Wilbur Soot

*This is about the Origins SMP character. For the content creator that plays this character, see Wilbur Soot.*

**Wilbur Soot**, also known as **Wilbur**, founded the Origins SMP with TommyInnit and joined the server during Season 1 with the Phantom origin.

## Origin

Wilbur selected the Phantom origin. With this origin, he is able to enter Phantom state (become "Phantomized"), in which he is invisible and can walk through blocks. However, he burns in sunlight when not Phantomized and exhausts faster when Phantomized.

During Season 3, Wilbur also hinted that he used to be an Avian. He has referenced feeling phantom wings on his back and being able to fly.

## Appearance

Wilbur has brown hair and black eyes. He wears a pale yellow sweater, black pants, and gray trainers. His Phantom origin makes him slightly transparent, allowing other players to see through him. Interestingly, players are unable to see chests and other entities through him.

## Personality

During Season 1, Wilbur was a calm spirit. He was well-organized and enjoyed planning community projects with other members. For example, he headed the renovation of The Pube by creating a list of tasks and assigning the tasks to various other members, such as Philza and Ranboo.

During Season 2, Wilbur became more chaotic. He was still an organized, determined, and social presence on the server, but he increasingly enjoyed using his origin to prank others. Wilbur's new goal on the server was to become the historian and antiquarian of the server. He also planned to gain many allies, then secretly rob them.

During Season 3, Wilbur became one of the first disciples of Ninjology, yet he still showed his independence by opening his own potion shop. After a prolonged lull in server activity followed by a sudden activity spike Wilbur developed social anxiety toward interacting with other members of the server, making him somewhat frightened by loud noises and by people unexpectedly approaching him, also causing him to seek advice from Tommy on how to overcome his anxiety.

## History

### Season 1

After joining the server and experimenting with his Phantom state, Wilbur asked Philza to help him build his house, which was situated near Niki's lake. Throughout the day, he made fun of Tommy's substandard abilities and declared to Niki that he would help her eventually see the Nether. Upon the arrival of Jschlatt as Fragrance Man, he hosted a housewarming party to introduce him into the server. During the party, Fragrance Man joined the server and presented the attendees with various scents, including sand and glass.

On February 22, 2021, Wilbur introduced Charlie Slimecicle to the server. Wilbur also hosted and participated in the Pub Fight in order to determine the strengths of different origins. While in Phantom state, he killed Tubbo, but was killed by Ranboo. He placed third behind Ranboo and Charlie.

Later, Wilbur took over Tommy and Jack Manifold's pub to turn it into a community space. He tasked several other members of the SMP, including Phil, to build the pub and make it more accessible. He also renamed the pub "The Pube". When renovations were complete, Wilbur organized an opening party on April 14, 2021. During the party, he welcomed Sneegsnag and Smajor to the server. Technoblade also joined the server briefly. After discussing the new members' abilities and future events, Wilbur invited Sneeg to live in his house's walls and floorboards. However, he stated that if he found Sneeg, he would be allowed to beat Sneeg with a bucket. Wilbur caught Sneeg a few minutes later, but was unable to attack Sneeg due to his small hitbox.

### Season 2

During Season 2, Wilbur only interacted with a few members. While haunting other people, he read Ranboo's "DO NOT READ" book. Afterwards, he avoided her and warned other members to stay away from her, implying that the book revealed a more unpleasant side of Ranboo.

#### Tommy's Elytrian training

Soon after the server restarted, Wilbur claimed that Tommy's Avian origin was a less advanced version of Phil's Elytrian origin. He told Tommy to undergo training in order to become an Elytrian. When Tommy's training did not progress as quickly as expected, Wilbur and Phil attempted to brew him a potion of levitation. However, because these potions are unobtainable in Survival mode, they instead renamed a potion of slow falling to "Potion of Levitation". Tommy attempted to fly after drinking it, but could only fall more slowly.

#### Fragrance Man's revival

On November 19, 2021, Fragrance Man rejoined the server as a Phantom. Wilbur and Tommy then attempted to find spider eyes and create an Orb of Origin to revert him to an Arachnid, or "revive" him. The two eventually resorted to stealing spider eyes from Scott, and they succeeded in reviving Fragrance Man.

### Season 3

During Season 3, Wilbur pranked several other members and began working several jobs. Shortly after joining, he helped found Ninjology by recording Ninja's tenets and became one of its first members. He also agreed to work for James Marriott's upcoming Jimmy Jugs Library.

During the library's construction, he resolved the Mr. Bones ownership issue by giving him to Scott while Phantomized and claimed that he used to be an Avian. He explained that after he died, he returned as a Phantom; he referenced feeling phantom limbs on his back where his wings used to be.[*citation needed*] Later, while in the Nether, he also fell in love and claimed that a warped nylium block, "Silly Grass", was the love of his life.

#### Capitalism

Despite his adherence to Ninjology, Wilbur claimed that Tommy believed in it too much and began engaging in capitalism. On January 20, 2022, he began planning to sell potions, and gathered rabbits' feet for leaping potions by contracting and "milking" Techno. When the shop, Potions and Just Potions, opened on January 23, he began selling his potions to members such as Tubbo and Scott.

After the brief shop opening, Wilbur and Ranboo planned to sell art and writing to the Jimmy Jugs Library in order to make money quickly. Wilbur first gave James *Ranboo Drawing*, which he claimed was a "fungible good"; as "payment", he and Ranboo stole all of James' diamonds. Wilbur then wrote *Moby Dick 2*, which includes a misspelled section of *Moby Dick*'s first chapter and a new ending.

## Pets

### Season 3

Folds
Upon returning to the cave, Wilbur found an identical baby axolotl in the same pool, leading him to the conclusion that it must be Folds. He decided to leave the baby behind with its mother as she could take better care of it than him.

## Relationships

Philza
Positive

Nihachu
Positive

Fundy

Jack Manifold
Negative

TommyInnit
Positive

Ranboo
Neutral/Negative

## Trivia

* Wilbur references Danny Phantom often and says that he "goes ghost" when he enters his Phantom state.
* Other members of the server often refer to Wilbur as "Ghostbur", the ghostly character Wilbur portrayed in the Dream SMP.
* Although Tommy came up with the idea of the server and pays for its upkeep, Wilbur manages the balance of the origins and the introduction of new members.
* Wilbur haunts people by appearing briefly, just long enough for their chats to notice him.
* During Season 1, a bug caused Wilbur to suffocate if he wore armor while Phantomized and going through blocks. This was fixed later.
* Currently, Wilbur has donated the most to the library with four books: *Ninjology*, *Contract*, *Ranboo Drawing*, and *Moby Dick 2*.
* Wilbur may be related to Phil and Tommy due to his past Avian origin.

## References

1. ↑ (March 20, 2022). "Wilbur used to be an avian?!" (Twitch clip).
2. ↑ Little Bit Of Everything (January 16, 2022). "Wilbur Soot VOD (Jan 15th 2022) - I've been minecraft ghosting all day today let's ghost more" (stream VOD).
3. ↑ Little Bit Of Everything (January 24, 2022). "Wilbur Soot VOD (Jan 23th 2022) - Wilbur and Ranboo stock the shelves" (stream VOD).
4. ↑ Dream Team Wiki. "Ghostbur" (wiki page).