------------- Githlorien

It is whispered of a long ago time, even before the mighty Krell began to evolve on our own world, that the Illithid traveled out from The Void in search of prey. Driven by their dark masters, the Shadows, those monstrosities some foolish scholars call Neogi, the Mind Flayers sought slaves and food. But more important to the grand scheme of the Shadows, they sought raw materials with which to build new races, races that would one day serve the Shadows and help them take over the other realms of existence. From The Void, they broke into a thousand planes of existence. In each they found races to serve them, either as thralls, or as food. But only in a few planes did they find genetic material malleable enough to be used in their experiments.

Now, we all know of the infamous Githyanki, and their opposite numbers, the Githzerai. Spawned from a common racial background, both human species at one time, they evolved over a thousand generations into the races we know today. But the Gith are many, and those two species are but a sampling of the Shadows' experiments over the eons.

There are others. Some have remained in the Void, plying their way through the endless space as all creatures there do. Recently, the activity on the rim, and the increased contact with the Githyanki, have brought some of these races to light.

Rumors, faerie tales, even amongst the Githyanki soldiers of the Voidjammer fleets patrolling the deep Nothingness, are a race of elven creatures that had also been slaves of the Illithid. Almost nothing is known of them. There are tales of these mysterious beings saving Githyanki lost in the Deep Void. There are just as many tales of them infiltrating Githyanki fortresses and bringing total destruction with them. They are legend to travel with genetically engineered beasts of shadow and astral energies. To hear an ancient Gish speak of them, one can feel the fear and awe in his voice. But none know the truth of their allegiance or their powers. All that is know for sure is that they are called the Githlorien.

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