This is the story of the piglin, how they
started out as normal pigs, went into the nether, evolved into the piglin, were forced to mine
gold, fought a heroic battle against the wither, and led an enormous revolt against the people
enslaving them. Let’s start from the beginning... This is Billy and his friend, Brutus.
They are only baby pigs right now, they will soon become piglins. They
are eager to explore the outside world. “Brutus?” “Yeah, Billy?” “I’m sick of being in
these tiny pig pens. Let’s escape.” “I’m not sure man, we’ve never been outside these fences.”
“C’mon, let’s escape. I heard there are pigs out there who are free. Maybe we can live with them.”
“Okay, but how are we going to get out?” “Hmm… can’t we just-”
*pig oinks* Billy and Brutus figured out how to open the fence gate and they ran
around- finally able to enjoy freedom. *dancing* When Billy and Brutus escaped, the old man who
owned the pigs quickly tied a leash on both of them and brought them back into the pigpen.
“Ah well, it was worth a shot.” But as the old man was putting
them into their pigpen, a messenger came and asked something surprising.
“Hey man, don’t put those pigs in their pen, the king is actually looking for pigs to test an
experiment he calls operation ‘Nether.’ How much do I need to pay you?” “It’s okay, money
becomes less important when you’re older, I’ll do it for the king.” “That’s pretty humble
of you, you can watch the experiment with us, we have no clue what’s beyond a Nether.”
The messenger, the old man, and the baby pigs went together to meet the king. They
found the king and a few scientists with him in the middle of an isolated plains biome
where a huge portal was constructed. The portal was built far away in
case it exploded or something. Billy and Brutus were struck with awe when they
saw the massive portal. Being the adventurous type they were, they were immediately eager to go in.
“In theory, it should activate it once we light it,” a scientist explained, “But it’s very risky.”
“We have no clue what lies beyond the portal…” “That’s why we’ll use the pigs as literal
guinea pigs and see what happens.” The king prepared to light the portal, the
others hide behind some protection just in case. As soon as the portal ignites,
the earth begins to shake, and netherrack and lava start pouring out of the
portal. It’s still unclear why this happened. “It’s now time to let the pigs in…”
There was no need to hold Billy and Brutus onto a leash, as they immediately stood in
front of the portal, looked at each other, nodded, and went in. Hopefully, they would
meet each other on the other side.
Billy and Brutus entered the Nether
Dimension. “We’re alive!“ said Billy. “Where are we..?” said Brutus. The baby pigs
looked around and noted how hot the place was. At this time, the Minecraft nether
didn’t have crimson and warped forests. The Nether looked like what it was
before the Minecraft 1.16 Nether Update. “I wonder what we are standing on,” said Brutus
While Brutus was examining what we know is netherrack, Billy got a
little too close to some fire… Billy started burning, Brutus quickly oinked,
“We need to go back!” They quickly rushed to the Nether portal. They only have a few seconds
to make it… will Billy survive? *time ticking* Billy and Brutus burst through the portal, the
others are amazing and terrified. A scientist quickly pulls out a water bucket. “I had prepared
just in case something bad like this happened.” He also threw a splash potion of healing
on the baby pig. Billy barely survived. “Do you think it’s safe?” said the king.
(Remember, the people can’t understand what pigs say yet.) “I’m not sure… those pigs didn’t even
stay in the dimension for more than five minutes.” They decided that since the pigs were able
to come out alive, they sent more pigs along with some humans into the Nether. When they
entered, they were shocked by the ‘new frontier’ they had found. Researchers started coming in
and they documented the vast quantities of gold that were present in the nether. There were rumors
that there was a material stronger than diamond, which angered the diamond priests. Naturally,
people saw this as a golden opportunity to ‘get rich quick.’ People from all over started coming
into the nether, but most people early on made careless mistakes; for example, strip mining
in the nether with your face next to the wall. Around this time, biologists discovered that
mushrooms were able to grow in the nether, and pretty soon mutations of the mushrooms
were able to flourish in the nether. The Nether was being terraformed.
Billy and Brutus were adult pigs by now and they were amazed by how quickly the Nether was
being industrialized. Bastions were constructed as a base of operation to mine gold and the gold
would also be useful in making netherite. Pigs were brought into the bastion too, proof of this
is that some bastions are called “Hoglin Stables.” “Wow, things have really changed,”
said Billy, ”This place used to be a desolate wasteland.” “Yeah it’s quite
incredible,” said Brutus, “What do we do now?” Even though Billy and Brutus had successfully
completed their mission, they were still as hungry as ever for more adventure. The pigs
met a blond-haired scientist who needed pigs to experiment on to create the first living
humanoid pig. He noted that when a pig was struck by lightning in the overworld, it would
become a zombie piglin. If they could replicate this in the nether, who knows what might happen?
“We could become like the Minecraft humans!” said Billy. The pigs were put into laboratory
tubes and the scientist flicked the lever. The ground started to shake once more.. and it
was successful! The pigs were now piglins. Billy and Brutus admired their arms. After
the successful experiment, new piglins were being created. And the first piglins lived
happily ever after, right? Unfortunately, no. The king was worried about the rapid number of
piglins that were reproducing on their own now. He had a devious plan to use them to mine gold.
“Attention, piglins,” said a guard, “There’s been a change of plan, you are to head to the bastion.
The piglins in the town murmured but agreed. When all the piglins got there, the entrance to
the bastion was locked. The king came out: “You are to mine gold now, here are your
pickaxes.” The piglins were horrified, Billy and Brutus felt betrayed, was this
not the same person who helped them before? “How much do we get paid?” said a piglin. The king
said nothing. Billy and Brutus now had to work in the mines. It quickly became very boring. A group
of piglins tried to create a union, demanding pay. Unfortunately, it was violently put down.
The gold that was mined was put into the center of the bastion. Some rebellious piglins hid
the gold they mined into the walls of the bastion. The piglins were held bondage. But soon enough,
things would get better for the piglins. In the ancient builders experiments in creating
life, they had accidentally created the wither. It started to destroy everything in
the bastion. In their desperation, the ancient builders decided to arm the piglins
to help fight the wither. The piglins were given weapons and crossbows, the commanders were the
piglin brutes. Fun fact, piglins will attack the Wither in vanilla Minecraft. Billy and Brutus
were recruited, and they were excited once again. “Alright men,” said the piglin brute, “we’re
going to defeat this monster.” “Piglins with gold swords in the front, archers in the back.
Flankers on the sides. March in 2 by 4 formation!” The piglins marched head on into the wither, the
wither was out of reach to most of the infantry, so the archers did most of the damage. The wither
was destroying the whole bastion, which is why it is now a “ruined bastion.” A huge battle ensued.
The big issue with their battle formation is that the wither could swiftly move wherever it
wanted. The piglins weren’t mobile enough. The archers were slowly chipping
away at the Wither’s health. The battle ensued. Unfortunately for the piglins,
the Wither was winning, and it was destroying the bastion from the inside out. The piglins
became a disorganized mess and the people fled. The wither moved elsewhere to continue its
rampage. “I can’t believe it,” said Billy, “We lost…” “It’s alright,” said
Brutus, “at least we’re alive.” The masters quickly regained control of the
bastion and threatened the piglins to work in the mines again. The piglins realized though that this
time they held the real power- for the masters had armed them with weapons. “Why should we listen
to you anymore?” said a piglin. The king, sitting down, talked to the piglins face
to face: “We don’t make you guys mine gold to make us wealthy, there has been a big
plague that we have been trying to cure. Players have been turning into zombies and more
keep coming, the only cure we know of is using a golden apple and weakness potion. We need the
gold to save our people. Please understand…” The piglins murmured between themselves, some
of the piglins had pity on the ancient builders, while others said that the players were not
their problem anymore, and that they should finally be free. Billy decided to step in,
“Piglins, my friend Brutus and I were the first to enter the Nether. We saw firsthand how
us pigs were used as a cheap food source, then as free labor, and then us piglins fought
a brutal war against the wither which we had no reason to fight. The king has betrayed us. It is
time we finally become free from the influence of others!” The piglins cheered. Their cheering was
abruptly stopped when the king yelled, “It is war then!” Staring directly at Billy and Brutus,
he said: “I trusted you…” Then he walked away. The piglins were happy and anxious at the same
time, they finally had freedom, but they knew the players would come to attack them soon.
Billy and Brutus reorganized the piglins, recreated the old battle formations. They
used their now huge quantities of gold to create more weapons and armor. To make sure
the piglins wouldn’t accidentally hurt each other or other secret allies, they were told not to
attack anyone wearing gold armor. And the day came when a large army of players started coming
out of the portal; the king was in full netherite. The final war broke out, the plague the players
had was infecting some of the piglins, zombifying them. It was a bloody battle. After hours of
fighting, a group of piglins assaulted the king, he survived but was at half-a-heart. Brutus
realized this and prepared his final shot, the king panicked and started charging at him…
Brutus only had one chance. - - Brutus kills the king but Brutus is killed as well. Billy looks
over and is horrified, not even able to move or say anything. The other players flee, and the
piglins cheer, except Billy. He cries in agony over the loss of his friend. The king’s now broken
netherite armor was put into the center chest. The piglins were now free, some decided to stay in
the bastion, while others moved into the crimson forest biomes, the biome most habitable for
piglins. Another variant of the pig, the hoglin, had evolved there. Thanks for watching, and if
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