Friend (often stylized as friend) was Ghostbur's therapy sheep. Friend was a blue sheep (spawned as a white sheep) that Ghostbur found while traveling with the Butcher Army on their way to detain Technoblade. Ghostbur decided to keep Friend as a pet and brought him along back to L'Manberg, much to the chagrin of the rest of the Butcher Army.
History[]
Friend was discovered by Ghostbur after being told to go into the wilderness near Technoblade's cabin by Dream. According to Ghostbur, Friend nudged his hand while he held blue dye, causing him to dye the sheep blue. After dyeing the sheep, Ghostbur asked Technoblade for a lead.[1]
While the Butcher Army navigated back towards L'Manberg with Technoblade and Carl, the Butcher Army found themselves unable to escort Carl through the water since adult horses are unable to ride in boats. After Quackity asked if anyone had a lead, Ghostbur, who was using a lead to bring Friend with him, answered that he had one and offered to lend his lead to the Butcher Army in exchange for putting Friend in a boat with him along with a name tag so he could name the blue sheep. The Butcher Army then complied, and Ghostbur was able to bring Friend back to L'Manberg.[2]
During Technoblade's execution, Ghostbur was walking into L'Manberg when he noticed Technoblade in a cage. He called out to Techno, stating, "Technoblade, Technoblade! I've named him — I've named him Friend." This to which Techno replied, "That's fantastic, Ghostbur. That's fantastic. I'm about to die, Ghostbur." Directly after this conversation, Quackity pulled the lever on Techno's execution chamber.[3]
After Techno's escape, Ghostbur showed Friend to Philza, even giving him Friend's first coat. Phil kept the wool and snuck out during his house arrest in order to feed Friend and make him grow a new coat. When Friend ate grass for the first time, Ghostbur was elated, and Phil brought Friend back inside to Ghostbur.[4] After Ghostbur asked about the amount of canon lives Friend has, Phil stated Ghostbur that Friend has infinite canon lives.[5]
First death and respawn[]
While traveling to Technoblade's cabin with Ranboo the same day that the Butcher Army attempted to execute Technoblade, Ghostbur accidentally killed Friend with an axe while mining logs at Tubbo's dock.[6] Ghostbur quickly repressed the memory with blue and went searching for Friend while looking for Techno's cabin. However, Ghostbur failed to find Friend before he and Ranboo located Technoblade's cabin.[7]
In order to gain trust with Ghostbur while searching for Tommy, Dream brought Ghostbur a respawned Friend at Technoblade's cabin. Ghostbur hid Friend in Techno's cabin, protecting him until Tommy built his home with a pen for the blue sheep.[8] Friend stayed at the holiday home for several days until Ghostbur moved Friend back to L'Manberg where he let Phil look after Friend.[9] However, the same day, Phil also defected from L'Manberg, leaving Friend behind.
Second death and respawn[]
During the Doomsday War, Friend was killed by TNT in Phil's house.[10] After being told about how Phil was involved with the destruction of L'Manberg, Ghostbur confronted Phil for destroying the country and not keeping Friend safe. At the same time, Ghostbur asked to be sacrificed and for Wilbur to return.[11] A few days later during the first resurrection attempt, Phil and Ghostbur recreated the scene of Wilbur pressing the button during the Manberg vs Pogtopia War. After their attempt failed, Ghostbur suggested that they recreate the scene with Friend present. Everyone then scattered and looked around, and Eret found Friend trapped in bamboo next to the Hall of Fame while Wilbur's internet was out. Shortly after Wilbur returned, the group brought Friend to the shrine and recreated the scene again. The attempt failed again, and Friend was left tied to a post at the shrine.[12]
Imprisonment[]
Sometime between the resurrection attempt and January 20, 2021, Dream took and imprisoned Friend in his secret vault. Dream constructed the vault as a place to house everyone's favorite possession for power, and Friend was Ghostbur's prized possession. When revealing the vault to Tommy and Tubbo, Friend was found in one of the animal pens.[13]
Attempt at safekeeping and disappearance[]
On April 1, 2021, Tommy and Ranboo retrieved Friend from Dream's vault and left him in Tommy's home.[14] The day after Tommy and Ranboo rescued Friend, Tommy and Ranboo attempted to take Friend to safety in the sky courthouse. However, Friend disappeared while the two explored the courthouse. Upon finding that Friend was missing, the two questioned Jack Manifold and Foolish Gamers, who were the other players on at the time. The two stated that they did not take Friend, and the four attempted to find Friend but failed. After Tommy logged out for the day, Ranboo found Friend at the same place he and Tommy originally left Friend. Ranboo left Friend in the Bee n' Boo hotel for safekeeping and moved onto other tasks.[15] Foolish later revealed that he moved Friend and hid him in Bad and Skeppy's mansion.[16][17]
Third death[]
While speaking with Wilbur and Tommy after Wilbur's resurrection, Skeppy, not knowing the extent of melee damage that a trident does, accidently killed Friend with a trident punch. Skeppy ran away, saying it was a troll, and Wilbur stated that Skeppy "Skep'd" Friend.[18]
Reunion with Ghostbur[]
On August 10, 2022, Wilbur proposed to Nihachu that they make it up to Ghostbur, who was trapped in the Afterlife, by sending his pet Friend to him. Since Friend had infinite canon lives, the two had to persuade DreamXD to remove all of Friend's canon lives. With the help of ConnorEatsPants, who broke the rules by installing an X-ray texture pack, the two summoned the server god and attempted to make their request. DreamXD granted the request and revoked the infinite lives, but also killed Connor on the spot since he wanted a human soul. Once their wish was granted, Friend was sheared and slain by Wilbur with an axe.[19] At the end of Wilbur's Dream SMP finale, it was confirmed that Friend now resides in Ghostbur's Afterlife.[20]
Philza's hardcore world[]
Philza's hardcore world sheep named "enemy"
As a reference to Friend, Philza named a red sheep in his hardcore world "enemy." Enemy resides in the blaze empress castle as a pet.[21] At the same time, Phil also has a blue sheep named "Friend," who is currently tied to a fence post outside of his home in replacement of the water sheep that was sacrificed to get PewDiePie back into Minecraft.[22]
Trivia[]
- Wilbur (while breaking character) hinted at the possibility of unreliable narrators twice while discussing Friend during the first resurrection attempt.
- Wilbur first brought up the possibility of the unreliable narrator while mentioning how Dream brought Friend to Ghostbur.[23]
- Wilbur mentioned how Phil may have lied about how Friend has infinite canon lives in order to cheer Ghostbur up.[24]
- Wilbur (out-of-character) later confirmed that Friend does have infinite canon lives.[25]
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