- NOTE: This article is only about Ivor's role in the first ~4 episodes of Season 1, where he is a villain, not about his role in the second half of Season 1 or the whole of Season 2, where he is a hero. For his roles following his redemption, click here.
| “ | I'm sorry this is how they have to learn the truth, but nothing built can last forever, Gabriel. | „ |
| ~ Ivor to Gabriel the Warrior before spawning the Wither Storm. |
Ivor is one of the main characters of the Minecraft: Story Mode series.
He is a disgruntled former member of the Order of the Stone who quit due to their lies. In retaliation, Ivor spawned a Wither Storm to prove that the Order is not what they claim to be (though there were arguably better ways to do so). After redeeming himself, he becomes a good mentor to Jesse.
He is voiced by the late Paul Reubens, who also voiced Willard Wyler in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Lock in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Biography[]
Background[]
Ivor, Soren, Gabriel, Ellegaard, and Magnus were once members of the Order of the Stone, a group of supposed legendary heroes. Along with the others, he embarked on many adventures until they became legends by defeating the Ender Dragon.
However, Ivor left the Order due to them lying about their legend and being nothing more than frauds: Instead of lifetime experience, study, and training, all of the Order members' powers and abilities were in fact, secretly granted by Soren with the use of the Command Block's reality-warping ability. In spite of them being able to use their granted powers for their early adventures, the Order was ultimately not ready to fight the Ender Dragon in their supposed legendary battle; prompting Soren to use Command Block again to "blink the dragon from existence" - this time, in front of his friends.
Gabriel, Ellegaard, and Magnus understood Soren when he revealed that his Command Block was the source of their powers, and even agreed to make up the story of their legendary battle to avoid facing ridicule for incapability to defeat the Ender Dragon.
From that incident onward and following their disbandment, despite the Order giving him their treasures in exchange for keeping the truth a secret, he vowed to get revenge on all of the members and came up with the idea to summon a special Wither, imbued with the power of the command block used to defeat the Ender Dragon in order to control it.
Season 1[]
Order of the Stone[]
Ivor was going to trade with Petra for a wither skull, and in return, Petra was going to get a diamond. When both Petra and Jesse travel back to the city, both of them go to a dark alley to trade with Ivor. However, Ivor isn't present, making Petra search for Ivor, while leaving Jesse behind in case Ivor comes.
Then, Ivor makes his first appearance and meets Jesse for the first time. Jesse tries to stall; depending on the player's choices, he may agree to wait for Petra or get frustrated and begin to leave. Petra comes back with the wither skull regardless. As Petra gives Ivor the wither skull, Ivor tells both of them to get the diamond from a nearby chest. However, when they open the chest, there is only Lapis Lazuli, confirming it was a scam all along.
Because of this, Petra joins Jesse's Gang and all of them try to find Ivor. When they found Ivor coming to Gabriel's presentation, they try to stop them, but the Usher blocks their path, stopping Jesse and his gang from getting past.
After they collect enough slimeballs to craft a slime block, Jesse jumps from a tent to break the glass of the chicken machine, the Usher is distracted by the chickens and runs away, letting them pursue Ivor. As they get into the building, Jesse and the game go down to the basement (AKA Ivor's lair) and try to find the diamond for Petra. Axel and Jesse find a Fancy Potion - which of the two steals it is determinant.
Ivor with the Iron Golem that he had just created.
However, Ivor came down the basement, surprising the gang. They all try to hide from Ivor, but they failed when Olivia accidentally knocked a potion off of the counter. When they get caught, however, Ivor spawns an Iron Golem, which chases the gang (and also causes them to leave Lukas behind).
With either choice Jesse makes (either rescuing Lukas or alerting Gabriel), Ivor comes and interrupts the keynote speech. After arguing with Gabriel, he then unleashes the Wither Storm, which terrifies the citizens, making them evacuate. Gabriel the Warrior wasn't able to stop it, but Ivor attempts to stop it himself by telling the "creature" to stop but also fails as well. Ivor then resorts to his "Fancy Potion", but since Axel/Jesse stole the real Potion, Ivor uses the wrong one which doesn't affect the Wither Storm.
Jesse grabs out Ivor's Fancy Potion and throws it at the Command Block, but the Wither Storm detected this and fully protected its Command Block core before he could throw it. As the Wither Storm grows, all of them evacuate as well and ran to Gabriel's temple. At Gabriel's temple, a nether portal is found and Jesse lights the portal up and some of his or her friends go through and Ivor follows after them.
After Jesse and Lukas are knocked into the Nether, the group (minus Petra) confront Ivor, where he tells Jesse that the minecart track is the only way out of the Nether before using an invisibility potion and vanishing.
Later on when Jesse and his/her friends find the temple of the Order, where it is revealed that Ivor was one of the members of the Order of the Stone, but was kicked out as he distrusted Gabriel.
Assembly Required[]
In Assembly Required, whilst Jesse and his or her friends use the Amulet to find Soren, Ivor shows up on the map, shocking Jesse's friends as well as the Order. They all agree to stop him before he arrives at Soren's hideout.
After Jesse is separated from Petra or Gabriel, he or she finds Ivor in the library, messing with the books. Even when Jesse asks him to calm down, he responds in a hostile manner and shoves him or her, and attempts to escape. He wants to stop the Order from destroying the Wither Storm and believes he can do it himself. Either Petra or Gabriel shows up to aid Jesse in fighting Ivor, depending on Jesse's choice on who to save in Episode 1, and the three fight it out with swords and potions. After the duel, Jesse's friends show up to stop him, cornering Ivor. However, he surprises them with a slowness potion and walks off, locking them in. He doesn't appear until Episode 4 but shows up at the beginning of Episode 3 walking away.
The Last Place You Look[]
Ivor doesn't appear until Episode 4 but shows up at the beginning of Episode 3 walking out of the library. As Jesse's Gang tries to stop him, Jesse himself tells Ivor either that he won't get away with his plans, he'll pay for them, or to come back and fight them, or he can say nothing. Nevertheless, Ivor completely ignores Jesse and walks out of the library with the doors slamming shut behind him.
A Block and a Hard Place[]
In A Block and a Hard Place, Ivor follows Jesse's Gang to a cave where they are hiding from the Wither Storm. He is seen arguing with Soren. Jesse interrupts and Ivor reveals that he has a plan to help them destroy the Wither Storm. He explains that Jesse's Gang is in danger because he programmed the Wither Storm to track the Amulet. Jesse reveals that he has the Amulet, which Ivor didn't know. Soren explains that they saw Endermen pull apart the Wither Storm, and they create a plan to lure the Wither Storm towards Soren's Fortress (which is infested with Endermen from the End flooding with water). Ivor explains that they are forgetting about the Command Block. He tells them that he has an Enchanted Book with the power of the Command Block itself in his fortress that they could use to create an Enchanted Weapon with the power to destroy the Command Block. Ivor tells them, however, that his fortress is in the Far Lands.
When Jesse's gang stumbles upon a swamp on their journey to the Far Lands, Jesse sees a witch hut and decides to steal a cake from the hut. But Ivor tells him or her about witches, and the player can either choose to warn his or her friends or steal the cake. Ivor is not seen again until Soren tells the truth about the Order, at Ivor's fortress in the Far Lands.
After Soren tells the truth to Jesse, Ivor barges into the room containing his Enchanted Book and tells Jesse about what the Order really is, along with why he unleashed the Wither Storm in the first place (which was to show the Minecraft world that the Order was a bunch of liars and cowards). Later when Jesse's gang returns to Soren's temple with the Enchanted tool, (player-determinant) Gabriel or Soren runs away from the gang, and Ivor pursues them. Ivor is seen again at Reuben's funeral. If the player decides to keep the truth about the Order hidden, Ivor will shake his head in disapproval and nod in approval if you let Gabriel tell the truth.
Quotes[]
| “ | Don't make yourselves the villains in my story. | „ |
| ~ Ivor to Jesse and Petra/Gabriel the Warrior. |
| “ | Jesse: There is more to life than survival! Ivor: Without survival, there is no life. |
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| ~ Ivor and Jesse argue depending on the player's choice. |
| “ | This isn't about the past! It's about the future! | „ |
| ~ Ivor arguing with Soren. |
| “ | Yes, it is I! Your friend Ivor... I'M A NINJA NOW, JESSE! | „ |
| ~ Ivor reunites with Jesse's gang. |
| “ | Adventure! | „ |
| ~ Ivor's catchphrase, which is also his closing Line in Episodes 6-8. |
| “ | Oh for goodness sake… I'm not letting that idiot get himself killed! | „ |
| ~ Ivor, after an amnesiac Gabriel runs off during the final confrontation with the Wither Storms (determinant). |
| “ | Jesse never even gave up on me… and I used to be a bad guy. | „ |
| ~ Ivor |
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Trivia[]
- Ivor is one of the few villains in the game who, gameplay-wise, can never directly kill Jesse.
- This is actually rather fitting, considering he just made poor decisions when enacting his revenge on the Order rather than an outright villain.
- However, he can kill Jesse in Below the Bedrock during his fight with the latter if he/she declined Porkchop's deal, therefore still possessing his/her sword, thanks to Romeo's identity theft.
- Ivor is one of the only four characters in the videogame Minecraft: Story Mode who appears in all eight episodes, along with Jesse, Petra (depending on player's choice), and Lukas.
External Links[]
- Ivor on the Heroes Wiki
- Ivor on the Minecraft: Story Mode Wiki
