The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
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For about as long as Minecraft has existed, people have been wanting to know a story. While it's every players job to find or make their own story, I have made one that I like to think is the closest one can come to having an official Minecraft story (WHICH THIS IS NOT). I'll post below the story that I told on the Dungeons News thread and then elaborate a little on some things that need to be clarified or stuff that just wasn't included in the story.
Long ago, villagers were much smarter than they are now. Rather than just wander around aimlessly, they built great structures near oceans, temples in jungles and deserts, and subterranean cities. Eventually these villagers started toying around with going to different worlds. They're first experiments did not yield good results, as they sent pigs into the Nether where they mutated and became terrible creatures due to the harsh environment. They then tried going to a completely different world, one that they learned to fear and hate. They named this world The End. Soon, the dragon that lived there began infecting the people with her essence, turning the people dark and giving them unnatural powers. They became unstable beings, bent on taking apart the world that they had once known and bringing it back to their queen, the Ender Dragon. The villagers began fleeing but it was too late. Having opened portals to worlds that were no longer safe, they attempted to destroy all portals to the Nether, though not before building Strongholds there. Unfortunately, they couldn't destroy the portals to The End, only deactivate them and rob them of their power source. This was not enough to prevent the downfall of the Villager Empire though. They had unleashed a force greater than any they had known. Wildlife began to attack them, the dead rose from the ground and hunted the villagers to the brink of extinction. They abandoned their once great temples and forgot the great knowledge that they contained. Soon, the last of the great Villager Empire's people were regarded as charlatans and witches, though they alone cast spells and used potions so that the skeletons and spiders would leave them be. But the zombies were relentless. The witches themselves could not make a potion great enough to stop them and soon, even the witches had gone into hiding, far away from their aggressors, both the monsters and the other villagers. Soon, they changed from the beings they were. They became bald, their noses grew all due to the inbreeding they were now facing. Through this all, a child slept deep in the underground. Forgotten by his people, Steve awaited the day. The last of the True Villagers, found him and raised him. He taught him how to make tools and gadgetry, imbued him with the power to move matter with little more than his will. But sadly, the last True Villager was dying. He cleaned Steve's memory of his past but allowed him to retain the knowledge he had gained by the True Villager's teachings. His memory was not perfect however. Steve forgot many things he had been taught, such as the exact workings of many redstone machines but one thing had been imbued into Steve's very being. A hatred for the thing that had brought down the Villager Empire. He hated the Ender Dragon more than anything and made it his life's goal to destroy her.
And that concludes our tale. The sea had swallowed monuments, temples in deserts and jungles lie forgotten, entire cities lie hidden underground, infested by a parasite. And yet the Endermen wander. They gather and they repress the urge to slay the last of their kind. But it won't hold for long. Even looking into the eyes of Steve will send them into an uncontrollable rage, slaying him without haste.
But Steve will live and he will fight. He will slay the Ender Dragon and with it, hopefully finally cleanse his fallen brethren of the curse that has infected them. But Steve doesn't know this. He doesn't know anything.
Ok so there it is. That pretty much makes up the bulk of my theory/story thing. So let's start clarifying things that weren't inculded.
Q: Where do Silverfish fit into this?
A: Silverfish are pretty much just Minecraft versions of the Radroaches from Fallout. Big insects that weren't a problem before the Fall of the Villager Empire but that have now taken over Strongholds. They are not adapted to live in bright light, which is why there aren't any on the surface and the vast majority of them were hunted to extinction by their natural predator, the Cave Spider.
Q: What exactly were the Desert and Jungle Temples?
A: They were what it says on the box. Temples in the desert and jungle. The only problem is, the Jungle Temples act more like safehouses than temples. There is no shrine and the place is trapped so it's more likely that they were used to hide treasure, deep in a jungle, where no one would think to look. As for the Desert Temples, they are actual temples, just with some hidden treasure thrown in. They were probably used to worship some deity and from the carvings on some types of Sandstone, it can be guessed at that they worshiped Creepers. This doesn't really seem like all that of a great deity to worship so it's always possible that these temples pre-date even the Villager Empire, perhaps all the way back to a Creeper Empire. Speaking of...
Q: Where do Creepers fit into all this exactly?
A: Creepers are one of those things that are hard to figure out. As close as I can tell, they were an experiment gone wrong or an instrument of war. However, a combination of these seems the most likely. A barely researched biological weapon? This would fit the bill for 1) Why it attacks only Steve and 2) why it doesn't seem to be based off of any actual animal. It doesn't explain how the Creeper's ugly mugs ended up on an ancient piece of sandstone so for right now the Creepers are a mystery to me. I suppose another theory is what I call the Game Theory (get it?) which is where the Creepers are a mutated type of plant but it's not really something I agree with.
Q: Why are the Jungle Temples not covered up by any soil when the Ocean Monuments are completely underwater?
A: The Jungle Temples were built on solid land so not enough time has passed yet so that they would be completely covered by dead foliage and fallen trees. The Ocean Monuments however were built out on islands they were swallowed by the ocean.
Q: What are the Dungeons?
A: Dungeons are the equivalent of pirates burying their treasure. When Proto-Villagers built up a vast amount of wealth they hid it away, guarded not by a sentient creature such as the Iron Golems but instead by the very creatures that sought to destroy them. This kept people from going anywhere near their treasure which is why the chests always have stuff in them. We can assume that the ones with really awful loot in them probably got robbed anyway.
Q: Where do the Iron Golems come from?
A: Iron Golems are the last creation of the Proto-Villagers. They were designed as a last ditch effort to save themselves from the zombie hordes. However, the secret to make them was lost and the number is dwindling. It's up to Steve to save the last Villagers now.
Q: How much time has passed between the Fall of the Villager Empire and Steve's Arrival?
A: It's hard to put an exact timeframe on it but we know it would have to have been somewhere around 500 years. This would allow for enough time for the Ocean Monuments to be swallowed by the sea, for the Villager inbreeding to produce noticeable effects, and for spiders to take over Abandoned Mineshafts without the wood rotting into splinters. Of course, this would mean that any food Steve finds in Strongholds would be a fine powder instead of actual food but whatever.
Q: How did Steve survive for 500 years?
A: He didn't. We know that Villagers have unnaturally long lifetimes and extremely brief childhoods. Thus, we don't know how old Steve is, but we can probably guess he hasn't been around that long. Maybe the Last True Villager was his mother or father, and they knew that he was destined for something greater so they taught him all he needed to know.
Q: When you kill the Ender Dragon, why do all the Endermen not revert back to Proto-Villagers?
A: This is the sad part. Unfortunately, killing the queen does not turn back the Endermen to Proto-Villagers. Does killing the Queen of England turn the people back the Anglo-Saxons? No, they're still British, even though, at one time, they were Anglo-Saxons. Perhaps Steve will find a cure one day though...
That concludes most of the questions that I thought needed answering and should cover almost every aspect of the game. As new bits are added (and with Jeb's hint about new dungeons, it should produce some more interesting theories) I'll add more and I'll come back to this thread as often as I can and update it as much as I can, clarifying parts that are vague, updating the story, doing whatever needs doing. I also want to write a script for a video and it would be really great if someone would animate it for me. Of course, it's open to anybody who wants to do it, just tell me about. So that pretty much winds it up. If you want to add anything or have any questions then just comment and I'll reply as quickly as I can. Thanks for reading!
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For about as long as Minecraft has existed, people have been wanting to know a story. While it's every players job to find or make their own story, I have made one that I like to think is the closest one can come to having an official Minecraft story (WHICH THIS IS NOT). I'll post below the story that I told on the Dungeons News thread and then elaborate a little on some things that need to be clarified or stuff that just wasn't included in the story.
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Long ago, villagers were much smarter than they are now. Rather than just wander around aimlessly, they built great structures near oceans, temples in jungles and deserts, and subterranean cities. Eventually these villagers started toying around with going to different worlds. They're first experiments did not yield good results, as they sent pigs into the Nether where they mutated and became terrible creatures due to the harsh environment. They then tried going to a completely different world, one that they learned to fear and hate. They named this world The End. Soon, the dragon that lived there began infecting the people with her essence, turning the people dark and giving them unnatural powers. They became unstable beings, bent on taking apart the world that they had once known and bringing it back to their queen, the Ender Dragon. The villagers began fleeing but it was too late. Having opened portals to worlds that were no longer safe, they attempted to destroy all portals to the Nether, though not before building Strongholds there. Unfortunately, they couldn't destroy the portals to The End, only deactivate them and rob them of their power source. This was not enough to prevent the downfall of the Villager Empire though. They had unleashed a force greater than any they had known. Wildlife began to attack them, the dead rose from the ground and hunted the villagers to the brink of extinction. They abandoned their once great temples and forgot the great knowledge that they contained. Soon, the last of the great Villager Empire's people were regarded as charlatans and witches, though they alone cast spells and used potions so that the skeletons and spiders would leave them be. But the zombies were relentless. The witches themselves could not make a potion great enough to stop them and soon, even the witches had gone into hiding, far away from their aggressors, both the monsters and the other villagers. Soon, they changed from the beings they were. They became bald, their noses grew all due to the inbreeding they were now facing. Through this all, a child slept deep in the underground. Forgotten by his people, Steve awaited the day. The last of the True Villagers, found him and raised him. He taught him how to make tools and gadgetry, imbued him with the power to move matter with little more than his will. But sadly, the last True Villager was dying. He cleaned Steve's memory of his past but allowed him to retain the knowledge he had gained by the True Villager's teachings. His memory was not perfect however. Steve forgot many things he had been taught, such as the exact workings of many redstone machines but one thing had been imbued into Steve's very being. A hatred for the thing that had brought down the Villager Empire. He hated the Ender Dragon more than anything and made it his life's goal to destroy her.
And that concludes our tale. The sea had swallowed monuments, temples in deserts and jungles lie forgotten, entire cities lie hidden underground, infested by a parasite. And yet the Endermen wander. They gather and they repress the urge to slay the last of their kind. But it won't hold for long. Even looking into the eyes of Steve will send them into an uncontrollable rage, slaying him without haste.
But Steve will live and he will fight. He will slay the Ender Dragon and with it, hopefully finally cleanse his fallen brethren of the curse that has infected them. But Steve doesn't know this. He doesn't know anything.
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Ok so there it is. That pretty much makes up the bulk of my theory/story thing. So let's start clarifying things that weren't inculded.
Q: Where do Silverfish fit into this?
A: Silverfish are pretty much just Minecraft versions of the Radroaches from Fallout. Big insects that weren't a problem before the Fall of the Villager Empire but that have now taken over Strongholds. They are not adapted to live in bright light, which is why there aren't any on the surface and the vast majority of them were hunted to extinction by their natural predator, the Cave Spider.
Q: What exactly were the Desert and Jungle Temples?
A: They were what it says on the box. Temples in the desert and jungle. The only problem is, the Jungle Temples act more like safehouses than temples. There is no shrine and the place is trapped so it's more likely that they were used to hide treasure, deep in a jungle, where no one would think to look. As for the Desert Temples, they are actual temples, just with some hidden treasure thrown in. They were probably used to worship some deity and from the carvings on some types of Sandstone, it can be guessed at that they worshiped Creepers. This doesn't really seem like all that of a great deity to worship so it's always possible that these temples pre-date even the Villager Empire, perhaps all the way back to a Creeper Empire. Speaking of...
Q: Where do Creepers fit into all this exactly?
A: Creepers are one of those things that are hard to figure out. As close as I can tell, they were an experiment gone wrong or an instrument of war. However, a combination of these seems the most likely. A barely researched biological weapon? This would fit the bill for 1) Why it attacks only Steve and 2) why it doesn't seem to be based off of any actual animal. It doesn't explain how the Creeper's ugly mugs ended up on an ancient piece of sandstone so for right now the Creepers are a mystery to me. I suppose another theory is what I call the Game Theory (get it?) which is where the Creepers are a mutated type of plant but it's not really something I agree with.
Q: Why are the Jungle Temples not covered up by any soil when the Ocean Monuments are completely underwater?
A: The Jungle Temples were built on solid land so not enough time has passed yet so that they would be completely covered by dead foliage and fallen trees. The Ocean Monuments however were built out on islands they were swallowed by the ocean.
Q: What are the Dungeons?
A: Dungeons are the equivalent of pirates burying their treasure. When Proto-Villagers built up a vast amount of wealth they hid it away, guarded not by a sentient creature such as the Iron Golems but instead by the very creatures that sought to destroy them. This kept people from going anywhere near their treasure which is why the chests always have stuff in them. We can assume that the ones with really awful loot in them probably got robbed anyway.
Q: Where do the Iron Golems come from?
A: Iron Golems are the last creation of the Proto-Villagers. They were designed as a last ditch effort to save themselves from the zombie hordes. However, the secret to make them was lost and the number is dwindling. It's up to Steve to save the last Villagers now.
Q: How much time has passed between the Fall of the Villager Empire and Steve's Arrival?
A: It's hard to put an exact timeframe on it but we know it would have to have been somewhere around 500 years. This would allow for enough time for the Ocean Monuments to be swallowed by the sea, for the Villager inbreeding to produce noticeable effects, and for spiders to take over Abandoned Mineshafts without the wood rotting into splinters. Of course, this would mean that any food Steve finds in Strongholds would be a fine powder instead of actual food but whatever.
Q: How did Steve survive for 500 years?
A: He didn't. We know that Villagers have unnaturally long lifetimes and extremely brief childhoods. Thus, we don't know how old Steve is, but we can probably guess he hasn't been around that long. Maybe the Last True Villager was his mother or father, and they knew that he was destined for something greater so they taught him all he needed to know.
Q: When you kill the Ender Dragon, why do all the Endermen not revert back to Proto-Villagers?
A: This is the sad part. Unfortunately, killing the queen does not turn back the Endermen to Proto-Villagers. Does killing the Queen of England turn the people back the Anglo-Saxons? No, they're still British, even though, at one time, they were Anglo-Saxons. Perhaps Steve will find a cure one day though...
That concludes most of the questions that I thought needed answering and should cover almost every aspect of the game. As new bits are added (and with Jeb's hint about new dungeons, it should produce some more interesting theories) I'll add more and I'll come back to this thread as often as I can and update it as much as I can, clarifying parts that are vague, updating the story, doing whatever needs doing. I also want to write a script for a video and it would be really great if someone would animate it for me. Of course, it's open to anybody who wants to do it, just tell me about. So that pretty much winds it up. If you want to add anything or have any questions then just comment and I'll reply as quickly as I can. Thanks for reading!
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