Brayden (Minecraft)

*This article is about the character of The Altered Adventure Minecraft series. For his novel counterpart, see **Brayden**.*

**Brayden**, also known as the Prince of the Altered Universe, is a character on *The Altered Adventure*. He débuts in the seventh episode of the first volume. He is voiced by Adam.

## History

Before Gizzy's Arrival

Brayden is born to Jen and the King of the Altered Universe, King Alpha. Wanting their son to have a normal life, a trusted knight and good friend of Alpha's, Divine, swears to the king and his wife on the child's birth bed to protect him with his life as Divine decides to take care of Brayden himself. ("Five Nights at Freddy's", "Origin")

Growing up, not knowing that he's the Alpha's son, Brayden learns that he has the ability to emit a blinding flash of light as a result of being the son of a power born, but he decides to keep his power a secret. During Brayden's childhood, he becomes very close to Divine, seeing him as his father. ("What Lies Below")

Brayden, now a grown man, is told by Divine to hide in his farm for there is a demon coming to destroy the universe. Divine goes out with King Alpha to fight off the threat at Dawn's Opening, but Brayden follows the soldier to the battle, where he sees the king dead. Divine notices him and runs off, only to be told off by Divine for being there when he should have stayed at the farm. Suddenly, a huge quake occurs and Brayden assumes the Demon must've been defeated by the other four warriors. He then quickly realized that the king's powers were given to four of his soldiers and he quizzes Divine on why he didn’t get a power, and believes his friend is hiding something. Divine suggests that they go into hiding, but Brayden insists on saying goodbye to his friends first.

Brayden is revealed to have run away from home in hopes of figuring out what Divine's hiding from him. After wandering for a while, Brayden finds another village and makes it his new home. He meets Bill and Ben who help him settle in a his new home by becoming his new family. ("Origin")

Learning that the four soldiers with Alpha's powers become known as the Guardians and intend to rule the universe like the king, a secret organization between some inhabitants of the universe known as The Rebellion starts to form. The goal of this organization is to stop the oppressive reign of the Guardians. Brayden's entire village joins the cause. The Rebellion believes that the way to defeat the Guardians is to find someone known as The Chosen One who will open The Prophecy. To open The Prophecy, The Chosen One must obtain these items: Barath's Hammer, Elizabeth's Locket, Voice's Aura and Witch's Shield. ("The Last Warning")

Volume One

After becoming a miner, Brayden finds a man named Gizzy in his house. Gizzy reveals to Brayden the Barath Hammer. Brayden scurries off from his house once he notices the hammer. Gizzy tries to tell Brayden to not say anything about him having the Barath Hammer. After breaking some of the village crops, Gizzy runs way from the village out of fear that he might've done something wrong with the hammer. Soon after, Brayden talks to the guards of the village about the visitor. Brayden tells the guards the visitor had the Barath Hammer. The guards realize he might've been The Chosen One. ("The Grave Robbers")

The day after, Brayden discusses with one of the guards on how to help The Chosen One get to the Prophecy. Assuming that Gizzy knows how, they decide to hope Gizzy will come back to the village. Brayden decides to go hunting. That day, a visitor named Cib comes to village because he is wounded and needs medicine. While Brayden is hunting, the visitor blows up the entire village and kills all the NPCs to stop them from helping The Chosen One. Upon his return, Brayden watches as his home is blown up by Cib. ("Deception", "The Last Warning")

Days later, He finds Cib and Gizzy at the remains of the village. The two are talking about how Cib destroyed the village. Brayden warns Gizzy to run away from the duck. Brayden uses his ability of emitting a flash of light to distract Cib from following Gizzy.

Brayden soon gets away from Cib and meets up with Gizzy at Ender Island which was also destroyed. Brayden tells Gizzy he is The Chosen One and that he needs to get to The Prophecy. Gizzy becomes frustrated by all that has happened to him. Brayden says that he can join The Rebellion to stop the guardians from doing anymore harm. Brayden explains that members of The Rebellion are everywhere throughout the universe, but not all of the villages are part of it. Brayden questions Gizzy if he still has the Barath Hammer, but it was taken from him when he was captured by Ratchet. In order to get back the hammer, they decide to go back to the Earth Kingdom. ("The Last Warning")

Before going to the kingdom, Brayden thinks it's better to go to Higher Rank, the best village of The Rebellion. Gizzy complains about how long the trip there is and why Higher Rank is such a special village. Brayden replies that they're very close to it. They soon become lost, but he sees a battle tower that is close to the village. Gizzy starts to feel something strange. The strange feeling turns out to be a guardian teleporting him away.

Brayden decides to head on to the village without Gizzy to let The Rebellion know of Gizzy. He arrives at the village and states the password, "Tayren", to speak with the commander of The Rebellion, Tayren. The commander greets Brayden and questions him why he left his village. He replies by saying he has found The Chosen One named Gizzy. Tayren is filled with joy and asks Brayden about his whereabouts. Brayden tells him that Gizzy was teleported away by a guardian. Tayren tells Brayden that a battle will soon commence between The Rebellion and the Guardians. Tayren also states is hatred towards power-borns and how they weren't even born with powers, but were given to them. He tells Brayden the story of how is old village was destroyed by a group of power-borns long ago. Tayren tells Brayden that he is an NPC meaning that he can't be a power-born. Brayden quickly leaves knowing that Tayren hates power-borns and he might find out Brayden is half NPC and half power-born. ("Higher Rank")

Volume Two

Brayden is later summoned by Tayren to go search for Gizzy. He goes with two guards, Roger and Alex, to protect him if anything happens. ("Sanctuary")

On their journey, the three come across a house. They enter it to see if it contains any dangers. When he finds chests filled with items, Brayden suspects that Gizzy built it. Roger and Alex then start tearing up the house as commanded by Tayren. To stop them from destroying the house, Brayden uses his ability of light. To keep his secret about his ability, Brayden fatally injures Roger and kills Alex. He then flees the house as he realizes what he's done.("Jungle of Hope")

Brayden returns to Higher Rank and talks to the commander about what happened. He lies and tells him that Roger and Alex were killed by a pack of power-borns. Tayren believes him and tells him to go rest.

At Brayden's new home, Gizzy arrives at Higher Rank and is welcomed to stay by Brayden. Brayden decides to finally tell Gizzy the history of the guardians. He tells him of how the guardians came to be and how there were some difficulties with their powers. When Brayden talks about the King, Gizzy remembers that at the Jungle of Hope, he touched the body of the King. Brayden is delighted of the idea of the revival of the true ruler of the Altered Universe. During the conversation, the commander overhears them talking about Brayden being a power-born and swears he'll pay for what he has done. ("The King of Altered")

Gizzy decides to take a walk around the village. While Gizzy's out of the house, Tayren arrives at Brayden's home and kills him. Fortunately for Tayren, an assassin arrives to kill Gizzy, so Tayren plans to frame him for the murder. ("The Power Born")

## Powers and Abilities

* **Light Generation:** Brayden is able to generate light of various intensities for a short amount of time. Brayden most commonly uses this power to blind others for defensive purposes. Brayden has also shown that he's not always in control of his power, as shown when he accidentally creates a flash of light to Alex and Roger, so it may be possible that his powers originate from his temper. ("The Last Warning", "Jungle of Hope")

## Trivia

### Production

* Brayden narrates the "Previously on Altered Adventure" segment of "The King of Altered".