Who is the Seer? (Lore Theory)

“The Orb of Dominance… A powerful magic…  A sinister secret… A victimized villain.   Long before that, you, the hero… You have pushed  the piglins back further and further. One last   base yet remains, it seems. The start of all of  this. The Great Hog calls out. From the back,  

A figure emerges, older and more well mannered. They call upon the runts from the side,   bringing forth a beacon core. A great magic is  cast upon this artifact. Magic stemming from…   Somewhere far beyond.” With the recent   release of Minecraft Legends, a lot more  of the history of the world of Minecraft,  

The Overworld mainly, has been revealed. The very  nature of the Overworld is far more interesting   than we may have first thought. There’s also been a lot of theories   branching from the Broken God theory,  alongside questions, so in this video,  

I wanted to take a small dive into answering your  questions and diving deeper into your theories.   If you enjoy the video, consider subscribing,  it always helps the channel out.   If you want me to cover more topics  and questions, comment them below.  

The Seer. This character is one shrouded  in mystery. We never battle them. We   never even hear their name in-game.  Yet, they are clearly of importance   to the Great Hog and the piglins as a whole. The Seer seems to possibly be pulling the strings  

In a way, actively influencing the other legendary  Ancient Piglins, a title which we’ll use to   identify the Generals and the Great Hog, sending  them to invade the Overworld, which seems familiar   to another character we know, doesn’t it? In Minecraft Dungeons, the Orb of Dominance,  

Especially shown in the canon novel “The Rise  of the Arch Illager”, is shown to be very   manipulative of its user if they overstep their  boundaries, basically using the Arch-Illager as   its puppet, as it can’t materialize its  form outside of its dimension of origin.  

The Seer’s relationship with the Orb is  unknown. It may be similar to that of Archie,   being an unwilling, unwitting servant forced into  a position of power with no means to get out.   It might not even be that. They may be working  together more cooperatively with mutual goals.  

The power of the Seer seems a lot stronger  than the other piglins. For example,   the Beast is unphased by the player  taking down their bases, instead focusing   their attention elsewhere, dismissing and  attacking those who interrupt their hunt,   even attempting to crush one of their best  type of warrior for accidentally bumping into  

Them. They lack patience and are as petulant  as they are prideful. But the Seer is shown   to actively change their course, screeching  at them once their patience has run out.   The Beast fears little, being the most dominant  figure in the Horde of the Hunt. They are chaotic  

And stubborn. Yet the Seer, the smallest  out of all of these fabled Ancient Piglins,   directs them with such agitation and the Beast  doesn’t show so much as a threat of violence.   Not even the other piglin generals are  willing to show disrespect to the Seer,  

Moving aside as they walk through. Within a Military hierarchy, the Generals   usually answer to the Supreme Commander, which  fits the Great Hog perfectly, but the Seer, even   seeming higher than the generals, isn’t exactly  above the Great Hog, so where do they fit in?  

The title of “Seer” is very interesting. This  name has several definitions. One being “A   person of supposed supernatural insight who sees  visions of the future.” or “one that practices   divination especially by concentrating on a  glass or crystal globe.” While we don’t see  

Any sign of visions of the future, this almost  exactly matches the description of the Seer with   the Orb of Dominance. Divination is “the art  or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell   future events or discover hidden knowledge  usually by the interpretation of omens or  

By the aid of supernatural powers.” Instead of looking into the future,   the Seer may be a source of knowledge. We know  they may also act as an advisor to the Great Hog.   They even share a deal of mutual respect for one  another, unlike many of the piglins, with the Seer  

Laughing alongside the Great Hog as  he sets out for the Well of Fate.The   Seer, with the supernatural (maybe show a  screenshot of the definition of “supernatural?)   power of the Orb of Dominance, also  displays magical knowledge fitting   for divination with the construction of  the night beacon and the enchanting of  

The Great Hog’s throwing spear. In this way,  they may also act as some kind of priest.   Other than this, not much can be drawn from  what we see of the Seer. Once the Great Hog is   defeated, they remain in the Nether. Their fate  left unclear. Perhaps sometime down the line,  

They may strike back once more in a  later Legends expansion. Or perhaps,   we may take the fight to the Nether. This next part is just a super rough   speculation from my end, but imagine if Highblock  Castle was the Seer’s main base, using the Orb of  

Dominance to create it out of stone instead of  nether materials, through using the Orb to keep   them alive rather than Nether spreading machines. Piglins who had survived the battle of the Well of   Fate, were sent back to the Nether, giving  them the chance to alert the Seer. This is  

A loose possibility, however. The ruins of  Highblock Castle contain symbols chiseled   into the stone like that of the plus shape  seen in the fountains of villages and the   wellhouses. Overworld imagery and not Nether. Nonetheless, we should keep our eyes out.   Since the last video, there’s  been some theorizing and talk,  

Playing around with the idea of a fourth Host,  with many figuring it to be Ender. Let’s dissect   this idea with some popular talking points. To start off simple, one point made is the   amount of eyes each Host has. Action has one,  Knowledge has two, and Foresight has four.  

Some believe there to be a missing link  of sorts between Knowledge and Foresight,   stating that the depiction of the Heart of Ender  with its three eyes on its face may fill that in.   In the opening cinematic, when Knowledge believes  Foresight to be afraid of the situation regarding  

The piglin invasion, Foresight says “No,  I’m just sad that it has come to this.”   They all seemingly look far off somewhere else,  potentially at a corner that someone would fill.   Hosts also share a similarity with the  Heart of Ender, as they become starry  

And translucent when outside of the Well  of Fate, which some believe to provide a   connection between them. They are even able to  view the world from afar in a similar way to the   Orb’s ability that Archie uses in the novel. The evidence for Ender being the fourth Host,  

Or there being a fourth Host  at all, is few and far between,   however. Many of the points presented here are  based on loose possibilities and ‘what-ifs.’   The idea of the eyes having some sort of meaning  here is rocky. More so when you consider the fact  

That the Heart of Ender has eyes throughout  its body as well and that Eyes of Ender also   exist and are also significant to consider  if you’ve watched our last theory video.   Foresight’s quote also is a bit too vague to make  much of currently. Perhaps things may be clearer  

Later on as the universe of Minecraft expands  with more books, games, and updates. But it really   could refer to anything. Perhaps an imbalance in  the cosmology in the Minecraft universe, the fact   that creatures of another dimension have invaded  theirs, or that their perfect, peaceful world  

May have to resort to some kind of violence. The similarity with the Orb’s ability to view   the world in this magical way is interesting.  But the difference here is that the Hosts can’t   actually do that. They lack the ability. Instead,  they must peer into the Well as we hear Foresight  

Say early on into these cutscenes of their  visions “More images in the Well.” The Orb of   Dominance can do that all on its own, however. The starry appearance of the Hosts is the most  

Convincing but even that is somehow muddied up by  what we know of the End and even what we learn in   Legends. The Hosts are fully viewable within the  Well of Fate as they are. Outside, they become  

Starry, as mentioned before. This is very similar  to the Heart of Ender when it unleashes its form   outside of the End. The key difference,  however, is where they draw their power.   The Hosts turn translucent and sparkly when  outside the Well, signifying that this is where  

They get their power. When the Well is being  damaged, their voices struggle to maintain   audibility when they communicate with you from far  away. The fact that the Hosts become transparent   and starry out of the Well also indicates  that their power emerges from this place.  

The Heart of Ender’s, as stated by the Nameless  One, “… comes from somewhere far beyond.” The   End. And we see as it can finally materialize  a physical from once it enters the dimension,   and reforms its true physical body as it reaches  the core of the dimension. These differences in  

The sources of their power heavily imply  that the Hosts and the various fragments   of Ender are of separate natures and origin. The power of just the Heart of Ender on its own   is also far greater than the Hosts’. The Hosts  are actually not as powerful as one may think  

Them to be portrayed, considering the events of  Legends are an in-universe Villager tale and that   they essentially functioned as their ‘gods’ of  sorts. They do not have utter control over the   cosmos and their abilities are limited. When constructing the world, they relied  

On machines such as the towers and the Firsts  to assist them. They cannot magically shape   the world to a major degree. At least,  not as much as the Orb of Dominance can,   let alone its perfect form as the Heart of Ender,  let alone what implied power Ender may have.  

The Heart of Ender has the power to change  and shift the world physically and cosmically,   unlike what we see with the Hosts on their  own. In the novel, the Orb’s power is used by   Archie to rip metal from the Earth and magically  shift it into the staff that we see him carry.  

Chapter Eleven: “A beam of light arched out  from the Orb and exposed a vein of metal running   through the floor in front of Archie. Blocks of  iron and gold rose up from the ground and hovered   there before him. A moment later, they began to  spin around and around like a top. The blocks  

Whirled about, becoming taller and narrower  until they melded into a tall straight pole   with a small disc on its top.” It also summons food for him,   from seemingly nothing. “He realized then that he  was still starving. A moment. Just seconds later,  

A plate full of steaming hot food appeared  on top of a nearby boulder at just about the   height of a table. Another rock appeared next to  it at the perfect level for Archie to sit on.”   Later on, it does far more than that, altering  the very cosmic relationship between the sun  

And undead, immunizing them from its effects. Even  before that, it had changed the cosmos once more,   forming the dark up above the Overworld as its  powers were used to drain one of the suns and cast   a starry night where it once brightened its side  of the sky. Not even directly! It’s powers were  

Used to enhance something else, a beacon core.  This magic could not be undone by the Hosts.   Considering the power it has displayed in  the Overworld alone and the fact that it   may only be part of something much greater,  it would seem very strange for Ender to be a  

Host with the vast power difference. Not even  mentioning that the Heart’s perfect form is   already much larger than the Hosts, on its own. The Hosts are not even referred to as gods,   unlike what has been implied as you’ve seen  previously with Ender. But rather the benevolent  

Caretakers of the Overworld. They act exactly  as such, forming the world, and helping it   to develop until it can sustain itself. They are  even saddened at the fact that they are not needed   towards the end of Legends. They might be cosmic  beings on their own but they may also be below  

Something else just as the Heart may be… When regarding the cosmic principles of the   Minecraft Universe, some have wondered what  the role of respawning may have to play,   if any at all. Well, the answer may astound some  of you. Perhaps this is the most game changing  

Aspect of this universe we’ve yet encountered.  The answer is… no. But not just a “no.” It is   numerous ‘noes’ And it’s just that simple… right? Respawning would imply many things. That death is   not permanent. That death is simply an  inconvenience. But we know better. The  

Dead walk only because of magical forces, either  unintentionally by the nature of the world or by   the will of another. Otherwise, they remain  lifeless. Even humans. In the desert temple,   catacombs of sarcophagi litter the place. And  they do have occupants, or most at least did.  

Even the Orb of Dominance, with its own ancient  knowledge and influence understands the mortality   of any. With Archie’s longing of revenge towards  the one who forced him to leave the Squid Coast,   the Orb says, “Even heroes such as those are no  threat to you. Not individually. But they do not  

Work alone. When your forces band together,  they can amass an overwhelming force. If we   wish to defeat them, to remove them from the  land once and for all, we need to find allies   too. We need to form an army of our own.” In Minecraft, respawning is simply a product  

Of game mechanics. Even the methods of  respawning, the bed and respawn anchor,   give the death message “[Intentional Game  Design]” when you are killed by their explosion.   Respawning is not an in-universe occurrence  and these death messages even elude to it.  

The respawn anchor, however, may hold something  to it. One thing most do not consider is the fact   that the respawn anchor is, in fact, a portal.  It has that iconic swirl of the Nether portal,   it makes distorted portal whooshing, and  it has portal particles. The very idea of  

The respawn anchor is very interesting in not  only its execution but its intent in that.   In a tweet, the Art Director for Minecraft, Jappa,  says, “Fun fact: the respawn anchor’s portal is   in reverse and the particles go outwards  instead of inwards like the nether portal,  

Indicating that you cannot go in, but only  out!” Out from where? This is a question   that cannot be answered currently but it  implies the existence of perhaps another   world outside those we know and assume to be. If you enjoyed this sort of multi-theory video,  

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Just around the corner, a mob vote perhaps? Thanks so much for watching, hope to see   you in another video, but until  then, have a good day or night!