Witherington

*This article is about the dungeon boss Witherington. You may be looking for the **Witherton** or **Witherton II**, wither farms built by Zen.*

## Ranks and Titles

* Sir
* Leader of Dragon Riders

## Affiliation

* Dragon Riders
* Dungeon Quest

**Witherington**, formally known as **Sir Witherington**, was a leader of the Dragon Riders and guardian of Frigid Floe during Dragonhollow's Fifth Era.

He was slain by Tox.

# Details

## Weapons and Tools

* *Witherington's Witherer* (Sharpness V, Knockback II, Looting IIII)
* *DragonRider Shield (Unbreaking III)*

## Armor

* *Witherington's Waistcoat* (Projectile Protection IV)
* *Witherington's Pantaloons* (Projectile Protection IV)
* *Witherington's Slippers* (Projectile Protection IV)

## Status Effects

* Strength II
* Resistance
* Regeneration II

## Drops

* *Witherington's Witherer*
* *Witherington's Walking Cane*
* *Witherington's Monocle*
* *DragonRider Shield*
* x1 Wither Skeleton Skull

## Notes

* Boss
* Glowed white through solid objects

# History

### Early Life

Witherington was amongst the oldest wither skeletons who came into existence in the Ancient Era many aeons before humanity.

It is possible he was a sentry for one of Rambro's Nether Fortresses. He became a member of the Dragon Riders, an affiliation that would have put him at odds with Rambro. He may have even participated in the Riders' invasion of Rambro's realm.

Witherington eventually became a leader of the Dragon Riders and began styling himself as nobility, insisting his followers address him as 'Sir'. His travels took him as far as Hallowmere, where his sword, monocle, and walking cane were found among ruins and Hyper Dungeons.

### Frigid Floe

At some point, Witherington entered into a rivalry with the leader of the Dragon Hunters, Lord Strayton the Third, and began to covet their Frigid Floe base of operations in Outer Pandora.

After gathering his strength, Witherington and his Dragon Riders captured the floating island. Strayton was forced into exile and his Dragon Hunters were killed, then revived as undead strays, becoming Witherington's enslaved minions.

Frigid Floe became his private lair.

### Final Days

In the Fifth Era, Eris began automatically assigning residents of Pandora into one of the three Dragon Clans. These humans were largely ignorant of history and thus did not recognize Witherington's claim on the Dragon Riders.

On 5E:104, the Archpriest HyperSilence chose Frigid Floe as a location for the Second Phase of Dungeon Quest II.

Seventeen days later, Retro and Tox arrived to raid Frigid Floe and steal its treasures. Though Retro fell in battle, Tox was able to clear the dungeon and face down Witherington within the inner chamber—a duel between two Dragon Riders.

The skeleton kept his bearded foe at bay with his poisonous blade, but Tox used the speed-enhancing ice terrain to his advantage and was able to land solid blows and then dart away. Frustrated by his own slow strides, Witherington tried to trap the man against a lapis lazuli block but was tagged by a rogue shulker bullet, leaving him to float embarassingly above the surface while Tox leisurely regained his health with golden apples. As he landed, Witherington faced one final flurry of strikes from Tox's diamond blade before being defeated, surrendering his golden armor and unique equipment.

His legacy was largely forgotten. By the Sixth Era, explorers who discovered the artifacts he left behind would often wonder who Sir Witherington had been.

# Behind the Scenes

*The following is out-of-universe information about the real world Dragonhollow.*

HyperSilence created Witherington as the boss of Frigid Floe. Though the dungeon had no written lore, Tox used Hyper's background lore for Strayton Place to deduce Witherington's history.