Of Wardens, Sculk, and their Origins

Note: If you are reading this after Caves & Cliffs came out, and I (badowie) haven’t edited it since, it may not make sense, since the concept of Wardens is still being worked on.
== Wardens, Sculk, and the End ==
A long time back, in the early days of the End Dimension, when the Endermen were building huge strongholds, hidden temples, and cities that defied gravity, that a few of the Enderman nations created the first Wardens to defend them, as competition was rising among the newly created species. 
Now, you will understand this better if you know that Endermen do not have the best eyesight, they mostly feel, hear, and teleport.
Because Wardens were Endermen infused with a mysterious substance called Sculk, which enhanced their hearing and feeling, but took away their ability to teleport. More Wardens were created, and they became a species of their own. The Endermen were the builders, and the Wardens were the defenders and the warriors. It was good that way, and stayed that way for a long time.
== The Ender Dragon and the Overworld ==
Many centuries later, a mysterious being known as the Ender Dragon, that may have been created by Herobrine, attacked the End and took over the minds of the Endermen that lived on the central island. She also went out to eliminate all Wardens, as they posed a threat to her rule. A few lucky Wardens escaped through a rift, and came into the Overworld. 
The End is a cold, dark place, so the sudden heat and brightness burned the Wardens, making them completely blind, as they hadn’t even had good eyesight. As they began to become more and more dependent upon the Sculk that was now completely part of them, they lost their minds. All they could do was drag themselves into the cold and the dark, and the few remaining Wardens went into the deep dark cave systems under the surface. The sculk in their bodies infected the caves and the wardens built cities blindly.But since they were scared of the overworld mobs,they went into the sculk to only reappear when they heard something.At that point, they were completely blind 
That is why the Wardens we find patrolling our caves are so dangerous and terrifying. They were once the warriors of the Endermen, who came from the End, but now they lurk in the caves in our Overworld.
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