Entry 003 - Blaze (igneus doctos)
"I think, therefore I am. Or am I?"
That is a quote from the prominent Blaze scholar D'Har Otara, the writer of several books of history and a former colleague of mine. Contrary to popular belief, Blazes are as smart as if not smarter than Minecraftians. It is just that their language is composed of stony rattles and grinding noises, a byproduct of their mouth lined with molten metal.
Blazes and Minecraftians are currently not speaking to each other. Blazes used to be very fundamental followers of Herobrine, but are now neutral and coexist peacefully with the creatures of the Nether. The Nether is their home dimension. Blazes are not affected negatively by the intense heat and the lava. In fact they are invigorated by the climate of their hellish home. They are blessed with a lofty lifespan of five-hundred years or so, and thus they have considerable time to hone their formidable minds to perfection.
Most Blazes live a solitary life. They take up residence in their own personal Nether Fortresses, and are usually inviting to those they know closely. However, they are fiercely territorial, and many a bloody encounter with a Blaze by a Minecraftian has been the result of simply wanting the latter to leave it alone. Therefore there have been programs in recent years whereby a Blaze is paired with a Minecraftian and left alone on an Overworld island for a week. During that week, they must coexist, and hopefully by the end of the week the two are friendly, even romantic if the situation allows it. This has brought down Blaze attacks by ten percent, even though they still happen.
Blazes have a bizarre physiology. They are possessed of four arms, which are connected by an unconscious psychic bond to its spherical body and rotate below it in seperate orbits. The body is one foot in radius, and houses the brain and the rudimentary lungs and stomach. When waste is produced, the Blaze uses its own natural body heat to burn it off, which is why smoke often emanates from it. It also uses this heat to cook meat inside its stomach, on the occasion that it is delivered raw.
Blazes have their own countries, the largest of which are Dakr'Ogor and Falsa'Doori. These two are at an uneven peace. But they are at war with the Zombie Pigmen and their nation of slaves.
When I ask D'Har about the war, he only sighs. His son died in the fight against the Pigmen, and he has still not gotten over it.
