- "Huh? What part are we at? Am I being awesome?"
- —Axel waking up after Lukas finishes reading a part of his book. src
Axel is a major character in Minecraft: Story Mode developed by Telltale Games. He is a large, strong human who is known to be a prankster/jokester. And is one of Jesse's closest friends. Axel makes his first appearance in "The Order of The Stone as a former competitive builder, eventually joining The new Order of The Stone. He is voiced by Brian Posehn.
Overview
Appearance
Season One
Axel is a muscular and tall young gentleman in appearance, he has black hair along with a unibrow. He has a 2.5 block build. He wears a green jacket, black fingerless gloves, tan pants, and sandals. Eventually, he obtains a helmet similar to Magnus the Rogue's, a chest piece similar to his former shirt with gloves and brown boots.
Season Two
Axel's jacket is now replaced with a green plaid flannel, which is left unbuttoned to reveal a black t-shirt with a skull on it.
Personality
- "I'm tired of always being the selfish one."
- —Axel when taking the Amulet from Jesse, risking his safety for his friends. src
Axel is portrayed to be goofy, impulsive, corwardly at first, and loyal. He is mischievous and enjoys pulling pranks, such as when he first appeared, scaring Jesse, Olivia and Reuben in the disguise of a Creeper.
However, Axel can be aggressive towards those who he considers a danger to his friends, as shown whenever they're threatened, he is fast to defend them. He can be blunt and strict when he converses with people he does not trust well, such as Ivor and Lukas. As mentioned previously, he also does not trust people that aren't his friends well, as he puts on a threatening persona towards them and makes choices that are counteractive to their plans or is hesitant to follow their plans. At the beginning, he holds a grudge against Lukas and argues with him, even to the point of insulting him a few times. Eventually, he accepts him into their group.
Axel is a kleptomaniac, as shown in Ivor's basement where he looks around wanting to steal things. He also has a selfless side, as shown when he finds out that the Wither Storms are following the Amulet Gabriel gave Jesse, Axel takes it and leaves the group, so the Wither Storms will follow him instead of his friends, stating that he's tired of being the selfish one.
Throughout the game, He acts as a source of comic relief, He makes lots of sarcastic quips and short one-liners.
Inventory
"The Order of the Stone"
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"Assembly Required (Boom Town)"
- Amulet (determinant)
- Bow
- Arrow
"The Last Place You Look"
- Pink Wool
"A Block and a Hard Place"
- Sand
- New Armor
- Firework Rocket
- TNT
- Minecart
- Spruce Wood Planks (determinant)
- Spruce Fence (determinant)
- Rail (determinant)
- Stone (determinant)
- Redstone (determinant)
- Glowstone (determinant)
- Slime Block (determinant)
"Order Up!"
- Cake (determinant)
- TNT
- Enchanted Flint and Steel (determinant)
Relationships
Jesse
- "Thanks for believing in me, buddy."
- —Axel to Jesse in the Temple of the Old Builders src
Axel is one of Jesse's best friends and is very protective of Jesse. He always tries to help and support them and provides them with encouragement in all of their endeavors. Axel also always tells Jesse to "lighten up" as he feels they are too serious (Determinant). He is willing to risk his life to save Jesse from danger since he dashed forward in the mob grinder to pull Jesse back as they were launched ahead by the water. It would've resulted in Jesse being killed or gravely injured if Axel had not stepped in.
Olivia
- Jesse: "Let's build an Enderman."
- Axel: "Awww, Olivia's thing?"
- Olivia: "Are you whining?"
- Axel: "No, I was saying Awwwesome!"
- —Axel and Olivia after Jesse chose to build an Enderman. (Determinant) src
Axel and Olivia are often portrayed to be at odds but their personalities balance each other out. The two will never shy away from helping each other in times of need.
Reuben
- "He's a tough little ham."
- —Axel to Jesse about Reuben. src
Axel loves playing pranks on Jesse and the gang, including Reuben. He cares for Reuben a lot and even made him an Ender Dragon costume to wear for EnderCon. Unlike Olivia, Axel always believed in Reuben's abilities. Axel is seen to be distraught when Reuben dies.
Magnus the Rogue
- "I'm hanging out with Magnus! I am doing awesome!"
- —Axel to Jesse. src
Axel is a huge fan of Magnus the Rogue and saw him as his hero and mentor. He wants to be just like him, which can be inferred from his attire and attitude. He is heartbroken when Magnus dies (Determinant).
Lukas
- "Haven't you done enough damage for one day? Petra might be dead because of you!"
- —Axel blaming Lukas for Petra's presumed death. src
At first, Axel doesn't take a liking to Lukas, seeing him as a coward. Lukas meanwhile, believes Axel is "way out of line" after he insulted his Ocelot jacket and too strict. This attitude is partly because he was in The Ocelots whom were a rival towards Jesse's group. Axel gets angry to find that Lukas was frozen in fear as they were escaping the Wither Storm. Axel blames him for putting Petra in grave danger. If Jesse chooses to save the Amulet in Episode 3, Lukas will rescue Axel and Reuben, leading Axel to accept Lukas as a friend. In Episode 5, Axel will appear angry when the Blaze Rods talk rude about Lukas, proving that Axel no longer shares his distrustful attitude towards Lukas.
Petra
- "I promised myself I wouldn't cry. Promise broken!"
- —Axel to Petra before her departure. src
Axel and Petra are presumably close friends, as Axel is often shown being concerned for her safety and health, especially when she gets trapped. Axel will also hug Petra if you go to Boom Town and save her from the Wither Storm. He is one of the first to notice that Petra is ill after escaping the Wither Storm (Determinant).
Ivor
- "Why are we wasting time talking to this jerk? We have to go and get Petra!"
- —Axel to the group about Ivor. src
Axel disliked Ivor at first, but after defeating the Wither Storm, his opinions of Ivor changed for the better. He even liked his Lava House and thought it was cool.
Appearances
Season 1
- The Order of the Stone
- Assembly Required
- The Last Place You Look
- A Block and a Hard Place
- Order Up!
- A Journey's End?
Season 2
Quotes
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Trivia
- Axel is voiced by Brian Posehn who also voices the character, Sour Cream in Steven Universe.
- This further shown in Episode 3, when the first cave spiders attack him from the front.
- Axel often falls on top of Lukas as a reoccurring gag. He does so four times throughout the game.
- In "Order Up!", it is revealed Axel loves cake.
- Axel is mentioned in Episode 6 and 7. This is the same with Olivia.
- A quote by Axel, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is sad", references a Bible verse; Mark 14:38
- Sometimes, his legs go transparent as a glitch for some players.
- Axel, alongside Slab, Reuben (Human), Clutch, Emily, Fred, Capital T, and the other Gladiators have big builds only seen in Minecraft: Story Mode.
- In Episode 2, Axel has an arrow in his knee if Jesse chooses to visit Boom Town (Determinant).
- According to Eric Stirpe, Axel was originally going to have a pet bat in "Assembly Required", the bat idea was cut due to budget issues.[1]
- Eric Stirpe claims, that when Minecraft: Story Mode was in early production it originally had swearing; Axel would often use a few swears.[2]
- Eric Stirpe confirmed that Olivia and Axel were absent in season 2 because the executives didn't like them as much as the rest of the cast and encouraged the writers to write them out as much as possible. They had a very large cast and only 5 episodes, so they couldn't fit everyone in.[3]
Gallery
For all images related to Axel, see Axel/Gallery.