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Lots of people have origin stories, so I thought I'd give Steve one...
As the sun rose over the plains of the north, The city of Osokkos awoke from it’s nightly slumber. Merchants, miners, traders, travellers, civilians and soldiers alike left their beds to begin the day. Near the center of town, a young man named Steve left his hose to start a long day of smithing work. As Steve begun to forge his daily quota of tools, he noticed that he was running out of iron. Sighing, Steve walked toward the metallurgy stall in the market square. Steve was about halfway to the stall when he thought of something. He was a capable warrior, and he knew where to look for even the rarest of ores. Why not mine his own? As Steve returned home to retrieve his armor and weapons, he couldn’t know that this simple choice would change his life.
Clad in the armor he had crafted with his own two hands, Steve left the city gates en route to the mine. Unlike the mine of Spartos, the Osokkos mine was enormous, stretching underground for several miles. This mine supplied the city with 20% of its vast wealth. Parts of the mine had been usurped from Osokkian control, besieged by a horrendous race of venomous cave spiders, but most of the mine was relatively safe, if you didn’t mind fending off the occasional creeper of zombie.
For several hours, Steve wandered the labyrinthine mine tunnels until he came to the mine’s outer reaches. Here, the mine was lit poorly, and miners had to watch their backs, lest they discover a skeleton’s arrow lodged there. Fortunately, Steve was no noob, and all of the skeletons he met were given a taste of their own medicine.
At the end of a tunnel, Steve heard sounds coming through the walls. Monsters, he thought, which could only mean a cave. Steve pulled out his pickaxe and began to hack at the mine tunnel wall. The hole Steve hacked grew larger, until he could see a set of eight glowing red eyes looking back at him. It was a spider. Steve brought down the enormous arachnid just before an arrow raced out of the hole and over Steve’s head. Steve lit a torch to identify the archer, and found two skeletons standing in the gloom, the further one nocking an arrow.
An idea popped into Steve’s head. He moved forward and to the left, so that the nearer skeleton was directly in the farther one’s line of fire. What followed was a frankly hilarious duel between bony brethren. Stifling a laugh, Steve left the skeletons to fight and began to take out the other monsters in the cave. He defeated two zombies and a creeper before they were through, and the weakened remaining skeleton was brought down soon after. Steve placed down some torches to light up his newly discovered cave.
The walls, floor, and ceiling of the cave were covered in ore veins, such as gold, iron, coal, and redstone. Steve mined these, and continued deeper into the cave. Further back, Steve found a tunnel leading down, with an orangish glow illuminating the far end. Steve knew it had to be lava, and where there was lava, there was often diamonds. Steve reached the bank of the underground lava pool, and at the opposite end, he saw three blocks of diamond ore, glittering in the lavalight.
Slowly digging around the edge, Steve reached the vein of diamond ore. Working quickly, he mined it. The three diamonds turned out to be five, and Steve used them to craft himself a new sword and pickaxe. His mining trip concluded, Steve backtracked out of the cave and back through the mine. It was getting late, but the city gates were not yet closed for the night.
On the way back to his house, Steve looked at the city bulletin board. There wasn’t much news, a new baby here, a lost cat there, but something caught his eye. It was an advertisement looking for warriors to help explore the nether. Steve knew what to do. He would train until he was ready, and then one day, he would go to the nether.
As the sun rose over the plains of the north, The city of Osokkos awoke from it’s nightly slumber. Merchants, miners, traders, travellers, civilians and soldiers alike left their beds to begin the day. Near the center of town, a young man named Steve left his hose to start a long day of smithing work. As Steve begun to forge his daily quota of tools, he noticed that he was running out of iron. Sighing, Steve walked toward the metallurgy stall in the market square. Steve was about halfway to the stall when he thought of something. He was a capable warrior, and he knew where to look for even the rarest of ores. Why not mine his own? As Steve returned home to retrieve his armor and weapons, he couldn’t know that this simple choice would change his life.
Clad in the armor he had crafted with his own two hands, Steve left the city gates en route to the mine. Unlike the mine of Spartos, the Osokkos mine was enormous, stretching underground for several miles. This mine supplied the city with 20% of its vast wealth. Parts of the mine had been usurped from Osokkian control, besieged by a horrendous race of venomous cave spiders, but most of the mine was relatively safe, if you didn’t mind fending off the occasional creeper of zombie.
For several hours, Steve wandered the labyrinthine mine tunnels until he came to the mine’s outer reaches. Here, the mine was lit poorly, and miners had to watch their backs, lest they discover a skeleton’s arrow lodged there. Fortunately, Steve was no noob, and all of the skeletons he met were given a taste of their own medicine.
At the end of a tunnel, Steve heard sounds coming through the walls. Monsters, he thought, which could only mean a cave. Steve pulled out his pickaxe and began to hack at the mine tunnel wall. The hole Steve hacked grew larger, until he could see a set of eight glowing red eyes looking back at him. It was a spider. Steve brought down the enormous arachnid just before an arrow raced out of the hole and over Steve’s head. Steve lit a torch to identify the archer, and found two skeletons standing in the gloom, the further one nocking an arrow.
An idea popped into Steve’s head. He moved forward and to the left, so that the nearer skeleton was directly in the farther one’s line of fire. What followed was a frankly hilarious duel between bony brethren. Stifling a laugh, Steve left the skeletons to fight and began to take out the other monsters in the cave. He defeated two zombies and a creeper before they were through, and the weakened remaining skeleton was brought down soon after. Steve placed down some torches to light up his newly discovered cave.
The walls, floor, and ceiling of the cave were covered in ore veins, such as gold, iron, coal, and redstone. Steve mined these, and continued deeper into the cave. Further back, Steve found a tunnel leading down, with an orangish glow illuminating the far end. Steve knew it had to be lava, and where there was lava, there was often diamonds. Steve reached the bank of the underground lava pool, and at the opposite end, he saw three blocks of diamond ore, glittering in the lavalight.
Slowly digging around the edge, Steve reached the vein of diamond ore. Working quickly, he mined it. The three diamonds turned out to be five, and Steve used them to craft himself a new sword and pickaxe. His mining trip concluded, Steve backtracked out of the cave and back through the mine. It was getting late, but the city gates were not yet closed for the night.
On the way back to his house, Steve looked at the city bulletin board. There wasn’t much news, a new baby here, a lost cat there, but something caught his eye. It was an advertisement looking for warriors to help explore the nether. Steve knew what to do. He would train until he was ready, and then one day, he would go to the nether.
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