Minecraft Worldbuilding

Each group had their own cultures, their own quirks, the adaptability to survive- no, thrive in their own worlds, with occasional overlap for trading and the like. This made sense.

The so-called 'Players' did not.

It's hard to categorize these beings; they're as varied as the biomes around us, with very, VERY few consistent rules. They can be formed anywhere at any time, from nothing or from something. There's recorded cases of some of the native peoples 'ascending' to the rank of Player, though that process is not well understood. I intend on fixing tha I will be conducting studies on how Player status affects piglins us

The rules we associate with Players are not so much rules as they are assumptions, as some just simply don't follow these without much explanation. These rules are as follow:

They cannot die permanently. Not to say you can't kill one, but true Players will simply... come back. I have watched one be slaughtered by a hoglin then pop back through their entrance portal with not much reaction other than mumbled annoyances. This does not apply to people ascended to Player rank, though some naturally-born Players seem to also not apply.

As mentioned above, they can easily travel through all dimensions, though most seem to begin in the Overworld. This transfers to piglin Players, oddly enough, though that may be related to point 3.

They are immune to all forms of zombification. Unless they were a zombie that ascended, no Player can be zombified.

They draw ire. They are unsettling. Unless they are already established, a wandering Player is sure to draw conflict because their presence feels unnerving. They feel like a threat, even before they inevitably gather armor or weapons.

There is no basis for what they look like. Some look like the native peoples. Others look like the zombies but... not. Still others are oddly colored blobs, massive winged people who fly without the need of elytra, something completely alien, something that is a mockery of old, something that Is but Is Not- Sometimes they look like

(lol i need to update this blog more, i have the ideas just not the effort to put them to words/images)

There are generally 3 ways piglins become 'players.'

The most common way is simple; they're literally just born like that. Player status is a dominant trait, so children of those who ARE Players are more than likely going to be one themselves. The reason they're not more prevalent is just because it's a rare trait to begin with, and piglins are very... careful, about having kids as it's most likely going to be 2 to 4 at once, and the Nether is already dangerous.

The other common answer is they went through a portal that went into Modded territories, and that inherent disorder in the land ascended them. This one's a gamble; you don't know where a portal will go without going through it, and even if you KNOW it goes to a modded territory, there's no telling if the area's going to be the one you need because they change rules hard often.

The last documented specimen, one affectionately named 'Jean', was slain well before our time.

There weren't many sketches done of her in the moment, presumably because she was trying to kill the adventurer. The above sketch is a replica of one of those older pages- they were too fragile to keep anywhere other than a glass box.

Nowadays, there are no true Ender dragons left. The ones fought for sport in the modern day are usually fake; illusions and spells maintained to keep it as authentic as possible.

I was one of the lucky few who got to visit Jean's nest, decades after she was slain. Most portals take the travelers to one of the fakes, with proper portals to explore what remains of the End opening once the decoy is slaughtered. This one, however, opened to her nest.

I've visited many fake sites in my youth, and I must applaud the accuracy; they look near identical to Jean's actual nest.

But.

Someone else was there.

someone i can't.

quite.

Until one of them came in, with the inability to remove the elytra at all.

As it turns out, the elytra were seldom used because consistent wearing leads to the wings becoming permanently attached to your back. We're still studying how and why they do this, but it has been spotted in constant fliers. We recommend taking off your elytra when spending extended periods of time on the ground.

The problem comes in when people started appearing with feathery wings, too intricate to be a parasitic pair of insect limbs.

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Piglin Lore! Potentially will have more parts, we'll see.

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