Warden

The Warden is an upcoming mob in Minecraft and a character in AVM Shorts. It serves as the deuteragonist of The Warden.

History
He is first seen when The Second Coming destroys a Skulk Sensor, accidentally alerting a Warden. The Warden chases TSC to the Deep Dark City where The Second Coming manages to hide for some time. While trying to escape, TSC is ambushed by the Warden (who was hiding within a mass of Skulk), and is chased further into the ruins of the city.

While running, The Second Coming finds a room to hide in from the Warden, and realizes the Warden's ability to sense vibrational frequencies emitted from motion and sounds, but its inability to see. Discovering a chest, The Second Coming attempts to reach it, however is found by the Warden, via its vibrational detection. The Warden quickly finds The Second Coming inside the room, and chases him once more. The Second Coming uses a candle to lure the Warden away, and is able to loot the chest of its materials. The Warden, however, detects this, and chases The Second Coming once more.

When the Warden closes in on The Second Coming once more, The Second Coming distracts the Warden again, this time with an Enchanted Golden Apple. Running away, TSC slides into a narrow tunnel to get out of the reach of the Warden. The Warden, however, manages to destroy the tunnel after some time. The Second Coming goes further inside the tunnel, however finds himself trapped. After attempting to break through the tunnel to escape, The Second Coming reads the book he took from the chest back in the city. Finding out that the book contains sheet music for a song, The Second Coming creates a makeshift flute with a candle and a stick. The Second Coming plays the music, which incapacitates the Warden. The Warden, remembering its time when the Deep Dark City was inhabited by Villagers, as well as the Warden itself, thanks The Second Coming for playing the song, and befriends him. The Warden then helps The Second Coming with escaping the Deep Dark, and agrees to aid him in the fight against King Orange.

As the Warden and The Second Coming emerge from the Nether Portal, they attacked King Orange who was planning to retrieve the Master Block. Despite gaining a boost of power via harnessing a gold block with his scepter, King Orange ends up outclassed and defeated by the Warden. However, King Orange recovers the Master Block, and prepares to fight his two adversaries once more.

Personality and characteristics
Initially, the Warden is an aggressive monster that attacks any intruders it can hear nearby. It chases The Second Coming non-stop when it angered him. As a blind mob, the Warden relies on sensing vibrations in order to track its target. Because of this it can be distracted by items thrown. After a while, it is shown that The Warden is also shown to have a soft side. It was supposed to be the guardian of the Deep Dark City and used to live happily with the ancient villagers that lived there. When The Second Coming played the song of the ancient villagers, this reminded the Warden of the old times and befriends The Second Coming. After he allied with The Second Coming it seems that the Warden has its flaws fixed as it can now chase its target properly without getting distracted with the guidance of The Second Coming.

Abilities
Enhanced Speed: The Warden is a fast runner, being able to cover a large amount of ground in only a matter of seconds. During their fight against King Orange, the Warden was shown to have immense speed and agility, easily catching up with King Orange despite being trapped into the wall surfaces multiple times.

Immense Strength: The Warden has a tremendous amount of strength, and is able to perform superhuman feats, such as leaping from the Deep Dark all the way up to the roof of the cave. The Warden is also considerably strong in battle, being able to overwhelm King Orange even after the latter gains increased strength and durability through harnessing a gold block, and send him flying from one side of the bastion to the other in a single punch.

Vibration Detector: A notable ability of the Warden allows them to pick up vibrational frequencies. Even though it is blind, the Warden has a Sculk Sensor-like head that it uses to find its target. The Warden can detect vibrations, even ones that aren't made by the player so it can be used to distract it by throwing items, which makes it the Warden's fatal flaw.

Sculk Link: The Warden is able to transmigrate and conceal itself within large patches of sculk flora, as well as be alerted by the destruction of Sculk Sensors

Block Breaking: Because of the Warden's strength, it is able to break blocks to chase its target even if it's on the other side of a wall.

Partner Synchronization: Since the Warden is blind, and the fact that it can get distracted, it needs a partner to guide it, like the Second Coming, who rides on the Warden's shoulders to guide it and fight enemies like King Orange. And the Warden can mimic The Second Coming's fight stances by sound, syncing with him.