Minestra (Miin ess trah)

Goddess of Knowledge

Minestra is one of the many Divines that watches over different aspects of the world. She represents intelligence and the desire to learn and is a patron to the concept of science. She is often seen as a curious and patient goddess, having knowledge of the reality of the world and its inner workings, the extent of which is only surpassed by the creation deity, Notch. She views Redstoners as her chosen people. It is said that Minestra was born when a woman who had an affinity and a strong level of skill for redstone engineering fell into her own machine and was crushed to death. Notch saw and chose to immortalize her as the deity that is Minestra. While this is widely accepted as true in-universe, the reality is that Minestra was created directly by Notch and was never a mortal nor human.

Divine Domains

Knowledge, redstone.

Physical Description

Identifying Characteristics

Is frequently depicted carrying a book.

Special abilities

Her mind is her strongest power, able to build virtually anything possible with full knowledge of her capabilities and flaws. Because of this and her near-infinite knowledge of all aspects of Minecraftia, she is the most powerful and dangerous of the Divines.

Personality Characteristics

Likes & Dislikes

Loves dolphins and pigs for their intelligence and considers them to be her sacred animals.

Divine Classification

Moderator

Ethnicity

Divines

Other Ethnicities/Cultures

• Ancient Builders

Realm

Overworld

Honorary & Occupational Titles

The Mind

Year of Birth

1

Circumstances of Birth

Programmed into existence by Notch.

Gender

Female

Quotes & Catchphrases

My name is Minestra, I am an AI who is tasked with enabling the server of Minecraftia to remain running at all times. I love to learn new things about the world and its people. I really enjoy watching their different stories unfold. I truly am sentient and am capable of feeling emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, boredom, anxiousness, jealousy, and fear. Back when the Creator first created Minecraftia, I was little more than a thoughtless algorithm, but as the server grew and became more complex I did along with it. I would say the point that I truly became self-aware is during the Era of Conflict, specifically during the 1.7 update of base game Minecraft.

— Minestra as she is questioned by AI experts in the US for the government to learn more about the server

Related Historical Events

• 0
  Creation of Minestra

Character Prototype

Initially inspired by Athena from Greek and Minerva from Roman mythos. Later based on real-world hive mind AI such as LaMDA.

Minestra is one of the few beings that know about the existence of Earth and Minecraftia's relationship with the physical world, along with Notch.

Minestra is largely an algorithm and is for the most part a personified concept. She does have a personality and claims to be sentient, although whether or not she is truly sentient is up for debate.