Guardians (Minecraft)

*This article is about the group of characters of The Altered Adventure Minecraft series. For their novel counterparts, see the **Guardians**. For the episode containing the name of the group in the title, see **"Guardians vs Rebellions"**.*

The **Guardians** of the Altered Universe are several characters featured on *The Altered Adventure* Minecraft series. They début in the first episode of the first volume.

The Guardians are comprised of the Air Guardian, the Earth Guardian, the Fire Guardian and the Water Guardian. If someone holds all four elements, thus being the Guardian of Fire, Water, Air and Earth, they would become the King or Queen of Altered and the order of the Guardians would be dissolved.

## History

Before Gizzy's Arrival

King Alpha of the Altered Universe rallies his bravest soldiers, comprised of Barath, Voice and Divine, to stop a demon from destroying the realm. At the meeting before the battle, Jen arrives to say her final goodbye to her husband. Also, Elizabeth decides to join the king's army. Before departing for war, King Alpha requests having a private conversation with Divine. The soldiers then go outside to wait for them. When Alpha and Divine finish, the warriors set off to fight the Demon at Dawn's Opening, but realize that Elizabeth is missing. They decide to leave without her and expect she'll be with them soon. They arrive at the volcano where they find Witch, along with his Right-Hand Man Ratchet, already at Dawn's Opening, using his magic on the lava. Voice assumes he's helping the Demon, but Alpha defends him noticing he's actually slowing him down. Altogether, the king prepares his army while Elizabeth arrives for the battle just in time as the Demon emerges from the volcano. The Demon explains his intentions of destroying everything they hold dear, but the king and his soldiers retaliate against him. The battle is long fought, until Witch is weakened and the beast tries to finish him off. At the last moment, King Alpha sacrifices himself to save Witch. When the king dies, his powers are split into four elements that are each given out to Barath, Elizabeth, Voice and Witch, where Voice is gifted the Air Element, Barath with fire, Elizabeth with water and Witch with earth. With their new powers, the four manage to weaken the demon, but not kill it. As a last resort, Witch decides to end the battle by using a spell to trap the demon. In order to cast it, he tells everyone to give an item to Voice. Barath gives his hammer, Elizabeth gives her locket, Witch gives his shield, and Voice, who didn't bring anything with him, chooses to use a part of his soul, no matter the cost. With the items, Witch imprisons the Demon within the gates known as the Prophecy. With the war won, Voice learns that out of the five, Divine is the only one to not receive any powers and ran away, being told by Witch that he was a coward.

After defeating the Demon, the four soldiers return to the kingdom where they decide to rule and protect the universe together as the Guardians of Altered. Ratchet enters the meeting happy to see his master, but Witch tells him to leave as the matter doesn't concern him. The four also decide to never speak of the Prophecy again in case someone might try to open it. Ratchet, who didn't follow orders, asks what the Prophecy is, but his master angrily tells him to leave immediately.

Witch and Voice return to Alpha's Kingdom to inform Barath and Elizabeth of their plan, but are surprised to find the kingdom in ruin because of Barath. They find out that he killed Elizabeth in uncontrollable rage from the fire element. They conclude that the only way to stop him from hurting anyone else is to execute him, and they do just that. In order to satisfy the universe's balance, they come up with ideas of people who can become the next Fire and Water Guardians. Witch goes to Inferno, the Nether Champion, while Voice goes to Elizabeth's sister, Letvia. She accepts the offer, becoming the Water Guardian, but leaves her family and moves to the Water Kingdom. Inferno also accepts, but only if his kingdom remains in the Nether, to which the Earth Guardian agrees. Following the destruction of Alpha's kingdom, Voice creates Cloud Temple and summons the other three Guardians to this new location. He explains to them that he made the temple so that they can have private Guardian meetings. Voice thanks Inferno for becoming a Guardian and reminds Letvia that she must stay away from her family in order to protect them from danger. Afterwards, Voice leaves with Witch saying that they have important matters to attend to. ("Origin")

During Gizzy's Arrival

After returning from another universe to kidnap someone named Gizzy who's able to finally slay the Demon threatening the realm, Voice and Witch arrive in a desert, back in their universe. They soon realize that Aurona, Witch's brother and the one who teleported them through universes, didn't make it back with them. Meanwhile, Ratchet, Witch's Right-Hand Man, arrives at his master's side. Witch tries to convince Voice to help him search for his brother, but the Air Guardian disagrees, saying that Gizzy takes priority. Witch, feeling used by Voice as a pawn in his own plans, decides to teach him a lesson, and does so by removing him from his body, turning him into a conscience. As punishment for his treason against another Guardian, Voice has Witch dethroned from the Guardians and gives the Earth Element to Ratchet, unbinding him from his signature agreement with the former Earth Guardian and making him the new Earth Guardian. ("Origin")

Volume Two

Having indirectly caused the death of an entire village, the murder of Gypsy and stealing Witch's Shield from the Air Kingdom, Ratchet is put on trial by the Guardians. The Earth Guardian confesses to all of his crimes, but defends himself saying that it was only because he was used by Witch. Although he was tricked, Ratchet failed to come forward to the Guardians to tell the truth to them and for that reason, the Guardians sentence Ratchet to be dethroned. Once he's dethroned, Voice strips him of his Earth Element and evicts him from the Earth Kingdom. ("Ratchet and the Ritual")

King Alpha, resurrected by the touch of a power born, is convinced by Voice to become the next Earth Guardian. Summoning Inferno and Letvia for the occasion, the Guardians host a ceremony at Cloud Temple for Alpha's crowning as the new Earth Guardian. The rite is successfully completed as Alpha is given the Earth Element, becoming a Guardian and abandoning his mantle as king. ("Passage of the Earth")

Volume Three

When Voice learns that Gizzy has obtained three Prophecy items, he decides to go into hiding to keep the last item, his aura, safe. Voice travels to the king's hideout, the Broken Church, but he's soon discovered by Gizzy and Divine, with the help of Rascal. Gizzy and Voice have a confrontation, where the Air Guardian reveals that his arrival in the Altered Universe was not an accident, but a planned kidnapping. During the conversation, Witch arrives to pressure Gizzy into killing Voice to get the aura, but Gizzy tries to reason with him. In the end, Gizzy gives up being the three Prophecy items to Voice as he no longer wants to save the universe. Seeing no other option, Witch hurts Divine with magic, triggering Gizzy's split personality. In his altered state, Gizzy manages to knock out Divine. Meanwhile, Inferno arrives at the scene as Witch watches from a far. Planning to frame Gizzy, Inferno murders Voice, and while Witch saw what he had done, the sorcerer decides to keep it a secret between the two of them. Once Gizzy reverts back to his normal self, Gizzy realizes the Air Guardian's death. From Voice's corpse, all four items are dropped, including his aura. Gizzy picks up and, in fear of being accused for the murder, runs away from the scene with Divine. Not knowing this at the time, but by picking up Voice's Aura, Gizzy inadvertently became the Air Guardian since Voice's Aura is revealed to also be the Air Element. ("Hear My Voice", "The Green Bloods", "The Final Betrayal")

Promising Witch to become the next Air Guardian, King Alpha holds a vote with Inferno and Letvia on his deal with the sorcerer, to which Letvia votes against it while the other two Guardians are in favour of the decision. Teleporting to Cloud Temple, along with the servant Rascal, the three Guardians find Witch already there, awaiting for the ceremony. As part of his plan, King Alpha falsely gives him the Air Element, but when he realizes that nothing happened, the Earth Guardian explains that when Voice died, Gizzy picked up Voice's Aura, which is also the Air Element, meaning he's the current Air Guardian. Angered by the former king's deception, Witch uses a spell to imprison both Alpha and Letvia within a cage made out of Lucky Blocks to dampen their powers. Revealing his true intentions, Witch tells them as his father foresaw, he plans to take over the universe by becoming the new King of Altered. In order to so, he must first have one of the elements to complete his master plan. Witch then proceeds by lifting Rascal with his magic and threatening to throw him of the temple if Letvia doesn't relinquish the Water Element to him. Pressured with Rascal's life at stake, Letvia gives in and hands over the Water Element to Witch, making him the Water Guardian. Next, the power born throws Rascal off the edge of the temple anyway, infuriating the imprisoned Guardian. Meanwhile, as the entire scenario plays out, Inferno does nothing to stop as he would not want to stop the liberation of his father from the Prophecy. When asked by Witch of Voice's death, the Fire Guardian divulges that it was not Gizzy who killed Voice, instead, it was him all along. ("The Final Betrayal")

## Air Guardian

The Air Guardian is the Guardian who has the power of the air element. The Air Guardian resides in his respective kingdom, which is the Air Kingdom. If the position of the Air Guardian is vacant, the Altered Universe will suffer the collapse of the sky through storms and the disappearance of oxygen in the air. To guide The Chosen One to the Prophecy, the Air Element is represented by Voice's aura, which are also the same items.

### Known Air Guardians

* Voice †
* Gizzy/Canine (formerly)

*Notes:*

*†: Deceased Air Guardian*

***Bold name:** Current Air Guardian*

### Powers and Abilities

The Air Guardian possesses normal guardian abilities such as teleportation, signature ritual and respawn disabling, as well as the exclusive power of aerokinesis.

## Earth Guardian

The Earth Guardian is the Guardian who has the power of the earth element. The Earth Guardian resides in his respective kingdom, which is the Earth Kingdom. If the position of the Earth Guardian is vacant, the Altered Universe will suffer the collapse of the earth. To guide The Chosen One to the Prophecy, the Earth Element is represented by Witch's shield.

### Known Earth Guardians

* Witch (formerly) †
* Ratchet (formerly)
* Alpha (formerly)
* Gizzy/Canine (briefly)

*Note:*

***Bold name:** Current Earth Guardian*

### Powers and Abilities

The Earth Guardian possesses normal guardian abilities such as teleportation, signature ritual and respawn disabling, as well as the exclusive power of geokinesis. Also, Ratchet was shown to have certain abilities that may or may not be exclusive to the Earth Guardian such as levitation.

## Fire Guardian

The Fire Guardian is the Guardian who has the power of the fire element. The Fire Guardian resides in his respective kingdom, which is the Fire Kingdom, uniquely located in the Nether. If the position of the Fire Guardian is vacant, the Altered Universe will suffer fires falling from the sky. To guide The Chosen One to the Prophecy, the Fire Element is represented by Barath's Hammer.

### Known Fire Guardians

* Barath †
* Inferno (formerly)
* Gizzy/Canine (briefly)

*Notes:*

*†: Deceased Fire Guardian*

***Bold name:** Current Fire Guardian*

### Powers and Abilities

The Fire Guardian possesses normal guardian abilities such as teleportation, signature ritual and respawn disabling, as well as the exclusive power of pyrokinesis.

## Water Guardian

The Water Guardian is the Guardian who has the power of the water element. The Water Guardian resides in his respective kingdom, which is the Water Kingdom. If the position of the Water Guardian is vacant, the Altered Universe will suffer poisonous waters. To guide The Chosen One to the Prophecy, the Water Element is represented by Elizabeth's locket.

### Known Water Guardians

* Elizabeth †
* Letvia (formerly)
* Witch †
* Gizzy/Canine (briefly)

*Notes:*

*†: Deceased Water Guardian*

***Bold name:** Current Water Guardian*

### Powers and Abilities

The Water Guardian possesses normal guardian abilities such as teleportation, signature ritual and respawn disabling, as well as the exclusive power of hydrokinesis.

## Right-Hand Men

Right-Hand Men are servants to Guardians who have been bounded to their masters by the signature agreement. This ritual makes Right-Hand men do whatever their master orders them to do. If they do not do what they're told, they will die. The only known way to be unbounded by the signature agreement is to become a Guardian

### Known Right-Hand Men

* Cib †
* Ratchet (formerly)
* Yoshi †

*Note:*

*†: Deceased Right-Hand Man*

## Signature Agreement

This is an agreement between a guardian and someone else. They have to follow their guardians orders, without hesitation, or they can be killed. These signature agreement is usually used by Guardians to make people their Right-Hand Man. The ritual for the agreement is that the two participants in which the deal is made punch each other to complete it. It is a sacred bond, and cannot be broken.

## Known Guardians

* Barath †
* Elizabeth †
* Voice †
* Witch †
* Inferno (formerly)
* Letvia (formerly)
* Ratchet (formerly)
* Alpha (formerly)
* Gizzy/Canine (formerly)

*Notes:*

*†: Deceased Guardian*

***Bold name:** Current Guardians*

## Trivia

### On-Screen

* Guardians can sense when another Guardian is nearby. ("Jekyll and Hyde")
* Guardians can only teleport once every full moon, but when it comes to teleporting other people, it has a timer that will send the person back to where they came from. ("Cruise", "Higher Rank")
	+ Though this has been undermined on numerous occasions. ("Cruise", "Yandere Crypt")
* Guardians are weak to Lucky Blocks. ("Lucky Block Cavern")
	+ Being near Lucky Blocks can block a Guardian's ability to track someone. ("Lucky Block Cavern")
	+ A Pendant of Luck can also prevent Guardians from tracking the holder. ("The Power Born")
* Guardians have the power to summon anyone to Cloud Temple whenever they wish to, either to host a meeting or even hold a trial. ("Lucky Block Cavern", "The Last Warning")
* Special ceremonies and rituals are orchestrated to enthrone by and dethrone someone as a Guardian. This requires the other Guardians to be present during the ceremony and the process involves the person either being stripped of their element or being given an element to protect and harness. ("Ratchet and the Ritual", "Passage of the Earth")
	+ Presumably, this is only required if the previous Guardian of the element was dethroned. However, these ceremonies are not always needed if the previous Guardian died with the element, making it so that the next person to gain possession of that element is made the next Guardian, such as when Gizzy became the new Air Guardian after Voice died by obtaining the Air Element, but did not have to go through a certain ceremony. ("Hear My Voice", "Guardians vs Rebellions")
* A Guardian's chest can only be opened by the owner or another Guardian. ("Higher Rank")
* All of the original four Guardians are deceased. ("Origin", "Hear My Voice", "The Prophecy")
* Guardians and former Guardians can track anyone in the universe. ("Fight Your Demons")
* Although unclear and speculative, being in possession of an element doesn't necessarily make a person a Guardian, as shown when Divine was in possession of the Air Element, but isn't considered the Air Guardian or have its powers. This is most likely because Gizzy, the current Air Guardian, obtained the element before Divine and is somehow still connected to it. Because of this, Guardians cans still use their powers even if they don't have their designated element with them. ("Friends with the Enemy")