Entry 002 - Silverfish (argentum pestilentia)
When a Silverfish dies, it becomes one with the stone. That is how it has always been, and how it always will be. Silverfish are silicaceous life forms, and therefore are more in common with the stone than with any other arthropod. However, when the stone is broken, the Silverfish that died in it comes back for vengeance. So, technically, a Silverfish is immortal. This has not been lost on Minecraftians, at least those ones that have not been fully urbanized. Testificates for example celebrate the Silverfish as a god species, or manifestations of the angels of their god Testif.
However, to those who worship Notch, Silverfish are defying his creation and therefore must be exterminated. This religious misconception was best shown by the demolition two hundred years ago of a cave. Extremist followers of Notch placed twenty 3x3x3 arrangements of TNT drawing back into the depths of the cavern, and when the explosives went off the cave was completely obliterated. The nearby city thought themselves safe. But lo and behold, along came a swarm of Silverfish, appearing as a great silver wave. They engulfed the town and when the wave had passed the town was a skeletal ruin.
Silverfish are naturally aggressive and will attack Minecraftians and peaceful mobs on sight. They can retreat into stones, boring tunnels into cave walls, floors, and ceilings. The common Silverfish lives in a hive or nest of sorts, with a queen that stays hidden underneath the stone fifty meters down. They can eat through wood and most kinds of stone, which make them a nuisance and a pest.
A mostly unknown fact is that Silverfish come in two varieties. There is the common variety, an arthropod with armor made of stone and two very light-sensitive eyes bulging out of their cylindrical head. Then there is the Sea Silverfish, a Silverfish that is much larger than its land-dwelling counterpart. They dwell in water too deep even for squids to inhabit, for the pressure will obliterate a squid in a wink. But the Sea Silverfish's steel armor protects its body from the pressure. They can grow up to twenty feet in length, and possess a pair of large serrated jaws. And they too, like their land counterparts, can utilize the sea floor as a tunneling system.