Episode 4 is one of my favorites, even though the pacing is a little slow. In this episode we introduce Herman the Hermit, an eccentric, mysterious, and flat out crazy character. He's also everyone's favorite character (including myself and Zach). At this point in time, there's not a lot known about who Herman is or where he came from, but he seems to know a lot more than he lets on. To be quite honest, I wasn't expecting Herman to be a major character. I figured Herman would be a good minor character that we meet, but everything changed when he spoke for the first time. I guess I'm jumping ahead here; let me start from the beginning.
After filming the first three videos, Zach and I realized that we needed more people to help. We needed to start building a team that could not only help portray characters, but also help us build. So Zach brought two of his friends onto the server for an in-game interview. Ben and Dylan were fairly experienced in building, so I decided to see what their vocal ranges were. I knew what I wanted for Herman, but I'm always open to new ideas, so I started with Ben and asked him to do a few lines using whatever voice he would equate with "a crazy hermit". He did his lines and when he finished I asked Dylan to do the same thing. He opened his mouth and started speaking, and Zach and I laughed for three minutes straight. I honestly don't know how we were able to breathe! The voice was hilarious and he was good at improvising as well. Thus, Herman the Hermit was born.
When we realized the potential of Herman's character, we decided to expand his role and now he is central to the story in ways not completely revealed to the viewers...
Fun Fact: Herman has a chicken that we named Clucky Cluck Cluck the Chicken. What most people don't know is that the chicken is not a regular mob. It is, in fact, Ben in disguise, which is why the chicken seems to have a mind of it's own.
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