Replicus

**WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS THAT MAY SPOIL YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE MAP.**

**Replicus**, known as the **Master** prior to his reveal in Mission 14, is an all-powerful interdimensional being bent on conquering all known dimensions. He is the one to incite the Ender War through sending an army of Endermen to the Overworld, but after the Orb is split up, he becomes trapped in the End, unable to leave until the Assassin can reopen the End Portal by recombining the Squiggly Replic and Empty Orb.

Replicus serves as the final boss of the Assassin of Steve trilogy when he tries to use the Orb to destroy the Overworld.

## Biography

### Before the Assassin of Steve maps

Replicus is known to have 'been to and destroyed many dimensions,' including many that 'no Overworlder has ever been to,' according to Rana. No details are known about any of these dimensions or which dimension he originally came from. However, when seizing control of the End, he got trapped, unable to travel to any other dimension, for an unknown reason. He took control of all of the Endermen, turned them into warmongers, and proclaimed himself King of the Endermen.

When Black Steve, Beast Boy, and Rana were banished to the End, Replicus was going to kill them, but when Black Steve said they could create a portal to the Overworld given the correct resources, he let them live. He rallied them and his army of Endermen to invade the Overworld, starting the Ender War. He did not enter the Overworld himself for an unknown reason, however Rana betrayed him by telling Steve how to shut down the End Portal. This led to the defeat of the Enderman forces and Steve and King Parcore successfully shutting down the End Portal by splitting the Orb into the Squiggly Replic and Empty Orb. As part of trying to mask Rana's betrayal, Steve sent Rana back to the End, however upon realising that Rana had betrayed him, Replicus killed her.

### Assassin of Steve 3: Endergeddon

For eight more years Replicus remained in the End dimension, again unable to leave, however he still has the ability to communicate with Black Steve through the Assassin's Tower, and tasks him with reclaiming the Empty Orb and Squiggly Replic.

Black Steve, now taking the guise of the Assassin, successfully reclaims the Empty Orb and the Squiggly Replic during the first two Assassin of Steve maps, and at the beginning of Assassin of Steve 3, he returns to the Assassin's Tower, where the Orb is reassembled. However, Replicus gets mad upon finding out about the player's attempts to stop the Assassin, telling him they can't find out what they are up to, and that "I WILL LEND YOU MY GREATEST POWERS! FAILURE WILL **NOT** BE TOLERATED!" The Assassin then leaves, his final words being that he will kill the player, then return.

The Orb slowly reassembles, turning from black to purple, over the course of the map, and there are a few visions where Replicus speaks directly to the player. The first one is after Mission 3, where the player faces off against the Assassin's Clones, where he says perhaps one of his ships can capture them. This leads to the Green Ender Captain being sent to abduct the player, with the intent to hold them prisoner until Replicus can enter the Overworld.

The next vision isn't until the Yellow Ender Captain's defeat in Mission 9, where Replicus tells the player that Endergeddon is impending and that even if they can reach them, they won't stand a chance upon his full might. The last vision that the player has of the Orb is after the Blue Ender Captain's defeat in Mission 11.

Replicus is finally seen in the flesh at the beginning of Mission 14, just after the Assassin's defeat. At this point in time the Orb has fully become purple, allowing Replicus to enter the Overworld. After all the monologue, he banishes the player to the End, and heads off to begin destroying the Overworld.

However, after the player escapes from the End, he sends a bunch of his clones into the Assassin's Tower to try to slow them down. When the player escapes they enter an arena, where Replicus arrives to fight against them. After some time they come out and into the Overworld above the Distorted Caves entrance. Replicus has now grown to an enormous size, grasping the Orb in his skeletal hands, and proclaims that he intends to destroy the Overworld using it.

The player, King Parcore, and Roger all try to stop him. Replicus uses telekinesis to throw King Parcore high into the sky when he tries to place blocks to build a staircase up to the Orb. After this, the player decides to grapple up his legs and climb up inside his rib cage, where they are able to climb onto and destroy the Orb.

Once they do this the player shoots both his arms to destroy them, but even when he is armless he is not harmless, for he uses telekinesis to throw the player around instead. They eventually land in front of Opara, who throws them upwards into the air. The player then flies into Replicus's eyes, where they use a special spell that the Creators bestowed in them to destroy Replicus, ending him.

### Other Appearances

#### Dance Floor

Replicus can be heard when equipping the Orb, which is a purchasable Disco Ball, in the map. He will say one of five random lines, which are all lifted from dialogue in Assassin of Steve 3.

## Characterisation

Replicus is an all-powerful being whose mind is solely bent on conquering dimensions.

## Abilities

### Self-cloning

Replicus's most notable power, where his name is likely derived from, is the ability to create weak copies of himself to attack the player. He grants the Assassin this power at the beginning of Assassin of Steve 3.

### Energy Orb

Replicus has a ranged attack where he conjures a white energy orb before launching its energy at the player.

### Teleportation and Flight

Replicus is capable of long-distance teleportation and also of flight.

### Vision Creating

Replicus sometimes inflicts visions onto the player where he speaks to them.

### Mind Reading

Replicus can read the minds of other people, based on the line "I **READ** your confusion. Because I can **READ** your mind."

## Quotes

* "We **CANNOT** let them figure out what we're **UP TO!!!**"
* "I **WOULDN'T** be so sure if I were **YOU!!!** You wouldn't know who I am, but you should learn to **FEAR** me! **I AM THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN ALL OF MINECRAFT! FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING YOU'VE FACED! I HAVE TRAVELLED THE DIMENSIONS, ENDING ALL THAT STANDS IN MY WAY! I AM EFFECTIVELY A GOD, YOU DULL CREATURES! HAUNTING YOUR DREAMS TO MAKE YOU FEAR ME!**"
* "My **GREATEST** power! The ability to **CLONE** myself infinitely! To **CREATE** an **UNSTOPABBLE** army, able to **CONQUER** any dimension!"
* "**I CREATE MY OWN ALLIES!**"
* "I **READ** your confusion. Because I can **READ** your mind."
* "**ARGH!! NO,** I write with my **LEFT HAND!**"

## Trivia

* Replicus's name likely comes from the word 'replicate', which means to create an identical copy of. His main power is the ability to replicate himself.
* The Squiggly Replic also has part of his name in it, implying that it may have been named after him.
* Replicus writes with his left hand.