- "You probably think that thing makes you so special. Classic Jesse. You take all the best stuff and never give anyone else a chance. That should've been ours. "
- —Aiden to Jesse about the Enchanted Flint and Steel. src
- "What hope do we have when "Heroes" like you are throwing your weight around like this? It's not always going to be this way, though."
- —Aiden to Jesse. src
- "You just can't stand to see someone else in the spotlight, can you? You just can't let anyone else win! It just drives you crazy to see someone else succeed, doesn't it?!"
- —Aiden to Jesse. src
Aiden is a minor antagonist in the first season of Minecraft: Story Mode developed by Telltale Games, He makes his first appearance in "The Order Of the Stone" as one of the former members of The Ocelots, a team of builders that served as the rivals to Jesse's Gang. Eventually, Aiden becomes jealous of Jesse's fame and forms The Blaze Rods in order to beat them. He is voiced by Matthew Mercer.
He is the second episodic antagonist of the series, preceding The White Pumpkin, PAMA, Mevia, Hadrian, and Romeo.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
Aiden has brown hair, olive green eyes and slightly desaturated white skin (which appears more saturated and red on the Netflix edition), and wears a black leather jacket with the face of an ocelot (two crossed blaze rods in "Order Up!") on it. Under this, he wears a green shirt with yellow buttons similar to Magnus' armor, possibly merchandise. Later on episode five, he wears armor similar to that of a Roman gladiator, which also resembles the arms and legs of Soren's armor.
Personality[]
- "Hand over the flint and steel, Jesse. Don't make me ask again. You don't get that one. It's supposed to be mine. Haven't you taken enough?"
- —Aiden to Jesse. src
Aiden, at first, appears to be mean, mocking, and ruthless. Much like the other Ocelots (minus Lukas), he behaves like a stereotypical verbal bully. He tends to make offensive jokes to whoever he judges to be under his level, even if they are eventually above him. Jesse and his friends are major targets of his taunts, even as the New Order.
He is also a sore loser and lacks morality. Such as when Jesse's building managed to impress the jury at the EnderCon Building Competition, Aiden was unable to accept it and angrily broke a cobblestone block holding back lava that, when unleashed, set fire to Reuben's costume, leading him to stray in the woods. burning Jesse's building if they get Olivia and Axel to come along with them to find their pig. He faces no repercussions for his actions and will still win the building competition(determinant). Later on at Endercon, when meeting Jesse again, he makes fun of the incident in front of them, clearly remorseless and uncaring that Reuben got lost and could have gotten seriously injured, much to Jesse's anger who then shoves him out of their way.
if Jesse allows Lukas to go after the rest of the Ocelots, Aiden will help Jesse's gang destroy the Wither Storm by distracting it with fireworks.
Upon his return in "Order Up!", Aiden has devolved into an outright megalomaniac: his lack of humility, sheer arrogance, and impulsive tendencies border on outright insanity and his treatment of his teammates has become heavily one-sided, He appears to have an inferiority and superiority complex at the same time, believing himself to be better than Jesse and their group, and becoming heavily frustrated, angered when Jesse's group succeed. His hunger for power and fame causes him to abuse, lie, and cheat his way to removing Jesse and the Founder from the Sky City, now claiming it as "his world", once more demonstrating his psychopathic megalomania. Despite that, Aiden is surprisingly self-righteous, believing that he is supposed to be a hero and Jesse is a villain, being highly jealous of their success, to the point of trying to outright murder them.
He is also shown to be hypocritical, such as when he begs Jesse not to hurt him after his defeat, despite the fact that he physically hurt lots of people, including Gill, Lukas and numerous citizens of Sky City through the use of spawn eggs.
Aiden is also highly manipulative and, when he wants to be, charismatic. This is shown when he and the Blaze Rods get to Sky City not long before the Order of the Stone, and in a short amount of time, gained upmost trust from the Founder and convinced the citizens of Sky City that the Order of the Stone are tyrants. He is also shown sucking up to the Founder, being unnaturally polite towards her. Despite this, he makes no attempt to act gentle towards Reginald, the Captain of the Guard, such as when he shoved him out of his way in the Founder's throne room.
As soon as Aiden gets his hands on the Eversource, the treasure Sky City thrives on. He drops his affable facade and openly betrays the Founder, clearly not caring what happens to Sky City.
Despite his sociopathic qualities, when cornered and left defenseless, Aiden immediately loses his confidence and openly shows cowardice, surrendering and begging not to be hurt. This is shown during his final duel with Jesse, after he loses his sword. If Jesse takes Aiden to safety, he will begin to see the error of his ways and apologizes to Jesse for causing so much trouble. He shows a desire to redeem himself for his crimes, and will say that he won't try to compete with Jesse anymore(determinant). However, if the player chooses to either send him over or leaves him, then Aiden will glare at Jesse after being arrested, showing that he will still hold some grudge against them. But it seems that this grudge subsided as in the Season 2 finale, Above and Beyond, if the player stays behind in Beacontown, Radar will read out the latest correspondence to Jesse, one of which is from Aiden, who says he will redeem himself.
Background[]
Like many characters in the game, not much is known about Aiden's backstory, except that he is a member of the Ocelots, who are long time rivals to Jesse's Gang. He always bullies Jesse and their gang for losing every year at the building competition.
Quotes[]
- "Well, well, well, if it isn't the Order of the losers."
- —Aiden to Jesse's Gang when they arrived to the building competition. src
- "There'll be plenty of time for you all to look at it after it wins and gets shown at Endercon."
- —Aiden to Jesse's Gang. src
- "Maybe not all of you. Endercon doesn't allow outside food or drink. I'm talking about your pig. I'm saying he's food."
- —Aiden ridiculing Reuben. src
- "Oh, no! A fireworks dispenser?! I'm soooo scared!"
- —Aiden to Jesse's Gang. src
- "What? No way... It's just a bunch of dyed wool!"
- —Aiden expressing his jealousy towards Jesse's build. src
- "Well, if it isn't team trash bag! How's your stupid pig? I heard intense heat causes brain damage. It does boost the flavor something crazy, though."
- —Aiden to Jesse at EnderCon about Reuben's incident. src
- "Well, well. Where'd you get the new toy? Looks a little sophisticated for you, Jesse."
- —Aiden to Jesse's Gang. src
- "Oh. I get it. The "Order of The Stone" is so fancy that they don't even recognize us anymore."
- —Aiden to Jesse's Gang. src
- "It's not enough you got to save the world, you had to go and take all the world's best stuff, too. So if I want my own stuff, that means I need to take it. From you."
- —Aiden to Jesse. (Determinant) src
- "Boy. When you put it like that, I almost feel bad. Yep. 'Fraid I'M going to be taking the chicken. It's mine now."
- —Aiden to Isa. src
- "Someone ordered eggs?"
- —Aiden to Jesse's Gang, Isa, and Milo. src
- "Wait wait wait, hang on. Hang on I... I surrender. I surrender. We can talk about this, right? Here... Here! You want your flint and steel back, huh? Take it! It's yours! Just, please. Don't hurt me."
- —Aiden to Jesse. src
- "Oh, uh, hi, Jesse. I'm... I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry to cause all that trouble. I can see where it all went wrong. I've... got some regrets to say the least."
- —Aiden to Jesse if they took him. (Determinant) src
Inventory[]
The Order of the Stone[]
- Beacon
- Stained Glass
A Block and a Hard Place[]
- Firework Rockets (Determinant)
Order Up![]
- Enchanted Diamond Sword (Formerly)
- Enchanted Flint and Steel (Temporarily)
- Spawn Eggs
- Carrots
Appearances[]
Season One[]
- The Order of the Stone
- A Block and a Hard Place (Determinant)
- Order Up!
Season Two[]
- Above and Beyond (Determinant Mention)
Trivia[]
- Besides Aiden, Otis, TNT Dustin, and the Schoolboy are also voiced by Matthew Mercer.
- Aiden is the first antagonist in Minecraft Story Mode who can directly kill Jesse with a sword if they don't react quickly enough. (While Jesse does have a sword fight with Ivor earlier, Ivor won't kill Jesse if they don't react fast enough.)
- After Aiden is defeated, if Jesse takes him to safety and later tells him to make a new start, Aiden will show interest in building himself a house and becoming a writer.
- If Jesse chooses to send Aiden over or leave him behind in "Order Up!", Aiden will later glare at Jesse rather than speak with them after the descent.
- If Jesse chooses to help Lukas instead of Isa, they have the option to knock out one of Aiden's teeth.
- It is unknown what happened to Aiden after he was arrested.
- Oddly, if Jesse allows Aiden to help defeat the Wither Storm, in Episode 4 Aiden, Maya, and Gill can be seen, cheering in the crowd.
- If Jesse decided to stay in Beacontown in "Above and Beyond" and allowed Radar to complete his monologue, Radar mentions that Jesse received a letter from Aiden, asking for a way to redeem himself. It also shows Aiden found a way back to their world.
- Aiden's shirt is supposed to look similar to Magnus' shirt. [1]
Gallery[]
For all images related to Aiden, see Aiden/Gallery.