Benji

Benjamin the Fairy, better known as **Benji**, is a character on *The Altered Adventure*. He débuts in the sixth episode of the first volume. He is voiced by Ben, and was briefly voiced by Blake in "Divine" and "Five Nights at Freddy's".

## History

Before Gizzy's Arrival

Long ago, Sensei, a wise old man, creates a book called the FamGuide, containing many familiars able to aid in different ways to whoever summons them. Benji, the fairy familiar, is made to have the ability to cure any curses that causes transformations into mobs just by being summoned. He can also make him glide while falling and not take fall damage. Sensei, whom he calls father, stores him in the book so that he may be able to help those in need. ("Yandere Crypt")

At some point, Benji is summoned by a man named Dr. Jekyll to cure himself of a curse that causes him to turn into a vampire at night. His curse made him isolate himself within a dirt sphere high above sky, away from civilisation. Thankfully, by summoning the fairy, Benji manages to ale the Jekyll's curse, and the two become good friends in the process. However, Dr. Jekyll starts to develop a monstrous split personality as the price for being cured of the curse. Jekyll's alter-ego names himself Mr. Hyde and starts beheading innocent people for sport. As Benji is unable to do anything to fix his split personality problem, Dr. Jekyll desummons the fairy, putting him back in the FamGuide. ("Jekyll and Hyde")

Volume One

He's later summoned by Gizzy who was cursed by a werewolf. Upon being cured, Gizzy decides to de-summon him, but the fairy convinces him that he should stay for a bit longer. They both go visit Dr. Jekyll who lives secluded in a Dirt Sphere in the sky to learn about Gizzy's morphing abilities. Upon getting there, Jekyll teaches him how to to morph, but warns him he might forget who he is if he's morphed for too long. Before leaving, he transforms into Mr. Hyde. Gizzy and Benji both manage to flee with the help of Benji's gliding ability. ("Jekyll and Hyde")

The two decide to go to a graveyard to find the items Betsy stole from Gizzy that he died with. Benji is introduced to Voice, but don't get along with each other. They arrive at Betsy's grave and are surprised by his spirit. Still, they retrieve the items and dig up another grave belonging to Barath. While digging, Gizzy falls into the tomb and becomes paralyzed by Barath's spirit while Benji's abilities become disabled. Inside the grave, someone drops TNT but doesn't kill Gizzy and Benji. Fortunately, Betsy saves Gizzy from Barath and escape the crypt.

Later that day, the two come across a village. Gizzy is welcomed by the villagers and is healed by them. Accidentally, Gizzy reveals the item he got from the crypt to a villager named Brayden. Fearful that Gizzy did something wrong, they leave. ("The Grave Robbers")

Voice tells Gizzy he's found a way to get him back home. When they arrive at the place Voice told them to go, they are captured by Ratchet and later imprisoned at his kingdom. ("Deception")

While in prison, to make time go by, Gizzy tells Benji the story of he got to the Altered Universe. After he ends his story, Gizzy thinks of a way to get out. He realizes there's a block of dirt that can be eaten by an ant. With the help of his morphing abilities, Gizzy becomes an ant and escapes. ("Cruise")

After escaping Ratchet's clutches, Gizzy retreats to a cave full of Lucky Blocks inhabited by Gypsy. Claiming he has the power to see the future, he asks Gizzy to remove all the lava in the cavern in exchange for a reading of his future. After taking care of the lava, Gypsy predicts that Gizzy isn't going back home. He doesn't believe the psychic and instead decides to go to the prophecy, with the help of the village. ("Lucky Block Cavern")

Gizzy is alarmed to see that the village's been destroyed, and see Cib standing in the ruins of it. He confesses he's the one that blew up the town and was the one who dropped TNT back at the graveyard. They manage to escape the duck with the help of a surviving villager, Brayden. Seeing that Ender Island's been also destroyed, Brayden convinces them to join The Rebellion and go to Higher Rank. ("The Last Warning")

On their journey to Higher Rank, Gizzy and Benji are teleported away by a guardian. Letvia, the water guardian, says she's brought them here to know Gizzy's intentions in the Altered Universe. He lies and says he's not going to the prophecy. Letvia takes them back to where they were before but notice Brayden left. Gizzy decides it's better to go on his own and plans on building a sanctuary. ("Higher Rank")

Volume Two

After completing his new home, Gizzy decides it's best if Benji shouldn't be with him anymore. Benji disagrees but can't his master resist and is de-summoned. ("Sanctuary")

After some time, Benji is re-summoned by Gizzy and greets him. ("Ratchet and the Ritual")

It is revealed Gizzy only summoned Benji because he finally developed a split personality. Not knowing anything about it, Benji suggests that maybe Dr. Jekyll might know something. Arriving at the Dirt Sphere, they see that Mr. Hyde's been more active because of the number of heads on the wall. When asked about split personalities, he tells him they are activated by a "trigger". He assumes that death must be his trigger since he transformed when he saw Brayden dead. Jekyll soon transforms into Hyde, but Gizzy and Benji escape, again. ("Take Back Your Life")

Gizzy says he's continuing his quest to the prophecy and has now acquired two prophecy items. The next one is at the graveyard, Elizabeth Locket. Returning to the graveyard, Gizzy digs up Elizabeth's grave and retrieves the locket, but are frightened when Elizabeth's spirit stops them. She tells them that if he goes tot he prophecy, it will destroy the Altered Universe. When finally describing what the prophecy is, Elizabeth is cutoff due to having a limited time as a spirit. Gizzy keeps on going, only needing one more item. ("Divine")

Gizzy soon becomes lost while getting back home so that he could talk to Witch about the final item. He's startled when three robot animatronics show up in front of him in the middle of a jungle. He tries avoiding them, but fourth shows up and hurts Benji. Somehow, Gizzy transforms into a split personality. He wakes up and remembers nothing. He concludes that death must not be trigger, but instead it's friends getting hurt. Benji agrees that the theory is sound. In order to get back home, Gizzy throws away his Pendant of Luck so that Witch can find them and get them back home. ("Five Nights at Freddy's")

Witch teleports Gizzy and Benji back to Gizzy's Sanctuary. Before going inside, Gizzy spots TNT in the house, so he enters through the broken windows. Upstairs, he is shocked to find Yoshi who wanted him to die or else he died. He tries to get Witch to help, but is unable to break a such a sacred agreement. Even though Gizzy asked Witch for help, it was too late, Yoshi had died. Due to seeing his friend getting hurt, Gizzy transforms into his split personality. While transformed, he buries Yoshi outside of the Sanctuary. After returning back to normal, he continues his adventure and promises that he'll somehow revive him. Meanwhile, Witch tells him to obtain the final item, Voice Aura, he must kill Voice. Gizzy is unable to do such a thing and runs away from him. ("Waiting for Superman")

Gizzy begins contemplating whether or not he should actually kill Voice. Benji thinks he should. he starts strolling through the land and falls in quicksand. In order to get out, Gizzy must turn into a split personality by Benji hurting himself. After finding out he doesn't transform when Benji hurts himself, Benji decides to get poisoned. He manages to transform and escape the deadly trap, but realizes the poison is fatal. To save him, he de-summons him to make the healing process faster. ("Passage of the Earth")

Volume Three

Days later, Benji successfully heals and is resummoned by Gizzy outside of the Broken Church. He gladly greets him and is happy to see him, but sees another man nearby. Gizzy states that a lot has happened while he was away and says that he'll try to catch him up to recent events, including Voice's death. ("Hear My Voice")

Gizzy and Benji, along with a man named Divine who's helping Gizzy to the Prophecy which is revealed to be containing a monstrous demon, get as far as possible from the church where Voice just died. The three discuss their next course of action, where Divine suggest that they continue their quest to the Prophecy, while Gizzy remains uncertain. Later, Gizzy spots a group of Lucky Blocks situated nearby and goes to break them, but Divine warns him that they look suspiscious. The Chosen One dismisses his advice and runs to them anyway, but before he can touch the blocks, Gizzy falls into a hole, but glides thanks to Benji. The two soon find themselves in a cage, slowly being cooked to be made into a feast. Gizzy notices four humanoids watching him, all speaking a strange language that only Gizzy cannot understand, similar to how Ratchet spoke. Knowing their species, Benji explains to Gizzy that they're the Green Blood species, a race that's hunted down by the Bowsmen. Able to understand, Benji translate the men's words and telling them to Gizzy, who tries pleading for his life. Knowing of Ratchet and his current situation, Gizzy reveals that he last saw him at the Broken Church and appeared very ill. Even with Ratchet's whereabouts, the Green Bloods carry on with their ceremony. Suddenly, Gizzy transforms into his split personality, only this time he's able to control it. Meanwhile, Divine arrives to save Gizzy and Benji from the tribe. With his super strength, Gizzy breaks through the bars and escapes the den with Divine. With the problem solved, Gizzy tries changing back to his normal self, but stays as his split personality, which he named the Canine. Benji suggest that they go see Sensei who can help train Gizzy and his split personality, to which the group agrees on. ("The Green Bloods")

Leading the gang to Sensei, the three men arrive at Sensei's grand dojo. They enter the large domain where they are greeted by the voice of Sensei, who challenges them to fight in the green room. After looking for a while, they find the green room and meet Sensei in person. Gizzy states that he doesn't want to fight and needs his help on controlling his split personality that he's currently stuck as. To convince him, Gizzy shows him Benji, to which he happily addresses him as his father, surprising Gizzy. Benji explains that Sensei is the original creator of the FamGuide, thus making him his technical father. With everything cleared up, Sensei agrees to help Gizzy train his split personality, but only if he can stop his enemy, Yandere-chan. Sensei tells them that Yandere has been trying to kill him multiple times at night, but he's managed to evade her thanks to his large home. The group accepts the side-quest, venturing into Yandere's crypt within a nearby ravine. They find Yandere, who states her intentions of trying to kill Sensei in order for them to be together forever. With no other choice, Gizzy unknowingly uses his air powers to throw Yandere-chan into a pool of lava, killing her. Gizzy discovers that he possesses the Air Element, making him the Air Guardian. With his Guardian powers, he teleports himself, Divine and Benji back to Sensei, where they tell him that they successfully stopped Yandere and can now start their training. ("Yandere Crypt")

After Gizzy has completed his training and decides to go to the Prophecy, Ratchet as a voice arrives to dojo. Benji acts as a translator for Gizzy, who doesn't understand Ratchet's language until he is bitten by the Bludder Sharks, and says that Ratchet is angry and wants revenge. However, after Gizzy gets bitten by the Bludder Shark and befriends Ratchet, Ratchet joins the Gizzy, Benji, Divine and Sensei to go to the Prophecy ("Guardians vs Rebellions").

On their journey, the gang encounters the Wolf Pack, the group who turned Gizzy into a werewolf and killed Bash. The gang tries to run, but Divine stays behind to face the Wolf Pack to avenge Bash's death. Then the group comes back to rescue Divine, Sensei stays behind to face the Wolf Pack and buy them time to flee. Benji is afraid for Sensei's safety, but goes with the rest of the gang to continue their journey. ("The Final Betrayal")

When night falls, Gizzy, Divine, Benji and Ratchet find a mossy stone building to rest in. Divine and Ratchet sleep while Gizzy and Benji keep guard. Gizzy curiously combines all four of the Prophecy items in a crafting grid, which triggers his teleportation to the Spirit World. This leaves Benji alone with the four Prophecy items, Divine and Ratchet. The remaining group decide to take the four Prophecy items and continue their journey to the Prophecy, hoping to meet Gizzy there. ("The Spirit World")

Finally, Benji, Ratchet, and Divine arrive to the Prophecy, where they hear the Demon from behind the gate. Divine states that they are here to kill the Demon, but the Demon tells that the cyborg is lying and instead wants to stop the Guardians to quench his jealousy. Benji asks Divine if this is true. Overwhelmed, Divine slowly backs away in shame, and accidentally falls through a hole in the stone, encountering a cavern full of hungry spiders and their Queen. Benji and Ratchet have to save Divine because his life is in danger and he has the Prophecy items, but the two are unable to do anything. So they go search for Gizzy who could help. ("Friends with the Enemy")

When Gizzy arrives to the Prophecy, Benji greets his friend. The Chosen One informed the fairy that he has heard about Divine's situation and his new companion, Jen, has gone to rescue the cyborg. As they wait for Divine to return with the Prophecy items to free the Demon, Gizzy starts having doubts if he can kill the Demon. Gizzy then thinks that he should just open the Prophecy to free Aurona and the Demon, and leave Altered with Aurona and let the Demon roam free. This idea shocks Benji. So instead, he suggests that Gizzy doesn't open the Prophecy at all and just live with Altered with his friends. Ratchet (who has just arrived) agrees with this, while Divine, Jen and Inferno (who have also just arrived) disagree. Ultimately, Gizzy decides to not open the Prophecy, which Benji and Ratchet, and even Divine and Jen, support. However, Inferno is furious and pushes Gizzy into the Prophecy, causing the gate to unlock. ("The Demon Slayer")

The Demon is released. Gizzy charges at the Demon, but is knocked unconscious. Benji tries to wake him up. Meanwhile Witch, Alpha, Letvia and Gail teleport to the scene. The Demon kills Witch and leaves the volcano with Inferno following. Alpha orders Benji to stay with Gizzy as the others keep an eye on the Demon and try to stall time.

Finally, Gizzy recovers and wakes up. Benji tells him to change into his split personality. However, Gizzy is filled with fear and self-doubt. Benji, along with Alpha, encourages and supports him, which gives Gizzy confidence. So, Gizzy transforms into Canine and goes after the Demon. Gizzy fights the Demon with the help of the four elements, the King's Sword, Voice, Gail and Letvia. However, the Demon eventually gains the upper hand and takes the King's Sword. Gizzy thinks this is the end. However, at the last moment, Benji gets an idea, tells Gizzy goodbye, and flies into the Demon's eyes. Benji blinds the Demon, but is killed during the process. This allows Gizzy to finally kill the Demon and save the world. ("The Prophecy")

## Trivia

### Production

* Benji narrates the "Previously on Altered Adventure" segment of "Deception".

## Appearances

* Benji's in-game model appears on the FamGuide GUI in "Jekyll and Hyde", "Sanctuary", "Ratchet and the Ritual", "Passage of the Earth", and "Hear My Voice".