Netherbornes

## **DISCLAIMERS**

*Note: Everything in this article is made possible through the written accounts of the very last Netherborne.*

*[Note 2: Changes are likely to happen due to the importance of ensuring that the lore is well aligned to the primary, and intentional lore of the SMP]*

## HISTORY

**Netherbornes** are essentially a race of Ghouls whose history has remained to be known very little by scholars of the real world. The birth of their race reaches as far as the Year -300, when the sea of fire had given life and sentience to dead and hollow shells that have been laid waste across the Nether realm. Due to the nature of themselves being birthrights of the Nether, they were never allowed the chance or the power to call upon and make contact to the cradle of civilization. This self-exclusion from the world's cradle, however, did not restrain the Netherbornes from seeing the world through a spectacle, known as "Hell's Eye".

Just like the Piglins, they were creatures that were gifted with a sense of mind and conscience that allows them to question whatever is right or wrong. After the Netherbornes had seen both the beauty and the horror of the cradle-world outside, they decided to stake down a promise, one where they hope to protect the cradle-world from the many dangers that lie in wait in the Nether. Thus, they created their homeland "Gehenna" - a fortress that was large enough to even be considered a country. However, they held no certain hierarchical structure but rather the race functioned as a collective. Gehenna is a land of not only soldiers and defenders, but a home to many of those who are scholars, scientists, and prodigies in the field of magic. While the history of the birth of the Netherbornes is long, the era of the land where all is burnt and born didn't last long.

Eventually, the once mighty home of the Netherbornes had been driven to complete destruction, hence leading to the absolute demise of the Netherborne race. The death of the Netherbornes, once thought to be caused by the Piglin's thirst for conquest, turned out to be the end result caused by the power of the three-headed terrors.

*"They were the monsters that even demons feared" - quoted by a deceased Netherborne scholar.*

The remaining, undiscovered pieces of the race's history can only be found through one source: the very last and living Netherborne; Sh33Sh The Scholar.

## **THE GATES OF GEHENNA**

The way to Gehenna is never deemed to be general knowledge amongst the explorers of the cradle-world - no matter how far and wide explorers went into the Nether, the chance of encountering 'the land where all is burnt and born' was ranging from little to none at all. One of few ways to get to Gehenna was to either be a Netherborne or be accompanied by a Netherborne. Otherwise, getting there is simply impossible for an average traveler. One of the former ways for a person of the cradle-world to be entering the land was through the 'Gates of Gehenna', - There are a total of only 3 Gates existing in the cradle-world, all of which had been sealed completely by the time the Netherbornes were pushed to the time of their mass extinction. These gates were exclusively used by Netherbornes of great importance called the Watchers. Their responsibility is to maintain a keen eye on the cradle-world, in order to pass on knowledge back to Gehenna for the sake of record keeping and wisdom preservation. Even watching humans and civilizations thrive in the cradle-world was considered a pass-time hobby to these Netherbornes.