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The Wither Storm is an enormous, alien-like mob and an advanced Wither that served as the main antagonist for the first four episodes of Season 1 of Minecraft: Story Mode.

It was created by Ivor through the use of the Command Block, three wither skulls, and soul sand. It was destroyed by Jesse's Gang in the conclusion of the fourth episode, "A Block and a Hard Place." It was programmed to follow Gabriel the Warrior's amulet. However, due to some mishaps, it became out of control and unstoppable, destroying everything in the way of the amulet.

Appearance
When created, the Wither Storm appeared to be a regular Wither with a Command Block within its chest. Though as it began to pull in the surrounding blocks, it quickly transformed into a gigantic, black creature with long, powerful tentacles along with three heads. Each head has one purple, glowing eye and a large set of mandibles. When it picks up blocks to build its body, they turn into an ash-like block that is absorbed into it. The interior is similar with the exception of purple and gray variants of the blocks or mobs it has absorbed.

While the Wither Storm still held some of the similarities as a normal wither, it contained a few enderman-esque qualities as well. This is likely either due to the command block being used to erase the Ender Dragon out of existence or withering being similar to the corrupted-like state the End represents. Some examples being the tractor beam being able to pull blocks and objects towards itself which can be compared to the abilities of the Endermen picking up blocks. Both are able to manipulate a block's location without tools or breaking it. The Wither Storm's tractor beam and certain absorbed objects were also purple; the associated color of the End and corruption. It also has visual similarities to Minecraft Dungeons:Heart of Ender, though it was created after Minecraft Storymode.

At the end of "The Last Place You Look", the Wither Storm was split into three separate entities. Two of them resembled slightly smaller versions of the original. The other one was the main Wither Storm monster; it had the largest body and held the Command Block inside.

Abilities
The Wither Storm was a very powerful creature. It gained its extraordinary capabilities with the help of the Command Block. Its powers were:


 * Firing Wither Skulls that explode violently on contact, leaving behind an accumulation of Flames. Flames are not created by normal Withers due to a bug that crashes Java.
 * Using a tractor beam to pull in any entity, block, or person within it. Being left in the beam for too long can inflict people with the Wither (effect} or Wither Sickness.
 * Using its several tentacles to break through any block (including Obsidian) and to attack from a distance.
 * Possessing an immense degree of durability as it is shown to have survived the detonation of the Formidi-Bomb at point-blank range.
 * Regeneration, as long as the Command Block was intact.
 * Splitting and creating progenies of itself if separated into pieces once linked to the original. If the original Wither Storm who had Command Block dies, its progenies die along with it.
 * Forming and activating additional heads as well as tentacles inside its body cavity to protect the Command Block inside.
 * Tracking the Order's Amulet unless it is in the Nether or the End.

Victims
The list below shows the victims the Wither Storm has killed:


 * Magnus the Rogue (Determinant).
 * Ellegaard the Redstone Engineer (Determinant).
 * Reuben (Indirectly).
 * Several Hostile Mobs.
 * Possibly a few Humans (indirectly).

Death
Killed By:
 * Jesse
 * Reuben (assisted)

The Wither Storm was powered by the Command Block, so to defeat it, Jesse used an enchanted weapon (with Command Block powers) to destroy the Command Block. Reuben helped by retrieving the enchanted weapon for Jesse and bringing it to them, though endangering himself in the process. This defeated the Wither Storm and assured it would never reanimate back to life.

Trivia

 * The Wither Storm is the first major antagonist in the series and the first antagonist to be created by a person.
 * The second antagonist created by a person is PAMA. Although it's possible PAMA was the first one to be created chronologically.
 * It is also the first non-human major antagonist, the second being PAMA.
 * The Wither Storm cannot be built in normal Minecraft, though all of the materials needed to build one exist.
 * The terms "Witherstorm" and "Wither Storm" are interchangeable; in fact, both terms were used to refer to it in Minecraft: Story Mode. The former was used in episodes 1 and 2, and the latter was used in episodes 3, 4, and 5.
 * When the Wither Storm's middle head mutated, its eye color changed to cyan, in contrast to its main color, purple.
 * In "Hero in Residence", several posters of The Wither Storm are seen throughout Beacontown.
 * The Wither Storm is the first antagonist to have an antagonistic role for more than one episode, the other being Romeo.
 * The Wither Storm is the only main antagonist with no dialogue