially cruel, subjects them to outright torture until they wake up.
* **Electrokinesis**: Herobrine is able to manipulate and generate electricity in varying capacities. Herobrine often generates extremely powerful bolts of lightning to strike his enemies, often ending in instant incineration, although he can generate smaller bursts of lightning to stun his enemies if he chooses to toy with them instead. If Herobrine is haunting people in a location where electricity is present, he'll usually mess with it to further frighten his victims, such as messing with the lights and switching the screens of electronic devices. When he saw that Clockwork was visible uncomfortable with the a TV that was on showing a scene depicting sexual harassment, Herobrine simply looked at the TV and caused it to short-circuit so she wouldn't have to look at it.
* **Enhanced durability**: Being a supernatural entity, Herobrine is incredibly durable and doesn't go down easily or without a fight, being on the higher end of having enhanced durability to the point where it nearly crosses the threshold into supernatural levels of durable. Swords, bows, axes, guns and most weapons without enchantments are virtually useless in severely injuring Herobrine unless the goal is just to physically scar him. When Sonic confronted Herobrine for their final fight and used the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic, Herobrine was able to go toe-to-toe with the superpowered golden hedgehog for a few minutes before being overpowered. Even Sonic.exe freely admits that Herobrine is a powerhouse to take down even in a casual fight, especially given their shared amounts of durability. Bullets and arrows only dent Herobrine and tipped arrows barely inject their chemical solutions into the Ghost of Minecraftia, and even then, ones with harmful side effects barely have any affect due to his paranormal nature. A slash from a sword will leave a scar, a swiping motion to try and cut him in half or cut off an appendage will only leave scars. When Twilight blasted a magical energy beam from her horn, it only left a few scratches on the spirit. However, while the Ghost of Minecraftia is exceptionally durable, he's more vulnerable to weapons and tools that have been enhanced via magical enchantments, making it easier to pierce his flesh. In addition, Herobrine takes a lot more damage from entities of significant power, such as Sonic.exe, Entity 303 and Null.
* **Hydrokinesis**: When Sonic ran across the ocean, Herobrine telekinetically manipulated the ocean water in an attempt to ensnare Sonic within it and stop him from running, as well as briefly generating a small tidal-wave.
* **Magmakinesis**: Herobrine is able to manipulate and generate magma. With a limitless supply of lava scattered across the hot surface of the Nether, the Ghost of Minecraftia was easily able to manipulate the lava from the various magma oceans and launch it at the Mane Six when they first arrived in the infernal dimension.
* **Obsidian manipulation**: Herobrine can generate, manipulate and shape obsidian as one of his primary methods of attacking his enemies. Via his obsidian manipulation, Herobrine can generate multiple obsidian spikes within an instant and expand shortened spikes to elongate and impale enemies, or run up them to jump down onto his foes. When the Mane Six attacked him from all sides during their first confrontation, he knocked them all away by swiping them with telekinetically manipulated/generated obsidian. Herobrine is also able to generate an obsidian sphere to protect himself before exploding it and bursting it into many sharp, elongated obsidian spikes. Herobrine can also generate obsidian under his feet as he walks, which he uses if he chooses to walk in the air. At his strongest, Herobrine can manipulate obsidian into forming into a giant obsidian stick figure.
* **Psychic link with shrine**: Herobrine possesses a psychic link with the shrines that are able to summon and/or revive him. When a Herobrine shrine is lit, the Ghost of Minecraft will be given brief flashes of the location in which the shrine was lit, allowing him to travel/teleport there if he reaches his hand out towards the vision. Alternatively, Herobrine can wave away the vision as a way of declining the summoning and the psychic vision/notification won't appear if his eyes are closed or if he's asleep.
* **Pyrokinesis**: One of Herobrine's more basic, yet recognisable powers is the ability to manipulate and generate fire. Herobrine typically uses generated fire for destructive purposes, such as setting peoples' houses on fire. As Steve and Sonic fled from him in the Nether while Herobrine shot fireballs at them, the Ghost of Minecraftia manipulated the fire generated from the impact his fireballs left on the netherrack to surround them in a circle and have it encroach closer and closer as the circle began to shrink. On his dates with Misty, he'd light the candles using only the fire produced from his fingertips. As Sonic ran through a forest with one of the Chaos Emeralds to lose Herobrine, he generated an excessive amount of fire that progressively burned down the forest and sped up as Sonic kept going faster. When Fire Demon attempted to attack Herobrine with fire magic, he simply held his hand out, twirled his finger to brush the fire upwards and fired it back at Fire Demon, sending him flying backwards.
	+ **Fireball projection**: Subsequently, another one of Herobrine's more recognisable attacks is conjuring fireballs as throwable projectiles, often using them to directly attack his enemies by launching them or targeting flammable items to cause a fire. When Sonic used the Chaos Emeralds to go super, Herobrine generated hundreds of fireballs behind him in a wall-like formation before telekinetically launching them at the golden hedgehog to attack.
* **Reality-warping**: Herobrine can warp reality on a small scale. When he re-created his old mansion in the Dark Space, he redecorated, added multiple new rooms and greatly expanded the mansion and its resources with a simple snap of his fingers. He is also capable of distorting reality when in an invigorated state of power or a state of utter rage, such as when he emitted a distorted, glitchy aura when fighting against Super Sonic.
* **Summoning**: Herobrine can summon just about anything he wants just by either the snap of his fingers or simply by willing what he wants to appear, such as people or items. Herobrine will often summon mobs by bending his knees and raising both his body and arms upwards, summoning mobs in a small cloud of black smoke. During his invasion of Ponyville, Herobrine summoned several of his highest-ranking piglin warriors to set them loose on the town. When having killers sign up for the Phantom Reapers, he summons a contract and pen for them to sign to induct themselves into the organisation.
* **Superhuman strength**: As a paranormal entity, Herobrine is extremely strong and one of the most powerful entities in all of Minecraftia. Herobrine is able to effortlessly physically hinder most mortal individuals with only a few punches, and can even punch through solid stone and bricks without so much as scratching his hand, with any wounds appearing only after several tens of hits. During his first confrontation with Sonic, he held back the hedgehog when he spindashed at him, punched him away and subsequently grabbed him by the neck before throwing him over a hundred feet away with relative ease. During his pursuit of Sonic and Steve in the Nether, when the hedgehog and human managed to seemingly lose Herobrine, he tunnelled fist-first through a thick wall of netherrack spanning hundreds of feet. In that same pursuit, he drilled upwards headfirst through the floor of a platform made of netherbrick in a nether fortress. When facing off against Null alongside Steve and Alex, Herobrine was able to grab the head of a void being and, after a few seconds of tight squeezing, crushed the entity's head, shattering it into black flakes of dust. Even when he was depowered and imprisoned in Superior Laboratories, Herobrine still possessed strength greater than that of the average human, being able to beat another inmate in a fight within just under a minute. The only times where Herobrine struggles to harm things or beings is if they are also of a similar or higher power. When he became frustrated at trying to activate the command block, he angrily punched it, causing him to shout in pain, completely underestimating the physical power of the block.
* **Supernatural stamina**: As a powerful supernatural entity, Herobrine is incapable of tiring in the way that normal humans do and has a supernatural amount of stamina. Herobrine is basically unable to tire or exhaust himself from carrying/lifting heavy objects (unless they're too heavy for him), running, flying or fighting. During the fight against Null, Herobrine allowed Steve and Alex to deal with the demon as he, Israphel and Entity 303 stayed behind to deal with Null's army of void beings, during which, Herobrine managed to kill hundreds without breaking a sweat. However, Herobrine can face exhaustion in certain circumstances where he is faced with beings more powerful than him. His defeat at the hands of Super Sonic had sent him flying hundreds of miles and before landing, leaving him heavily breathing with exhaustion upon getting to his knees to recover. Herobrine also grew tired quickly when subjected to Null's fear manipulation, becoming disorientated and unfocused when fighting him, although he managed to quickly recover.
* **Technokinesis**: Herobrine is capable of manipulating and tampering with most basic forms of technology on a whim, having hacked his way into the internet to delete the original thread made about him only five minutes after its publication, as well as concealing his identity by generating a fake profile to display a 404 page when clicked on.
	+ **Datakinesis**: Subsequently, Herobrine is able to manipulate and generate new forms of digital data, with his deletion of the first internet thread to be made about him being a prime example of him erasing data to preserve the secret of his existence.
	+ **Vínteokinesis**: Herobrine can manipulate and edit digital videos, having cut out and erased several clips of him appearing in the real world to paint the people who claim to have captured him on video as insane.
* **Umbrakinesis**: Herobrine can shape, generate and manipulate pure darkness, using it as more of a tool than a power to attack his enemies with. Within dark areas such as caves, Herobrine can manipulate the surrounding darkness to expand and cover more ground to submerge the area in darkness and make it harder for people to make out his shape. He also enjoys generating darkness in relatively well-lit areas to create a sense of dread by having the darkness emerge and creep towards his victims.

### Abilities

* **Authority**: As the ruler of the Nether and one of the most dangerous, infamous, threatening and well-known paranormal figures in Minecraftia to wield such immense power, Herobrine possesses a distinguishably high amount of authority, even within areas where he himself is not a ruling figure, such as the Farlands and the Black Sun, mainly due to his connections to its higher-ranking residents. Herobrine commands entire armies that enforce his will and co-ordinated a team effort to recruit deranged individuals into the Phantom Reapers, a society of killers created to further spread terror across their respective universes.
	+ **Leadership**: Owing to his status as a ruler, Herobrine possesses great leadership capabilities and commands various factions, including the vast majority of hostile mobs, an entire army his co-rules with Israphel and a large organisation composed of murderers, serial killers and other entities, leading alongside Israphel and Sonic.exe. Using his numerous factions of underlings, he has orchestrated many attacks over the years and, in some cases, ensured that said attacks contained no traces that could even hint at the possibility of him having involvement. In spite of his excellent leadership, Herobrine isn't without his flaws in terms of acting as a leader and has had moments where his leadership failures to bring him the desired results, often because his decisions that result in his failures are made emotionally and irrationally.
* **Charisma**: Herobrine is, despite his intimidating and frightening demeanour, actually relatively charismatic. His main method of gaining recruits for the Phantom Reapers was tapping into their desires to continue killing without facing consequences, persuading them to join his organisation and be backed by him, as well as financially compensated for their murders.
* **Combat mastery**: Having trained over the years following his resurrection to become stronger, Herobrine is an extremely competent fighter in both utilising weaponry and general hand-to-hand combat. When tussling with the average mortal, Herobrine can effortlessly subdue them in a matter of mere seconds before dealing the killing blow. Herobrine's most notable feat in combat was when the mobs rebelled against him and took to dethroning him by amassing a small army. In response, Herobrine single-handedly took out nearly every single mob who just so much as looked at him with intent and slaughtered all of them, utilising both the weapons he got his hands on and his own fists. Herobrine was even able to go toe-to-toe with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge and Steve at the same time as each hero came at him from all sides, attacking constantly as he kicked and punched them away.
* **Engineering skills**: In life, Herobrine had some basic engineering training he learned as a teenager and later attempted again in his adulthood. As a ghost, Herobrine was able to become more equipped with dealing with engineering, becoming capable of engineering and putting together complicated redstone and other mechanical systems and devices, mainly for the purpose of luring victims into traps.
* **Forensic pathology skills**: In life, Herobrine primarily studied forensic pathology, was a very gifted student and managed to successfully graduate with a degree, although he was forced to change career paths when the lab he worked at laid off several employees to cut corners. Herobrine is an expert at determining the time and cause of death of people, including the estimated measurements and sharpness of the tools/weapons used to kill people.
* **Great acrobatics and reflexes**: Owing to his prowess in combat and fighting, Herobrine is an immensely skilled acrobat with amazing reflexes, capable of dodging most attacks that come his way. When facing off against the rebellion of mobs that tried to dethrone him, he leapt from the walls of his cathedral and quickly spun to direct his body facing the side to allow the arrows from the skeletons shooting at him to pass by. When an enderman attacked him a minute later, Herobrine ripped into its stomach to grab one of his ender pearls, launched him backwards before leaping at it, launching it into the air, hitting a pillar with his foot to get higher before striking the enderman down, throwing the ender pearl below him and landing on his feet perfectly before picking up the sword left on the floor and impaling the enderman. Later on during that same rebellion, he used quick reflexes to quickly dispatched a number of zombies while rapidly turning to face each one that came at him from all sides, when the leader of the endermen arrived, Herobrine lunged at him and quickly spun around to wrap his scythe around its head, decapitating it. Herobrine also likes to teleport behind people and instantly teleport away/turn invisible as soon as they turn around, further showcasing his quick reflexes.
* **Great speed**: Herobrine is capable of running and leaping at great speeds, primarily using it against entities of significant power or entire hoards of enemies, such as mobs. When he first began chasing Sonic through the forest, he leaped from the treetops with great speed before deciding to burn the forest down instead.
* **High intellect**: Without a doubt, Herobrine is extremely intelligent with exceptional cunning. Being the head of entire armies and multiple groups of devoted followers, Herobrine is smart and adapt at using the resources he has to generate schemes and manipulate others. While skilled with planning, Herobrine is evidently better at thinking on his feet and in the heat of the moment. Upon realising that the photograph taken of him could spread to the internet, Herobrine stalked the person who photographed him and deleted the image each time it was uploaded online to conceal his existence. His intelligence also granted Herobrine the ability to understand his surroundings perfectly and the more magical elements of his universe, such as the different dimensions present in the universe and how to successfully take control of them one by one, utilising the nature of the mobs' as sentient, yet mostly mindless beings who could be swayed with a demonstration of power.
	+ **Great tactician**: While better at thinking on his feet and not on the same level as prepared as Israphel, Herobrine is still an excellent tactician and skilled at planning ahead of his enemies. Utilising his leadership and authoritative capabilities, Herobrine can stay ahead of the game by sending his minions to attack his foes, knowing which ones to use as dispensable mooks and which ones to send out to give his opponents a hard time, such as when he summoned many zombies and skeletons to attack Steve in his mansion while preparing his more powerful underlings ahead of time for when Steve came across them. When Steve fled with the command block, Herobrine had his underlings scout out areas where he knew Steve might be located based on his nature as an adventurer with specific spots he favourited.
* **Intimidation**: Herobrine is an incredibly feared entity, not just by the people who know his name but also by beings he knows personally and those who work under him. Herobrine uses his intimidation factor in two major ways; scaring people for the fun of it and directly intimidating his underlings to follow his orders exactly as he sees fit, knowing that regardless of how much power they might hold, he is ultimately their superior. Just by staring at people in the eyes, Herobrine can induce immense fear in those he looks at. While his underlings usually carry immense respect and/or worship for the Ghost of Minecraftia, Herobrine still commands with fear when he deems it necessary. When Herobrine learned that an inmate at Superior Laboratories had been bullying Grim and physically injured her, Herobrine tracked them down and, with a simple stare, struck immense fear into him, prompting the inmate to back away in fear.
* **Master of manipulation**: Herobrine is a master of manipulation and deception. Combined with his intimidation factor, high intellect and status as a notoriously powerful entity, Herobrine is an expert at manipulating people into serving him and fulfilling his desires. The head of his cult, Oldroot, one his most devoted followers who fanatically worships the Ghost of Minecraftia is but one of many of Herobrine's most reliable and useful pawns to push the spreading of his name. When recruiting yraniB, Herobrine heard his explanation for wanting revenge on Entity 303 and seeking Herobrine out, causing the spirit to use yraniB as a weapon against Entity, swaying the young man into joining his side, although he did also feel partial sympathy for yraniB for what was done to him on account of Entity 303's actions.
* **Medical knowledge**: While his primary field of focus was forensic pathology, Herobrine did have some minor medical knowledge and is capable of sewing wounds and making incisions.
* **Multilingualism**: Herobrine is fluent in several different languages, specifically his native language, Swedish, as well as English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese.
* **Ocular illumination**: Herobrine possess blank white eyes that glow, acting as a permanent source of illumination that are always active and can light up dark places, negating the use of flashlights, torches and lanterns.
* **Psychological and physical torturing skills**: Herobrine is a very skilled expert in torture, having knowledge of different types of torture, both psychological and physical. Physical torture usually entails Herobrine keeping his victims isolated in dark areas without food or water to draw out their suffering or by injuring them slowly over time with an assortment of weapons such as knives, swords and surgical tools. Herobrine greatly prefers psychological torture, invoking fear in his victims and driving them to complete insanity, and in certain occasions, taking their lives to escape Herobrine's madness inflicted upon them. He is an expert at inducing paranoia into his victims by lurking in the background and slowly encroaching in on them in various ways, such as showing up more often in pictures and getting closer to their houses while stalking them from a distance.
* **Stealth mastery**: Herobrine is one of Minecraftia's most infamous urban legends who gets around by stalking his victims before striking, making him very adapt in stealth and sneaking around. Herobrine can easily blend into any environment by either using his own skills with hiding and stealth such as hiding behind trees and structures, or by using his powers to make the environment more desirable, such as generating fog and mist to hide in before fleeing into the distance, which is what he did when he was first photographed. While he is definitely stealthy, Herobrine will occasionally allow himself to be photographed, but only if he's in an area in the photo where it's dark or if he can barely be seen, just to invoke fear in those who view the photos. Even in unfamiliar environments like Equestria, Herobrine is a master of adapting to his surroundings and learning how to navigate new areas to sneak around stealthily and stalk people.
* **Technological and hacking expertise**: Herobrine is very competent when it comes to computer hacking and utilising technology. Even without his supernatural abilities that relate to technology, Herobrine is skilled in working with tech, such as pistons, observers, dispensers and different types of redstone technology.
* **Weapons proficiency**: As a self-trained fighter, Herobrine is very capable of utilising different forms of weaponry, including ranges and melee weapons. Excellent in wielding and using many different weapons, Herobrine can expertly wield swords, bows, knives, scythes, staffs and crossbows with little struggle.
	+ **Archery skills**: Herobrine is a surprisingly capable archer, although he rarely uses bows and crossbows when fighting as he prefers to get up close and personal when duelling.
	+ **Master swordsman**: Herobrine is an expert at using swords in combat, being able to go toe-to-toe with Steve in sword duels. While he normally wields a pickaxe, Herobrine is just as capable of applying his swordsmanship expertise to his wielding of pickaxes as he is using swords in general.

### Equipment

* **Diamond tools and weaponry**: When engaged in combat, Herobrine typically uses diamond tools and weapons to deal with his enemies, carrying a wide assortment of swords, spears, axes, scythes and daggers. He briefly used a scythe during his first tenure as leader of the mobs.
	+ **Diamond pickaxe**: Most prominently, Herobrine is rarely seen in combat without a diamond pickaxe, his preferred weapon of choice. Herobrine's reasoning for carrying a pickaxe instead of a sword has to do with him being more proficient at using pickaxes due to carrying them while he was alive in his job as a miner, as well as a small bit of sentimental value.

### Weaknesses

* **Anger**: While it's his driving emotion for nearly all of his desires, Herobrine's anger and rage is ironically one of his biggest detriments. When in a completely enraged state, Herobrine tends to lose focus and think emotionally rather than rationally. When confronting his brother Notch for the first time since their last meeting when the former was alive, Herobrine attacked with a primal, almost animalistic rage, which lead to Notch successfully luring him into a trap that banished him to the Nether. This was also shown during his fight with Steve and Sonic in the End where he directed his fury at pretty much anything that was moving, including the residential endermen, allowing the Sonic and Steve to use his anger to distract him and gain the upper hand to reach the last Chaos Emerald.
* **Arrogance**: Herobrine is extremely arrogant, egotistical and has a very inflated view of himself, seeing himself as superior to mortals due to his immense power and the fearful legacy he's generated over the years. Often times, Herobrine's arrogance serves as his downfall as he lets his ego get the better of him. Because of his sadistic nature, Herobrine prefers to toy with his victims and degrade them, and when in combat, this degrading takes it a step further and elevates to bragging, allowing for Herobrine to get caught off-guard and leaving himself open to be attacked.
* **Enchanted weaponry**: Herobrine is incredibly durable, however, he can still be physically harmed and even killed via enchanted weaponry that can puncture his flesh and leave significant injuries. If Herobrine were stabbed in the head or heart, he'd still try to fight for a few minutes before dying. Additionally, enchanted tools and weapons would be able to decapitate and instantly kill Herobrine, as well as sever appendages. If Herobrine were to lose any limbs while in battle, he will resort to eating an enchanted golden apple or using a potion of regeneration to heal his lost limbs and excess wounds. When he was first defeated and slain by Steve, he was shot numerous times with arrows from an enchanted bow, slashed several times with his enchanted diamond sword and finally fatally stabbed in the chest, killing him.
* **Mental instability**: Because of his traumatic life when alive and the psychological torture he was subjected to by Null, Herobrine is incredibly mentally unstable and suffers from deep psychological problems, and while he often keeps himself in control, his instability can occasionally burst out and leave him emotionally drained. When he was subjected to Null's fear powers, it left Herobrine vulnerable and for the first time in years, genuinely afraid.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Unnamed parents

Herobrine always had a distant relationship with his parents due to essentially being the "invisible child" of the Persson siblings, preferring to isolate himself from his family and was contempt with remaining alone in his room to tend to his interests in peace. His relationship with his parents only got colder as he grew up, especially with his father turning to drinking, making Herobrine feel more alone with feeling like he had only one parent to depend on. When Herobrine reached adulthood, his distant and cold nature towards his parents slowly boiled into a slight hatred, as he viewed his family as having barely acknowledged his existence and treating him like he barely existed in spite of what they did to try and help him.

In truth, Herobrine's parents loved their son, but were more attentive towards his other siblings due to their active nature and socialisation, whereas Herobrine preferred being alone. While Herobrine almost never acknowledges his parents in the present day, Steve mentioned to Alex a conversation he had with Notch a few years ago, where the latter mentioned that as he was visiting their father's grave, he found a rose left at his gravestone; Herobrine's favourite flower, showing that in some capacity, however minor it is, a part of Herobrine still carries some love for his parents.

#### Notch

"***Notch**: Don't do this, Hero... Please, I'm begging you... do not make me fight you...
**Herobrine**: I don't want you to fight me, Markus. (he'd grab Notch by his shirt and lift him up to face him) I want you to lay down and beg while I drain the life from your eyes. (he'd throw Notch backwards several feat) Now... (he'd conjure a fireball in his hands) **let's dance**.*"
— Herobrine preparing to fight Notch for the first time.

Herobrine and Notch have an intensely hostile and confrontational relationship, with the two brothers regarding each other as their archenemies. In the past, Notch was the sibling Herobrine had the most communication with, but also the most resentment towards, as he envied Notch for being a child prodigy and feeling inferior to him, viewing Notch as being favoured by their parents while Herobrine sulked alone. Even into adulthood and when Herobrine was financially and mentally struggling, this bitterness towards his brother persisted even when Notch brought Herobrine groceries and offered to pinch in extra money to help his younger brother out, with Herobrine viewing Notch as pitying him and throwing a plate at his apartment door after Notch left before cursing him out.

Nowadays, Herobrine and Notch's relationship is no longer that of distant brothers, but one of intense hostility and hatred. Herobrine takes any chance he can get to taunt his brother over failing to protect and love him, although these guilt-trips typically never work. Compared to Steve, his interactions with Notch are far more hostile and aggressive, with Herobrine showing himself to have no qualms about outright killing his brother in cold blood. When Herobrine met Notch for the first time over a year after his death, Herobrine immediately cut Notch off from referring to him as his brother and revealed how as he lay rotting in his mind while being subjected to his worst memories, he casually mentioned Notch appearing many times throughout his memories as he began to enviously rave about Notch's supposed status as a perfect child while he was ignored. Even though Notch contested and tried to assure his little brother that he loved him, the Ghost of Minecraftia waved off his proclamations, simply believing he never felt loved before flying into a hate-filled and vindictive rant and pouring out his rage directed at his brother, claiming that the man he knew as his brother is gone and died alone, insinuating that Notch failed him by not being there and openly admitting that he knew and didn't care that Notch couldn't have been there, solely focussing on his hatred towards his him before telling Notch he's no family of his. Since their first confrontation and Notch's temporary banishment of him to the Nether, Herobrine has clashed with his brother numerous times over the years, but always fails to ensure his brother's death due to Notch always being one step ahead.

Despite his hatred for Notch, there appears to be a very small part of Herobrine that still carries some amount of love for his brother. After massacring a family and realising just how far he had gone and the monster he had become, Herobrine completely broke down and weakly told his brother that he missed him through his tears, showing that Herobrine's regrets extend beyond just his actions.

All-in-all, however, Herobrine has never gotten over his bitter and emotionally distant relationship with his brother, with his envy for Notch and anger of feeling disregarded ensuring that the relationship the two Swedish brothers possess is completely and utterly shattered with nearly no chance of recovery. On Notch's end, he deeply regrets everything that happened to his brother and despite knowing he was good to him during his life, feels a sense of responsibility for how Herobrine ended up, wishing that he had been there more and could've done more to help him, still affectionally referring to him as his "little brother" when the ghost isn't in his presence.

#### Unnamed sister

Herobrine's relationship with his unnamed sister is largely unknown. When battling and conversing with Applejack, he remarked that she reminded him of his sister, who always saw the good in people. He regards that set of beliefs as a weakness.

#### Steve

"***Steve**: You call yourself a god. Tell me... do gods bleed?
**Herobrine**: (Herobrine would stop levitating and drop down to the ground as he slowly raised his head) No... **but you will**.*"
— Herobrine and Steve before their first proper fight.

Steve is Herobrine's primary archenemy, serving as the adventurer's most recurring foe. In the past, Steve greatly looked up to his older cousin and admired him because he similarly struggled with fitting in and loneliness, even dressing like him before sticking with it even after growing out of his idolisation of his cousin. Herobrine didn't mind Steve but was often dismissive of him, although he never meant it in a mean way.

In the present day, Herobrine has a genuine burning hatred for Steve. However, it wasn't always like that. During their first confrontation, Herobrine was profoundly overconfident and scoffed at the idea of a mortal being having the strength, willpower and drive to defeat and slay him. When Steve actually proved himself to be relatively strong, the Ghost of Minecraftia flew into a disbelief-fuelled rage before lunging at Steve and brutally beating him. Following Herobrine's first undead death at the hands of Steve, he grew to resent Steve even more and make him his number one target. Herobrine's hatred of Steve has evolved from annoyance to a partial obsession, mainly due to his own feeling of superiority over the adventurer and feeling insulted whenever Steve is the focus of admiration for being the one to consistently defeat and vanquish Herobrine. Just the mere sight of Steve is able to set off Herobrine and his ego, and the mention of Steve's name from his underlings in a way that aggravates Herobrine can result in severe punishment, torture and/or death. Herobrine utterly loathes Steve and wishes to make him watch his friends and family die before ending his life.

Herobrine views Steve as annoying, brash, highly obnoxious and delusional to a degree, believing that Steve's belief in being able to conquer any threat that poses a threat to him is little more than a self-centred delusion the young man possesses, believing that Steve is not as equipped to deal with the powerful threats he faces and constantly belittles Steve by addressing him as "child" along with other demeaning names. While Herobrine can stand Steve being "arrogant", he hypocritically views Steve's trash-talking and challenging nature as highly insulting, even though he has no problem constantly belittling Steve at every turn simply because he can and because he sees the adventurer as inferior to him and his might. The sight of Steve isn't just something that sets Herobrine off because he hates Steve, but also because he finds him and his constant attempts at thwarting his plans annoying and irritating, being both in disbelief and rage when Steve showed up at the Crystal Empire to stop him, greatly irritated by the fact that he had managed to easily befriend Equestria's residents and get them to stand against him, forcing him to change up his plans.

Regardless of their hatred for one another, Herobrine is capable of teaming up with Steve to put an end to greater threats, although these alliances are only done out of pragmatism, as Herobrine only teams up with Steve so that he can conquer the world and that it won't be ruled or destroyed by other entities. Herobrine also carries a tiny shred of respect for Steve for his capabilities as a competent and well-trained combatant. When Herobrine went to leave after helping Steve and Alex defeat Null, he was surprised by Steve trying to reach out and momentarily seemed like he was about to consider it as he stared in mild disbelief, although he ultimately declined his offer and scoffed at the adventurer as he walked away.

#### Misty Wraithwind

"*No matter what life throws at us. No matter how much danger we face in our goals, I will never let you be put in harm's way, my dear. I'll never let death claim you. I'd sooner tear the universe asunder and watch reality collapse in on itself before I let anyone, mortal or not, lay a finger on you.*"
— Herobrine after proposing to Misty.

"***Alex**: He hated humanity so much that he got with a farlander. The guy's committed, gotta respect it.
**Zuri**: Hypothetically, if we were to-
**Alex**: We are **not** threatening his wife. That is not a bridge we're willing to cross. He'd scorch the Overworld before letting anyone even look in a general direction in a way that offends him.*"
— Alex and Zuri talking about Herobrine and Misty.

Misty Wraithind is Herobrine's beloved wife and he is completely and absolutely in love with her, as she is with him. He adores everything about her and constantly fawns over her. Prior to meeting Misty, Herobrine felt like he could never love again due to the lack of emotions and empathy he felt towards others, as well as the monster he had become, but after bonding with Misty over their shared hatred of humanity, vengeful nature, arrogant views of themselves and love of tormenting those they viewed as inferior, Herobrine not only began to see more of himself in Misty, but gradually began falling for her, leading to them eventually dating and quickly getting married. Herobrine puts Misty's needs above his own and always goes out of his way to make her as comfortable as she can be, keeping her away from his more bloody and barbaric acts as per her request. Ever since proposing to her, Herobrine has promised to keep Misty out of harm's way and will never let anything happen to her, telling the love of his life that he'd sooner rip the universe apart and watch the collapse of reality before letting anyone lay a finger on her. For the first time in years, Herobrine's relationship with Misty allowed him to feel truly alive and happy with someone who cared about him in a way he never thought possible.

Herobrine is loyal to Misty and the promise he made on his proposal, being fiercely protective of his wife and ensuring that she is always safe and protected, with Misty returning the favour. Anyone who does so much as look in her general direction in a way that gives Herobrine a bad vibe immediately makes them a target in his book. When Dr. Bentley Moss implied he wouldn't mind experimenting on a farlander while glancing back at Herobrine with a malicious grin, the Ghost of Minecraftia instantly tilted his head upwards and lunged at Bentley with wrathful aggression, and likely would've torn the doctor to shreds had he not been immediately subjected to electric shocks and reprimanded to solitary confinement. Alex once stated in response to Zuri's pitch to possibly threaten Herobrine's wife to lure him out in a trap that threatening Misty is a bridge the rest of the Resistance is completely unwilling to cross, stating that Herobrine would reduce the Overworld to ashes before letting anyone even look at his wife in a way that angers him.

However, despite their devotion and love for one another, the couple don't always see eye-to-eye, namely regarding Herobrine's more brutal and savage actions. While Herobrine delights in the psychological torment of humanity before killing them in slow, brutal and painful fashions, Misty, while also loathing mankind, isn't a fan of Herobrine's more senseless and over-the-top violent acts, viewing them as going too far and preferring to make killing quick and efficient rather than drawn out and unnecessarily painful like Herobrine chooses. Thus, Herobrine abides by Misty's set of rules that he won't commit brutal and unnecessarily cruel murders in her vicinity and instead do them in his own time, as while he does enjoy chaotic and brutal violence, he understands her reasons and respects them immensely, showing that despite their disagreements, the two still respect each others' activities and will never let what they do change how they view each other.

#### Whitefall Persson

Herobrine is very loving and doting towards his son, Whitefall, always expressing his pride in the boy and making him aware that if he were to ever die permanently, he would take over in his name and continue his legacy, to which his son happily accepts, promising to do his best. Herobrine has a lot of faith in his son to grow up to be a strong, competent and fierce leader and enjoys teaching his son the basics of how to command hostile mobs and was agitated upon his subjects refusing to bow down to a child.

#### Raven Persson

Herobrine has a strong relationship with his youngest child. Knowing that Raven is predominantly a shy and introverted child, Herobrine sees a lot of himself in Raven and often sits or lies down with her to let her vent and talk to him while also explaining that he felt a lot like her when he was a child. Herobrine is always there to support his daughter and ensures that she is kept out of harm's way at all costs.

#### Grim Persson

"*I'm not letting you rot for what you did to these other sentient sacks of shit. I'm not letting you rot because of what you did to me. **I'm letting you rot for what you did to that girl**. Enjoy oblivion, doctor.*"
— Herobrine mentioning Dr. Bentley Moss' torture and abuse of Grim to him.

Herobrine and Grim initially got off on a rocky start, as the Ghost of Minecraftia was disinterested in talking to the teenager during their tenure at Superior Laboratories. As he realised how lonely and isolated Grim was, Herobrine reluctantly decided to stick by her to make her feel less alone. After being thrown in solitary confinement, Grim telepathically communicated with Herobrine during the night as she was in bed, asking if he was okay as the two started talking in their minds. Through these conversations, their relationship strengthened as Grim had more freedom to tell Herobrine about her life and how she was treated at the facility, making Herobrine feel guilty for initially dismissing her.

Since bonding at the facility, Herobrine has grown to become fiercely protective of Grim and targets anyone who threatens, bullies or talks about her in bad faith. As a result of their bond stemming from their shared confinement, Herobrine is extremely close and loving towards Grim. Upon learning about the extent of the torturous experiments being conducted on the inmates of the facility, including Grim, Herobrine was horrified and immediately sought to speed up his plan to break out. When backing and locking Bentley into his own device, he told the mad scientist that he wasn't doing this for the inmates or for himself, but for what he had put Grim through before leaving him to die. Afterwards, Herobrine couldn't bare to see Grim be alone again and offered to adopt her as his daughter, to which she happily accepted, even offering to train her to be a proficient killer and help her track down and get revenge on her parents for abandoning her.

### Allies

#### Israphel

"*Just because you're impatient doesn't make him a target for your impulsivity. Israphel's the best guy I know. If there's anyone who can collaborate with your scientist guy on this project, it's him. Don't rush the process.*"
— Herobrine defending Israphel from Sonic.exe

Israphel is Herobrine's best friend and by far one of his most loyal and trustworthy allies. Herobrine and Israphel met shortly after Israphel's defeat in mid-2011, having observed several events leading up to the pale-faced man's final battle. After the final battle with Israphel, Herobrine found the broken and battered remains of the ginormous robot Israphel had been piloting, with the pale-faced man still inside and recovering from his near-fatal injuries. Upon lifting what remained of the mech and telekinetically pulling Israphel out from the wreckage, Herobrine admitted to his stalking of Israphel and was highly impressed of what he was capable of before handing out an enchanted golden apple, offering to help Israphel recover and conquer not only the world, but the rest of the universe together by giving Israphel access to his army; the Underfire Union, to which Israphel accepted.

Since getting to know each other better following Herobrine's recruitment of Israphel, the two have developed a fire-forged friendship, with the two regularly being seen laughing and casually chatting together. For the both of them, it felt like they had each finally discovered someone who held some amount of care for them for the first time in years. Herobrine trusts Israphel so much that he even made him the second-in-command of his army and granted him co-leadership over the Phantom Reapers, as well as having the leaders of the zombies and creepers answer directly to him and only take occasional orders from Herobrine. Herobrine is also quite protective of Israphel and will always jump to defend him from verbal disagreements of others and physical attacks. When Sonic.exe criticised the speed of Israphel's configuration of his multiversal portal and the miniature devices to accompany their variants, Herobrine instantly shut Exe down and called him impulsive, directly telling the bloody-eyed hedgehog that Israphel is the best person he knows and just as capable of helping the two of them on their project as Exe's own scientific assistant, Crysttails.

Herobrine often allows Israphel to collaborate on schemes that require Israphel's expertise, particularly that in engineering, technology and science. The Ghost of Minecraftia carries and immense amount of respect and admiration for Israphel, and is constantly impressed and in awe with the scientist's capabilities as an inventor and creative genius, something which helps to stroke the pale-faced man's enormous ego. Herobrine also has a tendency to rely on and listen to Israphel whenever he starts to act irrationally, although it only works a handful of times considering how stubborn Herobrine can be, especially when losing his temper and facing the prospect of being beaten. When he opted to try and use his darkness manipulation abilities to fight against Null in a blind state of anger to defeat the demon, Israphel recommended that doing so would result in Null controlling the darkness produced by Herobrine and subsequently lead to the Demon of Fear gaining the upper hang by using Herobrine's powers against his own. Of the two, Israphel serves as the voice of reason.

The biggest strength the supernatural duo carry is their mind and powers combining to overcome obstacles. Whenever Herobrine is with Israphel, he gains a larger boost of confidence as he dearly trusts and has full support of Israphel's decisions. Exe has stated that Israphel and Herobrine have never had an argument and that all their disagreements are dealt with in a calm and composed manner.

#### Sonic.exe

"*Exe... you're a prick. But you're a likeable prick.*"
— Herobrine to Sonic.exe

Sonic.exe is a close ally, collaborator, friend and occasional friendly rival of Herobrine, often being regarded as "best frenemies" by those who know about their relationship. Herobrine first met Sonic.exe when the demon approached Herobrine following his defeat at the hands of Sonic, having witnessed the events of their battle from afar. Upon Herobrine healing himself and conversing with Exe, the Ghost of Minecraftia offered to ally himself with the demon, to which he accepted.

Since allying themselves with each other, the two have established a friendly, yet complicated relationship. The two are great at collaborating and scheming, as was demonstrated during their attempted multiversal takeover by establishing contact and allying with several of their variants from alternate universes to take down their enemies. The two are shown to bounce off each other quite well and have a habit of bonding over their similar love of carnage, chaos and leadership capabilities, frequently laughing at those they consider to be beneath them and revelling in the suffering of others together.

While friendly and mostly on good terms, the two have butted heads and clashed many times. The source of conflict between the two supernatural entities is usually due to a clash of egos, as both are particularly arrogant. Herobrine detests Exe's ego and has a habit of publicly calling out the demon whenever he attempts to show himself off as being more superior than he actually is. While some of it is rooted in genuine annoyance to Exe's egotistical nature, Herobrine himself is partially motivated by wanting to feel superior than Exe and is unable to stand his constant bragging, which is immensely hypocritical considering how he behaves by boasting about his own devious accomplishments. At times, the two have broken out into verbal arguments and even physical altercations which usually have to be quelled by Israphel or their other mutual friends. Herobrine knows that Exe is stronger than him, but tends to utilise his mind over his own powers if physically brawling with the demon, knowing that in spite of his own emotional instability and irrationality, Exe's is far worse and thus, more easy to predict.

While Herobrine usually has the moral high ground over Exe due to how he's far more composed and less prone to making mistakes as the dark hedgehog, he has on occasion been outshined by Exe whenever he proves to be in the right, which the Ghost of Minecraftia takes as an insult and will often passive-aggressively insinuate that others are "allowed" to believe Exe is right if they choose, acting incredibly demeaning. Regardless of their differences and tendency to bicker, the two do share a genuine friendship and Herobrine would rather stand by Exe's side than be against him.

#### Pinkamena Diane Pie

Pinkamena is one of Herobrine's closest friends and greatly enjoys being in the serial killer's company. Initially, they got off to a rocky start as Herobrine had travelled to her universe and was nearly attacked by her. Impressed by how she had caught him off-guard, he offered to bring her out of her universe so she wouldn't be tracked by authorities, to which the pink pony accepted.

Herobrine not only cares a great deal about Pinkamena, but also has a lot of respect towards her for her skills and capabilities as an intelligent, ruthless and sadistic serial killer. Her baking is also what introduced Herobrine and the rest of the Phantom Reapers to cannibalism. Sometimes her bloodshed and carnage is even enough to creep the Ghost of Minecraftia out, but it only serves to make him respect her even more, as practically no one else is capable of making Herobrine unnerved and creeped out. Herobrine's respect for Pinkamena and their friendship is so strong that when Herobrine broke Jeff the Killer's collarbone in a quiet rage for his disobedience, her voice out of everyone else's was the one that made Herobrine relinquish his grip on Jeff before giving him an extremely disappointed and disapproving glare, making Herobrine realise he had gone too far, as much as he didn't want to admit it, and personally apologise to Pinkamena for his conduct.

#### Rainbow Factory Dash

Rainbow Factory dash is one of Herobrine's top employees, with the Ghost of Minecraftia being the benefactor of the Cloudsdale Weather Corporation and responsible for their funding. Herobrine has a lot of respect for Rainbow Factory Dash, both for her as a person and the dedication she has for the work she does, and also for being Pinkamena's romantic partner. Although he shares a friendship with her, he's not above acting stern and strict with her when he doesn't get the desired results. Herobrine also had a fondness for sharing his personal views and ideologies with Rainbow Factory Dash, being a strong believer and supporter of her Darwinist view on life where the strong survive and the weak are treated either unfairly or with death.

#### Lil Miss Rarity

Lil Miss Rarity and Herobrine don't interact a whole lot and whenever they do, it's normally in the presence of Pinkamena or Rainbow Factory Dash. However, whenever they do talk, it's usually very friendly as the two bond over their love of torturing others. However, Herobrine is slightly creeped out by Lil Miss Rarity's sadomasochistic tendencies and habit of deriving sexual pleasure from torturing her victims, and has made it absolutely clear that under no circumstances is she allowed to sexually violate her victims as it goes against the Phantom Reapers' rules. However, aside from his unnerved nature of her behaviour, he does like her and enjoys bonding with her.

#### Alexbrine

"***Herobrine**: Coffee?
**Alexbrine**: Coffee.*"
— Herobrine and Alexbrine agreeing to get coffee together.

Alexbrine is a variant of Herobrine who was corrupted by the same curse as him. Due to essentially being the same people of different genders, Herobrine has a great relationship with Alexbrine due to their near-identical interests and often bond over coffee hangouts. Notably, Alexbrine was the only variant of his he didn't treat as an underling and instead as an active collaborator alongside him. The two share very similar personalities, goals, hobbies and sense of humour. During their attempted takeover of the multiverse, Herobrine didn't give Alexbrine orders and instead allowed her to take the same amount of leadership as him and Exe, showing a biased nature towards the corrupted female counterpart. Even following their failed attempt at waging war on the multiverse, Herobrine and Alexbrine still regularly meet up and the former often allows the latter to collaborate with him on schemes.

#### yraniB

yraniB is one of Herobrine's right-hand men and top servants, having met the young man in 2014 when the half-cyber being located him and asked to join him in order to get revenge on Entity 303 for disfiguring him. At the beginning, Herobrine was manipulative and dishonest towards yraniB, as while he did take him in and vow to get revenge on Entity for what had happened, in reality, he just wanted to use yraniB as one in a long list of expendable soldiers to kill Entity and any future enemies. However, following yraniB's fight with Entity that left him beaten to near-death and severely traumatised, Herobrine was horrified by what had been done and as much as he didn't want to admit it, felt genuine sympathy for yraniB.

The relationship between Herobrine and yraniB is strictly that of a master and servant, however, there are hints of genuine positivity. In the aftermath of yraniB's beatdown by Entity, Herobrine offered to take him to the Farlands and assign him a therapist to help with his trauma, showing that in addition to admiring his loyalty, Herobrine possesses what appears to be some actual care for the cyber-being. Herobrine is aware that yraniB will most likely leave his side and go out on his own to fix what happened to him after killing Entity, and plans on letting him go with no strings attached when the time comes as he respects the decision.

#### Chromatic Steves

As with most of his underlings, Herobrine treats Green, Red, Blue and Silver Steve as henchman and nothing more. Out of the four chromatic Steves, he has the best relationship with Silver Steve due to his no-nonsense attitude and devotion to getting his missions done accordingly to how Herobrine would like, earning the Ghost of Minecraftia's respect. It's implied that Herobrine's apathy towards the chromatic Steves comes from the fact that they originate from a universe where the dominant humanoid species is modelled after his arch-nemesis.

#### Mobs

"*Nothing like intimidation to yield unruly wretches to my grasp.*"
— Herobrine commenting on the mobs.

In the beginning, Herobrine treated the mobs as nothing more than pawns in his game, seeing them expendable foot soldiers in his army, having no hesitations about sending hoards of them out at once, knowing that most of them will die serving him so he can ready himself for the battle ahead of time. While most of these feelings still carry over to the present day, Herobrine has gained a level of respect for certain mobs of significant power that serve him unquestionably and are steadfast in proving their loyalty to their leader, mainly the piglins, who Herobrine favours as the top commanders of his army due to their strength in numbers, very human-like intellect and physical prowess in battle due to how their civilisation has flourished over the centuries.

Herobrine knows that to rule the mobs, intimidation is a must-have option to be considered at all times. He knows that nearly all mobs fear him and some have even rebelled against him in the past due to Herobrine underestimating them and their unwillingness to fall for his claims of godhood. While evidently better at handling the mobs than he was years ago, Herobrine still subjects them to cruel torture and executions should they fail him one too many times and is far more firm in intimidating them to keep them in line.

#### Phantom Reapers

Compared to most of his minions and henchmen, Herobrine has a far stronger relationship with the Phantom Reapers than the masses of soldiers that take up his army due to the fact that the Phantom Reaper is composed of killers and other entities that have actual personalities, goals, aspirations and attributes that make them unique instead of being blindly loyal mooks. As such, Herobrine places a lot of faith in his proxies despite still seeing them as expendable.

Herobrine is also no stranger to favouritism among the Reapers, mainly taking interest in Clockwork. When the living room TV was showing a TV show that featured a woman character being sexually harassed, Herobrine could see Clockwork turn away in visible discomfort. In response, Herobrine telekinetically disconnected the power to the TV and after Clockwork looked back at him, saw him slightly nod his head in acknowledgement. He also extends sympathy towards those who have been through traumatic experiences he himself knows the pain of being in and is softer on younger members like Sally Williams.

In contrast to his favouritism, Herobrine also has proxies who he's less-than tolerable of, with the biggest culprit being Jeff the Killer due to his ego, impulsiveness and nature of being a rulebreaker. In fact, he's the only proxy Herobrine has ever outright threatened and physically hurt after he got into a verbal altercation with the disobedient serial killer. Regardless, he still appreciates the work Jeff does and the contributions he brings to the team.

#### Oldroot

Oldroot is by far Herobrine's most devoted follower, being a complete and utter fanatic of the Ghost of Minecraft who leads a cult worshipping him as a god. On the other hand, Herobrine sees Oldroot as yet another expendable pawn he can manipulate and sway into doing his bidding even if it's something that could get the cult leader in serious trouble and risk his arrest. Herobrine makes it clear to Oldroot that he is of completely no value to him and only keeps him around because all he's good for his spreading the word of his existence, but Oldroot doesn't care as long as he gets to serve Herobrine, which somewhat unnerves him.

#### White Eyes

White Eyes is Herobrine's former mentor who trained the young ghost when he first came back from the dead in how to skilfully stalk people from afar and kill people. Herobrine has a great deal of respect towards White Eyes for teaching him how to stalk, misdirect, lure, trick, manipulate and kill people, and leading to the beginning of his journey to exact revenge on humanity.

While the two very rarely interact with each other nowadays due to White Eyes' less-than-frequent sightings, Herobrine still carries a lot of respect and care towards White Eyes, and is the extremely rare instances where the two are reunited, is sure to catch up with her and let how know about the current state of his legacy.

### Enemies

#### Alex

"*Tenacious... (he pulls an arrow out from his leg and looks at Alex) I like you.*"
— Herobrine to Alex.

Alex is one of Herobrine's main archenemies, being the romantic partner of Steve and the and second-in-command of the Dragonhearted. Much like Steve, Herobrine has an unfavourable view of Alex, seeing her as inferior and irritating. While they didn't interact a lot during her first few months as Steve's companion, he gradually developed disdain towards the adventurer for her formidable nature.

However, compared to Steve, Herobrine holds Alex in a higher regard due to the latter's daring and thrill-seeking nature, as well as her tendency to jump into danger with excitement. Notably, Alex is one of the few individuals he despises, yet respects, due to the aforementioned qualities. Such characteristics has made Herobrine more lenient on Alex, treating their personal bouts as more of a game where he ramps the difficulty to test her skills. In their first proper fight after Alex successfully outsmarted Herobrine and was able to shoot an enchanted arrow into his leg, he pulled it out while complimenting her tenacity before resuming his attack. Herobrine feels like Alex has a lot of potential that's wasted on being Steve's "lapdog".

#### Entity 303

"*Entity 303. Former partner, pain in the ass and a complete joke of a "legend".*"
— Herobrine confronting Entity 303.

Entity 303 is Herobrine's former boyfriend and one of his archenemies. In the past, Herobrine and John Synware were lovers who secretly dated for over a year, having met three years prior to the former's unfortunate passing. Herobrine would later give Notch the recommendation of employing John for his company, a job which he succeeded at landing. Despite only knowing each other for a few years, the two established a strong relationship and bounced off each other very well, talking for hours on end about their interests in forensic pathology and computer science respectively. As a couple, the two were coated in an aura of boundless romance and affection, often not caring about any homophobic stigma aimed at their direction and preferring to keep to themselves.

Following John's gruelling transformation into a sentient virus, in an act of madness and hatred, John, now Entity 303, took on his new mission of attempting to usurp Herobrine's position as the world's greatest threat and urban legend. In the current day, Entity 303 is one of Herobrine's biggest challenges due to his relentlessness and ruthless determination to usurp him as the world's greatest legend. Herobrine shows an intense distain for his former friend-turned-nemesis and takes any chance he can get to fight him, although Entity is the more likely of the two to go out hunting for Herobrine to fight instead of the other way around. For the most part, however, Herobrine sees Entity as little more than a joke due to how insufferably egotistical the living virus is in wanting to prove his superiority and gain respect. Herobrine sees his conflicts with Entity as a stress-reliver, essentially viewing him as a punching bag due to how utterly pathetic he thinks he is, outright calling him a "pain in the ass" to his face. However, Herobrine is still able to see Entity as a genuine threat whenever he poses as one.

Deep down, Herobrine still carries some care for his former friend and is upset with not only what he turned into, but his desire to replace Herobrine having ruined any chance at repairing their friendship. During Null's invasion, despite approaching him rather abrasively and assaulting his henchmen, he informed Entity of what was going on and enlisted his help. During their fight against Null, the two worked well together in defeating the demon and bitterly parted ways to resume their grudges, both feeling somewhat sorrowful for having to do it.

#### Dreadlord

Herobrine possesses a vindictive hatred and lack of respect towards Dreadlord. After centuries of dormancy, Dreadlord emerged to reclaim his position as lord of the undead, prompting Herobrine to go on the offensive and seek to put an end to the skeletal tyrant once and for all to keep his position. Herobrine believes Dreadlord has grown old and week from his centuries without the power he used to possess and is outspoken about how he himself deserves the position as commander of the world's hostile mobs, viewing his attempts to kill Dreadlord as simply making room for new, fresh blood to take control. The two are eternally locked in their own bubble-like war and constantly fighting for control over the other sides' forces.

#### Null

Herobrine views Null in a completely different light than most of his enemies. Compared to people such as Entity 303, who Herobrine still holds a degree of care for, Herobrine is downright terrified of Null because of the demon's ability to utilise the fear of others and manipulate their fears in order to scar them psychologically. Herobrine recognises Null as such a dangerous threat that he's willing to team up with Steve just to put a stop to the demon. Currently, Null is the only entity that has made Herobrine genuinely afraid.

Unbeknownst to Herobrine, Null is the very entity responsible for everything bad that's happened in his life, being responsible for cursing his family, torturing him in his mind and resurrecting him as a ghost to haunt the world for eternity.

#### Empress Emilia

Herobrine has a deep-seated grudge against Empress Emilia. Although Herobrine never ruled the End, he still saw it as his property and its resident ender dragon as one of his greatest weapons. When Emilia took control of the End and the ender dragon, Herobrine fought back and the two have been at odds ever since, with sections of the End being divided into different territories controlled by ender creatures under the two tyrants' command. He has also "stolen" the ender dragon numerous times to try and use as a weapon, but always seems to fail due to Emilia's stronger grasp on the creature. Even worse, Emilia is the wife of Entity 303, making the Ghost of Minecraftia's hatred against the empress even stronger.

#### Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is one of Herobrine's most hated enemies. To Herobrine, Sonic is little more than an insignificant, unrelentingly stupid, abrasive and obnoxious hedgehog who's too big for his boots and possessing a sense of arrogance that will end up being the death of him. When he first saw Sonic, he was taken aback by the hedgehog's incredible speed, and realising that his speed would make him a threat to his operations. As Sonic continued to traverse the new world he was placed in and collect the Chaos Emeralds, Herobrine became desperate to kill him and rid him of his chances of getting back home. By the end of Sonic's journey, Herobrine's paranoia and irritation by his presence and capabilities had progressed into full-blown animosity and hatred towards the Blue Blur, becoming solely motivated by directly killing him. When he faced Sonic's friends in the latter's home universe, despite being constantly attacked by his friends, Herobrine continued to focus his direction on Sonic. When Sonic assumed his super state and fought Herobrine again, the Ghost of Minecraftia flew into a blind rage and sought to utterly destroy the hedgehog by throwing everything he had at him, which ultimately lead to his defeat.

Since then, Herobrine has always set his sights on killing Sonic whenever he gets the chance. During his and Sonic.exe's attempted multiversal takeover, he delighted in taunting Sonic, but decided that instead of killing him, he'd kill his friends, although he was swiftly beaten, defeated and banished before he could fatally injure any of his friends.

#### Shadow the Hedgehog

"***Herobrine**: Your courage is admirable... and your resolve is strong. (he teleports in front of Shadow and aggressively pins restrains him to a wall) Why do you continue to fight alongside these inferior lifeforms?
**Shadow**: Because I made a promise.*"
— Herobrine and Shadow during their fight.

Shadow the Hedgehog is an enemy Herobrine first faced during his attack on Mobius when he followed Steve and Sonic through the portal that connected the two universes. As Herobrine was fighting the rest of Sonic's friends, Shadow managed to strike Herobrine after he had dealt with everyone else, continuously striking him with numerous chaos-based attacks. Herobrine commended Shadow and showed respect towards him for his powers, before aggressively tackling the black hedgehog and asking why he continued to fight alongside beings that he viewed as inferior due to the power difference between them and Shadow, to which the latter responded by stating he made a promise. When they fought again during his and Sonic.exe's multiversal plot, he still maintained his respect towards Shadow despite seeking to kill him.

#### J the Hedgehog

Herobrine first met J during his and Sonic.exe's attempted war on the multiverse. Of all the creatures that inhabit Mobius, J is the one that Herobrine dislikes the most due to finding him ear-shatteringly irritating. J's constant trash-talking and antagonization of Herobrine has the Ghost of Minecraftia find the green hedgehog so insufferable that he considers him to be more annoying and irritating than Steve, who already gives Herobrine a hard time. During his attempted war on the multiverse when he and the rest of the main cast were fighting in Universe-1, J set his sights on Herobrine and constantly taunted the ghost by mocking him as the latter shouted at him to shut up.

#### Mane Six

The Mane Six are some of Herobrine's most formidable opponents, mainly due to their version of magic which is completely alien to what Herobrine has experienced. While he hates all of them collectively, he also has different reasons as to why he dislikes the team. He has a particular hatred for Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash; For Twilight, it's due to her being the leader of the group and the most powerful due to her being an alicorn. For Pinkie Pie, it's due to finding her to be incredibly vexing and annoying because of her bubbly and cheerful personality. And for Rainbow Dash, it's due to her sarcastic nature and habit of trash-talking him during battle.

Herobrine also takes an interest in Fluttershy and Applejack. For Fluttershy, he enjoys the fact that she's shy, meek and sensitive, which makes it satisfying for him to frighten and terrify her. For Applejack, it's because he finds her constant belief in others intolerable. An off-handed comment by Herobrine implies that she reminds him of his sister, who was similarly good natured and believed in the goodness of others, something he considers to be weak. As for Rarity, he finds her overdramatic nature, even used in a satirical manner to antagonise him, to be annoying.

#### Error 422

Despite only having one interaction, Error 422, or rather his human identity, Dr. Bentley Moss, has grown to become one of Herobrine's most personally hated enemies. Herobrine was first introduced to the mad scientist when he was abducted and brought to Superior Laboratories to be experimented on as Bentley's most anticipated subject. Herobrine was subjected to cruel experimentation that saw him relieve repressed memories. However, as his time in the facility grew, so did his bond with Grim, and he was told by the young child about the torture she had endured for years at the facility. After hearing about what he had done to Grim, Herobrine added the death of Bentley to his to-do list before escaping the facility. Herobrine's rage further increased when Bentley subtly threatened to kidnap and experiment on Misty, causing Herobrine to aggressively lung at the doctor before being neutralised.

When Herobrine initiated the breakout, Bentley physically attempted to kill Herobrine as revenge for ruining his life's work, but was powerless against the spirit as he was locked in his own machine. Before sending Bentley to die, Herobrine, while seething with a near-uncontrollable rage, told the scientist that he wasn't dying for what was done to him or the other inmates, but for what he had done to Grim, before activating the machine and leaving the scientist to die.

Herobrine appears unaware that Bentley survived and is now living inside one of his own simulations as a sentient glitch looking to break free and get revenge.

#### Blood Entity

The Blood Entity is a demonic being that Herobrine indirectly had a hand in creating when he ordered his illagers to develop new magic techniques and once tried to control during its first attack on the Overworld as "Giant Alex". When he first met Giant Alex, he was greeted by instant aggression as the entity desired to consume him, launching an attack and sending her blood villagers to capture and kill him. With no other choice, Herobrine retaliated by sending his minions to attack back. When the Ghost of Minecraftia was able to have a one-on-one confrontation with the Giant Alex, he tried to persuade her to join him, seeing her as a potentially valuable tool. However, Giant Alex declined, dismissing Herobrine as delusional before going to attack him.

Currently, their relationship is entirely hostile and Herobrine seeks to kill the Blood Entity by any means necessary. Whenever he hears word of the entity taking control of a new vessel, he immediately springs into action by rallying his army to prepare for battle. He feels a sense of entitlement to the Blood Entity's existence due to his illagers being responsible for its creation, and thus, is incredibly vindictive towards it.

#### Hex

Hex is a digital copy of Herobrine created in Superior Laboratories. As a creation that spawned from his own cruel experimentation, Herobrine carries a lot of hatred towards his artificial copy and seeks to kill him by any means necessary to ensure that he's the only "Herobrine" that remains. He views Hex as weak, inferior and a joke, which only makes his fights with the digital copy more aggravating to the Ghost of Minecraftia, as in spite of his inferior powers, Hex is still a highly capable and intelligent fighter capable of constantly outsmarting Herobrine, severely enraging him.

### Other

#### Slender Man

The Slender Man is a mutual partner of Herobrine's, being a dark entity that allied himself with the Phantom Reapers for his own benefits whilst giving out his own to the group. For the most part, Herobrine carries a level of respect for the Faceless King, being thankful and expressing gratitude towards Slender Man for the benefits he gifted him and the rest of the group. On the other hand, he shows a sense of contempt towards the Operator due to viewing him as short-sighted and somewhat foolish, thinking that Slender Man believes he's better than the rest of them, unaware of Slender Man's deeper goals and motivations.

#### Carimane

Carimane is one of Herobrine's many acquaintances, only interacting due to their relations with Sonic.exe, with Carimane being his wife. Herobrine is less interested in getting to know Carimane personally and is instead more interested in her combat prowess and skills as a warrior, often challenging her to friendly brawls. As such, Herobrine has a lot of respect for Carimane and always makes sure to give a friendly greeting whenever he sees her.

#### Stronghold Seer

Herobrine and the Stronghold Seer have a mutual respect for one another despite hardly interacting. Herobrine first met Seer when the Ghost of Minecraftia was introduced to her by Israphel as his girlfriend. The two talked for a while and although the two didn't have a lot in common, Herobrine noted that she was a "sweet lady" and would treat Israphel with the kindness and love he deserved.

#### His and Sonic.exe's variants

Herobrine has a complex relationship with his and Sonic.exe's many variants. The variants were first contacted by Herobrine during his and Exe's plan to plunge the multiverse into chaos, forming a team comprised of Herobrine, Exe and the variants. Much like Exe, Herobrine doesn't get along too well with his and the former's variants, mainly due to treating them as underlings and not equals, which is was resulted in two of them, Extortion and Professor Brine, betraying the team in favour of destroying their home universes. The Ghost of Minecraftia also despised the arrogance that plagued most of the variants and couldn't stand listening to them bicker and argue. The only variant of his the Ghost of Minecraftia actually respects and tolerates is Brine, mainly due to the demonic spirit's calm and composed nature, great foresight, planning capabilities and willingness to learn from his mistakes to ensure they won't be repeated again.

## Quotes

### His Legend Untold - The Tragic Tale of Herobrine

"***Notch**: Afternoon!
**Herobrine**: (dryly) Hey.
**Notch**: (steps inside) Not in the talkative mood?
**Herobrine**: When am I ever?
**Notch**: (chuckles) Hey, wouldn't change you at all, little bro. (he rustles through the bags) Finally put that cheap pork you like back in shelves so you'll be eating good tonight, heh? (chuckles)
**Herobrine**: Mhm.
**Notch**:* And!*... (pulls out a tin and opens it, showing several small bags of coffee beans) Ta-da!
**Herobrine**: (he'd smile slightly) Heh... About time. (he'd walk over to Notch and take the tin to prepare himself a cup of coffee) You want one?
**Notch**: Nah. It's all yours, man. (he'd watch Herobrine prepare his coffee and look around the apartment, seeing the damp spots on the carpet floor and noticing how quiet Herobrine is) Hey, Hero?
**Herobrine**: (without looking back) Hm?
**Notch**: (sigh) I know... I- I know things have been difficult for you over the past couple months and... and I just want you to know... if anything is troubling you or if you need something from us, or if you just need to talk to someone... I'm here for you-
**Herobrine**: I know, Notch. But really, I'm fine.
**Notch**: (unconvinced) Yeah, yeah... I'm sure you are, just... giving you the option.
**Herobrine**: What's that supposed to mean?
**Notch**: (somewhat taken aback) I- I just mean that I'm here for you. If you need to talk I will* always *be here for you. It's not a problem for me nor is it a waste of my time. (the two brothers would stand in silence for a few seconds) I've gotta get back to work now. But, hey! Call me if you're not busy, kay?
**Herobrine**: Will do.
**Notch**: (he'd make his way towards the door, but stop just as he opens it) Herobrine.
**Herobrine**: (he'd take a sip of his coffee and turn back) Yeah?
**Notch**: You're my brother. You know I love you, right?
**Herobrine**: (pauses before speaking, slightly chocking up) Y- Yeah, I know... Um... Thanks... (he'd watch as Notch walked out the door before closing it. As Notch's footsteps get progressively fainter, Herobrine turns and walks to one of the plates Notch brought on the table before picking it up gently and violently throwing it at the door) SON OF A **BITCH!!!** YOU LOOK DOWN ON ME, BROTHER!? YOU FUCKING PITY ME!? YOU THINK YOU CAN WALK INTO* MY *HOME AND WIN BACK MY LOVE WITH PITY-GIFTS!?!? **TRY AGAIN!!!** (he starts breathing heavily as he places his hands on his knees, before reaching into his pocket and grabbing a lighter. He aggressively opens the front door before slamming it shut, carefully stepping over the broken plate shards on the floor)*"
— Herobrine talking with Notch before having a breakdown, as well as their last conversation.

"*(breathing heavily and coughing) N- Notch... Please h- help me...*"
— Herobrine calling out for his brother, and his last words before bleeding out and dying.

"*Stop.*"
— Herobrine's message to the person who photographed him on a forum website.

"***Notch**: (in shock and disbelief) B- Brother-
**Herobrine**:* Don't *you dare call me that. (he looks up at Notch with his cold, dead eyes) I haven't been your brother in a long time.
**Notch**: I- I don't understand... H- How... how are you- (he looks into Herobrine's glowing eyes) ... What happened to you, Hero? (Herobrine says nothing) SAY SOMETHING!-
**Herobrine**: I **DIED!** (both brothers stand in silence as Herobrine looks on with hatred) I **died**. You know how I died?* Alone. *I sat in my mind as I psychologically **rotted** for a year, victim to my own thoughts... And you were there. You: the golden boy, the child prodigy, the eldest of the three of us who knew better, who didn't* care *when his little brother was at his wits' end and on the verge of **giving up!**
**Notch**: I DID love you! I STILL do! You're my brother! You're my flesh and blood! I've had you in my life for 26 years and cherished each and every memory the two of us made together!
**Herobrine**: You didn't show it...
**Notch**: Then what do you want to hear from me?! That I hated you and wanted you out my life?!
**Herobrine**: Nothing you or anyone else did quelled those feelings.
**Notch**: Because you didn't talk to us! (the two brothers stand in silence for a few seconds) For God's sake, say something broth-
**Herobrine**: (he'd send a bolt of lightning down from the sky to land inches away from his brother's face) DON'T CALL ME YOUR BROTHER! Your brother is **gone!** He died alone and afraid with no one to save him. No one to lie to him and tell him that everything will be okay. No one to lift a finger and ACTUALLY FUCKING DO SOMETHING FOR HIM!!! ... And you are no family of mine. (he'd teleport in front of Notch and punch him square in the face, causing him to fall over backwards and stare up at his brother with a mixture of fear and courage)
**Notch**: Don't do this, Hero... Please, I'm begging you... do not make me fight you...
**Herobrine**: I don't want you to fight me, Markus. (he'd grab Notch by his shirt and lift him up to face him) I want you to lay down and beg while I drain the life from your eyes. (he'd throw Notch backwards several feat) Now... (he'd conjure a fireball in his hands) **let's dance**.*"
— Herobrine and Notch's first confrontation after the former's resurrection.

"***Herobrine**: You think you can hide from me, Notch!? You have NOTHING! You're just delaying the inevitable! You can't kill me!
**Notch**: No... (the sound of a button activating and a spark is heard) But I can **banish** you. (notices the Nether portal frame activate) What!? (Notch teleports in front of him with an ender pearl and kicks him into the Nether portal) NO!*"
— Herobrine realising he's been lured into a trap before Notch kicks him into the Nether portal.

"***YOU WON'T HOLD ME FOREVER! I WILL RETURN!! AND I WILL DESTROY* EVERYTHING!!! *AND I WILL DESTROY* YOU!!!!! *DO YOU HEAR ME, BROTHER!?!? THE END WILL COME FOR YOU ONE DAY!! JUST YOU WAIT!!!!***"
— Herobrine cursing Notch after being banished to the Nether.

## Trivia

* Signs of Herobrine can include:
	+ 2x2 meter holes dug into rocky areas such as mountainsides and caves.
	+ Groves of leaves shaved off of their trees.
	+ Small pyramids of sand made in the ocean (often containing the decaying remains of his victims).
	+ Randomly placed redstone torches.
	+ Randomly appearing fog in spite of clear weather predictions.
* Due to his legendary status, many full-time believers of Herobrine dare to even say his name, which even extends to some of his followers.
* Aside from English and Swedish, Herobrine is fluent in French, Spanish, Mexican, Dutch and Japanese.
* Herobrine admits that he gets around 20 psychic notifications a day from followers of his lighting shrines to summon him.
* Herobrine's favourite ability he has is teleportation.
* Herobrine heavily dislikes talking about his death, often suffering vivid flashbacks to his death and hallucinating himself to be in the place where he died. However, if an enemy momentarily brings up his death in a passing comment, he will shrug it off, but not without a heavy amount of rage boiling inside him.
* Herobrine isn't a fan of his middle name "Theodore" and is often embarrassed when it gets brought up. He'd prefer it if he didn't have a middle name at all like his brother.
* Herobrine's favourite flowers are roses and poppies.
* When questioned by Dr. Bentley Moss about how many people he's killed, Herobrine admitted he lost count after the first thousand back in 2015, and that was directly by his own hands, not mentioning the numerous attacks he's orchestrated that have claimed hundreds of lives and likely more.
* Herobrine once very briefly aspired to become a teacher, but dropped it in favour of forensic pathology.