#endervoid

Enders of note: Enderman, Enderain, and Endervoid (front view/side view showcased below)

Ender is an umbrella term for enderman and related species such as the uncommon enderain and the rarely met endervoid. While there are notable differences between members of this group, they are known for their sharp claws, bipedal stance, and plated mouths.

They may all seem from a distance to be the same, but closer inspection allows a greater recognition of each species’ uniqueness.

Endervoids-

Starting with the largest members of this group, the endervoid is notable for a stocky, muscular build with a thickly built chest and torso. They have a strong upper body and are exceptional climbers, often found in community groups about cave dwellings or cliff faces.

They are also the only Enders with no visible pupils and a ‘taloned’ foot. Capable of a wide range of motion in their wrists/ankles, their big toes (which are equipped with a large, hooked claw) being able to move nearly 90° from its default position. These features assist with climbing capability, which is beneficial as they are a slower moving ender with no teleportation capability.

Closest in relation to the enderman, these two Enders can have viable, fertile offspring while they are more distantly related to the enderian. Viable offspring is able to be had, though these two enders don’t interact often.

Enderman-

The second tallest of the group, they are also the most well known. In the past they were notable for elaborate horns and expansive civilizations, though due to conflict with players, they have become more skittish/nomadic. In the nether, they are beginning to reclaim their communal groupings and as interactions with players decrease in violent outcomes (due to miscommunication/offense from direct eye contact making much interaction tense) there has been more enderman showcasing their more traditionally seen horns.

Horns used to be regularly worn down between growth periods (as unlike the enderain, enderman and endervoids have periods where the delicate skin covering their horns becomes easily broken allowing for shedding of a horn cap in enderman’s cases and contuined bonal growth in endervoids) to avoid targeting, though this process caused extensive pain and sensitivity along the head. This practice is decreasing in enderman communities with increased stability.

Enderman are rather lanky in build with very long legs and arms, though they are actually often more lithe and lighter when compared with enderains. They are able to have viable, fertile offspring with both endervoids and enderains.

While their lengthy claws makes it more difficult for them to utilize tools (like the ednerain) and their builds doesn’t allow for much muscular for climbing or defense (like the endervoid) they are known for their incredible teleportation.

While enderains are similar capable of ‘teleportation’, the enderpearl of an enderman is a very thickly built organ that can more effectively utilize magic around them to allow them to essentially tear through space. The enderman can then slip through these tears, moving through different realms while ‘vanishing’ from the observed realm until reappearing in another location. A trail of purple particles is observed after these occurances and can allow one to ‘see’ the trail of traveling.

It is unknown how the enderpearl does this, but even when removed from an enderman, they can be utilized by any being with the sapience necessary. Some have described this transportation as painful or irritating though enderman and enderain don’t experience this.

Enderman may also produce these ‘interdimensional particles’ when irritated/experiencing strong negative emotions.

Enderain-

While very similar to the enderman, the enderain is a species that has more easily adapted to co-habitation with players and other sapient species due to their more ‘civilized’ mannerisms. The simple fact is their culture is a lot younger than the enderman’s or endervoid’s and they share more humanoid proportions compared with other Enders. They are more adaptable as a result and less players interact with them with caution or wariness.

The enderain are also known for being more ‘crafty’ due to shorter claws and more mobile thumbs that allows more effective use of tools for creating things. They also like to ordain themselves more similarly to players with jewelery/fine clothing.

False Enders:

Moving on, while the following species aren’t Enders, not even vaguely related, they are notable for their mimicry and are sometimes mistaken for enderman.

Mimics- Enderman (though the show individual is an outlier as this is an individual with albinism; enderman mimics usually showcase dark colorations similar to Enders), mountain goat, and wolf varieties showcased below

Mimics have long ears like that of an endervoid’s that often (in the enderman and wolf variant) are laid lax to be more hidden by their neck ruffles of fur.

Speaking of which, one of the most immediate differences is the fact that mimics have very thick fur rather than the finer hair seen in Enders, though this is more close to the body in the enderman variant.

As well, they have only a three toed, padded foot rather than the more uniformly four-toed, ridged foot of Enders. Their elongated pinkie claws also commonly gives them away, this claw being used for gripping.

All in all, while the enderman variant mimic may be sometimes grouped in with other Enders in comparisons or observations, they are not true enders.

Moving back to enders, they can be noted for differing tail structures/lengths, horn growth patterns (enderman and enderian horns grow mostly straight upwards with enderians showing off a backward curve; endervoids may have horns that grow arched, curled, etc.), variation in skin colorations/patterns (enderman have rectangular bars that cover the skin, enderian have a paler underbelly with darker skin/bar like patterns on the dorsal/exterior of their bodies, and endervoids live up to their names with very, very dark, void-like skin), and varying hair lengths along their bodies (enderman have very fine hair that’s most notable along the neck, elbows, and tails; enderians have fine hair along the body but most hair is found on their ear tips, shoulders/elbows, back of the head/neck, and along their tufted tails; endervoids have a fine hair covering their bodies with thicker hair along the upper body, arms, and back of the legs.)

Endervoid is a xenogender that refers to a gender that feels like there is a black hole that sucks in gender from outside, there is also a connection to Endermen, the Ender Dragon or the End in some way, whether that be just the idea of the End or something more specific such as the sucking in of outside gender being similar to how Endermen pick up blocks. Certain genders may be sucked in easier allowing for the use of modifiers such as endervoidgirl or endervoidboy.

The flag:

Shades of Purple: This is representative of Endermens eyes, the End and the Ender Dragon.

Black: This is representative of The Endermen and the Ender Dragon as well as black holes.

Shades of Muted Yellow: This is representative of End Stone.

I don’t think I’ve actually shared my Bad design before, despite all ramblings about horned endermen and Endervoids, so here you go.

Anyhow, here you go, an average endervoid vs a younger piebald endervoid, which are incredibly rare due to the main defensive mechanism of the endervoid being their darker skin allowing them to hide in dark areas, as the endervoids often inhabit caverns, cliff sides cave systems (which their hooked talons, different from that of the endermen, which are must narrower claws, allow them to better scale), roofed forest (though this is less common as they got pushed to the brink by hunting and war), etc. Endervoids, while taller and more capable of tearing a player apart, are more docile then their endermen relatives (which best defense method is to either outright attack a player and hope to kill them quickly, or to teleport away to safety) and much more agile/flexible (allowing them to stow themslevs away in seemingly impossible to reach spaces and to curl away in tight nooks and crannies, as long as their horns (which unlike their relatives, the endermen, aren’t hidden or reduced in size) are able to fit, they can easily squeeze into many small spaces as they, similarly to felines, lack a collar bone). They are notable for being able to climb walls and cling to ceilings espically, their hooked talons and the structure of their foot allowing them to be capable climbers (they posses a highly flexible big toe that can be twisted to an almost 90 degree angle for better gripping, this feature lacking on endermen as they are made for walking upright more similarly to players. As well, the palms of their feet and hands are covered in a series of small scale-like structures that work similarly to the pads on a gecko’s limb, allowing for better grip though the endervoid does this less so through suction and through these scales adding as extra grip.

Endervoids are often known for their pale white eyes (and while they may hate prolonged eye contact, they don’t get aggroed like endermen) and it is currently unknown how they are capable of sight, as they have no visible pupil. They however have incredible night vision, and while sensitive to light, they have been noted to easily adjust to varying light levels. They also notbaly dont carve down their horns, which unlike those of endermen, are purely made of bone and a tough layer of skin that covers them, though this skin is much more sensitive than that of the endermen’s horn skin (though not weak, the skin is capable of feeling more, as endermen have almost no nerve endings in the skin that surrounds their horns). Instead horns are seen as a sign of health, rank, and skill, as their horns are also more capable for fighting than endermen, which pefer to use their teeth and claws instead while endervoids will often start out through mock charges and threat displays before goring a perceived threat. They are also skilled in using weaponry unlike their relative the endermen, which, due to their long claws, may find the use of tools useless or awkward. Endervoid talons are more adaptable and as so, they often use tools to chisel out their homes, the seeming purposeful designs of some caves tricking some players into thinking these homes are built by other players, this often causing a player to leave in fear of trespassing or wandering until they find nothing of use and leave. Endervoids are less varied in their initial patterns and skin color, with endermen having the capability of being more varied with shades of blues, purples, and even greens. Endervoids often appear to be, well, as the common name void demon presents, to be seemingly made of void. The dark, almost black skin, is however slightly iridescent and may shimmer slight blues, purples, and greens in some lighting or exposure. Most of the time however, endervoids appear the same with the most common variation being their horns, as their horns tend to vary much more than endermen, as most endermen have taken to shaving down their horns from the very point they begin to grow, often resulting in the horn slowly just developing into a nub or ceasing growth way before that period should come.

This would be a much more painful process for endervoids, and to take or damage another’s horns purposefully, as they are very study, is seen as taboo. They often have arching horns with no altering prongs or to develop horns that spiral in on themselves like some gazelle, or curve like that of a ram (which often results in the horn developing a similar texture through the growth of layers of hardened skin, this may happen on any endervoid, but most commonly with those with curling horns). Often arching horns or horns that curve towards each other are most common.