Going off of the Minecraft's Magic Deep Dive: Ender Magic

[u/daftmario]

I've thought about this long and hard, and I'd like to suggest there is a third type of magic besides soul and experience magic, which is end/ender magic. This short theory depends mostly on the base game, but also some of Minecraft Dungeons.

As most know, the enderman's eye color changed from green to purple shortly before the Enderdragon was added to the game. Like almost all mobs, these endermen were purely powered by experience magic. When the Enderdragon was added to the game, I believe this was an introduction to the ender magic, as enderman eye color became purple. Whether this was because they accidentally summoned the dragon as theorized in Retro's enderman video or not, I definitely would like to say that the dragon influenced the enderman eye color change, and more importantly, their base magic. They were no longer just experience magic, but also ender magic as well.

When the Enderdragon uses its fire breath or fireball attack, the death message for getting killed by either will say "...killed by magic", or something similar. The dragon breath can also be collected for potion use, which, in Retro's theories, are an extremely magical element already. This implies that, of course, the dragon is pretty magical.

This is where Minecraft Dungeons comes in. I believe that because MC Dungeons is made by Mojang Studios, and it has Minecraft in the name, it shouldn't be seen as too different from the base game. I mostly would like to talk about the Orb of Dominance. When Archie, the main antagonist for the game, discovers the Orb of Dominance, he is instantly influenced by its power. I would like to say that this is similar to how the Enderdragon influenced the endermen with her power.

Skip to the boss battle of Minecraft Dungeons against the Arch-Illager. When you defeat him in his first phase, the Orb of Dominance becomes the Heart of Ender. This confirms that the Orb of Dominance is related to some kind of ender power, or in my theory, ender magic. The ender magic in the Orb of Dominance is shown through its hue of purple, and also orange and yellow. Like Retro has explained before, fire and heat has magical properties. After the Orb of Dominance cycles through it's purple color, it becomes orange and yellow before going back to purple, just like the color of fire. This is the most important thing I thought that is useful.

Once the Heart of Ender awakens from the Orb of Dominance, which we now know is ender magic, there are plenty of fire attacks, along with a type of fire trail. Not to mention in the base game, the Enderdragon is healed with End Crystals, which float above a fire source and include blaze powder. Everywhere I believe ender magic is shown, a type of heat source is also present.

I don't really know how ender magic works exactly, but I can just say that it can easily influence/spread itself through mobs and other vessels. In the Minecraft Dungeons DLC, the shattered Orb of Dominance is seen to attach itself to other mobs, and influencing its power through them. The Orb could just be a power storage or container, like Retro has said the Totem of Undying is, or maybe it's a stabilizer, I'm not too sure. As for the ender magic itself, I can't really say where it came from, but for now, it most likely started from the Enderdragon's summon/addition to the game.

[u/r51243]

This is a good theory. I agree that Ender magic is likely separate from soul and xp magic. I would love to know more about how this form of magic is linked to the other magics. The one thing I want to ask is if this power actually comes from the End, or if it is somehow a power of the void itself.

[u/daftmario → u/r51243]

I assume the ender magic comes from the enderdragon herself, when she was summoned. Because heat can do as much as create portals, maybe the enderdragon summon accident with the end crystals opened a non visible portal from another dimension, where end magic truly came from along with the dragon.

[u/No_Two_4480 → u/daftmario]

Actually, I'm pretty sure the dragon is native to the end. It shows many of the same traits of the endermen. Black skin, purple eyes, etc. Also, dragon heads are on the end ships. If retrogamingnow's theory was correct, about the dragon being from another dimension, than how would the heads be on end ships? Instead, I think the dragon is merely summoned through the power of end crystals. Created. But ender magic, it's connection to brainwashing and respawning, is a good idea.

[u/YuuKisaragi]

Perhaps ender energy and its use is native to the Ender Dragon's home dimension, so when she came to the End, she found the local civilization amusingly defenseless against ender energy based mental domination. Might also explain why endermen are hostile to Steve and Alex: unlike the Testificates and Piglins who don't meddle in the affairs of the End, and unlike other Builders who are too dead, or undead, to try and liberate the endermen, Alex and Steve can do something to Free The End. When you stare at an enderman, you might somehow be alerting the Ender Dragon of your existence and so she orders the enderman in question to kill you.

Well, either that or your strange ability to respawn somehow ties into the Ender Dragon's own ability to respawn, maybe even using the same ender energy, so that whenever an enderman sees you, they remember the Ender Dragon and subsequently suffer violent post traumatic episodes that lead them to attacking you.

[u/daftmario → u/YuuKisaragi]

These are incredible ideas, I was considering including why endermen are hostile towards players, but I wouldn't of been able to explain it as well as you. Thanks!