Ben

### Aliases

Ben seems to appear as a discord user known as "QmVsaWV2ZWlueW91cnN0cmVuZ3Rocw==" in You know what you did.

### Affiliation

Ben's digital form is simply known by a discord tag, WkkLoPii+%aaw233==/.

## Biographical information

### Place of death

The Backyard (Physical)Sam's House (Digital)

## Appearances

### Debut

August 23rd, 2016

Ben is a recurring villain in the PCU. He is a sadistic being that takes pleasure in watching John suffer. Ben is the physical, digital, and mental embodiment of John's fears and troubles, more commonly referred to as Consternations. He exploits John's weaknesses and possesses John, forcing him to kill the Chicken Fries Man in 2017.

### Origin

Ben has three forms: physical, digital, and mental. We see Ben's digital and mental manifestations most prevalent in the earlier videos.

#### Early Years and The Winged Cap

In 100th Video Special ~ Games in Real Life, Ben appears as an ironic gag curated by John for the sake of the video. However, in You know what you did., Ben later claims to John that this was not the case, and that Ben was indeed in possession of John's mind for a brief moment.

Throughout the events of The winged cap, whatlieswithin.mp4, and operation\_revenant.mov, more and more of Ben's power and wicked behavior can start to be witnessed as he tortures the dying Chicken Fries Man. This was done in collaboration with 46 Intel. However, unlike the leader of 46 Intel, who saw prospect in further collaboration, Ben had no intention of keeping his alliance with the organization.

#### Further Manifestation and Eventual Downfall

In You know what you did., one of Ben's digital manifestations, known as QmVsaWV2ZWlueW91cnN0cmVuZ3Rocw==, confronts John, claiming that he "knows what John did", obviously referring to the incident involving the Chicken Fries Man all those years ago. As Ben grows more aggressive in his overtaking of John's computer, John destroys the manifestation by shutting off his computer. In The Digital Entity, the last of Ben's digital form, known as WkkLoPii+%aaw233==/, is easily disabled and pruned by Sam.

By the events of Goodbye Then, Ben has fully manifested in the physical world, at least appearance-wise. On the night of August 28th, we can witness Ben haunting John's dreams, warning John of his own Consternations. John is the one to finally confront Ben face-to-face, but Ben is quick to respond, temporarily entrapping John within the confines of his own mind. John outsmarts Ben, but before John lets his old friend die, Ben warns him that if John kills him now, his Consternations will be unleashed. Unwilling to listen to Ben's plea, John uses his willpower to thrust the Master Sword into the heart of Ben's physical manifestation, destroying it for good.

## Full List of Appearances and Mentions

100th Video Special ~ Games in Real Life (Side Character)

The winged cap (Main Character)

whatlieswithin.mp4 (Main Character)

operation\_revenant.mov (Main Character)

My spooky basement tour (Side Character)

You know what you did. (Main Character)

No matter. (Main Character)

The Digital Entity (Main Character)

Goodbye Then - Teaser (Main Character)

Goodbye Then (Main Character)

The Consternation Survey (Main Character)

The Consternations' Grasp (Main Character)

## Abilities

Ben is known to be able to distort the minds of his victims, create illusions, and spawn infinitely many lifeless clones of himself. He can also temporarily manifest himself in a living person's mind depending on their consternations, manifest himself in the real world for a short amount of time, tamper with electronics through paranormal means, and he is even rumored to have the power to see into his victims' futures.