FamGuide

*This article is about the item of The Altered Adventure Minecraft series. For its novel counterpart, see **To Summon or Not to Summon**.*

The **FamGuide** is an item featured on *The Altered Adventure*. It first appears in the fifth episode of the first volume.

## History

Before Gizzy's Arrival

Sensei, a wise old man, creates the FamGuide, storing various familiars able to assist anyone in different ways. Having trained those who have developed a split personality from being cursed, Sensei creates Benji, the Fairy Familiar, who's able to cure curses, but can still have a risk to develop a split personality. ("Yandere Crypt")

Cursed by a vampire, Dr. Jekyll seeks out a cure in order to stop himself from hurting his family. Eventually, Jekyll comes to possess the FamGuide and summons Benji the fairy, curing him of the curse. Unfortunately the man comes to develop a dangerous split personality named Mr. Hyde. To protect those around him, Dr. Jekyll retreats into a Dirt Sphere to use as a hideout. No longer needing the familiar, Jekyll uses the book to desummon the fairy. ("Jekyll and Hyde")

Volume One

Falling victim to the Curse of the Bite, Gizzy, a new arrival to the Altered Universe, desperately attempts to rid himself of the malediction. Using the remains of mobs, Gizzy crafts the FamGuide and summons the fairy familiar Benji, curing him. With his use completed, the man plans to desummon Benji, but the fairy, wanting to be free in the world manages to convince Gizzy to stay with him as his new companion. ("Jekyll and Hyde")

Guided by the Voice, Gizzy is sent to a kingdom located in a snowy biome, believing that the kingdom will bring him back to his universe. Unfortunately, the Voice lied to the adventurer about the kingdom being the way home, instead, the Voice lured Gizzy into a trap setup by Ratchet to stop him from reaching the Prophecy. The Earth Guardian imprisons the adventurer in the Earth Kingdom and confiscates all his held items, including the Barath Hammer and the FamGuide. ("Deception")

Volume Two

After deciding to leave behind his mission to defeat the Guardians, Gizzy builds his own house in the Altered Universe, calling it sanctuary. To make a better view of the outside, Gizzy and Benji go on a quest to conquer and destroy a battle tower nearby. In secret, Gizzy also tries to collect the loot from the tower's supply in order to make himself another FamGuide Once the tower is cleared, Gizzy heads back to his home and with items he obtained, the adventurer crafts a second FamGuide. Wanting to keep Benji away from harm after all they've been through, Gizzy desummons his friend, trapping him back in the book. For safekeeping, Gizzy later places the enchanted book in an item framed on the walls of his house, should he ever want to summon the fairy familiar again. ("Sanctuary", "A Storm Is Coming")

Having developed a split personality problem, Gizzy returns home from a quest to get Benji's help on how to control his counterpart. Before he can get the FamGuide, Gizzy has a chat with Witch, an evil sorcerer wanting Gizzy to obtain the four items to unlock the Prophecy. With two goals in mind, Gizzy takes down the book framed on the wall and resummons Benji. The two friends, reunited, head off to learn more about his split personality and acquire the third item of the Prophecy, Elizabeth's locket. ("Ratchet And The Ritual")

Being told by Witch that the last item to the Prophecy, Voice's aura, can only be obtained through the Air Guardian's death, Gizzy runs away to clear his thoughts on what must be done. At first, Benji advises to kill Voice, but Gizzy objects, saying there has to be another way. While thinking in the forest, Gizzy accidentally steps in a chunk of sinking sand, causing him to slowly sink through until he suffocates in the sand. Unable to morph or else he'd lose the Prophecy items, Benji sacrifices himself by getting poisoned by a snake bite, which triggers Gizzy's split personality and making him strong enough to escape the deadly sand. After he reverts back to his normal form, Gizzy realizes what the fairy did to save him, and in turn, Gizzy desummons Benji so that he may heal from the poison while in the FamGuide. ("Passage Of The Earth")

Volume Three

At the Broken Church, Gizzy and his new ally, Divine, get away from the scene where they witnessed Voice's death and were accused of being involved in the killing. Gizzy, not knowing who killed him due to having been in his split personality when it occurred, feels the need to summon Benji to help him out again on his adventure to the Prophecy. Once resummoned, Benji shows to have healed wonderfully from his sustained wounds and is ready to accompany Gizzy again, along with his friend Divine. ("Hear My Voice")

On the the way to the Prophecy, Gizzy and his friends stop by a mossy stone building to sleep for the night. While everyone else is sleeping, Gizzy curiously combines all four Prophecy items in a crafting grid. Unintentionally, the combination triggers Gizzy's teleportation to the Spirit World and leaves all of the special items back at the stone building. It remains unknown if all of his inventory items were left behind, or only the Prophecy items, while the rest vanished. ("The Spirit World")

## Familiars

Creatures that can be summoned from the book (There are others):

1UP

Chicken

Companion Cube

Enderman

Fairy

Iron Golem

Navi

Ocelot

## Trivia

### Gameplay

* The FamGuide is portrayed by the items of the same name from the Familiars Mod.