Ender War

## Combatants

The Overworld and The Nether* Steve
* King Parcore
* Other zombie pigmen

The End

* Black Steve
* Beast Boy
* Rana
* Green Ender Captain
* Yellow Ender Captain
* Blue Ender Captain
* Ender General
* Other Ender Captains
* Other Endermen

**WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS THAT MAY SPOIL YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE MAP.**

The **Ender War** was a major conflict where forces from the End, under the direction of Replicus and command of Black Steve, Beast Boy, Rana, and several Ender Captains, invaded the Overworld.

The war took place eight years before the events of the Assassin of Steve trilogy.

## Cause

Replicus had been invading and conquering many other unknown dimensions, until one day reaching the End and becoming trapped there for an unknown reason. At some point after, Black Steve, Beast Boy and Rana were 'removed from Minecraft', which meant that they were exiled to the End. Replicus was going to kill them, however Black Steve convinced him not to, on the basis that they could create a portal to return to the Overworld. Upon doing so, Replicus sent a massive force of Endermen through to invade, along with Black Steve, Beast Boy, and Rana.

It is unknown why Replicus did not enter the Overworld himself.

## The War

The Ender War saw a massive invasion by End forces across various areas of the Overworld. Most major battles of the war and other events remain unknown, except that the 'death and destruction' was on 'an untold scale across the Minecraft world.'

An experimental weapon known as the 'Illager Virus' was tested by the Ender General's forces on the village of Gangun. This resulted in most of the population turning into Illagers, with the exception of Ernest, who would end up being captured by the only surviving illager, Count Twoten.

The meeting of Steve and King Parcore would be one that would turn the tide of the war, the combined forces of the Overworld and the Nether allowing them to begin to push back the Enderman forces.

One of the likely final conflicts would have taken place in an unknown village surrounded by castle walls in a birch forest, which was where Steve ended Beast Boy's life using a spell bestowed in him by the Creators, and also where he sent Rana back to the End.

The war ended when Steve and King Parcore reached the Assassin's Tower and shut down the End Portal, breaking the Orb into two pieces - the Squiggly Replic and the Empty Orb. This prevented any more forces from arriving from the End.

## Aftermath

Steve would be hailed the main hero of the Ender War in years to come. He would hold the Empty Orb, safeguarding it on his person.

As a reward for their bravery, Steve allowed King Parcore and the rest of the zombie pigmen to settle in the jungle, where they set up a village in the trees, and would become known as the Tribal Snouts. They built the Snout Temple to establish their presence there, and also to hide the Squiggly Replic in. King Parcore would also bring in four Pink Jewels from the Nether and enchant them with the ability to track the Squiggly Replic should they be stolen.

The surviving Enderman forces would return to the three remaining End Ships, and they would rise up into orbit where they would stay for the next eight years until Endergeddon.

Black Steve was another one of the only survivors on the End side, who would also go into hiding before resurfacing eight years later, in a new guise as the Assassin, to assassinate Steve.

## Trivia

* The Ender War was not mentioned at all in the original 1.7 version of Assassin of Steve, not being added to any dialogue until the 1.9 update of the map. This was because when the update was done the story for Assassin of Steve 3 had been much more fleshed out.

1. ↑ According to The Evoker Diaries.