Welcome back everybody to the Minecraft Short Stories podcast.
This is episode 80, which is cool because we have another
multiple of 10 episodes. And in this episode I'll be
telling it two listener stories. First one is called Echoes of
the Past. It's by Sophia, and the second
one is How netherite Became So scarce, and that is by Josh.
Thank you guys for submitting these stories.
And if you, the listener have a story to submit, go to
minecraftshortstories.com, which is this podcast website.
You can then go to the submit a story page.
Just fill out the form with your story and your username or name,
and then it may get right on the show.
Anyways, thank you Sophia and Josh and I hope you guys enjoy
this episode. Echoes of the past by Sophia.
Long before the rise of the players, the over world belonged
to a mysterious and powerful civilization known as the Ziff
Lights. These beings are not like
anything seen in the world today.
It could communicate effortlessly over vast
distances, as other voices were linked by invisible threads.
They were also vastly more intelligent than any of the
other mobs, such as the Pillagers or villagers.
This easy communication and advanced intelligence allowed
them to thrive for thousands of years, building cities, powers,
and secrets that stretched from the depths of the Nether to the
far reaches of the End. The Ziff Lights lived in harmony
with the world, careful not to overreach the powerful.
They valued peace and balance. The society coexisted with
villagers who occupied the open plains.
A mutual agreement kept the two civilizations at peace.
The Zip Flight stayed away from the plains and in return, the
villagers would not venture near Zip Flight strongholds or
cities. For ages, the Zip Flights had
travelled to the end through the usage of the End Portals,
gateways to a place of infinite strangeness where shulkers,
enderman and chorus fruit existed beyond comprehension.
These portals were kept hidden, guarded by the most trusted of
their leaders. The Zifflights also delved into
the fiery depths of the Nether, harvesting its resources and
locking its secrets, though they feared its corruption.
Then they came up from the ground players.
The Zifflights called them the Ground Diggers.
Small, unremarkable at first, they emerged from their caves
and spread across the land for time.
The Zifflights observed them curiously, unsure whether to
view them as a threat or a fleeting nuisance, but they grew
bold, spreading to the plains in the forests, hungering for land
and resources. The peace agreements with the
villagers faltered as the Ground Diggers expanded their
exploitation. The Ziff Light leaders realized
the danger too late when whispers of a stolen enchanting
table and violence began to circulate.
By that time, the Ziff Lights realized it was already too
late. A Ground Digger had killed one
of the Wandering Ziff Lights after they had come a little too
close to one of the Ground Diggers camps.
The cries heard all throughout the world.
This was the breaking point. First these strange people had
come up from the ground and start destroying the land,
harvesting their resources far too fast.
Then they start to steal from the Ziff flights themselves, and
now they've killed one. This is dangerous.
The Ziff flights decide to try and ask the Ground diggers to
stop causing chaos that only provoked them further, and then
they declared war. One leader ordered that all in
portals be sealed. The Ender eyes powering these
portals were destroyed or hidden away, scattered across the world
to prevent the Ground Diggers from gaining access to the NS
power. But the Zifflite's precautions
came too late. The Ground Diggers turned their
newly upgraded weapons against the Zifflites.
With iron and fire, they swarm the Zifflite strongholds,
cities, and towers, leaving ruins in their wake.
Worse still, they uncovered the secrets of the Nether.
Combining the Nether's withering effects with their arrows, it
created weapons that even the Ziff Light's ancient healing
could not counter. 1 by 1, the Ziff Light cities fell, and the
voices once carried on the wind fell silent.
Now, only fragments of this once great nation remain.
Atop a large mountain lies a giant tower.
Its once bright cyan and Gray flag now flies half destroyed.
Barely hanging onto its pole and hidden in a shallow cave lies
the remaining of a Ziff Light that had escaped only to be shot
by a withered arrow. And at the center of the world,
a single enchanting table that to be the only thing left of the
Ziff lights. Merely an echo of this now
forgotten people. The end.
Thank you Sophia. And the second story for this
episode is by Josh. It is how netherites became so
scarce. Chapter 1.
The discovery of Netherite. Three years before the Big War,
something huge happened in the Nether.
A piglin scout named Lothric went deeper into the Nether than
any piglin had gone before. He was looking for gold, which
was common in the Nether, but he found something much more
exciting. Deep in the dark caves, shining
in a strange way, he found a block that glowed faintly with
gold running through it. It was different from anything
he had ever seen. Lothric carried the strange
block back to the village, and the elders were amazed.
This was netherite, a metal that had been lost for ages.
It was stronger than anything the Piglins had ever used.
Unlike gold, which was soft and broke easily, netherite was
incredibly strong and could be used to make weapons, armor, and
tools that were nearly unbreakable.
The Piglins quickly realized how valuable netherite could be.
With it, they could create weapons and armor far stronger
than gold. They could finally conquer the
overworld, a place they'd always dreamed of controlling but had
never been able to reach. Gold was easy to get, but
netherite was rare and powerful. The Piglins begin to mine it in
secret, working quickly together as much as they could before
anyone else could find it. After 2, the war plans.
As the Piglins started collecting more and more
netherite, a leader named Kurag saw an opportunity.
Kurag was a ruthless warlord who wanted nothing more than to rule
the overworld with the power of netherites.
He believed his army could crush anyone who stood in their way.
Urrah called together as generals, including Lothric, who
had led the first mining expedition.
They started working on a plan. They would build powerful
weapons and armor made of netherites and March through the
nether portals to invade the overworld.
The Piglets had always been limited to the Nether, but with
netherites they could conquer the villages and the cities of
the overworld. They worked day and night,
crafting swords, axe as an armor that would make them nearly
invincible. The piglets built new war
machines and reforged their strongholds.
They were ready. The piglets didn't just want
gold anymore, they want to control.
The war was coming after three, the war of Emberforge.
The piglets first attack came quickly.
They opened a portal into the overworld and marched towards a
small village called Emberforge. The villagers had no chance, the
piglens were shining nether a armor and carried swords that
could slice through iron like butter.
The villagers tried to fight back with their iron swords and
bows, but they were no match for the piglin strength.
Lothrop led the 1st wave heading through to the villagers
defenses with his huge nether axe.
The battle was over in minutes, the piglens took prisoners and
looted the village. The Overworld had never seen a
tech like this before. The Pigolans, armed with the
strongest materials the world had ever known, were
unstoppable. The Pigolans didn't stop there.
They attacked more villages, cities, and towns across the
Overworld. They were quick, powerful, and
ruthless. Soon, the Overworld began to
panic. The Piglets were everywhere, and
their netherite weapons made them nearly unbeatable.
But to the Overworld wasn't going to give up so easily.
Slowly they began to regroup. Heroes from all over the world,
warriors, Archers and mages came together to fight the Piglins.
The Overworld had underestimated the Piglins power at first, but
now they were ready. The tide of the war began to
turn. The Piglins were strong, but
they were also overconfident. They thought nothing could stop
them. But as the Overworld's heroes
fought back, the Piglins supplies started to dwindle.
The supply of netherite was running low and without it their
weapons and armor became weaker. Chapter 4 The end of the war.
The final battle took place in the heart of the Picklins
stronghold. The heroes of the overworld
launched a surprise attack, catching Kurag and his generals
off guard. With the Piglins leadership
gone, their armies started to fall apart.
They'd lost their strongest weapons and their leader.
The overworlds heroes pushed the Picklins back into the nether.
The war was over. The Overworld had been won, but
had a great cost. Many villages had been destroyed
and many lives have been lost. The Piglens, however, were
defeated. They returned to their caves and
fortresses in the Nether, nursing their wounds and licking
their pride. New rock was gone, and so was
their dream of ruling the Overworld.
Chapter 5 The Forgotten Netherites After the war, the
Piglins didn't care much about Nether anymore.
Sure, it had been powerful, but it was also hard to find and
difficult to mine. The Overworld had learned to
forge some of their own netherite weapons, and so the
piglins couldn't keep up with the demand.
Gold, on the other hand, was everywhere in the Nether.
It was easy to mine, and the piglins had always known how to
work with it. It was softer than netherites,
but it was plentiful. The Piglins decided that gold
was more important. They didn't need Nether any more
to get what they wanted. The great treasure that once
seemed so important became just another material they used for
crafting. They didn't bother to mine more
Nether 8, and the weapons and armors they had forged with it
were forgotten, gathering dust in the deepest corners of their
strongholds. The war for Nether 8 was over,
and the Piglins returned to their old ways, intent with the
gold they had always relied on. In the end, the Piglins learned
that gold was easier to get in much less trouble than Nether.
8A Great metal that once promised them power is now just
another part of the Nether left behind by the Piglins in favor
of the treasures they could easily find.
The war was over and the Piglens were back to where they started,
mining gold, building their strongholds and dreaming of the
next battle. This time they weren't worried
about Nether aides. That everything they needed in
the familiar glittering glow of gold.
The end. Thank you guys so much for
listening. Thank you Josh and Sophia for
seeing these awesome stories. They were fun to read.
They're well written. Thank you guys for seeing these.
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