Minecraft Lore: The Skeleton Tribes
During the events of Minecraft, you may find yourself fighting three types of skeletons; normal Skeletons, Wither Skeletons, and Strays. Well did you know that, originally, there was only one type of skeleton? The normal one? Yes.
Well, when the Minecraft world was first created, the skeletons saw strength in numbers, forming the Skeleton Tribe and appointed three Chiefs to run and protect them. For years this tribe lived and flourished, building houses, learning the ways of the bow and arrow, and even forming a loose alliance with the zombies. But, sadly, conflict eventually broke out.
It was after the Wither started making its existence known to the world, calling to living individuals from the Void. The Wither gained a strong connection to the third skeleton chief. The third chief started arguing with the other two chiefs, saying that they shouldn't fight against the Wither, but embrace it. The other chiefs called him insane, saying that the Wither's influence would bring nothing but pain and anguish.
War broke out within the tribe. Some siding with the third chief, others siding with the other two. There was a group, however, that knew that this war would tear the tribe apart. So this group fled from the rest of the tribe, from the war, to the snow biome creating their own society and tribe, becoming the Strays.
Back at the original tribe, the normal skeletons won the war, banishing the third chief and his followers from the tribe forever. The third chief and his followers forsake any connection they had to the tribe, forsaking their bows and arrows for the art of the sword and travelled to the nether, where they built castles and other buildings, and embraced and worshipped the Wither, becoming stronger, but in the process, turning their bones black, and becoming slaves to The Wither. Eventually forgetting their connection to the original tribe, becoming the Wither Skeletons. And so that was how the skeletons were split from one into three tribes: The Skeletons, The Wither Skeletons, and The Strays. And they are still like that to this day.