The Warden (Minecraft: Story Mode)

**The Warden** is the secondary antagonist of *Minecraft: Story Mode: Season 2*, appearing as the main antagonist of the third episode of the second season, "Jailhouse Block".

He is the sadistic Warden of the Sunshine Institute who oversees it and puts the Guests under horrific conditions. He is also Romeo's right-hand in the Institute.

He is voiced by Donovan Patton.

## His Evil Ranking

### What Makes Him Villainous?

* He makes a threat to the Guests outside of the Sunshine Institute, on the microphone, that if they don't "kindly follow the orange line in the floor to the check-in zone", then they'll burn to death by being sizzled in lava. It is likely that the Warden stays true to his threat because there are bowls of lava ready to pour on the Guests if they don't do what he says.
* He puts the Guests under torturous conditions and never lets them leave. For example, in the Mush Room, there is very little to eat, and the Guests there have to fight each other constantly to get the limited food available so that they wouldn't starve to death. In the Zombie Mines, the Guests have to fight off and kill zombies that are constantly spawning to use their rotten flesh for unknown reasons, thus putting the Guests' lives themselves in grave danger.
* He sadistically tortures Jesse's intern, Radar, though a device known as the Iron Breathtaker, which works by shoving an iron block over the victim's head to slowly suffocate them. He even comments that "I hear it's… excruciating in there", which proves that he is aware of the immense pain the victim is forced to go through because of the Breathtaker. If Jesse agrees to become an Associate, the Warden only releases Radar because he is impressed by Jesse's decision, and if Jesse refuses and remains a Guest, the Warden only releases Radar out of the disappointment of Jesse's choice and then cruelly kicks Radar to the ground, causing his glasses to break in half.
* He attempts to convince Jesse to shear Oxblood's Mooshroom to turn the latter into an ordinary cow. If Jesse is a Guest, the Warden threatens him/her that if he/she doesn't shear Geoff, then he'll bring pain to his/her friends, and if Jesse is an Associate, the Warden tells him/her to do so because Geoff undoes the balance of the Mush Room. If Jesse agrees to shear Geoff, the Warden grins diabolically.
	+ However, it's only the Warden's twisted version of balance because a Mooshroom in the Mush Room would mean mushrooms for the Guests to eat so they could survive, and if Jesse chooses to shear Geoff into a normal cow, it would mean less food for the Guests to eat because they couldn't get the mushrooms from Geoff, thus making them more vulnerable towards starvation. If Jesse refuses to shear Geoff, the Warden has the latter taken away by one of his Associates and kicks the Mooshroom with his owner, Oxblood, dragged as he's hanging onto Geoff's leg, and has the other Associates dig up the mycelium, even when Jesse tells him that the Guests will all starve.
* After Romeo demotes the Warden from his current status to a Guest, the former Warden attempts to kill his boss's personal prisoner, Prisoner X, or Xara, by exploding himself as well as the rest of the Guests surrounding him with TNT, as he would do anything to keep her from ever escaping the Sunshine Institute.
* While he was sent to the Sunshine Institute as a Guest simply for making Romeo angry in some way and he admits to Jesse that he is a prisoner in the Sunshine Institute along with everyone else there, it does not even begin to justify his horrific actions towards his Guests, such as leaving them with little food to eat in the Mush Room, forcing them to kill zombies so they could survive in the Zombie Mines, and torturing Radar.
* He never redeemed himself nor did he show regret for anything he's done.
* While he may not be as heinous as Romeo, Hadrian, Mevia, PAMA, or the Wither Storm, he still stands out due to having less resources.

### What Makes Him Irresistible?

* He is one of the most popular villains in *Minecraft: Story Mode,* as his crude punishments make him stand out.
* He is shown to have a sense of honor, as he promised the Admin that he would never let Xara leave the prison, even if it meant blowing himself up to keep that promise.

## Trivia

* The Warden is currently one of the 4 *Minecraft* villains to be Irresistibly Villainous, alongside Romeo, Hadrian and Aiden.
* Due to 4 villains from *Minecraft: Story Mode* being Irresistibly Villainous, it is rather necessary to put the villains in order from least evil to the evilest:
	+ Aiden is the least evilest villain in the series because even though he committed mass genocide against Sky City and betrayed Isa out of sadism, he later expressed true remorse for his heinous behaviour.
	+ The Warden is the third evilest villain in the series because he threatens to punish or even murder anyone who doesn't follow his orders correctly. However, he did the promise that he would never let Xara free from the prison, even if he had to commit suicide to keep that promise.
	+ Romeo is the second evilest villain in the series because of his crimes being immensely serious. He has committed rape, terrorism, torture, theft and numerous other crimes. However, he later redeems himself after starting to feel remorse for all of his acts.
	+ However, Hadrian is the darkest, worst, and evilest villain in the series because he turned a fun competition into a horrific place of pure sadism and torture. He also breaks his own deals with people and even admits that he is fine with trapping people in public with no regret or sympathy.

## External Links

* The Warden at the Villains Wiki
* The Warden at the Minecraft: Story Mode Wiki
* The Warden at the Near Pure Evil Wiki