I found a completely new mod... so I tried lifeslice yesterday, this is really amazing! you should check this out!!

surprise! minecraft again. tonight we offer emdermen

redo/refinement cause the old sheets were bothering me (under the cut below), most of the info on those and the regional variants are still canon

additional notes:

-currently live ruled by 'Jean' a not-quite-ordinary female enderdragon. this is an unusual age for them, considering dragons are their only predators, and despite both being sophonts they cannot make contact or communicate in any way (and refuse to) (Jean is all weird cause of the end crystals so she can)

-communicate solely by locking eyes and utilizing telepathy. they aggress at non-endermen looking them in the eyes due to other sophonts not being built for telepathic communication, which essentially leads to them overwhelming the ender with all their garbled thoughts at once and causing immense discomfort

-the mandibles are culturally/societally viewed mostly as weapons, hence why agitated displays include flicking or bringing them outward. they have no stigma about the mandibles themselves, but endermen in especially non-violent/peaceful roles (caretakers for example) may choose to cover them with a veil of sorts

-baby endermen (enderlings?) start out as larvae and pupate at about, maybe 3-ish months by our standard? imagos are fuzzy gangly little noodle things more resemblant of adults but are slightly lighter colored, have more setae and a softer exoskeleton that hardens with age. larvae to early juveniles ride around on their mothers' backs (like possums!) until they can hold their own, or are simply too heavy to carry anymore (will draw diagrams on this too)

-the end islands being clustered in rings around the mainland (where Jean resides), they bridge from island to island to gain one large sum of land for one city. there are tons of cities, dozens of mayor-equivalents, but Jean is the one ultimate authority (queen). endermen have surnames based on where they're from rather than their family

-lifespan of about 50-70 years

-the little clusters of enders seen in other dimensions are either those that have ran away in rejection of Jean's rule, or are her scouts. dimensional variants exist because they're not quite fit for living outside of the end but they adapted somehow i guess, they still have shorter lives and are more anxious in general though

-due to the complete communication block and tendency to attack when eye contact is made, endermen are largely uncontacted by other sophonts and some overworlders don't even consider them sapient, holding them as strange animals, mystical beasts it is a brag to slay, or simply "other"

but cruel