Many of us have been speculating on whether Notch / Jeb will be adding a Sky Land/Aether to Minecraft. In short, yes they are adding one. But it is not going to be a light-hearted happy place like so many of us thought. My friends, this new land is called The Ender. It is indeed a sky world, but as the name suggests, it is the dark home of the Endermen, and the new mob Enderdragon. This world can be entered (in the future) by repairing an air portal deep within a stronghold (repaired with Eye of Ender). The Ender and many new features are coming soon to a minecraft.jar near you!
I posted a image of this in the pre-relase 3 thread.
I wonder what the Dragon texture will be, especially after I get the Doku texture pack.
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