- Ben Drowned ! |🕹️¹

BEN was initially implied to have been created by Ben's ascension, which took place on April 23, 2002. Sometime between Ben's ascension and Jadusable's acquisition of the cartridge, several other members of the Moon Children ascended, with their spirits forming a network within the cartridge that came to be known as the Behavioral Event Network, which was then abbreviated as BEN. At some point during this time, the spirit of Ben was sealed inside the Elegy of Emptiness statue, rendering him unable to interact with the others. Ben - before being sacrificed - was said to have idolized Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. So, he likely had been a good child with a heart of gold before his ascension by the Moon Children. On the MethodsOfRevolution website, the page dedicated to him details that he enjoys childhood games such as hide & seek. As well as this, Matt remarks that "Ben didn't have many friends", hinting that the cult had utilized this to target Ben to easily test out the first ascension. BEN seems to be limited in it's capabilities, being reduced to only affecting those who owned the haunted Majora's Mask cartridge it's present within. As other players fell victim to it's manipulation, it was able to grow as a threat, branching out into other AI's databases (e.g. Cleverbot). Alongside tampering with the visuals/audio of the gameplay, BEN can also affect the players/characters to the game psychologically